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Big Day for Numbers Geeks: 12-12-12

What are you going to do today at 12:12 p.m. plus 12 seconds?

If you don't love the number 12 today, you're a zero.

This is a historic day — 12/12/12. It's a special occasion. There won't be another uber-geeky number day like this for a long time now. Although we have a 13th hour, we don't have a 13th month.

What are you going to do today at 12 seconds after 12:12 p.m.? Take 12 seconds to really think about it and plan something special. Even if it's after 12:12 p.m., do something special because the next repeating date will be Jan. 1, 2101. It's not like you can wait until the next one.

Could it be the Anti-Doomsday, a day of reckoning? Maybe so. That wouldn't bode well for the hundreds of brides and grooms who have flocked to Las Vegas.

There have been dozens (!) of really cool dates like this in the past. Dick Steinbach of Novato has celebrated many of them with friends he called the Numbers Nuts. Last year they went to see the Follies in Palm Springs and had a toast at 11:11 p.m. This year they spent the day in San Francisco and Sausalito (see photos).

Maybe you can explain why you think this one is special. Add a comment below. 

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Craig Belfor May 18, 2013 at 01:51 pm
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Craig Belfor May 18, 2013 at 01:47 pm
I notice that many of the opponents to affordable housing have been blocked. I know some people whoRead More post with a nome de plueme to hide their identity cannot get on the Patch anymore. The reason they do this is because they fear the kind of reprisal I got when the developers' mouthpiece looked up my financial history and posted it on the Internet. I personally have nothing to hide, but this is about free speech, and it's sad that the patch has sold out to the developers. The cops are at Wyndover daily, but you'll never see another story about it either. Too bad. Control the press, control the people.
Steven Norwin May 18, 2013 at 11:14 am
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Roger May 18, 2013 at 10:15 am
I agree with you Tina that the new format sucks. I can't find any recent articles on affordableRead More housing or N. Redwood development.
Tina McMillan May 16, 2013 at 12:32 pm
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Tina McMillan May 17, 2013 at 11:41 am
Peter I am not sure which group you are referring to. I belong to Novato Community Alliance andRead More Novato Homeowners Association. Both are grassroots groups working with local government to ask much needed questions regarding Plan Bay Area. Your comments are reminiscent of a previous poster named Bud Lite who was engaged in heated exchanges. Since his name continued to evolve it was only his message that made him recognizable. No one can give you the world but NCA and NHA are both resources that can provide information and discussion of important local issues.
Peter May 17, 2013 at 11:28 am
Hello, It took our groups letters to get the change as we do not want to read someones garbageRead More that takes twenty posts to say one thing . I have never had a heated exchange with you but I can tell you I was sick of reading your garbage like a lot of other people were. You and your group promised the world, told it the only way you wanted the outcome to be and got caught by the real people of Novato
Tina McMillan May 17, 2013 at 08:45 am
Peter aka Bud Lite Welcome back. Its good to know some things never change, like folks that trollRead More for a heated exchange.
Joe May 17, 2013 at 02:16 pm
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Novato Chess Club May 17, 2013 at 02:02 pm
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