Comments on: Good news for those who like bad news.

By: mm

mm — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:00:06 +0000

I am really surprised by your article. The early Daylight Savings Time has made me feel like I am one step closer to spring. I look forward to leaving work knowing there will still be light. Do that many people wake up before the sunrise?

By: qqq

qqq — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:31:47 +0000

This climate thing has really touched on the national psyche. When they introduced DST, it would have been for reasons of economy. Now, for a second time, Congress has used it’s considerable weight to lean on the hands of time. Economics: the only existing time-machine to date.
Throw a girl a mystery, and look what she digs up.
Very interesting, indeed.

By: Christie

Christie — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:17:44 +0000

yeah, you hit on the right question, just like a good scientist. Want to know about the effects of changing seasons? Then go to where they never change at all. I asked around about this – apparently there are other weather-related influences, like rainfall, that have their own effects on mood near the equator. More reporting required.
- thanks Jessie

By: Jessie

Jessie — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:32:17 +0000

i love it when i throw you a mystery, you *always* get to heart of things.

however, Michael Terman can tell it to my ear-to-ear grin. the sun and 50-degree weather has made my mood change from apocalyptic to… sunny.

clearly, this waking in darkness problem only occurs in people that get up before 9 a.m. as a fearless writer & hit-songmaker, i am morally opposed.

however, i’m curious how it affects moods to live in places where light & darkness are rather constant year-round. in brasil, i never got used to it being 90 degrees but the sun setting at 6 p.m. sharp. radically changed my sense of timing & summer.

*however* my preliminary theory is that people who live near the equator are HAPPIER.

let’s go research eh?
jessie