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shadowkatBeen working on revising my novel all weekend long. Got into the groove, and I managed to cut out about ten more pages. It was 890, now it is 739, so progress? Or 389,000 words chopped down to 287,132. I may be remembering the first amount wrong for the mathematicians out there.
I'm cutting out all the subplots that don't work. Or don't really go anywhere. Or trying to. My mind comes up with a convoluted world that doesn't always work well in writing.
Whether it ever makes the light of day, is another story.
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It's been a nice weekend - no, rain, and I should have frolicked outside, but my allergies have been bugging me, and until today - overcast and somewhat chilly. The allergies - is mainly this mugwort weed that has a side effect of causing massive digestive issues. (In case you missed the previous posts on the topic).
Also, I've got Monday and Tuesday off - well sort of. I have to go into Manhattan aka The City (per most of my co-workers and many Brooklynites) for an Audiology appointment regarding Migraine Dizziness. And two appointments, back to back on Tuesday morning - starting at 9:30 am.
But other than that - I've got most of it off. And I'm using it to work on my novel.
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Daylight Savings Time has come to an end this weekend - we're back to Standard Time, which some States/Territories in the US and countries around the world have been on - all along.
It's of course controversial. There are people who want Daylight Savings Time all year long (I'm guessing most of them get up at 8, and go home around 5:30 or 7 pm, although there are others who just prefer more daylight at night and I can't say I blame them.) The reason it is switched back to Standard in the late fall/winter months is the school kids. They are basically going to school in the dark by the time November hits. Which is dangerous, and the parents lobbied for it to be switched back at that time of year. The reason we have Daylight Savings Time is well to save fuel costs. So there's that, and yes, it's always an economic reason. If you have more daylight in the evening, less need to have the lights on. And you don't need it any more in the morning - since the sun would get up around 4am, if you didn't have Daylight Savings Time.
Why Does Daylight Savings Time Exist - a Look Back at the 100 year old Debate (Yes, we've been fighting about it for a 100 years now.)
"Daylight saving time was a byproduct of the First World War and an effort by the United States to follow the lead of several European countries who had adopted the measure to save on fuel costs during the war by adding an extra hour of sunlight to the day, according to the Library of Congress."
Is daylight saving time ending? What to know about Sunshine Protection Act
"Although the Sunshine Protection Act was passed unanimously by the US Senate in 2022, it did not pass in the U.S. House of Representatives and was not signed into law by President Joe Biden.
A 2023 version of the act has remained idle in Congress as well." [Honestly, if you want Congress to do anything - vote out the GOP.]
Status of Daylight Savings Time Today
"The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established daylight saving time more systematically throughout the U.S., though even today it is not observed in every state or territory.
In 1974, a law signed by President Richard Nixon created year-round daylight saving time in order to save fuel during a national gas crisis. However, the early morning darkness caused some accidents for children going to school, and the Watergate scandal moved Nixon out of office a few months later.
An amendment was introduced seven days after Nixon's resignation in September 1974 to end Nixon's daylight saving time experiment, which was signed by President Gerald Ford the following month."
* When does daylight saving time end in 2023?
On Sunday, Nov. 5 at 2 a.m. local time, our clocks will go back an hour and we will gain an hour of sleep, part of the twice-annual time change that affects most, but not all, Americans.
In March, daylight saving time will begin again for 2024, when we set our clocks forward and lose an hour of sleep.
'Fall back,' don't 'spring forward'
We gain an hour in November (as opposed to losing an hour in the spring) to accommodate for more daylight in the mornings. When we "spring forward" in March, it's to add more daylight in the summer evenings. In the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox was Sept. 23, marking the start of the fall season.
* Do all states observe daylight saving time?
No, not all states and U.S. territories participate in daylight saving time.
Hawaii and Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation) do not observe daylight saving time, and neither do the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
***
I was going to write about something else, but I can no longer recall what it was. If it returns - it will be in a separate post.
I'm cutting out all the subplots that don't work. Or don't really go anywhere. Or trying to. My mind comes up with a convoluted world that doesn't always work well in writing.
Whether it ever makes the light of day, is another story.
***
It's been a nice weekend - no, rain, and I should have frolicked outside, but my allergies have been bugging me, and until today - overcast and somewhat chilly. The allergies - is mainly this mugwort weed that has a side effect of causing massive digestive issues. (In case you missed the previous posts on the topic).
Also, I've got Monday and Tuesday off - well sort of. I have to go into Manhattan aka The City (per most of my co-workers and many Brooklynites) for an Audiology appointment regarding Migraine Dizziness. And two appointments, back to back on Tuesday morning - starting at 9:30 am.
But other than that - I've got most of it off. And I'm using it to work on my novel.
***
Daylight Savings Time has come to an end this weekend - we're back to Standard Time, which some States/Territories in the US and countries around the world have been on - all along.
It's of course controversial. There are people who want Daylight Savings Time all year long (I'm guessing most of them get up at 8, and go home around 5:30 or 7 pm, although there are others who just prefer more daylight at night and I can't say I blame them.) The reason it is switched back to Standard in the late fall/winter months is the school kids. They are basically going to school in the dark by the time November hits. Which is dangerous, and the parents lobbied for it to be switched back at that time of year. The reason we have Daylight Savings Time is well to save fuel costs. So there's that, and yes, it's always an economic reason. If you have more daylight in the evening, less need to have the lights on. And you don't need it any more in the morning - since the sun would get up around 4am, if you didn't have Daylight Savings Time.
Why Does Daylight Savings Time Exist - a Look Back at the 100 year old Debate (Yes, we've been fighting about it for a 100 years now.)
"Daylight saving time was a byproduct of the First World War and an effort by the United States to follow the lead of several European countries who had adopted the measure to save on fuel costs during the war by adding an extra hour of sunlight to the day, according to the Library of Congress."
Is daylight saving time ending? What to know about Sunshine Protection Act
"Although the Sunshine Protection Act was passed unanimously by the US Senate in 2022, it did not pass in the U.S. House of Representatives and was not signed into law by President Joe Biden.
A 2023 version of the act has remained idle in Congress as well." [Honestly, if you want Congress to do anything - vote out the GOP.]
Status of Daylight Savings Time Today
"The Uniform Time Act of 1966 established daylight saving time more systematically throughout the U.S., though even today it is not observed in every state or territory.
In 1974, a law signed by President Richard Nixon created year-round daylight saving time in order to save fuel during a national gas crisis. However, the early morning darkness caused some accidents for children going to school, and the Watergate scandal moved Nixon out of office a few months later.
An amendment was introduced seven days after Nixon's resignation in September 1974 to end Nixon's daylight saving time experiment, which was signed by President Gerald Ford the following month."
* When does daylight saving time end in 2023?
On Sunday, Nov. 5 at 2 a.m. local time, our clocks will go back an hour and we will gain an hour of sleep, part of the twice-annual time change that affects most, but not all, Americans.
In March, daylight saving time will begin again for 2024, when we set our clocks forward and lose an hour of sleep.
'Fall back,' don't 'spring forward'
We gain an hour in November (as opposed to losing an hour in the spring) to accommodate for more daylight in the mornings. When we "spring forward" in March, it's to add more daylight in the summer evenings. In the Northern Hemisphere, the autumnal equinox was Sept. 23, marking the start of the fall season.
* Do all states observe daylight saving time?
No, not all states and U.S. territories participate in daylight saving time.
Hawaii and Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation) do not observe daylight saving time, and neither do the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
***
I was going to write about something else, but I can no longer recall what it was. If it returns - it will be in a separate post.