November 2, 2006
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ONCE UPON A TIME
I’ve been thinking a lot about time lately. I never seem to have enough time to do everything I want to do and I bet you feel the same way. Sometimes I wish time would just stand still. It’s easy to obsess about time;
after all…
We can spend time, make time, take time, kill time, manage time, waste time, or save time. We can have a good time, a bad time, quality time, or have no time at all. We can be pressed for time, loose track of time, keep up with the times, or arrive somewhere just in the nick of time.
The world uses Greenwich Mean Time to set time. And don’t forget to observe Daylight Savings Time in the springtime. For some reason that no one has time to explain, we stop observing Daylight Savings Time in the wintertime, but that’s ok, because by that time, it’s Christmas time.
We can spend lots of time at jobs that are either part time or full time, and then get home just in time for dinner time while we watch primetime. Some primetime shows like “24″ are even scripted in real time.
Sometimes people get to the end of a long hard day and proclaim that it’s Miller Time!
We can read about someone’s life and times in the New York Times or the Los Angeles Times. But whatever newspaper we read, it doesn’t really matter because it’s probably owned my Time Warner.
Everyone remembers their first time.
Football has time outs and half time. But the officials that keep time obviously don’t understand time or a game wouldn’t last for another hour and a half after the two minute warning.
Some of you might want to travel through time in a time machine, or at least bury a time capsule so that those who follow us later in time can see how we spent our time. That’s because once upon a time we lived in better times but really, there’s no time like the present time.
Prisoners serve hard time, most guys in bars are just looking for a good time, and the rest of us are simply trying to take life one day at a time.
We can even spend time singing about time. For example, there’s “Time is on my Side,” “One Moment in Time,” “Time in a Bottle,” and that all time favorite; “Get Me to the Church on Time.”
Musically inclined chefs like to cook with parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
In conclusion, I want to note that time marches on and we all need to spend time setting priorities on our timeline before old man time catches up with us and we are forever out of time.
Well, that’s all the time I have for now.
See you next time.
Comments (31)
Very clever!
OK Seinfeld.
Tiiiiime is on my side
http://home.valornet.com/sabruf2/countchr.html
You know, I don’t know you very well, but you are an excellent writer. This was a terrific, amusing, provocative essay. The kind that I want my blog to demonstrate, but it never does. O.K., no more bragging on you.
ha…niiiice.
Are you going to Scarsborough fair?
Time to take your medicine, Daddy…
VERY WELL SAID!!! Thanks for sharing.
If you really needed more time; you wouldnt have had time to write this.
I really enjoyed this post! Very clever…as you always are! I’ve been thinking a lot about time this past year and how quickly it goes. If you find a way to slow it down…let me know.
I must attribute the addition of “parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme” to wwwCarey.
Now it’s time for an aspirin….”See you next time!”
“A stitch in time saves nine.”
I was going to think of some more timely sayings, but time is money.. and my time is up.
TIME OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Has everyone forgotten “it’s time to make the donuts”???
I would personally like a little time off from work so I can have some quality snuggle time.
It’s nap time now.
Actually, remembering one’s first time is inversely proportional to the number of screwdrivers imbibed before that auspicious occasion. Or so I’ve heard.
ryc: A home power tool party ? I was thinking this was a great idea until you revealed that it would merely be a ruse for drinking beer. Bummer.
Well, for never feeling like we have ENOUGH time, we have certainly found enough ways to use the word!!!
Kathi
I just had to stop by again and say….RYC: That was hilarious! My feelings exactly! Thanks for the laugh. I know I can always count on you. Have a great weekend!
My cat is sitting nearby, staring at me because she wants some lap time.
When in doubt, don’t forget to wind your watch!
and yet we hardly notice until we purposefully think upon it…
RYC: It doesnt matter how long youve been married, its ALWAYS time for another honeymoon.
My favorite REO Speedwagon song “Time For Me to Fly”….
i can’t help but be impressed with your blog, time and time again.
gotta go. time is tickin’ away.
great post…as always.
I for one, am obsessed with time.
Here are two interesting interpretations, first, I have this print hanging over my workbench where I work on watches:
http://www.stephenraw.com/prints/hora-fugit.html
This is a book I recently started reading, brillant stuff from 100 years ago on time:
http://www.repeatafterus.com/title.php?i=7363
Many copies of this are floating around the net, The author is Arnold Bennett book is How to Live on 24 Hours a Day. There are many perspectives on time there.
Nice post.
Marc
Hey i seen you came by my site…Of course i came by yours first so were even i guess….lol….Im silvernicks neice heather….Your wlecome to leave a comment anytime oyu want…Talk to you later
And we all know that a stitch in time saves nine! Or maybe we don’t. RYC: thanks. 1,666 words per day. And a full time job and two kids and one husband and one dog and one cat and a 4000 square foot house. Yeah. This’ll be a piece of cake.
Thanks for taking “time” out and offering such kind words of encouragement. I’ve been frequenting your site for quite some “time” and it really meant a lot to me that you stopped by. On the subject of time, when watching football, my gramps would always say, “what time is it” and through grunts and groans we would all say, I don’t know gramps, what time is it? To which he would say, punt time!
What about the Chicago song, “Does anybody really know what TIME it is.”??? I liked this entry – it is clever, interesting, and even thought provoking!
Great post and the comments are funny too. Like that you mentioned “Time In A Bottle,” one of my favorites. I’ve missed your posts and comments on the Cafe, come by when you have TIME and give us the benefit of your wisdom.
Peace.