I'm not a big fan of changing the clocks twice a year, especially in the autumn when we chop a precious hour off the end of our day. I can remember being a middle school lad and rushing home to cram in an hour or so of sledding in the woods across from my house. By 4:15 PM the fun was over. Now that I'm an "adult" I find that getting out and playing is more important than ever--and it's already dark when I get out of work at 5 PM. Ugh!!

Luckily, the plucky citizens of Boulder are not easily deterred. On any given night, one can see the twinkling headlamps of defiant hikers climbing up Mount Sanitas. Many mountain bikers buy expensive lighting systems to ride the trails once the sun goes down. Even LED frisbees are thrown with more frequency in the winter, even on freezing, finger-nail chipping days.

Don't get me wrong, I love winter--I would be hard pressed to live somewhere that doesn't get snow. I just wish we had more daylight hours to enjoy the fun! If only we had TWO suns like Tatooine, maybe that would solve the problem (or cast us into a horrible desert-like existence where sand people regularly caused trouble).

Anyhow, I don't let the illusion I'm "getting an extra hour of sleep" fool me. I'm really not, since I fell dead asleep last night at 9:30 PM and woke up at 5:30 AM. And then I just kind of hung out--though since I'm watching Mystic, we went for a doggie walk and watched the sunrise which I think was nice. I barely remember it--I need more sleep!

Posted by James Dziezynski @ 8:00 AM