Virginia Is For Families

Time goes by very quickly. Sometimes. I can’t believe that it was almost two and a half years ago when this blog was started. Two and one-half years. It seems just like yesterday.

But then there are moments when time seems to stop. It goes by so slowly. Traffic lights have a special chip inside them that slows down time. When you are sitting at the light it knows you are there and the chip sends out vibrations that slow down the passing of time.

Really Mr. Science Blogger? No. Not actually. Traffic lights are very expensive and they would cost a lot more if this device was put in every one of them.

But I’m sure they are in some of them. I can even tell you which ones probably have the chip.

So not much is going on this morning as you can probably tell. Perhaps now would be a good time to make a list of my favorite people who appear on television. In other words, these are people who I do not know but who I see often.

We can put them in the same category as family members for example.

Tiger Woods.

Craig Ferguson.

Charlize Theron

Andrea Bocelli

Hmmmmm. I can’t think of any more people to put on this list. Either the list is a lot shorter than I thought it was or my memory loss has been picking up steam lately.

Here’s a list of folks who supposedly have ADHD. There are several performers here:
Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright

Artists
Salvador Dali
Pablo Picasso
Vincent Van Gogh

Athletes
Terry Bradshaw
Scott Eyre
Justin Gatlin
Cammi Granato
Jason Kidd
Michael Phelps
Pete Rose

Authors
Charlotte and Emily Bronte
Samuel Clemens
Emily Dickenson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Virginia Woolf
William Butler Yeats

Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders
Andrew Carnegie
Malcolm Forbes
Henry Ford
David Neeleman
Paul Orfalea

Explorers
Christopher Columbus
Lewis and Clark

Entertainers
Ann Bancroft
Jim Carrey
Steve McQueen
Jack Nicholson
Ty Pennington
Elvis Presley

http://add.about.com/od/famouspeoplewithadhd/a/famouspeople.htm

Here’s the link for more information about ADHD

Are we going someplace with this post?

No. Actually I don’t think we are going anywhere with it. I may have to fire it because it is so lame. I was hoping it would take shape once it hit the water. But there is no water.

There is no post. There is no hope actually.

See what it’s like to be a blogger sometimes? It reminds me of being in school and needing to write a paper but you have no idea how to write it. And this was before the days when you could just buy a paper on the internet.

Isn’t it boring hearing about “the days before the internet”? I know it must be because when we were young we were often bored by similar statements. For example I can remember hearing about Abraham Lincoln (who is on the ADHD list by the way) and used to write his homework on the back of a coal shovel.

Because there was no paper back then? No. I believe there was paper but, unfortunately, he didn’t have any of it. He was very poor. And he needed to save his money for his ADHD medication in any case.

Here’s an experiment you can do if you would like to actually make time stop. Make it stand still in a way that would cause Albert Einstein (who is also on the ADHD list by the way) sit up and pay attention.

Take an adult learning class in something that does not interest you at all. Choose a subject that could easily eliminate any need for sleep medication for the next fifty years. In other words we are going to pretend that we are back in high school for the purposes of this experiment.

Then when your teacher gives you that first assignment to write a paper go home and sit at a desk with some paper and a pencil. You might even want to use a coal shovel so you an hit yourself in the head after awhile.

Now watch time slow down. . . . . .

Down. . . . .

Way down. . . . .

Isn’t this a fabulous experiment? But the really cool thing is that you can end it anytime you want. Because you don’t have to turn in your paper. They are just happy you paid two hundred bucks to take the class! What are they going to do to you?

So, in a way, it’s not a very good experiment. In order for it to really work you might have to use one of your kids. Because they HAVE TO turn in their work or there are major consequences. They might get a bad grade and not get into the college of their choosing. Then they won’t get a good job one day. And then they might have to work at Burger King.

Talk about making time stop on a dime!! Just go to Burger King! You don’t even have to work there. Just go stand in line and wait for your burger.

Abraham Lincoln never had to do that!

Alright. Maybe I will post this poor excuse for a blog post. It may have some value although if this is the case it does not “shout out” at me.

Please leave a comment and let me know if you think it should go! I probably won’t take it down but I will try not to do it again in the future.

If there is a future. Time is going very slowly right now. If it doesn’t speed up we may never get there!

Here’s something that may help us with our Time Experiment! Try it and let me know what you think.