12-12-12

Since today could be called triple 12 day I'm going to put up a token post.   People seem to like dates with repeating numbers and we've had several of those lately such as 01-01-01, 02-02,02, 03-03-03, 04-04-04, 05-05-05, 06-06-06, 07-07-07, 08-08-08, 09-09-09, 01-10-10, 10-10-10, 1-11-11, 11-11-11, and 12-12-12. 

Anyway, it is just a cool date to write on a piece of paper and it is last date of its kind of the 21st century.   Other than that it has no real significance.   Sure the three mile long near earth object/asteroid Toutatis (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast31oct_1/) made its quadrennial nearest approach to Earth at a mere 18 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon or 7 million kilometers away. http://www.universetoday.com/98955/asteroid-toutatis-tumbles-by-earth-images-and-videos/  

Today is, however, an excuse for human interest newspaper stories and irrelevant blog posts such as this one.  Here are some news articles on 12-12-12 or 12-12-2012:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/12/12/_12_12_12_where_does_it_rank_among_the_all_time_coolest_dates.html

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/12/121212-users-guide/59893/

http://mashable.com/2012/12/11/121212/

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/americans-mark-12-12-12-weddings-blockbuster-concert-164751749--finance.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9737231/Boy-turns-12-on-121212-at-12.12pm.html

http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/15256/12-12-12-is-ultimate-day-for-am-12th-man

http://www.121212concert.org/

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/12-12-12-separates-believers-skeptics/story?id=17929997

http://rt.com/news/features/december-12-marriage-doomsday-844/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/121212-is-a-good-day_n_2280027.html

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/11/121212-twelve-weddings-bruce-magic/1761127/

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/12-12-12-12-december-auspicious-dates-doomsday-mayan-calendar-lucky-numbers-lotto

http://www.universetoday.com/98965/what-earth-looked-like-on-121212/

http://gizmodo.com/5967987/its-121212++the-last-major-numerical-date-in-this-century

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2246958/Lucky-12-12-12-Demand-weddings-C-sections-soar-brides-moms-attempt-advantage-triple-digit-date-100-years.html

s/ Kurt Koehler
308 1/2 S. State Street Suite 36
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48198
(Washtenaw County)