I have this fabulous lamp.  Actually I have two of them.*  They sit on the windowsill beside the kitchen table at the cottage and they amuse me very much.  When I spend evenings at the cottage** I put one on the table before I pull the curtains to shed light on my computer screen.  This is a perfectly serviceable system.  Unfortunately I am a halfwit.***  The lamp tends to sit between me and the kitchen radio on the other side of the table.  I was (laudably) paying close attention to what I ...