I received notification today that my blood type is O+, as determined by the M. D. Anderson cancer center at which I donated over the weekend. It’s not the type O- I had hoped for, but it can still go to any type-positive recipient, so I’m just as happy to be of help. Semi-universal, I suppose. Seems about right with my nature. Here’s what the whole experience was like.
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Believe it or not, I really am averse to posting inane details and idle ramblings to my non-blog. But since the past 24 hours have been turned inside-out from my daily routine in all other ways, I figure now’s as good a time as any to set that restriction aside.
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Liebes Volkswagen,
Orange gummireifen sind dumm. Diesen fehler im design des Tiguan bitte beheben.
Danke,
j
Although major retailers might have the American public think otherwise, the coming time change is not in fact a sales event.
It is a standard for timekeeping intended to save daylight. It is therefore quite aptly dubbed, “daylight-saving time.”
Note the hyphen. Note the lowercase letters. Note the absence of coupons.
This is not a Time for Daylight Savings, and your clock is not your local GM Ford Truck Dodge dealer.
Unfortunately, “SAVINGS!” (as blared on television commericals) and “saving” (as when conserving resources) have come to mean the same thing in our overmarketed society. As far as that goes, we’re doomed.
Until the end finally comes, though, we may as well be clear about our meaning. If you want to save money at Wal-mart while the sun is up, sure, call it “Daylight Savings!” and capitalize it as much as you want.
But if you’re setting your clock forward and backward to change the time zone for some idiotic reason enforced by the government, don’t imagine for a minute that you’re getting some kind of incredible deal. You’re actually being robbed of your accurate chronometry.
So calm down, lay off the shift key, and actually count what you save. There’s only one, it’s a grim reality, and there’s no reason to get so damn excited about it. It’s just “daylight-saving time.”
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