Lost Hours In The Night

One of the strange rituals that some of us go through at this time of year includes the lost hour in the night.  We call this phenomenon Daylight Savings Time.  I grew up in a place that did not practice this strange resetting of clocks.  As an adult, it still is a subject of fascination for me.  This is the day that we "spring forward," or turn the clock ahead by an hour.  In doing so, we "lose" the hour until we can reclaim it sometime this fall.

If you have been reading my ramblings, you know that I have had a fascination with the mechanics of time.  The semi-annual time shift that we experience does more than just cause a distortion with our own perception.  When time isn't considered a constant, we start to see problems arise.  During the lost hour, I have seen several systems start to malfunction due to a timing miscalculation.  Once we get these systems back in synchronization, it will be time to change the clock back.  The circle continues throughout the years, and I guess it all balances out in the end.

Well, I've got to fix all my clocks now, and then it's time for bed. See ya.