So. For your perusal, here is a link to every time I've mentioned Daylight Savings in my blog. Yes - I am sending you into my archives to see how this topic has concerned and plagued me ... it is my life long mission to end Daylight Savings Time ... a futile and hopeless mission that causes me much pain and grief.
But y'know what the worst part is ... my elected officials don't listen to me, don't respond. I'm gonna have to research How a Bill Becomes a Law or How to Petition Something onto the Ballot - I might have to do something that involves more than typing on my laptop. And I will totally buy your vote with brownies, if it is for sale.
16 Brilliant Bits of Inspiration:
Brandy, my work supervisor told me that one state didn't do daylight savings and then did again (Arizona? not sure which one) and they realized that having daylight savings did NOT help reduce energy costs, in fact it increased energy costs. This would be good information to track down to help your cause, if you don't have it already. There is SNOW on the ground in WA right now and yet we're on this time change already? So dumb, makes me irritated.
Two state, AZ and HA ... a study in Indiana was done when a few counties who didn't do DLS were forced to step in line - MILLIONS in increased energy cost, just in a few counties in Indiana.
Link have been published in previous posts AND sent to my leaders; do they care? No.
It's crap.
Stop jerking me around DLS!
For some reason, I think that "We do it for the energy savings" is to DST as "We're doing it for democracy" is to Iraq. In other words, it's bull crap. A reason invented after the powerful private interests got what they wanted: more daylight to sell you outdoor entertainment and other stuff you don't need and can't afford. Here's a new and scary barometer. As long as there is DST, and even more DST (!), our civilization is collapsing.
Do you think they'd let us cut out the "spring forward" but keep the "fall back"?
I love "fall back".
My kids will be having meltdowns all week as they adjust. Getting them to go to bed isn't actually the problem with the time change... it's getting them up in the morning.
In from MMB. Good luck with that. Especially since we live in a time and age where everything is about energy costs or something related to it. You don't have to buy my vote with brownies, I'll give it for free. Of course, you have to do the leg work.
I just fed my daycare kids and put them down for nap an hour late. Oops. I set the clocks upstairs and forgot about the downstairs clocks. Hopefully mom's and dad's won't be too tortured over this.
I have meltdowns about getting up in the morning too.
I remain firmly unconvinced, Brandy. DST is still the bestest time of the year....even better than a birthday cupcake with sprinkles on top if you ask me.
I'll take being able to run around outside with my kid for a few extra hours any day of the week rather than some lousy 4.30 darkness in the dead of winter.
I'm not sure why/how it would add to energy costs to increase the amount of daylight....I mean, it means that I spend less time with my electrical lights on, so why would my energy costs go up? Is it because people would actually be out and about doing things? But isn't that stimulating the economy?
Who exactly did these studies? I mean, most of the world follows DST, so there has to be SOME logic to it. Plus, I found that it hasn't really had all that negative of an effect on Olivia...she went to bed a little early on Sunday night and took a nice long 2 1/2 hour nap today....and then went right to bed at 8.45ish.
I will never give it up, never!
But then, we agreed, it's not DST we don't like...we could compromise with just DST all year long, right? Then I don't have to hover in seemingly endless darkness for what seems like half the year.
Cheers!
Catherine
HERE is a report on the Indiana study from USA Today - $8 million increase in energy usage, from increased heating and cooling. When people are up late in the summer, they still want to be cool - or, like RIGHT EFFING NOW, I have to turn the heat on an extra hour early as I wake the kids up for school - there is SNOW on the ground.
I am an advocate of the early to bed, early to rise principle. And I feel so strongly that adequate sleep is essential to good health, along with exercise and nutrition. Americans neglect their health, working too much, playing too much, eating crap junk food. We make ourselves sick and speed up our deaths. We wonder why we are unhappy - struggling to find balance and peace in life.
Sure DST is just an hour, but it exemplifies the very worst of our culture - valuing work and play before rest; consuming above conserving.
The reasons for DST are obsolete, falsehoods now. For the government to continue using them, clearly they are exploiting their power and control.
It doesn't matter what you call the hours of the day, there are exactly the same amount of daylight.
I'm glad that so many of you (not my readers, per se, but Americans) are so willing to blindly believe your government when they tell you DST is good for you and the country and that spending and consuming is the answer to all of our problems. I suppose that mindset makes it easier to sleep at night (however few hours you get), knowing you don't have to worry about a thing, Uncle Sam will take good care of you. So you just set your clock to what ever time they tell you to, stay up, play, spend ... I'm sure everything is fine...
It's not dark at 4 frikkin' 30 (or 5 or 5.15)....so I am SOOOOOOO happy!!!!
Even my aunt mentioned it to me a few weeks ago when she asked me when DST was coming, and she also was glad for the end of the afternoon darkness. Really, for those of us here in Chicago, DST is happy happy joy joy time!
Flexibility is a wonderful thing, no?
And PS, what are the reasons? For farmers? I always thought it was for farmers.
The verification word for this post is 'inquisto'
The farmers thing is a fallacy, I believe. Cows need milking twice a day at the same times no matter what the clock says. Wikipedia's entry about it says it's a hindrance to farmers. Asia (where all the smart people live ;)) don't use it at all anymore.
Finally, like I said, regardless of how the government adjusts time for us, the sun shines for the same duration. Calling "5:30" "6:30" doesn't give you more sun, Just less sleep.
And no, temporal flexibility is a sucky sucky thing. Just leave effing time a-frikkin-lone already. I haven't been sleeping well and wouldn't you know, poor Canon has fallen asleep on Sagan's rocker with no diaper on. Sure it's nice and quiet NOW, but he's been hell to put to bed and he'll probably pee on the chair. I'm blaming you. And society.
So, I'm sorry Chicago is dank dark and gloomy, but dammit, I LOATHE DAYLIGHT MOTHERLOVING SAVINGS TIME.
(sorry for all the swearing Gramma Roth)
(and stop goading me already! I can NEVER NEVER NEVER let an "I like daylight saving time" comment stand unchallenged. Because you're wrong. Maybe no one else will tell you, but I will. wwwwwWWWRRRROOONNNGNGGG!!!!!)
End Daylight Saving Time in 2009!
I'm here to be contrary.
I LOVE daylight savings time! I forgot it was dst and my kids let me sleep in. Not only did I get an extra hour of sleep (and a passable excuse to be late for church), it FELT like I got 2 hours of extra sleep--it was so beautiful and sunny, and you know, the clock SAID it was two hours later! Bless daylight savings time, I love you and your bright mornings in cloudy WA!
Um, so the problem is that your kids stay up later than usual?
I don't know why it messes your kids up so much, but Olivia has been sleeping like a doll lately.
And I will NEVER EVER EVER give up my support of DST. (cue dramatic music.....EVER!!!)
BTW, the same person who came up with the saying "early to bed, early to rise, etc. etc." is the EXACT SAME PERSON WHO CAME UP WITH DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (which, btw, I learned, is the actual, correct term for it). The person I am speaking of is none other than dear old Ben Franklin.
So, no, it really had nothing to do with saving electricity/energy if the concept was thought of before said things were even thought of.
My guess is that it had to do with staying out and enjoying the sunshine.
Ben Franklin didn't invent or even propose DST. Ancient Romans did it. I hate Ben Franklin, nonetheless. DST was not instituted in the US until 1918 (Ben had died by then, I think).
It had to do with making people work longer hours while there was light.
It sucks.
I have to get my kids up early in the morning, which makes them tired in the afternoon, leading to naps or over tiredness, which consequently lead to difficulties going to sleep at the appropriate time of night. Also, the sun is still up at bed time.
Also, today from Lifehacker.com: DST may be bad for you . It's bad for me, that's for durn sure.
Glad your kid's doing great on it. It's pretend 7:49 and if it were real 7:49 my kids would be asleep. Instead, we're playing video games.
mommy needs a break.
Well here is where I got my information:
http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/
Guess it's an urban legend....
So you're upset that your kids are awake and they're playing video games...so turn off the video games, give 'em some melatonin or benadryl and they'll fall asleep right quick. Otherwise, enjoy spending some extra time with your kids...they're only young once.
Best of luck.
I'm wasn't upset they were up playing video games, I was upset that the clock said it was bed time when it really wasn't.
We don't think it's a good idea to drug up the kids; we'd prefer ending DST.
Love ya Baby O ... hate DST.
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