Tomorrow, July 8, 2009, will be another one of those days; a once-in-a-lifetime event, numerically speaking. Tomorrow, a short time after noon, it will officially be (for one split second at least) 12:34:56 7/8/9/. We have to take some liberty with the date, since these days we almost always use the “digital” form with all the zeroes, but, generally speaking, it’s a never-to-be-repeated moment in history. At first glance, you’d think a day like this would be exceedingly rare, but actually, this type of day rolls around on a pretty regular basis, because of its very nature, its numerical make-up. We’ll have another one on August 7th if you miss this one, and we’ve had several in the not-too-distant past—01:23:45 6/7/89, 12:34.56 7/8/90, and 01:02:03 04/05/06. And for those more esoterically inclined, there’s always 11:11 11/11/11 to look forward to, not to mention 12/21/12. So, dates like these happen with some regularity, and will continue, unless, of course, the ancient Mayans were right…
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