I love getting the hour back to sleep while it messes with me staying up too late…or wait, is it the other way around. See how awful this leftover crap from I think WWI is? I think I bitched earlier in the year about how the Europeans are finally ditching this nonsense soon. I think one thing which would work way better here? More time zones so we could have a better sunrise/sunset around Austin. The same for Las Vegas, believe me, it’s not a vacation when the frickin’ sun is poking through the blinds at 530 AM! Then again, Las Vegas really should be on Mountain time permanently as Phoenix does.
Back to Austin-Dallas and may be the middle of Texas, as in vertically, should have an in-between time zone that’s 30 minutes behind Central (or 30 ahead of Mountain) while we ditch DST. It would give us a more consistent sunrise time throughout the year. Trust me, it grows pretty old and to some extent, discouraging, to get my ass out of bed and drive to the gym in the dark. Not so much when the sun is on the verge of rising or in the middle of it. To me, the sun rising while I’m walking in to achieve my daily cardio is…optimistic.
However, I live in America, the land of the dumb 33% who support Orange Foolius and believe their ignorant opinions are equally valid to the expertise of PhDs on the same topics. This has been the key flaw of Jeffersonian Democracy since Andrew Jackson expanded the vote to his redneck base.
OK, I’ll get back to enjoying a nap with less guilt today.