August and Everything After, or perhaps, Einstein on the Beach

Wow... how the summer has flown by. I grapple as I try to remember exactly what I've been DOING all summer to make it fly as it has, and I land on: tennis, karaoke, dominoes, bus rides, and of course beans.

I have a theory about relativity. Not "the" Theory of Relativity, though I think mine is an example of that Theory in action. The real Theory (Einstein's) says that time is not constant, that it changes in relation to speed. Specifically, that the faster one goes, the slower time gets. Which doesn't really make sense to me because speed isn't a straightforward measurement but is a ratio, one of distance over - that's right - TIME. Apparently, the reason is because everything is constantly traveling at the speed of light through spacetime - so the combination of the speed of something's motion through space AND its motion through time always equals the speed of light. (Thanks to this blogger for answering that question for me!)

So my theory of relativity basically follows this logic and explains why time slows down when you're on vacation but speeds up when you're doing your daily routine. Here it is:

Supposition 1) Experiencing new or out-of-routine things requires more neural pathways to fire in your brain.

Spptn. 2) The increased pathways increases the distance that your thoughts must move around inside your head for you to think them (literally - "thoughts moving around" meaning electrical impulses firing inside your noggin)

Spptn. 3) To function normally with these longer pathways, your brain has to make them happen faster than normal - so your speed through space is increasing

Spptn. 4) To equal the speed of light with faster speed through space, you move slower through time.

The science of this is sketchy I know, but I definitely think that when you're really busy doing day-to-day stuff and time "flies by", that it is LITERALLY flying by.

This is all to say that I have been so overwhelmed by the day-to-day that now I feel summer is nearly gone. Is anyone still reading? Have I lost my only 3 followers? Should I instead be posting about how I hate the new Black Eyed Peas hit? (FYI - can't! Love it!)