Wednesday, September 22, 2004

The geek likes pumpkin pie

Happy fall!

(Spring to a couple of you.)

You might enjoy checking out a little about the history of calendars, including how much our own Western calendars were developed because of the Catholic Church's need to be able to able to predict when Easter would be. Since Easter is defined as falling on the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, determining it's exact date in future years requires an accurate calendar.

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