Sherman,
Going over the essays here, I was quite struc by the simplicity with which yours explains the nature of time. However, more than the simplicity, I like how time happens *because it has to*: in other words, how time is a logical consequence of the phase locking of lattice maximal packing and lattice temperature.
Interestingly enough, another essay here, the one by Gil
Jannes gave me a good visualization of how time "just happens". Gil Jannes is studying a theory of quantum gravity from a condensed-matter approach. From that, I remebered what I know about weird states of matter like Bose-Einstein condensates. In those states, behavior arises from very simple rules.
Given these connections, it would not surprise me if time really does arise from the simple phase-state locking of the lattice of point charges as described by you, Sherman.
Another interesting connection that I see to your ideas is in the article from Physical Review "[link:focus.aps.org/story/v22/st11]Journey to the Center of the Neutron]." In this article, a finding is described that how fast each of the three quarks moves inside the neutron determines the charge distribution in space of the neutron--another linking of energy with space and time. I do not think that the quarks having charges multiples of -1/3 is a coincidence!