Day of the Thought Market

"The world is getting weirder and weirder. Huge things are happening at speeds too high to measure, or even fathom, in the brain of a normal human. We are like moths in a blizzard." - Hunter S. Thompson

Today is the 12th day of the year 2024, which brings up the question, "How in the hell is it still January?"  This already feels like the longest damn month ever. Incidentally, it's also been one month since my cat Izzy died and I still miss that little fur ball.

Anyway, it's the 12th of January. We're one day past the new moon and only 2.3% of the waxing crescent moon is illuminated.  That stupid, underlit moon rose this morning within a half hour of sunrise, as if it could compete with the Sun for light, and will set shortly after sunset. What hubris, and so much for moonlit nights.  

Appropriately enough, the Universal Solar Calendar calls today the First Twelve. It calls the 24th of January the Second Twelve. The First Twelve is followed by First Ocean and Second Twelve is followed by Second Ocean. The 36th day of the year (February 5) is not called Third Twelve, but it is followed by Third Ocean. After that, the fourth and fifth "Ocean" days occur in pretty rapid succession, before falling into a more-or-less monthly pattern. Overall, there are a dozen "Ocean" days to the year.

First Twelve is alternately called Day of the Thought Market.  No idea why today has two names, and only a handful of other days do as well.