In September 1999, the West Bank was on Daylight Saving Time while Israel had just switched back to standard time. West Bank terrorists prepared time bombs and smuggled them to their Israeli counterparts, who misunderstood the time on the bombs. As the bombs were being planted, they exploded--one hour too early--killing three terrorists

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That was my favorite bit about DST, from THIS site.

It seems Ben Franklin first thought of it, to more closely match the daylight with the time people were most active. It was introduced in the early 20th century in England, but not always honored. Then, during WW1, it was more widely adopted and followed to conserve energy.

DST makes sense in the north. Here in Florida, it is somewhat tragic. It extends the oppressive heat long into the evenings in the summer, while having the sun set at 5 or 6 in the winter, when temps and conditions are PERFECT. There's not much sadder than looking out the window at 79 degrees and sun, knowing it will be dark before your commute gets you home.

My solution(s): get a job that lets you out at 3 p.m., and, of course, commute by bike!