Time For a Good Change, for a change

Since we are now in the the 21st century it seems an ideal time to evaluate practices and beliefs long viewed as unassailable.  Obviously, many people question the wisdom of the school year, feeling year around classes would make more sense, and perhaps even manage to save hard pressed school districts a few dollars.  Further, it has been argued that Daylight Saving Time may have long since served its usefulness, if it ever made sense.  Both of these outdated practices served a narrow, single purpose that has long since evaporated.

It may be time to think bigger, though.  Perhaps, it is time to redefine the document that has kept mankind chained to a dreary, tedious existence, serving the pagan masters around whose existence it was established.  It is time for a new calendar.  A calendar for the new millennium.

Months are so inconsistent, some are 31 days, others are 30 and there is tale of one that is only 28 most of the time, but it changes.  Sometimes it is supposed to be longer.  How can you make plans around that?  Who thought of that?  Any decent facilities manager could have come up with something better.

It goes without saying that days need to have 24 hours, but after that it gets a little sketchy.  Why divide weeks into 7 days if you need a year to be 365 days long. 365/7 = 52.142, just foolish.

What if we ditched months? What if we eliminated weeks? Neither one makes any sense at all, thinking logically. We could eliminate the drudgery of named days. Wednesday, what kind of name is that, anyway? And we could do away with the wild, unpredictable method of recording days. 11/7/16 could be July 11th or November 7th. You are forced to choose, roll the dice, and hope you don't miss the occasion by four months. This system is a mess, completely unworkable, mired in ancient superstition, and mythology.

What we need to do is streamline the calendar. Everyday will just carry a numerical designation. The first day of the year will be 1, no great surprise there, and the last will be (care to guess?) 365. .

And don't worry about Leap Year. We are going to save up those leap year days and have a big party every ten years. Imagine that, a 2 1/2 day party, paid for by the savings accumulated from streamlining life. Oh, and as a bonus we have partnered with the AMA to have all the calories exempted from your yearly count. So have another waffle with ice cream, chocolate syrup, whipped topping and sprinkles, it doesn't count.

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Time Management.

History, Myth, and Wonder, all on One Page, Thank you, Raven Corvus.

Normally I don't endorse things on this blog. I'm not sure why, it never really occurred to me. Though, there are things that are worthy of mention, things that deserve a some attention. I am going to start writing the Wednesday Witness, (maybe not every Wednesday).  A post about something that I enjoy.

This week it will be about a Facebook Page I follow. Raven Corvus. It is one of the first things I read every morning.

It is a little hard to explain this page. You need to check it out yourself. It is part Christian, part Wiccan, part history, part mythology, and completely fascinating.

Formatted mostly as a "today in history" list it would be easy to dismiss this as a small matter of trivia. But, it is far from that.

It is the tale of growth, adaptation, resilience. Reading the daily posts provides a glimpse into the ingenuity, and desperation of our ancestors. It is a lesson in interpretation. Our forebears were faced with trying, bleak times. And in the face of crushing odds they managed to explain and connect with events in ways that are fascinating.

Here is today's post;

"3rd of Feb is St Blaise's day. He is invoked to cure all illness and injuries to the throat. Make a Blaise's cross, by tieing two candles crosswise with ribbon and lighting them. The unlit ends are then touched to the sufferer's throat."

Imagine the uncertainty of illness when there were no doctors, no pharmacies, no WebMD. Only the
unkind fates, and your belief in the divine.

Everyday brings a jewel, everyday brings a part of our past and reminds us of our origins. Everyday is a wonderful trip to a frightening era, and a light on the endurance and ability of our race.



Raven Corvus is exceptional,entertaining and delightful. It has sent me to the internet search engines and the library more than I want to confess.

You should consider starting your day with the wonderful owners of Raven Corvus. You will never regret it.