Time Again Plus a Wordless Comment on the Daily Events

Cool and sunny.

Our "Alarm Cat" has finally gotten adjusted to the recent time change, and now we can enjoy that extra hour of rest that old folks like us need.

Meanwhile... the hourglass of time pours swiftly and surely.    Which reminds me:

Timely Music

Helen Forrest sang:

Time waits for noone,
It passes you by.
It rolls on forever,
Like the clouds in the sky.

The Rolling Stones sang:

Time waits for noone --
And it wont wait for me.

Billie Holiday sang:

Time on my hands,
And you in my arms,
Nothing but love in view.

(Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg)

Timely Study

I love to study time.  Right now I am listening to the Great Courses course,  Mysteries of Modern Physics:  TIME  by Professor Sean Carroll.  Ah... yes.. the infamous "Arrow of Time."

In addition, I just read an article in the New Yorker for March 20, 2017 with the title: Time Out, Confessions of a Watch Geek.  The Author, Gary Shteyngart is quite well known for his writings, but hardly anyone knows about his "wrist watch obsession."

Even though, since the 1970's watches have become accurate by using a quartz movement, earlier "mechanical" watches, such as those with a Rolex or Nomos label, are not accurate, Gary insists on using the inaccurate and extremely expensive ones.  While the inaccurate mechanical watches may cost thousands of dollars, an accurate quartz one may cost less than thirty dollars.

So, why the hell does Gary keep buying expensive watches?  Well... it's because he can.

Gary says that " "The average visitor (to the world of watch collecting) has an income of three hundred thousand dollars, owns  five to seven watches, and buys two or three more a year at an average cost of seven thousand dollars each."  Of course, that lets me out, but I wonder how many watches our President owns.

El Presidente

Speaking of President Trump, he talks about "time" a lot.  Especially media with the word "time" in its title, such as "the failing New York Times."

I've heard that he was quite upset when Andrea Merkel was shown as "Person of the Year" on the cover of Time magazine instead of him.  He did make it later though.

That reminds me of a cover for a 2006 issue of  that same magazine.  I want to "end" by showing that cover as a "wordless comment on the current mess in Washington DC."