Fluorescent lighting is hard on the eyes too. HA HA this is so (((Subliminal))). . . I will never forget Tom Hanks in the movie "Joe Verses The Volcano." He worked in a small office (with no windows) and he told his uncaring boss (a jerk) just before he quit - "the fluorescent lighting is sucking the life out of me."
At home, most of the bulbs I use are compact fluorescents. I use them to cut cost on my electrical bill. A 9 watt C/F bulb is the equivalent of a conventional 60 watt incandescent bulb. I use them but, I do prefer incandescent lighting.
As we enter the month of Av we intensify our traditional mourning for the Holy Temple, but are we really in touch with what we are mourning for? Are we ready...