Wednesday, February 20
Today's the day though not yet the time. Per Jason though, it's not quite as rare as I originally thought.
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Monday, February 18
I do so enjoy my sister and her pithy comments that get right to the heart of all sorts of things. For example, here's her comment on my posting yesterday. 'I can't wait for 20:02,20/02,2002. It will be an unrepeatable moment, but then isn't every moment unique?' Don't you wish she'd get back to writing on her own blog?
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Wow, Blogger Help really does help. Safe mode was just what I needed. Bad html, begone!
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Sunday, February 17
One subject of conversation with relatives last weekend was the year 2002, the only palindrome year in the century. More on the phenomenon in a followup email from my brother-in-law. As the clock ticks over from 8:01PM on Wednesday, February 20th, 2002, time will (for sixty seconds only) read in perfect symmetry. To be more precise: 20:02, 20/02, 2002. It is an event which has only happened once before, and is something which will never be repeated. The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern was long before the days of the digital watch (or the 24-hour clock): 10:01AM, on January 10, 1001. And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something that will never happen again. And this morning's coffee and conversation produced the following realization. There's a fine line between independence and stubborn determination. Discussion ranged on from that point.
posted by Judy at 9:06 PM|link