Jim Flanigan Looks at the World
Turning the Mundane into Fundane Since 2015
There was a little bit of internet freakout over the date of the last day of 2023 being shown as …
12 31 23
So, 123 123. That is, unless you live outside the US where it would be shown as …
31 12 23
311 223 is definitely not as fun or interesting as 123 123.
However, I found today’s date on New Year’s Day much more interesting.
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It’s New Year’s Day. Happy New Year to you. It turns out that my wife is allergic to the Christmas tree that has been up in our house for 3 weeks now. Nothing too serious. Just her throat closing up when she’s in the same room with it. But we entertained company on 5 different occasions over the holidays including last night, so up the tree stayed. Until today.
The tree is coming down today and heading out for chipping and mulching. No longer do we live in the neighborhood where we attach trees to old toilets and dump them in the neighborhhood lake for the fish to use as breeding grounds. That’s a blog post for another day. Nope. Out to the curb with it, maybe with an ornament left on it.
Having 5 kids, our tree features a lot of homemade or kid-centric ornaments. I’m guessing a child may have made this one …
Heck, there are even ornaments that I painted many years ago on the tree …
Jim Flanigan Looks at the World 