Crimp: Don’t Let Friends Do Jan. 14

If you’ve read this column for any length of time, you know that I’ve long campaigned to repeal January and replace it with something warmer, lighter and shorter. In that spirit, I’ve decided to designate today - Jan. 14, which happens to be Benedict Arnold’s birthday - as the least distinguished day of the year. If today happens to be your birthday too, I’m sorry. But any child who happens to be a Capricorn (born between Dec. 22 and Jan. 21) needs to take it up with Mom and Dad, who if they were any kind of parents wouldn’t saddle a kid with a birthday that’s 25 percent shorter (as measured by the amount of daylight) than the birthday of a Gemini (born between May 22 and June 21)/ Steve Crimp , Twin Falls Times-New. More here .

Questions: Does January have any redeeming value?