Weekend Wrap-up June 28: Where did the time go?

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Weekend Wrap-up June 28: Where did the time go?

I had all these things to do today and I ran out of daylight. I needed those seven extra minutes that we had on the 21st. So, you ask, what is time? Does time exist? Of course it does. If it didn’t, I wouldn’t be getting all these parking tickets.

How do we measure time? A long time ago (more than a few years) scholars were pouring over calendars, trying to figure out how to remember which months have 30 days and which have 31. They decided upon the rhyme:

“Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31
except February, which has 28 except on years that have the Summer Olympics.”

There was a lot of debate on whether to use hath or has, but the vote of 21-3 sealed the deal (or is it dealth?).

Now how to divide each day into easily measurable sections…

The day way originally divided into 10 parts (because of fingers) and the night into 10 as well (toes of course), and it was suggested that people keep track by tying string on each digit as the day progresses. But there was a problem—they quickly ran out of string and only a select few were able to tie knots one-handed.

They then decided on burning candles to mark the passage of time, but since Dollar Store candles burned quicker, everyone started using them during marathons, leading to some amazing times.

Frustrated with the lack of progress—not to mention all the wax everywhere—Italian inventor Leonardo DaCasio locked himself in his workshop and didn’t emerge until he did, with the first ever wristwatch with a calculator in it, which unfortunately could only be used by people with really small fingers.

And that, my friends, is a brief history of time*.

-Leon

*Not a reference to Stephen Hawking’s book, so don’t sue me.

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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/