Some early things I\u2019ve noticed while living in spacious Carmel, IN.<\/p>\n
People are crazy friendly here. I\u2019m sure there are rude people somewhere, but I\u2019ve yet to run across one. Of course, after the a-holes at the moving and cable companies we had to deal with in our first week of residence, pretty much anyone who does their job seems agreeable to you.<\/p>\n
The time is completely screwed up. You know the old joke: Indiana: a time zone for every life style. (Of course, that\u2019s not accurate since northwest Indiana moves their clocks with Chicago, and portions of southern Indiana change their clocks with Kentucky and\/or Ohio. But for the masses throughout Indiana, they\u2019ve never had to learn that tricky memory device, spring forward, fall back.) I\u2019m still not sure why they don\u2019t change here. It\u2019s not like Arizona, where it\u2019s 182 in the summer and that extra hour of dark at night is a blessing. All I know is the sun comes up at 5:15 in the morning, and it makes it damn near impossible to sleep in. We didn\u2019t have blinds or drapes in our bedroom until last week and at exactly 6:02 AM, these retina-burning rays of sun hit me. It was impossible to avoid them. Even putting two pillows over my head didn\u2019t work. Then the sun goes down at 8:15. Very odd for someone who spent most of his summers growing up in Western Kansas where the sun doesn\u2019t set until almost 10:00.<\/p>\n
Indianapolis TV stations operate on the East Coast prime time schedule. That means Friends is on at 8:00. ER at 10:00. Local news at 11:00. Tough to adjust to, but when I lived in California I operated under that schedule, so I can adjust. What\u2019s weird is the fact the when the rest of the country moves their clocks, Indiana suddenly becomes the last place in the world to know about anything that\u2019s not live. Example: in May, for the big Friends finale, the show aired at 8:00 Indianapolis time. Which is 9:00 in New York, so the show had been on an hour earlier. But, since prime time starts at 7:00 in the Central time zone, people in Kansas City had already seen the episode as well. But then during the winter, we\u2019re watching shows at the same time as people in both New York and Kansas City. Makes sense, no? So if you really want to mess with me, find a show I\u2019m following religiously, wait for the cliff hanger in May, then call me and ruin it before I get a chance to watch. Not the end of the world, I know, but something that I can harp on for awhile.<\/p>\n
One final note on time in Indiana. We got a flyer from our state representative yesterday. You know those fluff pieces they mail to everyone in their district to try to prove they\u2019ve accomplished something and deserve your vote next time around? Our state rep devoted a full third of his accomplishment page to blasting the other members of the house who kept Daylight Savings Time from passing in this year\u2019s session. He even said their heads were in the sand, which I kind of liked. He pretty much seemed to be a party-line tool from what else he wrote, but if he comes trolling through our neighborhood for votes, I may corner him and exact some promises about DST in return for my vote. I\u2019m telling you, my way to the top in this state is getting DST passed, then starting a company that consults with both companies and private citizens on how to turn their clocks forward and back.<\/p>\n
Other than that, life is good. Is everyone really going to be here in just over a week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some early things I\u2019ve noticed while living in spacious Carmel, IN. People are crazy friendly here. I\u2019m sure there are rude people somewhere, but I\u2019ve yet to run across one. Of course, after the a-holes at the moving and cable companies we had to deal with in our first week of residence, pretty much anyone who does their job seems agreeable to you. The time is completely screwed up. You know the old joke: Indiana: a time zone for every life style. (Of course, that\u2019s not accurate since northwest Indiana moves their clocks with Chicago, and portions of southern Indiana change their clocks with Kentucky and\/or Ohio. But for the masses throughout Indiana, they\u2019ve never had to learn that tricky memory device, spring forward, fall back.) I\u2019m still not sure why they don\u2019t change here. It\u2019s not like Arizona, where it\u2019s 182 in the summer and that extra hour of dark at night is a blessing. All I know is the sun comes up at 5:15 in the morning, and it makes it damn near impossible to sleep in. We didn\u2019t have blinds or drapes in our bedroom until last week and at exactly 6:02 AM, these retina-burning rays of sun hit me. It was impossible to avoid them. Even putting two pillows over my head didn\u2019t work. Then the sun goes down at 8:15. Very odd for someone who spent most of his summers growing up in Western Kansas where the sun doesn\u2019t set until almost 10:00. Indianapolis TV stations operate on the East Coast prime time schedule. That means Friends is on at 8:00. ER at 10:00. Local news at 11:00. Tough to adjust to, but when I lived in California I operated under that schedule, so I can adjust. What\u2019s weird is the fact the when the rest of the country moves their clocks, Indiana suddenly becomes the last place in the world to know about anything that\u2019s not live. Example: in May, for the big Friends finale, the show aired at 8:00 Indianapolis time. Which is 9:00 in New York, so the show had been on an hour earlier. But, since prime time starts at 7:00 in the Central time zone, people in Kansas City had already seen the episode as well. But then during the winter, we\u2019re watching shows at the same time as people in both New York and Kansas City. Makes sense, no? So if you really want to mess with me, find a show I\u2019m following religiously, wait for the cliff hanger in May, then call me and ruin it before I get a chance to watch. Not the end of the world, I know, but something that I can harp on for awhile. One final note on time in Indiana. We got a flyer from our state representative yesterday. You know those fluff pieces they mail to everyone in their district to try to prove they\u2019ve accomplished something and deserve your vote next time around? Our state rep devoted a full third of his accomplishment page to blasting the other members of the house who kept Daylight Savings Time from passing in this year\u2019s session. He even said their heads were in the sand, which I kind of liked. He pretty much seemed to be a party-line tool from what else he wrote, but if he comes trolling through our neighborhood for votes, I may corner him and exact some promises about DST in return for my vote. I\u2019m telling you, my way to the top in this state is getting DST passed, then starting a company that consults with both companies and private citizens on how to turn their clocks forward and back. Other than that, life is good. 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