From 25945b8fead989cca09a23983623b63ce36dcc0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Cleberg Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:11:17 -0600 Subject: feat: total re-write from Emacs org-mode to Zola markdown --- content/blog/2022-02-22-tuesday.md | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2022-02-22-tuesday.md (limited to 'content/blog/2022-02-22-tuesday.md') diff --git a/content/blog/2022-02-22-tuesday.md b/content/blog/2022-02-22-tuesday.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dabaa6d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2022-02-22-tuesday.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ ++++ +date = 2022-02-22 +title = "Tuesday" +description = "2-22-22 || 22-2-22" ++++ + +## Tuesday, Twosday + +I'm taking a break from my usual technology-related posts and writing +about something a little more enjoyable today. + +Today is Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022. Today is 02-22-2022. Today is +Twosday. + +Let's look at everything that fell in place today: + +1. Written in the `m-dd-yy` or `dd-m-yy` formats, + today is 2-22-22 or 22-2-22, which is a neat little palindrome in + either format. (The last ubiquitous six-digit palindrome was + 1-11-11.) +2. Today is Tuesday, which is why everyone is using the nickname + Twosday to call out these similarities. +3. Falling on Tuesday means today is the 2nd day of the week (for most + cultures. For the US, it's the 3rd day of the week since we start + on Sunday). +4. The only culture I could find with a connection to a `2` + is that some Slavic languages derived their version of Tuesday from + the Old Church Slavonic word `въторъ`, meaning "the + second." +5. Written in the classic monospaced, digital font (think of digital + clocks from the 80s/90s), there is nice symmetry to the numbers + ([view the image + here](https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20220222-tuesday/digital_font.png)!). +6. This one isn't naturally-occurring, but it seems people around the + world are celebrating the day. For example, a group is putting + together + [[][a + wedding of 222 couples at the California State Capitol in + Sacramento]], concluding at exactly 2:22 PM. These couples will + record their marriage dates as 2-22-22 2:22 PM. Tickets were on sale + for \$222.22. -- cgit v1.2.3