Spring Forward 2023

Tonight is the night that clocks will need to be set forward one hour, as daylight savings time begins at 2:00 am tomorrow.  A barbaric practice, robbing us of a precious hour of sleep, and leaving most confused in the days following, it is nonetheless the law of the land.

"You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time."

Dave Barry

We move into that time where the sun beats down mercilessly longer into the evening.  Why in certain areas of the country we would want to extend that, I'll never know.

"Daylight time, a monstrosity in timekeeping."

Harry S. Truman

So, adjust those clocks under protest.  Ease yourself into it and do it this afternoon.  Leave an hour early from work in solidarity.  Write and petition your local congressman so that maybe we can finally change it.

"The sun got confused about daylight savings time.  It rose twice.  Everything had two shadows."

Steven Wright

Until then, soldier on.  We'll get that hour back.  Eventually.

Spring Forward 2022

Tonight is the night that clocks will need to be set forward one hour, as daylight savings time begins at 2:00 am tomorrow.  A barbaric practice, robbing us of a precious hour of sleep, and leaving most confused in the days following, it is nonetheless the law of the land.

"You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time."

Dave Barry

We move into that time where the sun beats down mercilessly longer into the evening.  Why particularly in the summer we would want to extend that, I'll never know.

"Daylight time, a monstrosity in timekeeping."

Harry S. Truman

So, adjust those clocks under protest.  Ease yourself into it and do it this afternoon.  Leave an hour early from work in solidarity.  Write and petition your local congressman so that maybe we can finally change it.

"The sun got confused about daylight savings time.  It rose twice.  Everything had two shadows."

Steven Wright

Until then, soldier on.  We'll get that hour back.  Eventually.

Fall Back 2021

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

That day we had an extra hour of sleep.

I hope you remembered to set your clocks back an hour, otherwise you are getting where you are going an hour early today.

At some point, I do hope we can get rid of all this spring forward/fall back nonsense, but for now, I'm grateful for the extra hour of sleep.

I hope you were all able to enjoy it and hope you have a wonderful day of rest.

Spring Forward

Tonight is the night that clocks will need to be set forward one hour, as daylight savings time begins.  A barbaric practice, robbing us of a precious hour of sleep, and leaving most confused in the days following, it is nonetheless the law of the land.

"You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time."

Dave Barry

We move into that time where the sun beats down mercilessly longer into the evening.  Why particularly in the south in the summer we would want to extend that, I'll never know.

"Daylight time, a monstrosity in timekeeping."

Harry S. Truman

So, adjust those clocks under protest.  Ease yourself into it and do it this afternoon.  Leave an hour early from work in solidarity.  Write and petition your local congressman so that maybe we can finally change it.

"The sun got confused about daylight savings time.  It rose twice.  Everything had two shadows."

Steven Wright

Until then, soldier on.  We'll get that hour back.  Eventually.

Fall Back Reminder

Just a reminder, tonight is the night that Daylight Savings Time kicks in and we fall back an hour.  While the reasons for keeping up this practice continue to become less and less relevant to modern society, at least in this season we get an "extra" hour of sleep tonight. 

Should you forget, at least you will just be an hour early to church or whatever you are attending.  But go ahead, turn those clocks back an hour and enjoy the extra sleep.