A Bright and Shining Undergarment

I told Lulu to remember this moment, because it might never happen again in her lifetime: Her Powerpuff Girl underwear said "Friday,'' and that was the actual day of the week.
Today is Thursday, and Lulu is wearing Barbie underwear.
In more troubling developments, my husband, Regis, read in the paper today that the world is 10 to 37 percent darker than it was in the 1950s. Scientests can't explain why, but there's less sunshine.
We wondered if it was sunnier during our childhood in the 1970s, but I guess since the change has been gradual, we hadn't really noticed.
Regis wondered why the global diminess story was on page 22 of the New York Times instead of page one.
On a slower newsday, without all the torture victims and beheadings, it probably would have been.