Longtime readers may realize that when it comes to these Sunday posts, I don’t always have something planned out long before the day. Sometimes it’s something that struck me as funny in the previous week, or perhaps I just feel like sharing a bunch of pictures of fuzzy creatures (it’s that … a lot). Sometimes, though, I’m stuck on what to do, so I turn to the calendar for a historical event or weird holiday. With this particular date, I was torn. Do I go serious (seldom on a Sunday) with FDR’s “Day of Infamy” speech to Congress asking for a declaration of war against Japan? Or do I use the one weird holiday I found for Dec. 8?
You remember who I am, right, and that the Sunday post is supposed to be something lighthearted?
One of these two is my favorite Doctor Who. It ain’t the one in the fez and bow tie.
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So today, don your fez and bow tie, or your slim-fitted suit with sneakers, and grab your TARDIS, Wave-Rider, or other time-travel device: Today is Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day. You might skip the super-long scarf, though, because it will get caught on everything … plus, older guy offering kids Jelly Babies? Sketchy.
If I were to do time-travel, I think I’d like to travel back to the late 1940s-early 1950s to hang around with my mom. She made mischief her whole life.
She was always a mischievous instigator.
Or you can just plop yourself down in front of the TV or computer and binge-watch a bunch of shows like Doctor Who, Sleepy Hollow, or Quantum Leap, or watch movies like Back to the Future or The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (don’t forget your towel). Whatever you do, you’re sure to have a good time.
Yeah, that was a joke. Not a very good one, but …
But I’m supposed to be enduring a date then!
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Well, it shouldn’t have been up on the table where the cat wanted to be. Stupid continuum.
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… so that I can stick my paw in the middle, make a hole and yell that the bowl is empty. The hoomin needs some exercise.
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Naw, I think if it hasn’t happened yet, it’s really too soon.
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But we don’t want to run into any Morlocks. Too many grooming and other issues there.
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This is why digital is best for clocks … until the cat figures out what buttons change the time … crap …
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He enjoyed his food repeating on him. His tablemates … not so much.
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But the day is young, so …
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Can we just skip that and head to the bathroom now?
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He’s not distracted. He’s contemplating string theory.
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Yes, Doctor, it is.
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Serenity is a fuzzy belly 
Time Travel? I’m from 1938. Does that count? All in all, I find time travel is slower than you might imagine.
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Time moves exceedingly slow when you want to leave somewhere to do something fun. When you’re doing that fun thing, it zips by. 🕰
Time is a pain in the butt. 😏
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WHO is the subject of this column? Some Doctor?
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Well, in the sense that he/she is a time traveler.
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My dog would like to travel through time to when his food bowl was full.
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He’d have to give up his claim to caninehood if he didn’t. 🐶
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If you are going to binge watch The HitchHiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, may I recommend that first you should make some Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters to drink while you are watching it?
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No, thank you. I’ll stick with ginger ale that doesn’t melt my brain. 🥤
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Super long scarves can be just as bad as cloaks when it comes to catching on the wrong things. According to Evil Overlord Rule Number 213: “I will not wear long, heavy cloaks. While they certainly make a bold fashion statement, they have an annoying tendency to get caught in doors or tripped over during an escape.”
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Or sucked into plane engines, per The Incredibles.
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If it was a fork, would it be “Tine Travel”?
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If the fork were traveling, yes.
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