{"id":6082,"date":"2016-10-23T12:37:11","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T17:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=6082"},"modified":"2016-10-23T12:37:11","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T17:37:11","slug":"time-is-made-of-arrow-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/10\/23\/time-is-made-of-arrow-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Is Made of Arrow-wood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or maybe I&#8217;m mixing my metaphors with a razor blade. My wife sent me a collection of Amazon advertisements for wooden watches, which I can only hope is a little different from wooden nickels. Here&#8217;s my favorite (based entirely on looks) of the bunch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot-from-2016-10-23-12-25-49.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6083\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot-from-2016-10-23-12-25-49.jpg?resize=800%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"screenshot-from-2016-10-23-12-25-49\" width=\"800\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot-from-2016-10-23-12-25-49.jpg?w=1047&amp;ssl=1 1047w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot-from-2016-10-23-12-25-49.jpg?resize=300%2C137&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot-from-2016-10-23-12-25-49.jpg?resize=768%2C350&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot-from-2016-10-23-12-25-49.jpg?resize=1024%2C467&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot-from-2016-10-23-12-25-49.jpg?resize=250%2C114&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Screenshot-from-2016-10-23-12-25-49.jpg?resize=150%2C68&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But, as I mentioned to her, they look a little fragile. Given the condition of my current watch, made of metal and glass, I can&#8217;t help but wonder how many pieces this sort of watch would be in after a year.<\/p>\n<p>After using digital watches for years, I find I favor the old analog dial faces more &#8211; they have a certain grace that digitals often lack. (Oh, and I always hated those watches with calculators built in. Hate hate hate.) I suppose you could make an argument that this is a responsible use of renewable materials, if in a tiny way. But then you&#8217;d risk being shouted down by those who would like to return to the old ways. The real old ways.<\/p>\n<p>Go to bed at dusk, get up with the sun. When the sun&#8217;s directly overhead, eat lunch.<\/p>\n<p>Not my style, though.<\/p>\n<p>I happen to be wearing a <em><strong>Fossil<\/strong><\/em> watch myself. I wonder if they&#8217;ve put together a model that features a T-Rex as the hands? Or would that be jumping the shark?<\/p>\n<p>(Functioning on maybe 4 hours sleep. If you can call this functioning&#8230;. but the visual of jumping a shark was in appalling bad taste and in no way will I be sharing it at this time.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or maybe I&#8217;m mixing my metaphors with a razor blade. My wife sent me a collection of Amazon advertisements for wooden watches, which I can only hope is a little different from wooden nickels. Here&#8217;s my favorite (based entirely on looks) of the bunch. 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