Happy Vernal Equinox

Today, day and night are the same length. From now until Summer, the days get Longer. I don't celebrate this day like some folks, but I like to take note of it. If your family does something special for the Equinox, I hope you have more fun than Jeff Birch of Medford, Oregon. Says Jeff, he would:

"rather have a peaceful weekend at home" than attend his family's Vernal Equinox celebration on March 21. I realize it's supposed to be a festive time of conception and new growth in the womb of Mother Earth and all," Birch said. "But I just know that within an hour of arriving, things will get so bad that I'll be reverting to my 12-year-old self, hiding in the rec room downstairs, wearing my Iroquois false face mask and fingering my runes for comfort. It's not worth it."

Fingering his runes? This story smells funny.