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Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Consecutive Numbers Day

I supposed this reflects an oddity in me, but I love weird patterns and numerical novelties. Did you know it is Consecutive Numbers Day? About now, all of the number markers we use to keep time are consecutive.

At 1:02 AM and 3 seconds today, the time will be 1:02:03 on 04/05/06. It won't happen again for a hundred years. In case anybody reading this is still alive then, look for it on it on April 5th of 2106. I don't know why this title is only given when the consecutive numbers start with "1." Next year, for example, why isn't May 6, 2007 at 2:03 AM and 4 seconds or 2:03:04 on 05/06/07 a consecutive numbers holiday?

I also like days like September 9, 1999 when it was 09/09/99. This year the day will be (Yikes!) 06/06/06. I don't think this is related to the apocalypse or the mark of the beast, but please don't tell "the end of the world" people. I already have too much tuna stored up for the possibly pending pandemic of Bird Flu. (Saying this makes me feel like Batman's sidekick. Holy Possibly Pending Pandemic, Batman!) 6/6/06 is the 62nd anniversary of D-Day.

Anyway, I wanted you to know about Consecutive Numbers Day, in case you didn't already. Happy CND or is it Merry CND?