I dislike Daylight Savings Time. A lot. When my middle daughter dislikes something she’ll comment that she wishes it would “die in a hole.” Given that Daylight Savings Time is a rather abstract concept, as well as unliving, my daughter’s curse would be ineffective. Though it does turn everyone into the living dead for a few days afterward, so that we kind of feel like we’re dying in a hole. I would really prefer that we not have to change the clocks twice a year and to lose an hour’s sleep in the Spring. I simply don’t see the value of mucking with everyone’s sleep schedules and inducing nationwide “jet lag” twice a year. I can’t see how that can be good for productivity.

According to Wikipedia’s article on the subject, Benjamin Franklin introduced the concept in 1784 in a letter to the editors of the Journal of Paris. However, the article says that his letter was satirical. I hope so. I rather like Ben Franklin and would prefer to think that he never came up with such a bad idea. Of course, he also stood out in the rain waiting for his kite to be struck by lightening, so he wasn’t exactly a stranger to bad ideas.

Some people claim to like Daylight Savings Time. These are probably the same people who are morning people. There’s something wrong with morning people. I suspect morning people are not actually human. Maybe they’re the ones who came up with Daylight Savings Time. Perhaps they are the vanguard of some alien invasion and intend to attack us when we’re most sleep deprived.

Only most parts of Arizona and Hawaii can save us.

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