"Physics is everywhere!": The Time Paradox

Can you tell me who said that quote? (don't worry, he's not famous so if you don't know it, you aren't missing something obvious)

So...time.  It's a funny thing.  Especially in traffic.  Every so often since I started my most recent internship, I have to drive in to clinic.  Now, I debated at the beginning about whether it would be better to drive or metro for my commute.  I decided on metro because I get too irritated in traffic and figured that driving everyday in DC might increase my stress a little too much (just as an FYI, I'm pretty sure that was a good decision). So, most days I metro, but a few times I've driven into the city.

Here's where the awesome time paradox comes in.  When I drive in to clinic I use my GPS.  The purpose is two-fold:  a) I don't know the way very well b) if there's a huge accident or something and I have to get off the one or two routes that I know, my handy dandy GPS can tell me where I need to go and I won't even have to dig it out of my car. My GPS tells me what time I will arrive at my destination so I always know how close/far away I am.  When I get to the part of the drive where I am 10 minutes away from the hospital, I always notice.  I don't know why.  It must be a break from the crazy parts of the roads right there (more about the insane roundabouts in DC in future posts), but whatever it is, I always see that it's 10 minutes to go.  And then I drive for another 2 minutes...and I still have 10 minutes to go. And I drive for another 5 minutes....and I still have 10 minutes to go. Its a very weird phenomenon because it always happens at 10 minutes and then I'm 10 minutes away for 20-30 minutes.  Somehow I don't get overly irritated in that part of the drive...I guess cause I'm so astounded that I can be continually moving towards my destination and still be 10 minutes away for 20-30 minutes.  Perhaps there's a fold in the universe there or something.