Tomorrow, Sunday March 29, will be Palm Sunday, the first day of the week leading to Easter Sunday.
It will also, if you are in Britain, be clock-change day, requiring you to twist your clock forward one hour, to the summer-long “daylight saving time” that “saves” no time but misrepresents natural Sun time.
The change is supposed to be made at 1 AM on Sunday, so that all machines and artificial intelligence will be in agreement. Those with natural intelligence will do it on Saturday before going to bed; some, refusing to be fooled, keep at least one clock on the saner standard time.
Quiz
Since All Fools Eve, Tuesday March 31, is loomng close, you might want to vaccinate yourself against being fooled.
For each of these recent news headlines, award yourself one point for guessing whether it is serious, and two for suggesting a better. Add another point for knowing the difference between “serious” and “serious”.
“Breaking news: Cuba says US president is unacceptable and must step down”
“Weeks and months derive from counting teeth in the four quarters of the mouth, archaeologists reveal. Months to be called mounths”
“Big Bang’s cause discovered: approval of request by a defense department in another universe for $200 billion to fund bombardment of the other half of its planet”
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This weblog maintains its right to be about astronomy or anything under the sun.
Sometimes I make improvements or corrections to a post after publishing it. If you click on the title, rather than on ‘Read more’, I think you are sure to see the latest version. Or, if you click ‘Refresh’ or press function key 5, you’ll see the version change to the latest.
Then again, as long as I have Deep Tracks and Guy’s books my humble home is paradise.
I think most Iranians are happy with the Big Bang.
Happy April, even though April showers bring concrete ants to my humble basement home under my office. Fewer of them if I keep my home sparking clean. Too small to carry outside unharmed so must vacuum them :(