11/11/11
Once every hundred years we get to think about the passage of time and celebrate a day where the numbers repeat when the four digit year is shortened (did the Y2K bugs teach us nothing?). This year is even more special since it’s Palindrome Day, and Nigel Tufnel Day to boot.
Since 10/10/10 I’ve bought a house with my then fiancée, married her, and are already knee-deep into our future together. We’ll look forward to 12/12/12 next year, but then may have to wait for a long long time for another repeating sequence. So it goes.
One hundred years ago the New York Times looked at this day and considered its historical import (spoiler: there isn’t much):
https://plus.google.com/u/0/102854051892257849160/posts/QmB2LTSCfHV
09/09/09
Once again today is a day where the shorthand of today’s date is a triplet of the same digits. I’ve been making a post on the triplet day for years now. This year I’m writing this in a cab on the way to the airport, which just a few years ago would’ve sounded like science fiction.
See you again on the tenth of October next year.