Solving the Daylight Savings Time Problem

I got a chuckle when I stumbled across this March calendar schedule on Twitter.

Cute. But losing an hour sleep this coming weekend is a real problem for some people. It is undeniable that losing an hour of sleep (or Netflix streaming time for you insomniacs) is unpleasant and upsets our circadian rhythms (good name for a band) quite a bit. Fortunately, I have a solution that should make the transition to Daylight Savings Time easy. Here’s my simple 61 step plan to ease into Daylight Savings Time.

  • Step 1: Start Daylight Savings Time on March 1st.
  • Step 2: Set the clocks ahead by 1 minute on March 1st.
  • Steps 3 through 61: Repeat Step 2 for 59 consecutive days following March 1st.

Who’s going to miss 1 minute per day? Nobody!

A Prickly Problem

I was thrilled to see our Christmas cactus blooming early at Thanksgiving. But then the flowers started dropping as you can see in this recent pic.

I can envision it all bloomed out by Christmas. Of course, this leads me to so many questions …

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Mite Be Funny #107 – Spring Ahead Edition

Mite Be Funny #107 Daylight Savings

Flies On Washington Walls #95

FOWW #95 DST