My concept of time was destroyed at a relatively early age, first by reading Ray Bradbury short stories like A Sound of Thunder, and later by being exposed to Zen and eastern religion by reading pop philosopher Alan Watts. That headline of course is quoting a Douglas Adams character, Adams being another individual who apparently took an early disregard for the concept of time. All of which has something to do with my mild contempt for daylight savings time and the fact that I felt somehow cheated out of an hour this morning. So who’s behind this grand conspiracy to give us travel-free jetlag? Well, most recently the change was rolled into the Energy Policy Act of 2005, signed by George Bush. I still don’t understand why changing the dates of daylight savings time saves energy, and in fact, if you read this explanation on Wikipedia, you might end up concluding it only benefits wealthy golfers. But before all you ranting Liberal Elitists start blaming Bush, understand the trail goes back MUCH further, to 1884 and the International Meridian Conference, which was requested by U.S. President Chester A. Arthur, the guy we always forget because he only became president when Garfield was assassinated. Which I think makes it clear that there was indeed a conspiracy. An assassination, an international plan to modify TIME ITSELF….I’d follow up this morning but I’m short of time.