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Today’s magic numbers

Today was June 22nd of 2006 or in English notation 6/22/6. I realized this while starting a check as the cashier rang up my purchases. The total came to $26.62! I love it when that happens. The other day I tried to get a picture of my odometer at 111122 (having missed the opportunity for 111111) and when I missed that I hoped to get 111123 but traffic didn’t permit.

Dinner was $36.93…all factors of 3 and geometrically elegant with 9 being an upturned 6 bookended by 3s.

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For the record…

None of my arsensal of antique pci video cards have available drivers for Windows XP (yes, they are that old!). Despite knowing this, I periodically shut down all my machines and go through the exercise of removing and trading out video cards to try to get a second monitor working on my workstation. Eons ago when I had two functioning monitors my productivity felt so much greater. Usually I do this at the crux of a critical deadline (call it avoidance.. call it procrastination.. whatever label, it is just plain stupid.).

So, I now put this down for the world to see so that 6 months from now, when I am certain that I overlooked a compatible car in the stack of useless hardware or buried in the depths of a dusty case, I can be reminded that I’ve been through this exercise enough!

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It’s because our a/c is broken

CNN reports: Study: Earth ‘likely’ hottest in 2,000 years

The National Academy of Sciences, reaching that conclusion in a broad review of scientific work requested by Congress, reported Thursday that the “recent warmth is unprecedented for at least the last 400 years and potentially the last several millennia.”

A panel of top climate scientists told lawmakers that the Earth is heating up and that “human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming.”

This is Bush’s fault!

Other new research Thursday showed that global warming produced about half of the extra hurricane-fueled warmth in the North Atlantic in 2005, and natural cycles were a minor factor

Or maybe Jesus’…Because, it was cool when he was around.

The Bush administration has maintained that the threat is not severe enough to warrant new pollution controls…

Yes! It’s Bush’s fault!

The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization chartered by Congress to advise the government of scientific matters.

Ok then…it’s Jesus’ fault.

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Look at that rainbow!

As I continued my journey I envisioned the glory that I would find beyond the next bend. There would be an inn where I could rest me weary feet and put down a pint or two. As I made the bend, Murphy the Leprechaun sprang from a bush waving his hands and chanting. Suddenly the path split and extended. Murphy declared, "Aye’ve split me treasure and placed it in pots at the ends of these paths. It’s all yours! If’n you meet me challenge."

I gandered down the left split rolling gently downhill and a good 3 day’s journey saw a huge rainbow then a sharp cliff. Looking to the right, the path climbed a steep hill then meandered down to the inn and continued on. At the inn was a smaller rainbow and the path had stretched to make the inn a good 5 day’s journey.

Murphy continued, "Get to me gold an’ it’s yours but you must make the journey in 2 days. You can have both pots if you move quickly. The size of the rainbow represents the relative size of the treasure. At the end of two days, me spell will break and the path will return to normal leaving you stranded where you stand. I recommend ye make it to the inn within two days!"

And then he was gone.

Update: Looks like he threw some trolls on the path to make it interesting.