Long-time readers will know that I rarely post personal news here (and I'm sure some thank me for it), but this one is good: it appears we've sold our condo. In the present real-estate market, that's really good news. It sold about three months faster than I expected (but three months slower than we'd hoped.) So, barring the buyer getting hit by a bus, that's one huge thing we no longer have to fret over.
It's time for the semi-annual update of the Evanston/Chicago sunrise chart. (You can get one for your own location at http://www.wx-now.com/Sunrise/SunriseChart.aspx.)
Date |
Significance |
Sunrise |
Sunset |
Daylight |
2007 |
1 Jul |
8:30pm sunset |
05:19 |
20:30 |
15:11 |
17 Jul |
5:30am sunrise |
05:30 |
20:24 |
14:54 |
9 Aug |
8pm sunset |
05:52 |
20:00 |
14:08 |
17 Aug |
6am sunrise |
06:00 |
19:49 |
13:48 |
29 Aug |
7:30pm sunset |
06:13 |
19:30 |
13:17 |
15 Sep |
6:30am sunrise; 7pm sunset |
06:30 |
18:59 |
12:28 |
23 Sep |
Equinox, 04:51 CDT |
06:39 |
18:47 |
12:08 |
26 Sep |
12-hour day |
06:42 |
18:42 |
12:00 |
3 Oct |
6:30pm sunset |
06:49 |
18:29 |
11:39 |
13 Oct |
7am sunrise |
07:01 |
18:13 |
11:12 |
21 Oct |
6pm sunset |
07:10 |
18:00 |
10:50 |
3 Nov |
Latest sunrise of the year Latest sunset until Mar 2nd |
07:25 |
17:43 |
10:17 |
4 Nov |
Standard time returns Earliest sunrise until Feb 29th |
06:27 |
16:41 |
10:14 |
7 Nov |
6:30am sunrise (again) |
06:30 |
16:38 |
10:07 |
15 Nov |
4:30pm sunset |
06:40 |
16:30 |
9:49 |
2 Dec |
7am sunrise |
07:00 |
16:20 |
9:20 |
8 Dec |
Earliest sunset of the year |
07:06 |
16:20 |
9:13 |
21 Dec |
Solstice, 18:08 CST |
07:15 |
16:22 |
9:06 |
2008 |
4 Jan |
Latest sunrise until Oct 28 |
07:19 |
16:33 |
9:13 |
28 Jan |
5pm sunset |
07:08 |
17:00 |
9:52 |
5 Feb |
7am sunrise |
07:00 |
17:11 |
10:10 |
20 Feb |
5:30pm sunset |
06:40 |
17:30 |
10:49 |
27 Feb |
6:30am sunrise |
06:30 |
17:38 |
11:08 |
8 Mar |
Earliest sunrise until April 12th Earliest sunset until Oct 28th |
06:14 |
17:50 |
11:36 |
9 Mar |
Daylight savings time begins Latest sunrise until Oct 22nd |
07:12 |
18:51 |
11:39 |
16 Mar |
7am sunrise, 7pm sunset 12-hour day |
07:00 |
19:00 |
12:00 |
20 Mar |
Equinox 00:48 CDT |
06:54 |
19:04 |
12:10 |
3 Apr |
6:30am sunrise (again) |
06:30 |
19:20 |
12:50 |
12 Apr |
7:30pm sunset |
06:15 |
19:30 |
13:15 |
21 Apr |
6am sunrise |
06:00 |
19:40 |
13:39 |
10 May |
8pm sunset |
05:35 |
20:01 |
14:25 |
15 May |
5:30am sunrise |
05:30 |
20:06 |
14:35 |
14 Jun |
Earliest sunrise of the year |
05:15 |
20:29 |
15:13 |
18 Jun |
8:30pm sunset |
05:15 |
20:30 |
15:14 |
20 Jun |
Solstice 18:59 CDT |
05:15 |
20:30 |
15:15 |
27 Jun |
Latest sunset of the year |
05:17 |
20:31 |
15:13 |
You can get sunrise information for your location at wx-now.com.
Can anyone identify the species?
Parker hung out with my friends and me at Tommy Nevin's on Sunday to catch the seisiún. One friend brought him a belated birthday present, a squeakie shaped like a vet (complete with "Vet Victim" name tag); Parker had removed half the stuffing and the squeak bladder before we finished our crisps.
One of the rules at the pub is that dogs have to stay on the patio. It actually got a bit chilly, so we humans to a table just inside the line of demarcation. Parker kept testing the pub's defenses:
Bruce Schneier asks: "Is there a Special Olympics for terrorists going on in the U.K. this week?"