Lost in Time and Space

Lost in Time and Space October 14, 2010

Wikipedia informs us that thanks to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day in 1582 does not exist in the history of Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

Seeing that reminded me of how looking for something else at Snopes.com, I learned of the internet rumor that NASA found a lost day in time

The former lost day is of course simply the product of ordering a calendar. The later a pitch for biblical literalism.

Lost days are interesting things.

Or, not, as people who’ve experienced alcoholic binges can attest…

For me it stands as a reminder of how fragile our sense of reality is. Actually, how fragile reality is…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0?fs=1

Then, of course, there is Dogen


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