Category: Time
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Sudden Change
Zach woke shivering. He looked at his clock: 4.45am. Temperature –1. Zach leapt from the bed and threw on whatever clothes he had handy. “Minus One!?” He remembered it being swelteringly hot last night as he lay on top of the bed. He looked out of the window. Snow was falling. Settling. The garden shed…
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Hot Hut
Sylv couldn’t believe her luck. Clear blue skies, acres of sand, and a slight breeze greeted her as she popped her head out of the hut at 7am. Pleasant temperature too, she thought. Come mid-day, it was a different story. Sylv sweltered within, and couldn’t set foot on the scorching sand outside. She grabbed the…
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The Leap Second
Did you enjoy yesterday’s Leap Second? At the time of its appearance I was well away in the land of nod, but earlier in the day had an ideal opportunity to put the Leap Second to good use as my internet connection went on the fritz and I had to wait a few seconds for…
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Night work?
The night air was damp. And stinky. It was always the same on nights like this. An eerie green glow filtered through the almost slimy feeling fog that obliterated virtually everything in view. Some patches were clear, but mostly, reality had been swallowed by this murky atmospheric mist. The Full Moon pierced the dankness, which…
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One Minute …erm, Second Ramble: Just a tick
What strange phenomenon falls tonight before the day of the Full Moon? Exactly before. The split second before July 1st? A Leap Second, that’s what! Yes, at 23:59:60 June will become July. We have an extra second today… and I’ve just filled it for you! Enjoy… and enjoy the power of tomorrow’s Full Moon also!
The Mansionic Perspective 