This Time Next Week It Won't BE This Time Next Week

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Argh. It's Daylight Savings Time time again. Forty eight of the fifty states "spring forward" this coming weekend. Arizona and Hawaii don't touch that clock. I wish we didn't, either. I've mentioned before that Terry Ree, the Sioux half of the comedy duo Williams and Ree, says, "You white people think you can cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and make the blanket longer." Yep. You want more daylight? Get up an hour earlier!!! Seriously, I understand the reasons for it in years past: energy savings, more "daylight" for people after work, etc. But those are behind us now. Let's face it, when it's 90 degrees in July your air conditioner doesn't care if it's 5 PM or 4 PM, it's running! Additionally, we're in an era where the "9-5" work day is no longer the "norm." With 24-hour stores, restaurants, and businesses (a business in my office building is open 24/7/365), people who work a "graveyard shift" aren't getting the "benefit" of "more daylight in the evening." There's another issue about DST (and time zones in general) that kind of bugs me, too: it's based on voter preference, not geographical location. There are areas that are geographically east of Louisville in Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida that are on central time, while we're on eastern time. So we get a 9 PM sunset while they get an 8 PM sunset. Say what??? I'm not a fan of DST, but then again, I'm a night owl. However, like it or lump it, it's coming up this weekend, and we'll "spring forward" an hour. So this time next week it won't be this time next week. You bet there's a song for that: