QotD
"Why won't they let a year die without bringing in a new one
on the instant, can't they use birth control on time? I want an
interregnum. The stupid years patter on with unrelenting feet,
never stopping - rising to little monotonous peaks in our
imaginations at festivals like New Year's and Easter and Christmas
- But, goodness, why need they do it?" -- John Dos Passos, 1917
[I don't suppose calendars with intercalary months count, but does
getting an extra hour at the start of Samhain due to the end of Daylight
Spending Time count as a (very short) gap? Happy New Year, folks, and
don't forget to check your clocks (and VCRs and PDAs and ...) if you
live in a place that ends DST on the US schedule.]
