Today...is 6/6....07! One number away from aesthetic uniformity. Sigh.
Or one number away from demonic significance, so maybe it's for the better...6/6/06 would sort of be a bad omen and I have major events upcoming (comps, surgeries, etc) that I don't need jinxed. I'm not the only one to notice, I think the news made something of it when June 6th happened last year.
There's something about "special" numbers....much more often than dates I'll observe particular "times" of the day, what seems like every time I check my watch: 4:11, 4:20, 5:13, 5:26, 9:11...and anything that's a straight: like 12:34 (oh look, what time did I post this?)....or I'll get nerdy and think 5:27 is special because 5+2=7.
I suppose certain numbers are "beautiful", others invoke a comfortable sense of familiarity. The reason that e-mails circulate when it's going to be 12:34 on 05/06/07 might be because as human beings with enjoy order and structure. Consonance not dissonance. In places as mundane and ordinary as our wristwatches.
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