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Here's the (semi?-)annual Chicago sunrise chart. As always, you can get sunrise data for your own location at https://www.wx-now.com/SunriseChart. Date Significance Sunrise Sunset Daylight 2023 3 Jan Latest sunrise until Oct 29th 07:19 16:32 9:13 27 Jan 5pm sunset 07:09 17:00 9:51 5 Feb 7am sunrise 07:00 17:11 10:11 20 Feb 5:30pm sunset 06:40 17:30 10:50 27 Feb 6:30am sunrise 06:30 17:39 11:09 11 Mar Earliest sunrise until Apr 16th Earliest sunset until Oct 27th 06:10 17:53 11:43 12 Mar Daylight saving...

In law school, we often had "issue-spotting" tests. We'd get a short story, usually about half a page long, describing a situation. The exam question would be simply: "What issues does this raise, and how would you advise this client?" Cue an hour of feverish writing and flipping through statute books. Then kick yourself when you get the paper back and see what you missed. A business email should never seem like an issue-spotting exam. If you're organizing a major conference with a thousand participants...

Here's the semi-annual Chicago sunrise chart. (You can get one for your own location at http://www.wx-now.com/Sunrise/SunriseChart.aspx.) We don't have the latest sunrise in 47 years like we did last November. The coming year will have bog-standard sunrise and sunset times, and one hopes, bog-standard politics and health crises. But that's not the subject of this post. Here's the 2022 chart: Date Significance Sunrise Sunset Daylight 2022 3 Jan Latest sunrise until Oct 29th 07:19 16:33 9:13 27 Jan 5pm...

Here's the semi-annual Chicago sunrise chart. (You can get one for your own location at http://www.wx-now.com/Sunrise/SunriseChart.aspx.) An interesting thing happens in 2021: on November 6th at 7:30:11, we'll have one of the latest sunrises possible—indeed, the latest sunrise in 47 years. I found only one occasion from 1975 to 2040 when the sun rises later: at 7:30:35 on 6 November 2032. The last time the sun rose after 7:30 was at 7:31:26 on 26 February 1974, after Chicago started daylight saving time...

I'm David Braverman, this is my blog, and Cassie is my 2½-year-old mutt. I last updated this About... page in July 2020. A couple of things have changed since then, not least of which that Parker took his last walk late last autumn. The Daily Parker is about: Parker, my dog, whom I adopted on 1 September 2006 and who died 18 Novemgber 2020; and Cassie, whom I adopted on 16 March 2021. Politics. I'm a moderate-lefty by international standards, which makes me a radical left-winger in today's United...

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Here's the semi-annual Chicago sunrise chart. (You can get one for your own location at http://www.wx-now.com/Sunrise/SunriseChart.aspx.) An interesting thing happens in 2021: on November 6th at 7:30:11, we'll have one of the latest sunrises possible—indeed, the latest sunrise in 47 years. I found only one occasion from 1975 to 2040 when the sun rises later: at 7:30:35 on 6 November 2032. The last time the sun rose after 7:30 was at 7:31:26 on 26 February 1974, after Chicago started daylight saving time...

Parker never told me his exact birthdate. The shelter said the six Pomona Puppies—Parker, Polly, Pepper, Petey, Penny, and Poppy—were 11 weeks old when I met them on 1 September 2006, so I just counted back to June 16th. The shelter also said Parker’s dad was a 40-kilo German shepherd dog and his mom was a 7-kilo beagle/rat terrier mix. My vet said a DNA test “would likely say he’s a dog,” so I never got him one. When people asked what kind of dog he was, I would say "black." Parker's Petfinder mugshot...

Here's the semi-annual Chicago sunrise chart (a bit later than expected, but hey). (You can get one for your own location at http://www.wx-now.com/Sunrise/SunriseChart.aspx.) Date Significance Sunrise Sunset Daylight 3 Jul 8:30pm sunset 05:21 20:30 15:08 16 Jul 5:30am sunrise 05:30 20:24 14:53 8 Aug 8pm sunset 05:52 20:00 14:08 15 Aug 6am sunrise 06:00 19:51 13:51 28 Aug 7:30pm sunset 06:13 19:30 13:17 13 Sep 6:30am sunrise 06:30 19:03 12:33 15 Sep 7pm sunset 06:32 19:00 12:28 22 Sep Equinox, 08:31 CDT...