Tag: calendar

  • Friday the thirteenth… times two.

    12 Feb 2009 » 1 min read

    I wonder how often February 1 falls on a Monday Sunday in non-leap year?  I ask this because on February’s that meet these conditions, there are always two consecutive Friday the Thirteenths (February 13 and March 13 are both Fridays).

  • Fall back

    03 Nov 2008 » 1 min read

    For the first time in a long, long time, I did not turn the clocks back before going to bed.  That’s not to say I didn’t know that daylight savings ended today.  I just forgot to turn the clocks back.  I was pleased, therefore, when I woke up around 6 AM, to turn the clock back an hour.  I even…

  • Daylight saving time

    19 Jan 2007 » 1 min read

    I found out today that because of a bill Congress passed in 2005, beginning this year, Daylight Saving time will be extended by about a month. Instead of the first Sunday in April, Daylight Saving time begin on March 11 and ends on November 4. I wouldn’t have known about this if I hadn’t received…

  • Writing “two thousand seven”

    04 Jan 2007 » 1 min read

    Until this post, four days into the new year, I have not had to write 2007 yet. This is an interesting phenomenon to me because ten years ago, I would have been paying the rent on January 1, 1997, and it would have been the first time I had to write 2007 on a check.…