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Wikipedia informs us that thanks to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar<\/a> this day in 1582 does not exist in the history of Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.<\/p>\n

Seeing that reminded me of how looking for something else at Snopes.com<\/a>, I learned of the internet rumor that NASA found a lost day in time<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

The former lost day is of course simply the product of ordering a calendar. The later a pitch for biblical literalism.<\/p>\n

Lost days are interesting things.<\/p>\n

Or, not, as people who\u2019ve experienced alcoholic binges can attest\u2026<\/p>\n

For me it stands as a reminder of how fragile our sense of reality is. Actually, how fragile reality is\u2026 <\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0?fs=1<\/a>\n

Then, of course, there is Dogen<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

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