fall back

As the days grow shorter, the great clock switch is just around the corner. Are you ready for that extra hour of sleep?

A little over two weeks from now we get to take part in that much-beloved ritual of setting our clocks ahead. In spite of multiple efforts from Illinois state lawmakers over the years, we still have to do this clock-changing routine twice a year.

Try a little experiment at work or home. Mention to people around you that it's about a month until it's time to change the clocks again. See how many people respond with something to the effect of "Again? I ****ing hate having to do that!"

As strange as it may sound, a new study says that we're pretty angry right after we "fall back." A lot angrier than when we "spring forward."

A bill signed into law by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards says the state will adopt daylight saving time as the year-round standard time, pending changes in federal law.

Well, the newer, higher-tech clocks will. The old ones still require a manual change.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) was first enacted by the federal government March 19, 1918, during World War I, as a way to conserve coal.

Senate Bill 533, introduced by state Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), would make Daylight Saving Time the year-round standard time of the entire state starting on the second Sunday of March 2020.

I know, most of our timepieces will make the switch automatically, but there's always at least one clock that requires the "old school" treatment.

It's almost time to do that thing that so many people just hate--adjust the clock as Daylight Saving Time comes to an end.