"The Time Change"

Who came up with the idea of "time change"?  That silly practice of "falling back" during one part of the year and "springing forward" during another?  Well, it's happening again this weekend!

I was surprised to find out that Benjamin Franklin was the culprit who decided that messing with our clocks was a good thing. Prior to learning this information, I thought old Ben was a brilliant guy.  Now?  Not so much.

As you may have gathered, I'm not a fan.  Sure, I understand the reasoning.  We get some extra sunlight during certain parts of the year -and that's not a bad thing. Farmers love it, I suppose...  But I have to tell you, that the time change wreaks havoc on my body that first week after it goes into effect, and I'm not sure it ever gets caught up after that!  The day after we change our clock, I don't know if it's 12:00, 1:00, or 11:00!  I know, you're thinking "What difference does it make"?  I can't answer that...it just does!

Before we thought messing with time was a good idea, we had "standard time".  From caveman on, we've looked to the sky and when the sun's at its highest point, it's noon.  And you go on from there.  How can we take an hour and store it somewhere for a few months and then magically bestow it on another day, months later?  And who are we to mess with a fundamental structure of the universe, anyway?

Now, if they'd come up with a way of jockeying weight around -taking pounds away, magically, and bestowing them on another person -then they'd HAVE something!  And I would certainly get behind THAT!