Daylight Stupid Time

In a few weeks daylight savings time will end and we will be plunged again into darkness. I never used to think much about the start and stop of daylight savings time. My mom used to make a big fuss, but I could never remember if it was spring back, fall forward or vice versa.

When I had kids I suddenly realized that kids don't care if they can sleep an extra hour – because they won't. They don't care if there is an hour less during the night... they will get up when they are ready. Generally it takes a week to get the Wee Wonders adjusted to the time change.

I'm not really sure why daylight savings time was introduced in the first place, my mom told me that it was for the farmers ... which of course doesn't explain why Saskcatchewan refuses to go on the dreaded DST. The breadbasket of Canada says that chickens and cows can't tell time.

Here is the thing. Next spring we will start daylight savings time a month early, and end it a month late. Why? Because the genius in the White House thinks that it is a great way for Americans to save energy. The last time this was done, it was done by Nixon. And you know what? People used even more energy than they did before.

My province and my country (the US's closest trading partner) has to go along with this asinine proposal because it will be too costly not too for our economy. Sadly it will be more costly for our environment.

I think we should rename daylight savings time...