Real tired of my halogen ceiling lights. Replace them with what?

[Racer X]

"CFLs take several minutes to come up to full output, aren't dimmable, have generally ugly spectral characteristics, and have terrible color rendition indexes."

some CFLs are dimmable, and you can purchase "full spectrum" (but not continuous spectrum) CFLs with high CRI. Just not at Home Depot or Lowe's.

high CRI and full spectrum