06-06-06

Evidently I am hung up on easy dates to remember. I know that this date happens only once every hundred years so most people come across one only once in their lifetime. If they live to see two, they may not be seeing very well at all.

I don't know why it has the perceived relationship to the devil, but the movie industry is launching a remake of The Omen today.

Jay Leno said he heard that some people were placing bets that the world would end on today's 06-06-06. He pointed out that he'd gladly take that bet because if they are right, he won't have to pay up. (Again, why they thought that this special one meant doom when none of the others has, is beyond me.) I guess I shouldn't have worked so hard in the yard yesteday, in case they are right, but it was a beautiful next-to-last day if they are right.

(The newspapers had articles on the topic of 666 today. Click on "Comments" below if you want to read them.)