Les Jones

Misc > Celebrate Arbitrary Date Change Day Like It's 1999

Do you remember 1999? Some people were fearful - worried about Y2K. Some people were ecstatic - partying at the millennium. Other people were smug - knowing that the 1999/2000 crossover wasn't the beginning of the new millennium; that would come a year later due to the lack of a year zero.

I always wondered about that last bunch of math nerds. The implication was that they were delaying their wild hijinx until the proper moment. That at midnight, December 31, 2000 the pool skimmers all across Silicon Valley would be clogged with pocket protectors, panties and Trooooo-Jaaaaaans! - some of them already uuuuuused! But I kinda doubt it.

Anyway, happy Arbitrary Date Change Day. Eat some black-eyed peas for good luck tomorrow.