Cuteness that refuses to die...

One of my buttons is the faux snobbery that invariably accompanies any mention of a year ending in 00 as "the last year of the century." I had hoped that, having ticked the tens place in this most current century, the issue had gone back into hibernation, like the occasional monster from The X Files.

But no, somewhere in the middle of The Big Edit™, I see:

In the last year of the 19th century, XYZ participated in the World's Fair that opened on April 15, 1900.

Personally, I'd have been a lot more informed if the author had refrained from trying to be mathematically cute and mentioned instead where the Fair was being held, but that's just me, I guess.

I had included a comment in my edit, which read:

A year numbering system that does not acknowledge zero, comes into use somewhere after more than 300 years have passed, turns out to have missed the actual year of its raison d'être by 3-4 years, drops 10 days from one year to bring it into whack with reality, and shifts the start of the year to January 1 from some time in March for the same reason is simply not persuasive when it attempts to score points with mathematical pedantry.

On reflection, though, I decided to delete it from my edit, just because I'm that kind of person.

Cheers...

Happy Friday afternoon!

I find myself in the happy situation of having finished all my work and sent it off. A new batch of The Big Edit™ just arrived, a little smaller than previous batches, but I'm not inclined to go crazy with it, especially given my client's most recent instructions (basically, "keep doing what we've been doing").

So for all intents and purposes... I have the rest of the day off!

Whoopee!

Cheers...

It occurs to me... this is post 6000!

I recall I did glance at the number of journal entries back on June 26, this journal's tenth birthday, and though it was coming up on 6,000, it was not within feasible striking distance at that time. A few minutes ago, I looked at my user profile again, and the count stood at 5,999, and I thought to myself Wow, you've finally got a chance to nail a big round number! So here we are.

What am I thinking?

Whoosh, but does time fly when you're having fun, or what?

I've never done a formal word count of the content of my LJ, but I know that somewhere in the mix there are about 50 posts of at least 1,000 words apiece I wrote for two seasons of LJ Idol, trying hard each week to keep the story along the lines of a memoir of sorts. There are also some fiction pieces that likely work if reader reaction is any gauge.

There are rants, and chess games, and recipes, and what have you. A little bit of everything, the way it happened. There have been a few private posts as well, on a variety of subjects.

One thing's for sure, it's a heck of a hodge-podge.

So, here's to another 6,000 posts!

Cheers...