I now know the weirdest feeling in the world. For the past couple of days, my watch has kept time that has been slightly slow. My girlfriend thinks it's just running slow because of the battery, but this morning I discovered otherwise. I woke up at around 10:10 and my watch, surprisingly enough, read 10:10. So I read for awhile, took a shower, and put some laundry in the washer, and looked at my watch again. 12:05 it said. Then I looked at a clock. It disagreed and said 12:20. I can't adequately explain the feeling of having 15 minutes go by in a span of seconds, but it is definitely very very odd, almost like some sort of twilight-zony alternate-universe type feeling.

So I started watching my watch to see if I could discern if it was indeed moving slower, and I discovered the cause of the problem. Every minute or so, the second hand "ticks" but returns to its original position. This goes on for a few seconds, then it resumes its normal path. Technology is supposed to be so great, but I dont' recall sundials ever behaving like this.