Physics for Dummies
Time-Travel Travails: wishful stopwatch-ing29 total reviews
Comment from Cindy Warren
Let's hope that the expanding universe does not mean our atoms will be floating off into space. I'd like to stop time, too. I don't want to get old.
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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Let's hope that the expanding universe does not mean our atoms will be floating off into space. I'd like to stop time, too. I don't want to get old.
Comment Written 28-Jan-2022
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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Thanks Cindy. Counting back ... based on the leukemia benchmark ... I wrote this on labor Day 2014--nearly 7.5 years ago--posted twice in 2020--reposted without rereading it--too depressing!
I have no more edit privileges--otherwise, I'd have included a foot note as to my daughter's progressive illness--she's on permanent disability.
Comment from royowen
You may or may not know this but Jesus said, talking about these end times that the days would be shortened, in Matthew 24:22 "And unless these days would be shortened, no flesh would be saved, but for the elect's sake these days shall be shortened." So now, science agrees with scripture, not the other way around, beautifully written Liz, blessings Roy
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You may or may not know this but Jesus said, talking about these end times that the days would be shortened, in Matthew 24:22 "And unless these days would be shortened, no flesh would be saved, but for the elect's sake these days shall be shortened." So now, science agrees with scripture, not the other way around, beautifully written Liz, blessings Roy
Comment Written 28-Jan-2022
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Thanks Roy. Counting back ... based on the leukemia benchmark ... I wrote this on labor Day 2014--nearly 7.5 years ago--posted twice in 2020--reposted without rereading it--too depressing!
I have no more edit privileges--otherwise, I'd have included a foot note as to my daughter's progressive illness--she's on permanent disability.
Comment from Bill Schott
This story, Physics for Dummies, starts with a look at time from a perspective which denies our connection to this force which drags us along. If only the freeze frame were the answer to keeping the pixels of time from falling away.
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This story, Physics for Dummies, starts with a look at time from a perspective which denies our connection to this force which drags us along. If only the freeze frame were the answer to keeping the pixels of time from falling away.
Comment Written 28-Jan-2022
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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Thanks Bill. Counting back ... based on the leukemia benchmark ... I wrote this on labor Day 2014--nearly 7.5 years ago--posted twice in 2020--reposted without rereading it--too depressing!
I have no more edit privileges--otherwise, I'd have included a foot note as to my daughter's progressive illness--she's on permanent disability.
Comment from Mary Vigasin
I always hold back one six towards the end of the week in search of brilliance. You win for your warmth, humor, and intelligence in this piece. You race by, like the universe, on the ups and downs, the good friends, and those who got the boot of your life. The wishes that you too could freeze-frame just when things are right in your world. I have reached an age where I wish too I could freeze-frame the moment and not seem to be racing towards the dark side of the moon.
Best wishes,
Mary
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I always hold back one six towards the end of the week in search of brilliance. You win for your warmth, humor, and intelligence in this piece. You race by, like the universe, on the ups and downs, the good friends, and those who got the boot of your life. The wishes that you too could freeze-frame just when things are right in your world. I have reached an age where I wish too I could freeze-frame the moment and not seem to be racing towards the dark side of the moon.
Best wishes,
Mary
Comment Written 28-Jan-2022
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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Thankssssss! For the bonus and more so for your words.
Counting back ... based on the leukemia benchmark ... I wrote this on labor Day 2014--nearly 7.5 years ago--posted twice in 2020--reposted without rereading it--too depressing!
I have no more edit privileges--otherwise, I'd have included a foot note as to my daughter's progressive illness--she's on permanent disability.
Comment from damommy
"Now" is all we have. We must live in the moment as if it were our last. I can relate to the time travel. At my age, the years are like telephone poles along the highway - swish, swish, swish. When all's said and done, the things we cling to become important but cannot buy us time. I really enjoyed this, Liz. It was wonderful and I wish you'd save it until I had a six. Sending prayers for your daughter.
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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"Now" is all we have. We must live in the moment as if it were our last. I can relate to the time travel. At my age, the years are like telephone poles along the highway - swish, swish, swish. When all's said and done, the things we cling to become important but cannot buy us time. I really enjoyed this, Liz. It was wonderful and I wish you'd save it until I had a six. Sending prayers for your daughter.
Comment Written 28-Jan-2022
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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Thanks Yvonne. It's the thought that countssssss.
Counting back ... based on the leukemia benchmark ... I wrote this on Labor Day 2014--nearly 7.5 years ago--posted twice in 2020--reposted without rereading it--too depressing!
I have no more edit privileges--otherwise, I'd have included a foot note as to my daughter's progressive illness--she's on permanent disability.
Comment from barbara.wilkey
I am sorry I missed this post the first time around. Thank you for re-posting it. Time is something that amazes me. At time it seems to almost stop, but then other time, now most of the time, it seems to move so fast I can't keep up. I miss your daily postings.
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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I am sorry I missed this post the first time around. Thank you for re-posting it. Time is something that amazes me. At time it seems to almost stop, but then other time, now most of the time, it seems to move so fast I can't keep up. I miss your daily postings.
Comment Written 28-Jan-2022
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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Thanks Barbara. Counting back ... based on the leukemia benchmark ... I wrote this on Labor Day 2014--nearly 7.5 years ago--posted twice in 2020--reposted without rereading it--too depressing!
I have no more edit privileges--otherwise, I'd have included a foot note as to my daughter's progressive illness--she's on permanent disability.
Comment from Thatguypk
Judging from the frenetic nature of this quite brilliant piece, I'm sure a psychologist would have a field day looking inside your brain! Brilliant it is, but also exhausting, there's just so much going on. But amid the chaos, there's a lot of warmth and compassion, and a great sense of humour in your reflections. Obviously, I'm not under-estimating the grief that is also evident in the telling, but in your own chaotic manner, you have handled it with sincerity and bravery, I simply loved this.
PK
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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Judging from the frenetic nature of this quite brilliant piece, I'm sure a psychologist would have a field day looking inside your brain! Brilliant it is, but also exhausting, there's just so much going on. But amid the chaos, there's a lot of warmth and compassion, and a great sense of humour in your reflections. Obviously, I'm not under-estimating the grief that is also evident in the telling, but in your own chaotic manner, you have handled it with sincerity and bravery, I simply loved this.
PK
Comment Written 28-Jan-2022
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate your comments!
Counting back ... based on the leukemia benchmark ... I wrote this on Labor Day 2014--nearly 7.5 years ago--posted twice in 2020--reposted without rereading it--too depressing!
I have no more edit privileges--otherwise, I'd have included a foot note as to my daughter's progressive illness--she's on permanent disability.
Comment from Tpa
Since I'm not a rocket scientist (heaven forbid) I will accept your first paragraph as the unending truth. Your remaining composition was marvelous and very much truthful. Time is uncontrollable. It is only the quality we prevail. It seemed you had used yours wisely. Thank you for letting me enjoy a part of it.
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Since I'm not a rocket scientist (heaven forbid) I will accept your first paragraph as the unending truth. Your remaining composition was marvelous and very much truthful. Time is uncontrollable. It is only the quality we prevail. It seemed you had used yours wisely. Thank you for letting me enjoy a part of it.
Comment Written 27-Jan-2022
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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Thankssssss! For the bonus and more so for your words.
I wrote this about 5 years ago--posted twice in 2020--reposted without rereading it--too depressing!
Comment from Judy Lawless
Liz, you've done a great job of summarizing the high and low points of your adult life in this fast-paced personal essay. Time does seem to go faster every year and if we don't make notes about such events, we might forget. Thanks for sharing this a second time. I wasn't here to catch it the first time round.
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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Liz, you've done a great job of summarizing the high and low points of your adult life in this fast-paced personal essay. Time does seem to go faster every year and if we don't make notes about such events, we might forget. Thanks for sharing this a second time. I wasn't here to catch it the first time round.
Comment Written 27-Jan-2022
reply by the author on 28-Jan-2022
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Thanks! Glad you caught this.
I wrote this about 5 years ago--posted twice in 2020--reposted without rereading it--too depressing!
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You're welcome, Liz.
Comment from Wayne Fowler
Fun story, well written. Not so sure about the science, though. (lol) (I may come back and spell out the lol depending on whether I need the characters to make the required 150.) Nevertheless, the science works for me.
Capitalizing Time, my Best Man, and Big Bang, while perhaps not exactly correct, align with my philosophy of personal expression, and obviously yours too. So there, Capitalization Police!
reply by the author on 25-Jan-2022
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Fun story, well written. Not so sure about the science, though. (lol) (I may come back and spell out the lol depending on whether I need the characters to make the required 150.) Nevertheless, the science works for me.
Capitalizing Time, my Best Man, and Big Bang, while perhaps not exactly correct, align with my philosophy of personal expression, and obviously yours too. So there, Capitalization Police!
Comment Written 25-Jan-2022
reply by the author on 25-Jan-2022
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Wayne--nice to see you again. This is a repromotion from 2020. Thanks for sticking up for me as to supporting my device of Personification over the dictates of the Capitalization Police--I wouldn't be able to amend it--I don't have editing privileges anymore--I did not renew my membership. I can read only-- not post new work or review. Everything you read of mine going forward will be repromotions--a few more before my money runs out.
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Good luck and best wishes.
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Thanks Wayne!
