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June 12, 2020
Happy Lumbering Around, Fellow Mammoths,
Delicate reader Stew Potts of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, writes in, "Nothing’s like it was in January. Everything is, like, standing still at warp speed. And I haven’t done anything because I’m too busy keeping up with nothing to even think about getting anything done."
It’s obvious. Stew needs a Time Out.
Stew sees it differently. "A Time Out? I’ve been quarantined for three months while everything gets weird and bad and a little wonderful. Then George Floyd. Bam. I got whiplash. First, nothing. Then everything. My brain is stuck sideways. I need a Time In, not a Time Out for chrissakes."
Exactly. That’s exactly the kind of attitude that necessitates a rock-solid, impervious, immersive Time Out. Stew can simmer as long as he wants, but at some point a guy needs to chill. Stop time for a moment. It isn’t going anywhere anyway, so why not?
First step, of course, is to consult the Flossophy of Fongress Library, and fondle the question, O, What is TIME?
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Take your time in there, Stew! Well, it’s not your time. It’s our time, all of us, and we’re going to trust you and give you some. So take some time, hunker down, button up, breathe deep, kick some tires, drop trou, let your hair down, and take a
hike.
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And in no time, everything is different. Just like it always was. You’re welcome!
"Thank you," Stew replies after we welcome him. "Turns out a Time Out needn’t take much time at all. It feels like my frontal lobe is mostly back behind my forehead. Whew."
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Fictionary Friday: Words You Need. Whether you know it or not.
Chronsty (krohn stee) Noun: When you don’t have time to learn patience.
In a sentence: Between the Zoom meetings and the protests and the pandemic, Stew completely lost his chronsty for his brick patio project, and mayhem ensued.
In honor of the intersection of curiosity and logarithmically expanding human knowledge, we offer a weekly favorite obscure Wikipedia page. Thanks, Stew, for leading us through your time out tunnel to the matter of the supreme, timeless culmination of human
endeavor:
Fizzdom Friday: from our collection of favorite quotes.
"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."
– Emily Dickinson
"Time turns metaphors into things."
– Robert Smithson
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June 2020
riding bareback on the covid-19 quarantine
here comes Derek Chauvin squeezing the life out of George Floyd
on live television hands in pockets casual cop devil squeezes
and embosses asphalt in a good man’s cheek
George Floyd, his disembodied spirit pervades the land
the heart, the zeitgeist, the halls of power, the booze and the air
all the dimensions draw deeply on one way streets
streets of small towns trod by the full range
of all the George Floyds, everywhere
jeez, George we are you, and we miss you
and jeez George, please we hope you on the other side
feel the love, the power, the trajectory of your mighty wake
it’s on us now to ride your waves to the good far shore
Write if you (do) or (do not) find some patience.
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