Hello everybody! (Hi Doctor Nick! [Simpsons? Anyone?]) This is Cam Lownie, Nathan's friend and fellow rumpled, frisbee-tossing, wild-eyed blogger. We're thinking that from here on out, between the two of us we should be producing a post a day, ostensibly for your benefit, but really just because we like ranting.
Also, since unlike Nathan I have at least a vague appreciation for aesthetic appeal, I have reformatted the format to make it prettier. Hope you approve.
So. Daylight Savings Time ended last night, and we all got an extra hour of sleep. Personally, I've always been somewhat baffled by this whole thing, so I looked into the history. In WWI, DST was established to save electricty, but was then repealed when the war ended. Confusingly, DST observance then became a locally regulated affair, so that it could be a different time from one county to the next. Then, during WWII, Daylight Savings was observed year-round nationally, again to save electricty. Chaos reigned again after the war, with one 35 mile stretch between Ohio and West Virginia requiring seven clock resets. In the early '60s, train and airline authorities lobbied for some sanity, and the Uniform Time Act was passed in 1966. These days, DST starts the second Sunday of March until the first Sunday in November. However, Hawaii and (oddly) Arizona still do not observe DST, the latter for no good reason I can find.
Just so you know.
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Okay mr. aesthetic, how come the picture at the top doesn't quite line up with its background. Also i did the coloring for the adds. Lets not get all uppity.
okay upon seeing this i promptly wasted about half my life trying to get the damn picture to configure, but it's as good as it gets. i challenge you to improve it.
Dear cam,
The picture looks lovely
sincerely,
Nathan
Hmmm... pretty sure that Indiana does not follow it as well, cause of all the Farmers there or something, and the section of Arizona with Indian reservations doesn't either... I'm glad I know that.
Yeah...
in my research, i actually discovered that for many years, Indiana indeed did not follow DST, but recently joined the rest of the country when they realized they were just being assholes.
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