A day of numerological nonsense
Leonard Lai
Issue date: 9/10/09 Section: Opinion
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Yesterday was 9/9/09, which to conspiracy theorists is 6/6/06 upside down - therefore the end of the world.
Well 6/6/06 had already occurred, and the world didn't end, so I don't understand why they couldn't just let 9/9/09 be and go back to their underground lair where they keep pouring over Nostradamus' charts.
After all, the calendar is a man-made object, and this date is a man-made thing as well.
It just so happened that yesterday's date was 9/9/09, the same way that today's date is 9/10/09. Prophets shouldn't look so hard in trying to destroy the planet.
Hopefully instead of fearing the apocalypse, everyone went out and did something fun relating to this date consisting of 9s.
Steve Jobs made his return at the Apple live iPod event in San Francisco and introduced iTunes 9. Talk about good timing.
"The Beatles: Rock Band" came out, bringing 45 - (4+5=9)(omg!) - memorable songs that any Beatles fan can play.
The Fab Four members will also get their near 22-year-long awaited digitally remastered studio records released filled with extras.
Weblog Urlesque, a Web site dedicated to spreading viral Internet media, has also asked people to not post any cat-related pictures on the Internet on 9/9/09.
This probably is not going to happen, as many commentators of the blog have committed themselves to post at least 99 pictures of cats on as many Web sites.
If you were one of the lucky 9 couples to get married yesterday at a 99-cent store in Hollywood, congratulations!
The 99-cent store decided to marry 9 lucky couples for only 99-cents per couple.
On top of that if you had a 9 pounds, 9 ounce baby, the store would also award you $999.99.
Tim Burton's new movie, "9" was released yesterday.
The only thing I know about the movie is the title, and the film's heroes are supposed to save the world.
There are a number of heroes in the movie and that number would be, yes, you guessed it, 9.
In China, the number 9 is a lucky number meaning "long-lasting," and more than 10,000 couples planned to get married in Beijing, as well as 6,000 in Shanghai.
On the simple side of things, 9/9/09 is in September and on Wednesday, both of which are 9 letters long. It is also on the 252nd day of the year, 2+5+2=9.
Hopefully everyone went to a baseball game, as that game is the essence of everything 9. There are 9 players out on the field, 9 innings, 9 strikes per inning and 90 feet between each base.
Hopefully you enjoyed this list "coincidentally" listing 9 tidbits of things that were special yesterday, now everyone should go out and do something on this very boring day of nonconsecutive numbers within its date.
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