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Today is the Ninth day of the Ninth month of the Ninth year of this century.

Wednesday & September are both made up of 9 letters. September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (2+5+2). The Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas is offering 99 quickie wedding packages to 99 couples at 9:09 p.m. for $99.09. The new iPods are supposed to come out today; as did the Beatles' Rock Band game and entire digitally remastered music catalog. In China, it's a once-in-a-millennium date that's so good (999 means longevity or forever in Chinese) about a billion people will be married. Plus, it's a real easy anniversary date to not forget. It takes 9 minutes for light from the sun to reach the Earth. Another single digit date will not happen for 92 years.

In Japanese, the word nine is a homonym of the word for "suffering". It's bad luck there; almost as bad as the number 4, which sounds like "death". Here, our Republicans are holding the "Worlds Largest Twitter Tea Party" at 9pm. And "999" upside down is "666".

Today is also World Day Of Interconnectedness. They call it "...a shift from I llness to WE llness and organizers hope we can tap the "omnipresent invisible field of electric and magnetic energy that connects us all and bring forth an environmentally sustainable, fulfilling and socially just human presence". That sounds magical. Actually, on their long list of hokey ideas to accomplish this, one thing did catch my eye: "express your appreciation". That was it. Not a bad idea either. Happy 09/09/09 everyone. Thanks for being here with me.