September 18, 1973

September 18 is always a day I think of when it rolls around.

One time, in 1973, I was going through some of the work of moving us into an apartment, student housing somewhere.

I had to walk/run part of the way, because the housing office was some distance from the actual apartment complex. But it was right at the edge of town.

So there I was on that day. And I checked this out on a moon calendar place a few years ago just to verify it. The moon was up in the western sky. Why I remember that particular day, I don't know.

Every year as far as I can recall I think of this. There was something significant about that day ... and the moon.

The Twelfeth Of Never

I had to look it up how you spell twelfth. I knew it was that or thelvth, but there's definitely an F sound in it. It's not a word I spell very often, so I haven't got it on the tip of my brain.

It's the twelfth of the month but not the twelfth of never.

I've got that song playing right now ... Johnny Mathis. How long will he love you? Until the twelfth of never, he'll still be loving you. And that's a long, long time.

The Jews Are Too Far Ahead Of Us

...meaning they're too far ahead of the rest of us.

Figure, in their time it's the year 5769 (or maybe 5770, I don't know which.)

But for the rest of us it's 2009 (or maybe 2010, I don't know which). That means they're around 3760 years ahead of us.

Jews definitely have the advantage, being so far in the future.

I joke. But in all seriousness, how are we supposed to compete with that?

8-8-8

How big a deal is 08-08-08? I guess it isn't really a big deal.

Unless Nostradamus said something about it. Did he?

It's just a nice coming together of digits, with several arbitrary elements. But it's OK. Eight has to be one of the fattest feeling numbers, plump on the bottom, equally plump on top. It's a very feminine number, the curvy look. What other things could be said for it? It seems like the number of "too much" or "an added bonus." If you think of seven as the number of completion -- which is the way it's referred to a lot -- eight is one more, therefore a bonus.

You can roll in on all eights, flip 'em over and roll back out!