You have 15 weekends of summer ahead of you! But sometime's 16...
I made another fascinating calendar discovery tonight. It was like Easter all over again, when I was going back through all my daily planners since the early 90s. I'd wanted to know exactly how many weekends of Unofficial Summer we had...Memorial Day through Labor Day weekends. FIFTEEN this year. And that's the case normally. Now Labor Day doesn't GET earlier than it does this year...SEPT 1. Ugh. I hate that.
So that got me thinking about 1998, when I clearly recall Labor Day being the LATEST it can be, the 7th. And THAT got me thinking, well, gee, Memorial Day must've been the latest it could be that year...and THAT is when I made a most interesting discovery. Memorial Day that year was May 25th...and that Getaway Friday the 22nd...actually, the EARLIEST it can be. SO...for whatever reason, the years when Memorial Day is earliest and Labor Day is latest...are ALWAYS the SAME year. And THOSE years, we have SIXTEEN weekends. Did you follow all that? Before '98, only 1992 had a 16-weekend summer...and that's as far back as my planners go. So these are pretty rare. Isn't that all interesting, though? Well, fuck you all, it's interesting to ME. Damn, 1998 was just SUCH a great summer in so many ways! No wonder I piled so much fun into it! Yes, i'm Rain Man.
So, motherfuckers, you have 15...that's FIFTEEN...weekends until Labor Day to have Summer '08 Classic Hijinks Fun that you'll remember decades from now. I have every intention of making this summer the best i've had since...hmm, 1998? Though 2001 was good, too...that beautiful, innocent summer. I'm really like a high school kid the night before Last Day. The day I lose this youthful enthusiasm, it's all over. So I want you people to retain that number in your heads -- 15...15...15...15...15 -- when you start telling someone, "yeah, we'll have to get together sometime this summer." Or tellin YOURSELF you'll get to something this summer. DON'T keep putting it off! There are a scant FIFTEEN weekends! USE them! Wisely! Get outside! On your mark, get set...FROLIC!!!!!
So that got me thinking about 1998, when I clearly recall Labor Day being the LATEST it can be, the 7th. And THAT got me thinking, well, gee, Memorial Day must've been the latest it could be that year...and THAT is when I made a most interesting discovery. Memorial Day that year was May 25th...and that Getaway Friday the 22nd...actually, the EARLIEST it can be. SO...for whatever reason, the years when Memorial Day is earliest and Labor Day is latest...are ALWAYS the SAME year. And THOSE years, we have SIXTEEN weekends. Did you follow all that? Before '98, only 1992 had a 16-weekend summer...and that's as far back as my planners go. So these are pretty rare. Isn't that all interesting, though? Well, fuck you all, it's interesting to ME. Damn, 1998 was just SUCH a great summer in so many ways! No wonder I piled so much fun into it! Yes, i'm Rain Man.
So, motherfuckers, you have 15...that's FIFTEEN...weekends until Labor Day to have Summer '08 Classic Hijinks Fun that you'll remember decades from now. I have every intention of making this summer the best i've had since...hmm, 1998? Though 2001 was good, too...that beautiful, innocent summer. I'm really like a high school kid the night before Last Day. The day I lose this youthful enthusiasm, it's all over. So I want you people to retain that number in your heads -- 15...15...15...15...15 -- when you start telling someone, "yeah, we'll have to get together sometime this summer." Or tellin YOURSELF you'll get to something this summer. DON'T keep putting it off! There are a scant FIFTEEN weekends! USE them! Wisely! Get outside! On your mark, get set...FROLIC!!!!!
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