The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for December 21, 2020

Worth a shot.

Great try , Brutus .

Short in daylight only. Total hours still add up to 24.

Ever consider that when we set the clocks forward and back, you gain/loose an hour on that day!? It’s a good/bad situation when you work the "midnight* shifts!

That means that I have less time left to shop for Christmas. ;-(

it isn’t the earliest sunset (that was a few days ago here) or the latest sunrise which is in a few days – though judging by forecast it is Thursday for either around here.

It may be slightly different for those who live south of equator

Can’t blame the man for trying.

Also, tonight Saturn and Jupiter are in conjunction. They may or may not look like one body in the couple of hours after dark (look southwest).

He’ll have to work extra on the summer solstice, the tallest day in the year.*

*just kidding. It’s on a Sunday in 2021.

well nuts.

Even if he got off early, with Brutus’ luck, it would mean spending more time with Mother Gargle who is staying over for the holidays.

I bet that Brutus was not aware of that fact.

Mr. V. wants to squeeze every drop of misery from you that he can. In the light or in the dark.

But it will still be a short day Loser!

Of course. Nothing does, not even the “conjunction” today……

That expression IS confusing for literal people like myself.

He got the wrong idea when he read about Ebenezer Scrooge.

Is Veeblefester at his best during the Christmas season or does it just seem that way.

Then I guess I have to pay you less.

It should if he has accrued vacation or comp time…