Spring Forward

Saturday night was daylight saving time so I hope you remembered to set them forward to skip that extra hour of sleep. I know, I know, I hate this one too but it just makes the one in November that much sweeter. At least it's on a Sunday (can you tell I don't go to church?)

Incidentally, DST was not invented by Benjamin Franklin as many believe. Nobody in the 18th century really kept schedules accurate enough to need it. It was the invention of rail and communication networks that neccessitated a standardization of time. This prompted the idea in 1905 and the United States adopted it in 1918, one of it's early goals being to reduce evening usage of incandescent lighting which was a primary use of electricity at the time. I wrote this before going to bed last night because I'm sleeping in today. Take that, DST.