Daylight Saving Time »
Another October, another round of changing the clocks. I think that only maybe half the clocks in the house are actually changed at this point. Luckily the computers and cell phones change their own clocks, or we'd be far, far behind in the process.
I've never really understood Daylight Saving Time (and it is Daylight Saving Time - no "S" on "Saving"). Sure, it's nice that we get an extra hour of sleep in the fall. But that has always screwed me up. In fact, I had one of the best nights of sleep in a while not long ago. Friday, in fact. Then Saturday night (Sunday morning, technically) changed the clocks and I haven't slept particularly well since.
In a week or three, I'm sure that I'll be getting into the groove of things again. Then, come April, we'll do the same thing in reverse. I just don't understand. The parts of Arizona that aren't on an Indian Reservation don't observe the change. Indiana has some downright goofy rules. Why do we go through all this nonsense?
Arguably it saves energy. I'm not so sure that this is a valid argument anymore. When we are home, we're using energy like crazy. On the computer, on the TV, on the digital cable box, on the video game system. I don't think that use is going to change because the clock is different. We live in a society that's more addicted to our pleasures than ever (electronic and otherwise). It's not going to matter if it's 7:48am or 8:48am.
Maybe it's time to do away with this archaic practice.
