Wild Card/Thursday — 5/31/07
The longer days (in terms of daylight) are certainly welcome, but here's a sobering thought: The days will start getting shorter again three weeks from now. The summer solstice (June 21) will give us a good 16 hours of daylight, then we begin the gradual tilt back to darkness. On the other hand, we can look forward to six weeks of days "longer" than today, and that's plenty for me. Here's your Thursday wild card....