I hate it. It seems so pointless to me, and the kids and I Have been imbalanced since Sunday. Not to mention that so many people made it to the late service at church accidentally, due to stupid Daylight Savings!
Here's my favorite quote:
I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind. I even object to the implication that I am wasting something valuable if I stay in bed after the sun has risen. As an admirer of moonlight I resent the bossy insistence of those who want to reduce my time for enjoying it. At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves."
-- Robertson Davies, The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks, 1947, XIX, Sunday
I'm so glad that someone else has the same feelings about Daylight Savings as me. It was started to save energy, in the early 1900's, but it really serves no purpose if we keep pushing it further and further earlier every year. Countries like Taiwan don't even do it! Let's just stop the whole stupid thing!
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