The oddest bit of DST 'time-foolery' I have been a part of was a Halloween (technically, early morning, Nov. 1st) in the early '90s.

I was living in a medium-sized city on the east coast that had ordinances requiring bars to have their 'last call' at 1:15 A.M., drinks off of the tables by 1:45 A.M. and then everyone out of the buildings by 2:00 A.M. It was obviously a Saturday night, and the trend was for the bars to stay packed until the very last minute. Bouncers had to practically drag the patrons out at closing time.

There had been rumors (mysteriously unconfirmed by staff) circulating around clubs all evening that the bars, because of the time change, were just going to stay open an hour later than usual. At 2:00, it would become 1:00, and therefore the bar was still operating lawfully. However, much to everyone's dismay, at 1:15 A.M. the customary last call was given, and the drinks were dutifully removed from the tables at quarter to 2. Everyone was removed from the building, but a large crowd of hopeful and stubborn 'Halloweeners' hung around outside the doors to see what happened at 2.

As predicted by the hopeful, at 2:00 AM, the doors reopened (as it was now 1:00 AM), and the bartenders endured a frantic 15-20 minute scramble for booze. The flow was then again stopped, and all of the glasses gathered, and the herd shuffled towards the door.

Those stubborn few that had stayed outside in the cold got an extra hour of partying that night. I was one of them. It's also probably obvious that I'm one of 'those people' that sits through the credits of a movie, just to make sure I don't miss anything.

Hello! This site was created for the purpose of having a combination personal Art Gallery and 'Rant Space'...kinda like a Facebook page, but I can make this one look cooler. I hope to have message boards up shortly. Thanks for your patience, it's taken me a while just to get to this stage.

Herein you will find some ramblings. I can be a bit bitter and cynical at times, and therefore this page will occasionally offend some of you, somehow. (if not all of you, all of the time ;-) This is not done intentionally or to hurt anyone's feelings (ever!), and if I do hurt your feelings, I apologize in advance. I warn the casual reader to take into consideration that these ramblings can take many forms, and are written at all times of day and in all frames of mind. Therefore, there will be no set schedule for updates, nor do I intend to ever have one.

Furthermore, I make no guarantees that everything here is true and correct. I'll will do my best to make updates to correct misinformation, and I'm very picky about that kind of thing to begin with, so I don't anticipate many issues along those lines. However, it would be ill-advised to use information on this website to, for example, direct your financial investments.

The only reason I really mind birthdays anymore is that they remind me that I'm not gonna be around to see the really amazing stuff that we're gonna do next.

  I've always hoped that before it’s my time to go, someone will invent a suspended animation-type of "time machine" that could wake me up in a couple hundred years. Of course, there's always the possibility that I wouldn't want to see what things look like in a couple hundred years. (Or what I look like) Maybe when these devices are finally invented, the software running the thing will be able to specify a range of situations where one wouldn’t be awoken at a specific time, instead perhaps delaying to a more user-defined preferable time.

  As I don’t believe in an afterlife of any kind, I suppose this would be my idea of “salvation”. Since I am such a geek, and always love to see all the cool new toys and technological progress, this could realistically be a “heaven” for me.

  We have made such incredible strides even in the last 150 years. And at the rate that our breakthroughs are increasing now with the aid of computers, 200-300 years will show wonderful discoveries and huge leaps from our current levels of understanding. Now and the next few hundred years is and will be a remarkable time to be around for techno-junkies like me.