My Beef with Ben...

Ben Franklin, the father of Daylight Savings. Thanks to him my children think it's not bedtime because the sun is "still turned on." They think they don't need to take a bath because it's still sunny and they want to play in the back yard. Thanks to him, my kids have a hard time getting up in the morning to get ready for school on time, and I have a hard time getting up at 5:30am to go running because my body still thinks it's 4:30am. Curse that man...he thought he was so smart with his new ideas (granted electricity, public libraries and eyeglasses are things I couldn't go without) but messing with one's sleep schedule!!! Not cool. I heard on NPR the other day that daylight savings doesn't really save us energy so my question is...Why??? Obviously with Ben frolicking around in France flirting with women didn't give him the same experience as his poor wife back home taking care of their kids and putting him to bed earlier than normal...Grr..hopefully the Beck family can adjust to their new sleep schedule before we have to change the clocks again in the fall.