When I was a young boy, my parents took us to Death Valley for spring vacation (since referred to as spring break), and there were long straight stretches of highway with nothing but sage brush and small telephone poles. Besides guessing how far the next mountain range up ahead was, and the time it took to get there to find out who guessed the closest, what I did was work on my timing by blinking every time a telephone pole went by. Exactly when it went by my head. I got good enough at it that I could close my eyes and open them when the poles went by. I now believe we all have timers built into us in one form or another. I don't use alarm clocks. I keep alarm for when there actually is one. As for the line I got from my good friend Phil Banry: "We got time we havent even used yet" was what he once said to a TV reporter as she tried to get an interview with Bill Heckard, me and Banry as we were running to get set up for the grand opening of the Reedsport Discovery Center. I think she might still be standing there with her jaw hanging. Now, as for the idea of not being in control...what would you guess that means?