Baby Thor Is Here and Other Interesting Tales of Time and Space

Or, just tales of time.


Baby Thor is here.  He is super cute!  As you can see, I think he's got cutest newborn ever in the bag!

Now for the tales of time.  A while ago my dad and I were discussing why New Year's Day was January 1st, among other standard calendar practices, and we decided that it didn't make any sense for the New Year to begin that day.  So, we decided to make our own calendar system, and thus the Thurston Reckoning of Time was created.  It was forgotten because of my young age at the time, but I've decided to resurrect and improve it.

Here's how it works.  There are four "months" or seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.  Because I live in the Northern Hemisphere, Spring starts in March.  Each season begins on the corresponding equinox or solstice, because life makes more sense that way.  They are the only solar events that are regular and universal on a global scale.  Day numbers keep increasing until the next season begins.  The Spring equinox marks the beginning of the new year.

Currently, 92 days have past since the Summer Solstice, and this is the thirteenth year since the Thurston Reckoning, so today's date is stylized as 92 Summer 13 TR.

The days of the week are something I recently renamed.  Starting with the equivalent of Sunday, they are: Lordsday, Familyday, Thirday, Fourthday, Fifthday, Sixthday, and Festivalday.  The numbered days might be named after really important or impressive people at some future point.  So, today is Sixthday 92 Summer 13 TR.

Hopefully this will be used by people in the future, but we're too attached to tradition to give me any hope for real change.