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The old saying is "the only things that are certaindeath and taxes".
And in both cases, something gets taken away from us.
There's a third thing that belongs on that list, though.
One hour. Every year at this time (pun inadvertent).
Spring forward. Fall back.
By the way, is it just me or do you also find a little frightening the number of people who cant seem to remember which way the clocks go on the respective days?

These are, I fear, the same people who are also authorized to drive their cars at 80 miles an hour right along side you and me.
Inability to grasp one of only two choices aside, I annually find myself not happy about the time change.
I've debated the issue with people through the years.
A lot of folks come down on the side of enjoying having "longer" days.
Look. I'm as much about sunshine as the next Vitamin D deficient earthling, but I like my yins and yangs to balance out.
In other words, I enjoy a fine nighttime just as much a fine daytime.
And I just can't get overly enthusiastic about the sun radiating its bountiful light across the cornfields and through my bedroom window at 9:30PM.
Which is exactly what happens if you live on the East Coast.
Do we really rinse off the mower and fire up the grill two and a half hours before midnight?
The only real practical advantage to the longer day is the same as its been for decades.
It gives farmers more daylight to work the fields.
Fair point. Except I live in a rural area, I have yet to see a single horse and farmer steered plow and I've noticed that the tractors, combines, etc that wander around the fields in this neck of the woods all seem to be equipped with these new fangled things they calluhwhat is it?
Oh. Yeah.
Headlights.
And the "argument" that more daylight hours cut down on the consumption of energy has been pretty much proven to be crap.
This is America, dammit. We don't believe in cutting down on the consumption of energy.
Why do you think they keep calling us the American consumer?
And I wont even waste my time (pun intended that time) getting into the whole thing about the various counties and/or states in the Union who don't even bother to pay attention to the time change.
The sign says "Welcome To ArizonaDon't Touch That Hour Hand".
So, for my money, Daylight Savings Time belongs with the Electoral College on the list of things that serve no useful purpose, tend to screw things up and simply haven't gotten around to being changed.
In lieu of that, though, and in full recognition of

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