Today is a rather special date, reading the same forwards as backwards. It is called a palindrome.
It’s also my mom’s birthday—that’s why it’s really special.
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Now I’m no longer alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own.¹
A blue moon was not always defined this way, but apparently caught on after an article in the March 1946 Sky and Telescope magazine mistakenly interpreted the definition this way. Wikipedia has the details. Interesting questions are: using this definition, when was the last blue moon on December 31 and when will the next one fall on a December 31? Thanks to a Google search, the last blue moon on News Year’s eve was in 1990, and the next blue moon to fall on New Year’s eve will be 2028. ¹ Rodgers and Hart Since today turned out to be nice with a bit of blue sky and no rain showers, I hopped on the bike for perhaps my last ride of the year. My 33 mile ride included a stop at Peet’s Coffee on Bollinger in east San Ramon. I like that store—it has lots of windows and a nice outdoor seating area. I just wish the shopping center buildings didn’t block the views of nearby Mt. Diablo. I got back into the habit of biking in April and today’s ride gave me a total of 2,500 miles for the year. I used to double that in a year, but my riding now is more laid back. As a plus to this ride, I finally got around to exploring Old Vineyard road (I think Old Wineyard sounds nicer) and discovered that despite the multiple road closed signs it is open to bikes. That opens up a couple of miles of much less traffic on the route to and from Pleasanton. |
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