Last week, my choir went on tour in New Orleans. I had a blast, and while I was spending 8 hours on a bus between NOLA and Memphis, I overheard somebody talking about time at the same time that the bus passed a billboard with a random picture of an alien…
You guys know me. My mind wandered, and I came up with the idea for the first ever MPSN contest!!! Since this is the first one, and I need to know how well this will catch on, I’m setting the prize as a $5 online gift card to Amazon.com. It’s not a huge amount, but you can find $5 stuff there AND if you think of it as a discount, it’s one hell of a discount… especially for 5 minutes of effort!!
Without further adieu, here are the rules:
- Leave a comment on this post explaining the idea of “time” to Rob the Alien (in fewer than 200 words). On his planet, there’s no such thing as “time.” You can be as creative as you wish… in fact, we recommend it. We won’t actually count all the words and disqualify you after 200, but if it’s too long we may not read it.
- NO profanity. If you cuss, you’ll be automatically dropped from competition. No exceptions.
- Use a legit email address. You can use a fake one if you’d like, but we can’t send you the code for the gift card if the email you use is fake.
That’s it for rules — pretty straightforward. The winner will be chosen one week from tonight (Valentine’s Day). Perfect timing to catch some holiday deals!
And remember, this is all just for fun. It’s an easy way to make a few bucks. Give it a go.
Good luck to you!
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08/02/2010 at 21:22 Permalink
Time is what we use to keep track of events. Time allows us to access memories and plan for events to come. Time can also rob us of the moment by reminding us of future events that we cannot control. It is also what we use to measure self worth. Success/Time Used to Accomplish Them= Self Worth. If it sounds silly you understand it. It can be very helpful in instances such as hair dying and cooking however.
08/02/2010 at 21:32 Permalink
Rob, you are here, and you are speaking to me. You may notice that when I speak, the words occur in a sequence. Now, I’m sure this seems perfectly natural to you, but consider this – something must be changing if I am not simply saying the same word over and over. You’ve told me that you come from the Planet Gel-Tarz. This means that you have not been standing here talking to me for your whole life. Again, something must be changing. That’s what we call time. Time is the space in which things change. If there wasn’t time, you would never perceive anything other than what you see and hear right now. You’d be stuck in a single place, never changing, never experiencing anything new. But you were there, and now you’re here, so you must have traveled through the space between those two different moments. There are a lot of other ways time is like space. We measure time in seconds, minutes, hours and years like we measure space in inches, feet and miles. And while we don’t know where we’re going as we move through time, we can bet it’s something like the places we’ve been before.
08/02/2010 at 21:41 Permalink
Jon, I like the way you think. haha!
08/02/2010 at 22:12 Permalink
Time is the perception of events progressing forward. Or at least how we perceive it. It is also relative to the observer.
08/02/2010 at 22:12 Permalink
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS! {apologies to McEnroe. }
You are offering me five bucks to give you a Nobel Prize winning answer?!
Ha. HHAA!
GROW UP!
Why should I take this seriously?
08/02/2010 at 23:06 Permalink
time is how long it takes to go from here *snaps fingers to here *snaps fingers. it is a measure of how long we have to wait for food or for red lights to turn green.
08/02/2010 at 23:33 Permalink
If you don’t think the contest is legit, why would you take the time to submit a reply rather than just click the “stumble” button?
I don’t care if it’s worth a Nobel Prize. Just make it hold my attention. haha
14/02/2010 at 13:15 Permalink
CONGRATULATIONS, JON!
Thanks to your effort and, may I add, very creative explanation, you are the proud owner of a $5 giftcard to Amazon.com!
(Applause)