Hm. In December in Massachusetts, the sun rises at about, what, 7:30 and sets at 4:15. Those are guesses. In March, pre-DST, sunrise at 6:30 or so, and sunset at 5:45. With DST earlier in March or even in February, daylight would continue after the end of the work day. But:

(1) more dark mornings. I bet there's research that dark mornings make for droopy office workers. (To say nothing of non-office workers, like construction, farm, and all manner of engineering types, who typically work 7-3 rather than 9-5.)

(2) My office, for one, has the lights on all the time. What company has a building with enough windows not to need lights in most if not all offices?? Companies that don't need to save bucks on the energy bill.

I, who wake up at dawn, would have huge trouble getting into the office at 9 if the sun didn't rise till 8. (I'm consistently late around winter solstice.) Whereas, by June it wouldn't matter, except inasmuch as I'd be a raging insomniac at 4am instead of at 5am. And who wants that??

I have a window near the ceiling. I can see sky and trees. But usually I keep the blinds closed, as it's to the south and if the sun is out it will be shining on my monitors at some point during the day.

I am surrounded by windows. I look at downtown LA.

My only objection to shifting daylight savings time ahead a month is that if DST is in effect eight months out of the year, it seems dopey in the extreme to call the time that's only used half as long "standard" time.

Also, would someone please tell me why I brought leftover Chinese food to work for lunch on a day when I have a meeting for which i would like to look nice at 5 p.m.? I have not dripped yet, but I *know* I will.

I desperately need lunch, but I don't know what I want. What's everyone else having?

I'm thinking of going to have half a club sandwich and a bowl of conch chowder. I'm home sick today, and that's the closest I can get to Mom's remedy of tomato soup and grilled cheese without grocery shopping and then cooking.

I have a tiny window with an a/c unit in it, so I can only see out the top, but I keep the blinds drawn most of the time.

According to www.sunrisesunset.com, If DST starts in March next year, sunrise in New Orleans on the first day will be at 7:22am, that's 20 minutes before I leave for work. The end of November is even worse, with sunrise at 7:34.

Is it more attractive at more Northern latitudes?

I'm downtown but I still have a nice open view of the river, Jersey, tall buildings, a couple parks, and the dome of an architecturally significant building from the turn of the century. Plus the exposure gives great sunlight but doesn't broil the office in the afternoon. I like the view a lot. But I think I'm going to shut myself up in the library for the afternoon.

I think that I will have mac and cheese, possibly some sort of vegetable accompaniment.

Best baseball injury of the early season?

Denver (AP) -- Colorado Rockies outfielder Dustan Mohr was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a strained left calf, an injury that occurred during the team's victory celebration in its season opener. As the players charged to the field to celebrate Clint Barmes' winning two-run homer that led Colorado to a 12-10 comeback victory Monday, Mohr was injured while jumping out of the Rockies' dugout.