Hi everybody. People often ask me how I read so much and it's a fair question and one of the answers is well I have a very good reading light which makes a serious difference.

I think I know what you're doing.

You use, if I'm not mistaken, Andy, a serious reader's lamp,

the ones with daylight wavelength technology,

which are supposed to replicate the daylight spectrum

as closely as possible.

I do. I've been using one for about five years and I absolutely love it.

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Now there's a slogan we can stand by.

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