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pseydtonneToday is Groundhog Day, the American permutation of Candlemas. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fanw had a fine journal entry explaining that we celebrate one day late, but I'm cool with the difference. I think of it as rounding up from half a baker's dozen.
By the way, I was uncomfortable with the existence of the number seven when I was a kid. There are no tricks for figuring out a number's divisibility by seven. Seven was everywhere, such as seven days of the week and lots of sevens in Catholic school. I could only tell whether a number was divisible by seven by doing the long division and looking for permutations of seven's remainder cycle of 142857. In other words:
Oh, and my buddy Sean made an excellent appearance on television by being willfully absurdist. Yay! Kibo and I were so proud of both Sean and Peter outside the courthouse. Can't wait for the beat-the-rap party!
Okay, back to work for me. I had one of those moments where I got a pain in my chest and it was hurting and I was scared and then I thought "heartburn?" and I sipped some water and bam! All gone. It'll be a decent day.
-rawkin' onward, Dante
fanw had a fine journal entry explaining that we celebrate one day late, but I'm cool with the difference. I think of it as rounding up from half a baker's dozen.By the way, I was uncomfortable with the existence of the number seven when I was a kid. There are no tricks for figuring out a number's divisibility by seven. Seven was everywhere, such as seven days of the week and lots of sevens in Catholic school. I could only tell whether a number was divisible by seven by doing the long division and looking for permutations of seven's remainder cycle of 142857. In other words:
1/7 is 0.142857..., 2/7 is 0.285714..., 3/7 is 0.428571... ...and you're seeing the loop by now.Candlemas is midwinter's day. If you get good weather on the pivot of winter, you're seeing the halftime show of a full-length winter season. In contrast, crummy weather (at least an overcast day, such as the one Boston is having) means the winter season is finishing. I hear Jefferson County of Pennsylvania got the same notice. Huzzah!
Oh, and my buddy Sean made an excellent appearance on television by being willfully absurdist. Yay! Kibo and I were so proud of both Sean and Peter outside the courthouse. Can't wait for the beat-the-rap party!
Okay, back to work for me. I had one of those moments where I got a pain in my chest and it was hurting and I was scared and then I thought "heartburn?" and I sipped some water and bam! All gone. It'll be a decent day.
-rawkin' onward, Dante
