The "A Time For Everything" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Noontime and I'm just getting home from work at the gallery where I spent the morning matting and framing a variety of pretty neat posters, original artwork and a beautiful cross-stitch.  Soon as I come in the door I turn on the news at noon and check to see if there is any soup left from yesterday in the fridge.  Yep, so I warm up the Campbell's Bean with Bacon soup, make a half chicken salad sandwich and pour a glass of lemonade.  After watching TV and finishing my meal I sit in my recliner and read the morning paper that I grabbed from my driveway as I drove over it with the car.  Within a few minutes I am out.  You know... zzzzzzzzzzz!  But that's OK, since taking an afternoon nap sometime in the early PM brings back the alertness and strength that I lost while working.  I was reading an article in Wired magazine titled "Do the right things at the right time" and they suggested a nap between 2-3 PM.  Hey, I'm not off by much.  Between 3 and 6 PM is a great time to read or do something that will exercise the mind, since long-term memory is stronger and you will be able to remember information and retain it better between those times.  That's why I can remember so much about the Mecum Auto Auctions, since I watch them when I wake from my half-hour nap.  I assume you realize that we run on a 24-hour schedule and our internal clocks sound the bells for metabolism, mood and performance.  So, there are times that are best for just about everything.  Late afternoon is the best time for flexibility, physical strength and speed, since they all reach their peak.  Your breathing is easiest and your pain tolerance is highest.  I wish I had known this stuff years ago.  Who knows what I may have been able to do with my life.  And, get this, the best time in the day to have sex is between 4 and 6 PM.  My sperm is speedier and more concentrated, or at least it used to be before the knife, so your chances of having kids should be worked on between these times.  Wonder how they figured all this stuff out.  If I would have suggested heading to the bedroom in the late afternoon, my wife would have laughed.  Naturally the best time to watch the quiz shows, Phillies baseball and Dancing With The Stars is between 8 and 10 PM.  Your mental alertness gets its "second wind" and you'll enjoy your TV watching more.  Now, the next time segment I have down pat.  10 PM to 6 AM is for ZZZZs.  Melatonin production ramps up telling the body it's nighttime.  Wonder what happens if you work the night-shift as my youngest son has been doing for the last 15 years.  Cortisol peaks when you awake and helps the body break down food, which is burned off quickly, as well as the testosterone peaks in men.  So why isn't sex better at this time?  I'll have to write to the Stanford researcher and ask them a few questions.  Then between 9 AM and 12 PM it's best to tackle tasks that require quick processing such as mathematics.  Funny but that's exactly what I do when I work at the gallery.  Now, this time schedule that I just described works for someone like me who is semi-retired and can nap in the afternoon.  How about the person who has to work afternoon and even evening hours at their job.  I'll have to read next months edition of the magazine to find out.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.