{"id":94,"date":"2006-04-04T04:04:22","date_gmt":"2006-04-04T10:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/time-stops\/"},"modified":"2006-04-03T14:47:10","modified_gmt":"2006-04-03T21:47:10","slug":"time-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/time-stops\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Stops"},"content":{"rendered":"

I first posted this 5 months ago, but it is again timely. I’m even more sanguine about time <\/p>\n

change is Spring, when I finally find it easier to get out of bed and my hibernation is over. mjh<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I like the biannual change of the clocks for reasons beyond my contrarian nature. For one thing, I like <\/p>\n

change and the gentle disruption of the day-to-day. Change is not always good, but it is inevitable; best to be ready to find the good in <\/p>\n

it.<\/p>\n

In particular, I like the way the time change underscores the arbitrary nature of our measurement of time. Is it really 11am <\/p>\n

now or is it 10am or 12pm? Why do we care? Clocks rule modern life — there are 4 or more in this one room. Hours, minutes, seconds — <\/p>\n

nanoseconds! If only we paid such attention to equinoxes and solstices or sat patiently through more sunrises and settings. What phase of the moon<\/a> is it? It is yet another matter <\/p>\n

that separates the World from the Earth and, in the process, makes us look and feel rather silly.<\/p>\n

That silliness is elevated by <\/p>\n

the sing-song, childish mnemonics we depend upon: is it fall forward or spring back? Notice how we need endless reminders the day before <\/p>\n

and again the day after in the paper and on the TV. Imagine if we had such a thoroughly redundant system reminding us that lifestyle <\/p>\n

choices affect longevity (see it twice in the paper, hear it repeatedly on the TV — every six months — maybe that would sink in).<\/p>\n

Of late, as a sign of the times, my thoughts have turned darker. Perhaps it is an experiment in obedience and acceptance of arbitrary <\/p>\n

authority (do opponents of Big Government refuse to change their clocks?). You will set your clock as we tell you to, and you will not <\/p>\n

question that. Spring Forward! Burn your books! Fall Backwards! Betray your neighbors! It is always time to be a good citizen. mjh<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I first posted this 5 months ago, but it is again timely. I’m even more sanguine about time change is Spring, when I finally find it easier to get out of bed and my hibernation is over. mjh I like the biannual change of the clocks for reasons beyond my contrarian nature. For one thing, … Continue reading Time Stops<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-favs","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}