Did you set your clock forward?

Yes this is only a joke, but let's face it it's not that big of a stretch.

Alaska Senate votes to do away with Daylight Savings time.

Courtesy of Alaska Dispatch:  

The Alaska Senate passed a bill to kill Daylight Saving Time Wednesday, voting 16-4 to send the measure to the House. 

The bill passed shortly after noon Alaska Daylight Time. The bill, Senate Bill 6, also asks the U.S. Transportation Dept. to include at least some of Alaska in the Pacific Time Zone. 

The sponsor of the measure, Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Eagle River, said the state has the power to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, but shifting time zones is solely the prerogative of the federal government.

It should come as a surprise to no one that this had bipartisan support. 

I have NEVER understood why we have Daylight Savings Time in Alaska. It's dark all of the time for most of the winter, so starting the day a little later or earlier seems ridiculous.

It makes no real difference except to make people late for appointments, and irritate the crap out of Alaskans who have to walk around their house changing clocks.

So I embrace this change and hope that it passes the House so we can finally just live our lives without the twice a year panic of suddenly waking up and realizing that we don't know what time it is.