This is so dumb

Hey, want to do something stupid this weekend? A lot of us will. Plus 7 other things worth your time.

Big plans this weekend: I’m doing something stupid. No offense, but chances are, you’re going to do it, too.

We’ll all turn the clocks back at 2 a.m. on Sunday. So, not for the first time, allow me to shout from the rafters about how utterly stupid Daylight Saving Time is (or more to the point, ending Daylight Saving Time).

Why are we still doing this? Especially since:

• It's all based on a 100-year-old, totally outdated theory.

• It's really bad for us, from a health and economic perspective.

• And almost everybody basically hates it.

There's a reason. Two, actually, and you're not going to like them. Let's break it all down.

The messed up history of Daylight Saving Time

First some history. We've been turning the clocks back and forth, on and off anyway, since 1918.

We started out copying Germany in World War I. Nobody here liked it, so most states gave it up but during World War II we went back to it a bit to get the whole company synched up.

After that, it was every state for itself for decades, …