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a little over a dozen years ago, the calendar flipped to a new century. a bright shiney new century. not long after the flipping, we had the first samie-same day: 01/01/01. that was followed about a year later by 02/02/02. then along came 03/03/03, then 04/04/04, and of course 05/05/05, dutifully followed by 06/06/06, and so on through 07/07/07, then came 08/08/08 and 09/09/09, and they were followed by 10/10/10, and of course the great 11/11/11 (ACE DAY!) was last year. now, today, is 12/12/12, and with 12/12/12... that. is. IT. we are done with samie-same days. this is the last samie-same day of the century.

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there was a story on NPR about people getting married on this day. they talked to folks who manage wedding chapels in las vegas: the elvis chapel and the chapel of the flowers. the elvis chapel had like 100 weddings today and i think the chapel of the flowers had like, 65 or something. the reporter asked the elvis chapel manager: how many weddings do you have on a normal weekday? he said, oh about 5 or 10. FIVE. or. TEN. and today they had a hundred. A HUNDRED. that's like, twice as many or something.

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junior and mrs junior are staying with us while the remodeling of their newly purchased foreclosure home is completed. they arrived on 11/30/12, to stay for a week. they were here on 12/1 and here on 12/2. they were here on 12/3 and here on 12/4. they were here on 12/5 and here on 12/6. they were here on 12/7 and here on 12/8. they were here on 12/9 and here on 12/10. they were here on 12/11 AND HERE ON 12/12! a dozen days on the dozenth day. that's almost like a week, right? uh....

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