diff --git a/sushy/utils.hy b/sushy/utils.hy
index 78e028f..1d3506f 100644
--- a/sushy/utils.hy
+++ b/sushy/utils.hy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     [collections        [OrderedDict]]
     [base64             [urlsafe-b64encode]]
     [bottle             [request response]]
+    [calendar           [timegm]]
     [datetime           [datetime]]
     [dateutil.parser    [parse :as parse-date]]
     [functools          [wraps]]
@@ -37,6 +38,14 @@
      "20:30-21:29" "at dinnertime"
      "21:30-22:29" "at night"
      "22:30-23:59" "late night"})
+     
+(def *readable-intervals* 
+    {31556926 "year"
+     2592000 "month"
+     604800 "week"
+     86400 "day"
+     3600 "hour"
+     60 "minute"})
 
 (setv *utc* (timezone "UTC"))
 
@@ -200,6 +209,7 @@
 
 
 (defn fuzzy-time [date]
+    ; describes a date as a time of day
     (let [[when (.strftime date "%H:%M")]]
         (.get
             *time-intervals* 
@@ -207,6 +217,31 @@
                 (sorted (.keys *time-intervals*))))
             "sometime")))
 
+            
+(defn time-chunks [begin-interval &optional [end-interval nil]]
+    ; breaks down a time interval into a sequence of time chunks 
+    (let [[chunks   (apply sorted [(.keys *readable-intervals*)] {"reverse" true})]
+          [the-end  (if end-interval end-interval (datetime.now))]
+          [interval (- (timegm (.timetuple the-end)) (timegm (.timetuple begin-interval)))]
+          [values []]]
+        (for [i chunks]
+            (setv (, d r) (divmod interval i))
+            (.append values (, (int d) (.get *readable-intervals* i)))
+            (setv interval r))
+        (filter (fn [x] (pos? (get x 0))) values)))
+
+
+(defn string-plurals [chunk]
+    (let [[(, v s) chunk]]
+        (.join " " (map str (, v (if (> v 1) (+ s "s") s))))))
+
+
+(defn time-since [begin-interval &optional [end-interval nil]]
+    (let [[chunks (list (map string-plurals (time-chunks begin-interval end-interval)))]]
+        (if (not (len (list chunks)))
+            "sometime"
+            (.join ", " (take 2 chunks)))))
+        
 
 (defmacro timeit [block iterations]
     `(let [[t (time)]]
diff --git a/themes/blog/views/search.tpl b/themes/blog/views/search.tpl
index 2e2250b..e5dbc4d 100644
--- a/themes/blog/views/search.tpl
+++ b/themes/blog/views/search.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <%
 from itertools import islice
+from sushy.utils import time_since
 if defined("query"):
     headers['title'] = "Search results for '%s'" % query
     items = list(islice(results,0,20))
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ if defined("query"):
     <table class="hover alternating">
         <thead>
             <tr>
-                <th>Score</th>
                 <th>Page</th>
                 <th>Content</th>
                 <th>Modified</th>
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ if defined("query"):
         <tbody>
 %for i in items:
             <tr>
-                <td>{{!i["score"]}}</td>
                 <td><a href="{{!page_route_base}}/{{!i["name"]}}">{{!i["title"]}}</td>
                 <td>{{!i["content"]}}</td>
-                <td>{{!i["mtime"]}}</td>
+                <td>{{!time_since(i["mtime"])}} ago</td>
             </tr>
 %end
         </tbody>