I didn’t mistype that. It’s Daylight Saving Time not Daylight Savings Time like everyone says. Then again, people say a lot of things wrong, like “perscription” for “prescription” or pronouncing realtor “real-uh-ter”, instead of the correct way: “real-ter”.
Areas that observe daylight saving time
Areas that once observed daylight saving time
Areas that have never observed daylight saving time

But the main point here is that I’m sleepy. I’m sleepy because even though the clock says 10pm, my body thinks it’s 11pm. That’s because last night I set my clock back an hour. That’s because in 1784 Ben Franklin wrote a letter to the editors of a French newspaper where he proposed the idea. He called it summer time and the French thought his concept was dumb. That was probably ok with Ben because he was kidding anyway.

Not all the states are together in this time changing mania; Arizona and Hawaii stay on standard time all year long. So do the territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.

Way back in 1997, friend Lowell A. Nelson, then a Utah State Senator, introduced a bill in the Utah Legislature to end the practice of Daylight Saving Time. In fact, he asked me to help him with the project, but limited time prevented me from doing so.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy this half of Saving Time. Falling Back is good. Springing forward, on the other hand, is not nearly as enjoyable. In fact, it sucks. That’s because it’s hard for my body to adjust to a lost hour. In fact, as a world traveler, my slowness to cope to changing times is a deficit. When I first went to Switzerland, for example, it took me several weeks to adjust to the jet lag.

But all of this speaking of circadian rhythms reminds me of something I read the other day. I don’t know if it’s true: a certain writer claimed that when people die of natural causes, more often than not, they die at about the same time of day they were born. If that’s true, it’s pretty interesting.

Fun Fact of the Day: China only uses ONE timezone. (Thanks Grady Kelly!)