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Current sun clock from today, March 16, 2004:



For comparison, the same sunclock, a month and a half ago:



In 5 more days, night and day will stand as equals; then, the Hump of Night will swallow the Southern Hemisphere while days grow longer in the North.




Tomorrow, March 17, is Bring Back the Snakes Day, or as the heathens call it, "St. Patrick's Day."

A few facts about St. Patrick:

He wasn't Irish, he was Roman.

There never were any snakes in Ireland.

"Driving the snakes out of Ireland" is a euphemism for leading the slaughter of the indigenous Celtic pagans.

Now, tomorrow I'll be wearing green to celebrate the arrival of spring, and surely I'll raise a pint or two of Guiness in honor of the Emerald Isle. But an Irish person celebrating "St. Patrick's Day" is as absurd as a Mexican celebrating "Cortez Day."

Bring Back the Snakes:
(Sung to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean")

"My land was a jewel most blessed,
My people both happy and free,
Till the preachers came in with their crosses,
And drove all the snakes out to sea."

Bring back, bring back, bring back the snakes to me, to me;
Bring back, bring back, O bring back the snakes to me!

Who wants to go out drinking tomorrow night?