Friday, 30 September 2005 04:52 pm
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deckardcanineSome people wear two or more watches at once. I hang two calendars side by side at the office. :)
Both are among the many that come free to my family from environmentalist organizations, which means they contain nature photos and paragraphs of related info, probably my favorite wall calendar filler. I have a separate agenda, so their purpose is mainly aesthetic. But it's a darn good thing I didn't select only the one on the right, hereafter called "the calendargh."
I first knew something was amiss when the calendars seemed to show opposite lunar schedules. I needed a third source. Turns out the calendargh uses less conventional symbols: a filled black circle for the full moon, an empty circle for the new moon, and ambiguous crescents for the quarters.
I could dismiss this as an eccentricity, but last week I noticed another discrepancy: the calendargh said that the fall equinox was on Friday the 23rd. Again, I found something to corroborate the left calendar's story.
Finally, Darth Howie mentioned yesterday that Rosh Hashanah is next week. My left calendar doesn't mark Jewish holidays, so I looked online. In case you didn't know -- I can't tell how well-known this is to gentiles -- Jewish holidays start and end in evenings, and most calendars mark them for the next day. A typical calendar this year will say "Rosh Hashanah" on Tuesday, October 4th, but it begins on what we'd call the night of October 3rd (which happens to be my mom's birthday).
The calendargh had it marked for today. Off by a minimum of three days, likely four.
I may write to the organization. I'm not sure; they've probably received word of this blunder already. If I do write, I'll make clear that I still like their calendar, if only for the look and the biology lessons. It's hard to stay mad at something that shows an enlarged pic of a trio of kit foxes all thru September.
Both are among the many that come free to my family from environmentalist organizations, which means they contain nature photos and paragraphs of related info, probably my favorite wall calendar filler. I have a separate agenda, so their purpose is mainly aesthetic. But it's a darn good thing I didn't select only the one on the right, hereafter called "the calendargh."
I first knew something was amiss when the calendars seemed to show opposite lunar schedules. I needed a third source. Turns out the calendargh uses less conventional symbols: a filled black circle for the full moon, an empty circle for the new moon, and ambiguous crescents for the quarters.
I could dismiss this as an eccentricity, but last week I noticed another discrepancy: the calendargh said that the fall equinox was on Friday the 23rd. Again, I found something to corroborate the left calendar's story.
Finally, Darth Howie mentioned yesterday that Rosh Hashanah is next week. My left calendar doesn't mark Jewish holidays, so I looked online. In case you didn't know -- I can't tell how well-known this is to gentiles -- Jewish holidays start and end in evenings, and most calendars mark them for the next day. A typical calendar this year will say "Rosh Hashanah" on Tuesday, October 4th, but it begins on what we'd call the night of October 3rd (which happens to be my mom's birthday).
The calendargh had it marked for today. Off by a minimum of three days, likely four.
I may write to the organization. I'm not sure; they've probably received word of this blunder already. If I do write, I'll make clear that I still like their calendar, if only for the look and the biology lessons. It's hard to stay mad at something that shows an enlarged pic of a trio of kit foxes all thru September.
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