I have far too many clocks in my house for one single person. Just sitting here at the computer right now, I have NINE clocks at hand. Ten if you count my wristwatch. I know that I have far too many because I just went around the house and set all of my clocks of my clocks back one hour for Daylight Savings Time.

What is it with man and time?

Why must man measure out and control every tiny second of the day?

Back in the day, man would mark time with the sun. He would awake and get out of bed when the sun rose, and he would lay down and go to sleep shortly after the sun set. In the middle of the day, when the sun was directly overhead, he would put down his tools and have a bit of a rest and something to eat during the heat of the day.

These days it seems that every single electronic device that you purchase has a clock in it. It’s almost as if manufacturers need to justify their existence by adding a clock to their product.

“Hey, it might be a useless piece of tech but at least it has a clock in it!”

I think part of the reasoning behind manufacturers jamming a clock into everything they can find is because of what they call “standby power.” It should be a tip off when people call it “vampire power,” so why do manufacturers continue to add this “feature” to their devices? It’s costing us BILLIONS of dollars every year! Surely we, as consumers, can afford to wait a couple of seconds for our Idiot Boxes to power up before something appears on the screen, no? Apparently not! It’s all about time.

Deadlines are another tool of the “time people.” Why must people set arbitrary deadlines for things? In the industry I work in clients are forever setting arbitrary deadlines! Everything must end on time! I often hear, “This book must be finished by Friday.” and I think, “Why!?” When is this book going to print anyway? April in 20-freaking-10! So why are you setting arbitrary deadlines and unrealistic schedules? Why not do a proper job of it?!

I’ll tell you why… It’s all about time.

Time is money.
Time is relative.
Time is fleeting.
Time marches on.

I Can Haz Rants?

So I guess I should welcome people to TheHerne.com.
You asked for it, you got it.

This will be my own little place on the Internet where I can post the sorts of comments that I want to post without any fear of ticking off some administrator somewhere and getting my backside banned from someone else’s blog.

This is my space and therefore *I* make the rules. You are welcome to comment on my posts, but now I am the administrator that can ban your backside! (queue maniacal laughter)

What to Expect

I will not be making daily posts. Hell, they may not even be weekly posts, but then if Cait can go for months without making a post on her blog, then I can get away with it too! You get what you pay for here on TheHerne.com, and you ain’t paying a helluva lot.

In between postings of various rants, I will also try to get around to compiling and writing up a couple of my travelogues that I had originally posted over at Blogger. I’ve been meaning to update them into something resembling legibility for some time now, but I’d never gotten around to it. In addition, I hope to get around to putting some stuff into my “theherne” Flickr stream so that people can see where I’ve been.

I’ve just started playing around with making voice recordings, so I would also like to include small audio files from time to time (as soon as I figure out how to do that), possibly some full-length audio files of the rants that I send to the Aussie Geek Podcast or other podcasts, or just me generally going on, laughing insanely, or brushing my teeth. (Hey, it worked for Knightwise.)

I read when I get time, so expect me to write up some reviews about books that I’ve recently read. But don’t expect to hear about anything that’s listed on Oprah or the New York Times Best Seller list because I go out of my way to avoid the crap that they put on those lists. My interests tend toward Sci-Fi, Fantasy, History, Travel, and just plain odd stuff.

Oh, I should mention that I listen to several different podcasts, not just the Aussie Geek Podcast and the Knightcast, and I will be adding those links and others to my sidebar. I also listen to several podcasts, like G’Day World, from The Podcast Network down there in Australia and others.

You can also find me on Twitter, but you probably already knew that.

I’m still in the process of modifying and updating this Wordpress thing, so don’t be surprised if the “look” of the blog changes from time to time as I figure new things out.