By The Way...

Wednesday, February 28, 2007
8:55:00 AM EST
Hearing Devil Inside -- INXS
Actually, they all do. It just that then every other month but February goes on and has at least a couple more days. February, on the other hand, goes, "What? I'm over already?" and then shuffles off, vaguely disappointed. Oh sure, every four years (more or less) it gets tossed an extra day. But it's still monthus interruptus. That's not a real phrase, by the way. But it should be.

I've known for a while that the reason February has 28 days goes back to Roman times, but I never knew the precise chain of events that led to the month having only 28 days. Fortunately Slate does, and now I do. And now I've done my "you learn something new every day" moment and spend the rest of the day stubbornly not learning anything else. Really, don't try to teach me anything. It won't work.

Actually, I learned two things, since the article explains what the word "February" comes from. So I'm actually over my quota of learning things for the day! I shan't learn anything tomorrow, then. There's that's taken care of.


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• #2 Comment from revengehedgehog 
  10/22/07 7:12 PM | Permalink

  ... I don't get the person above me's comment. xD;;
• #1 Comment from monponsett 
  2/28/07 10:52 PM | Permalink

  I want to statutory rape a 10 year old who was born in 1966.