Decades are interesting milestones. For one thing, they are rare in the course of a lifetime. For much of human history, the average person lived to see only three decades pass. Today, we might see, seven, eight, or even nine decades, but still that is only seven, eight, or nine events in the course of…
Hey, don’t forget to “fall back” tonight. We turn the clocks back an hour tonight. This year, it comes a week later than usual because of the changes in Daylight Saving time instituted earlier this year.
People at work are in a panic. over what they keep referring to as the “daylight savings” issue. I don’t know what daylight savings is. The normative form of the name is “daylight saving”. Daylight savings sounds like something you put in a bank account. Everyone seems to have been caught by surprise by this…
Lunch time on Wednesdays are often my favorite because it is during lunch on Wednesday that we crest the hill that is the work week, and begin our slide down the downhill side. I’ve always been confused about the exact moment that the week is half over. Here is how I break it down. There…
I found out today that because of a bill Congress passed in 2005, beginning this year, Daylight Saving time will be extended by about a month. Instead of the first Sunday in April, Daylight Saving time begin on March 11 and ends on November 4. I wouldn’t have known about this if I hadn’t received…
This was kind of cool. Half an hour ago I watched the clock on my computer change from 1:59 AM to 1:00 AM. Kinda like jumping back in time.