Is there anybody else who forgot to set his or her clocks back [CORRECTION: I meant forward.] last night? A certain family headed by an absent-minded father I know of is going to be late for church this morning. Ahem. Stupid daylight savings time, always plotting against me...
Springing forward with haste
Sunday March 9, 2008
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If I look into the (imaginary) future, I can imagine a few signs that the Republic has been restored:
1. The abomination of daylight savings time is abolished, as a foreshadowing of the Beast who "shall think to change the times and the law" (Dan. 8:25)
2. We're back on the gold standard
3. The Department of Homeland Security and the TSA are abolished
...
and so forth.
However, I suspect we'll see the Parousia before we see any of the above changes.
Lee
Well, G.O.M. beat me to it...I was going to say that if you're an hour late people will just mistake you for cradle Orthodox.
No daylight is saved (or lost). It's moved. The men behind the curtain can do that and there is more to come.
Don't feel bad. A good friend of mine, a newly-appointed deacon, goofed -- and didn't show up until the vicar had already improvised the sermon.
Everyone forgave him readily. We've all done it, one time or another.
Report suggests that DST increases energy costs for some:
http:
//online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120406767043794825-UOLcfJA8x9Gw9ozbCz77MiLmtaE_20080327.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
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