St. Tib's Day

Today only comes once every four years. You would think that every four years, today would be a holiday. I mean seriously every other holiday happens once a year. But to have an extra day in the calendar once every four years seems like a perfect excuse to have a party. Apparently today is necessary in order to make the solar calendar more accurate. With most things created by humans it's still not totally accurate and if you actually took the time to measure time based on the sun, the average year is actually 11 minutes longer than a solar year. But who's counting?

That being said, today is, thank god, Friday (Chukar-waar, Jom'eh, yawm-al-jum'a, Istiqlal). The Discordian calendar inserts a holyday into their calendar making today St. Tib's Day. Don't ask, because I have no idea. But I'm sure it's completely meaningless and something you should concentratre very hard on.

As today only occurs once every four years, the likelihood of stuff happening on today's date is not very good. In 1504 Christopher Columbus used his cunning knowledge of science to convince some Indians to give him supplies. This is why you should pay attention in astronomy class instead of smoking pot in the basement of the Physics-Astronomy Building before each lecture. That way if you are ever stranded in a tropical location, you can convince the natives that you can find dirty pictures in the sky by connecting random stars together. In 1704 French and Indian forces killed 100 men, women, and children near Deerfield, MA during Queen Anne's War. That's a war we seldom hear about in American History classes. I've heard of Queen Anne's lace, but didn't know she had a war too. In 1892 St. Petersburg, FL was incoroporated. In 1916 S. Carolina raised the minimum child labor age from 12-14. Yes, you read that right, 12-year olds used to have to work in the US. In 1940 Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Oscar. In 1960 an earthquake in Morocco killed over 3000. And in 1996 a Peruvian Boeing 737 crashed killing 123.

For our Baha'i friends we're now into the 4th day of Ayyam-i-Ha. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Yesterday was quite possibly one of the better days I've had, all things considered. Clutch was awesome, I'm mobile, and I got to share all of it with my best friend (and then some).

Enjoy your weekend. I'll be somewhere in the Metro trying to figure out my next two projects.