Are you anxiously awaiting the end of 2008, ready to embark on a new year? Did you get your heart broken? Are you broke? Will the symbolism of the ball dropping on the hell zoo that is Times' Square help you wipe your slate clean or encourage you to not clean your plate at every meal? If any or all of the above apply to you (and most do to us if you've been paying any attention to this blog for the last year), you're going to have to wait just a little bit longer than you expected to ring in the new year.
But just a bit...
The world's "official timekeepers" (what kind of geek do you have to be to get that job?) have added a leap second to December 31.
Apparently the Earth's spin on its axis is slowing due to "tides and other factors" (Global Warming, anyone?) and to keep everything all in order (the sun going down when we know it will, etc) an extra second will be added to 2008.
We imagine the team running the Times' Square extravaganza will adjust accordingly and begin the countdown a second later but wouldn't it be more appropriate, and official, to countdown to zero or something?
Five..
Four...
Three..
Two...
One...
Zero....
Happy New Year, now stick your tongue in my mouth!
[Yahoo!: Tick tock ... tick: Extra second added to 2008]
Related:
New World Resolutions
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