Springing Forward?

Okay, here's where I come down with a virtual hammer and say this is the most absolutely ridiculous and ludicrous idea needs to stop, right here and now.

Yes, I know spring is almost here, and really, I can't wait for it. I'm looking at the red haze on the trees, knowing that one good warm day in a few weeks will make them pop and by the end of the month, we'll see new growth on everything.

In two weeks, the roadside stands in southern New Jersey will be open, selling Easter plants and new asparagus to start their new growing season, too.

It's also mating season, so the birds are working double time these days; there's the typical "I'm here!" call, and then you hear "mating" calls.

It's a lovely thing, really...to wake up a bit before the sun comes up, and hear all of the birds, and two woodpeckers doing a jazz "call and response" with each other.

See, they're just in tune with what they need to do. But, well, not so much for us.

I'm not entirely sure that changing our sleep cycle even by one hour is a good thing, and besides, it's been proven that we're not saving any energy by doing so.

So, enjoy getting up tomorrow and driving to work in what feels like the dead of night, okay? And, let me know how much you like having your own body clock thrown off of schedule, too.

Okay?

I'm just saying, you know.