Leap Day Commemoration

Submitted by crg on February 29th, 2024 at 6:55 AM

Today is Leap Day.  An extra day added to the year which we celebrate as a gift (and not at all as a mistake being corrected in how humanity had been so clearly mis-tracking time for over a thousand years).  And of course this day is given to us at the end of February, so we can savor more time in the lovely weather just before spring begins (which in no way is making up for Julius & Augustus Ceasars greedily stealing days from February to add to their newly created eponymous summer months, such that no other months in the year would be longer than theirs).

Yet today is special... a day that only comes about once every four years and has that unique special character to it.  A quality, if you will - one that prompts people to recall what has transpired in the past, take stock of the present, and hope for the future.

So however you plan to honor your Leap Year today, remember this:

It has now happened twice since the last time Ryan Day beat Michigan.

Enjoy!

uminks

February 29th, 2024 at 9:34 PM ^

If I was born on a leap day, I would only be 15. I only have one more leap year day left before I retire. I would still like to work half the year and have half the year off when I retire.