Mid-morning last week I surfaced from work in my underground lair, reheated some BBQ chicken, and sat down in front of the television for a quick lunch. 

Since I watch VERY little TV, it’s sort of fortuitous that I happened to land on a channel that was carrying what would be a very unusual (more…)

When was the last time you were in total darkness?  I mean no night-lights or street lights, no alarm clocks glowing, no moonlight slipping through the blinds:  I’m talking TOTAL darkness. 

Doesn’t happen too often.  

Usually a bit of light from something, right? 

And when we were kids, this was a blessing, wasn’t it?  Light was reassuring, it meant safety. 

I’m not asking you to admit it publicly, but weren’t you scared of the dark just a little… when you were little?  Did you ever take a running jump into bed on the off chance that something underneath it might try to reach for your ankle? 

Consider this:  That wasn’t really due to a fear of under-bed-dwelling monsters… it was fear (more…)

The time change (either way) always sneaks up on me.  About mid-morning, twice a year, I hear myself say to my wife in a startled voice, “It was last night?”

Why would the readout on a clock instantly make me tired?  I felt rested this morning until I realized I wasn’t looking at the ‘real’ time. 

The power of that device.     

The power we give it.

And it’s all perception, really.

But perception is reality, right?  So since we’re all perceiving that we’ve “lost an hour” of our (more…)