today’s date is what you want to make of it.

the religiously superstitious, perhaps just plain superstitious, want to believe this is a most unlucky day; some expecting armageddon. some folks, such as my favorite morning radio dj, are gleefully joking about the significance of the numbers:

6-6-6 = the fertilizer for satan’s lawn
00666 = the devil’s zip code
999 = the devil down under
66 = downsized devil
$6.66 = per-minute call rate to the Beast
DCLXVI = Roman numeral of the Beast

the silliness goes on.

some pregnant women either had labor induced yesterday, or rescheduled c-sections for tomorrow (crossing their fingers that the baby will actually wait).

all i know is that traffic is nuts and i’m dealing with particularly difficult issues, today. i haven’t checked the weather, storm forecasts or volcanic activity.

it would be wonderful if, instead of approaching 99, today’s temperature could be 66F.