Waiting for an Appointment
Perhaps one of my biggest pet peeves is making an appointment with a business professional, like a doctor, and then sitting and waiting in a reception room for 30 or 40 minutes before the person will see me. Medical doctors seem to be the worst at this. I believe if we didn’t feel deathly ill and not have other easy options, most of us would walk out and go elsewhere with our business. The big question is, how long do you feel is...
Reading Addiction
I have a major reading addiction which started when I was about 11 years old. I’ve never been able to shake it. In 5th grade we were given reading time during class and told to choose any book from the Great Books list in the classroom. I had a fascination with scifi and fantasy, so I chose a book called The Mysterious Island by Jules Vern. Unlike other books that were 200-300 pages each, I seem to recall this book was almost 400...
Joy from Colorado Clouds
I’m not sure when it happened, but at some point in my childhood I developed a fondness for laying on my back and gazing up at clouds as they floated by. There was something mystical and serene about the whole experience. Although I made 27 moves before graduating from high school, many of my childhood years were spent in Colorado, which, in my opinion, has some of the best cloud formations I’ve ever seen. When I was about six or...
Theory of Time Acceleration
Almost everyone I’ve ever talked to on the subject agrees—days are getting shorter and time is accelerating. People shake their heads trying to figure it out. What the heck? Is time really accelerating? Why does every day seem to pass by faster and faster? After pondering this for several years, I finally developed a theory to explain this strange phenomenon which I later dubbed simply the “Time Acceleration Theory.” Ok, here is what...
Life without an Alarm Clock
It all started several months ago when someone I was dating made the startling revelation they did not use an alarm clock. At first I was dumbfounded; how in the world could anyone function without an alarm clock? To me, this was almost like living without electricity or modern plumbing. The alarm clock was the safety backup mechanism to make sure you got up on time for important appointments etc. I had relied on it for half my life...