What are you doing on 09/09/09?

Have special plans this 09/09/09?

09/09/09

It is described as a “calendrical anomaly. “

Did you do anything today to celebrate or commemorate?

Did you do anything at 09:09:09am? (I was sleeping. Perhaps I will make a toast tonight at 09:09:09pm)

Did you know…

09-09-09 is also the last of the single-digits dates for quite a while - 92 years to be precise

It is also the upside-down number of "the beast" - satan = 666, of course. Did that bother you or anyone you know?

The day itself falls on a Wednesday and both Wednesday & September have 9 letters

Wednesdays are not usually popular days to get married in China, but September 9 is special because it is the ninth day of the ninth month of the year 2009. So it is no surprise that a record number of couples are tying the knot throughout China on Wednesday. So far 7,728 couples have registeredThe number "9" in Chinese is pronounced "jiu", which sounds the same as the word "forever", and that is why hordes of couples wanted to get their marriage certificate on Wednesday, September 9.

Historically, ancient Chinese emperors associated themselves closely with the number nine, which appeared prominently in architecture and royal dress, often in the form of nine fearsome dragons. The imperial dynasties were so convinced of the power of the number nine that the palace complex at Beijing's Forbidden City is rumored to have been built with 9,999 rooms.

Japanese emperors would have never worn a robe with nine dragons, however.
In Japanese, the word for nine is a homophone for the word for suffering, so the number is considered highly unlucky - second only to four, which sounds like death.

Many Japanese will go so far as to avoid room numbers including nine at hotels or hospitals, if the building planners haven't already eliminated them altogether.

Modern numerologists - who operate outside the realm of real science - believe that mystical significance or vibrations can be assigned to each numeral one through nine, and different combinations of the digits produce tangible results in life depending on their application.

As the final numeral, the number nine holds special rank. It is associated with forgiveness, compassion and success on the positive side as well as arrogance and self-righteousness on the negative, according to numerologists.

Did you know that if you Multiply nine by any two, three or four-digit number and the sums of those will also break down to nine. For example: 9x62 = 558; 5+5+8=18; 1+8=9.

So, what will you do anything interesting?

Do something 9 times and tell us about it.

I think I will just focus on living to be 99. That would surely be a tribute to the number 99!