It's Super-Lucky Veteran's Skyrim Doomsday!

Hey, it's November 11th, 2011, one of the most under-appreciated doomsdays of the year! So what's the deal? What did Y2K have that 11/11/11 doesn't? I mean, it looks like something that would screw up computers, maybe 111111 is binary for 'launch the missiles' or 'erase the NASDAQ.' We just don't know. Crazy doom people are really missing a great opportunity here as far as ominous dates go.

"And lo, upon the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year of the third millennium,
there shall be a great explosioning. Also, watch out for the Conquistadors, those guys are dicks."

-Ancient Mayan Prophecy

At least I still have Chairman Meow
to keep me company.*

Today is also a super-popular date for weddings in China where people are not only way into numerology but it's also Singles Day, a holiday invented (probably by the Chinese equivalent of Hallmark) in the 90's to make single people feel better about dying alone. Yeah, so everyone's sticking it to singles by getting married on a day set aside for the lonely, childless shut-ins. Way to go Chinese newlyweds. 

A 'sky-rim' is also a sex-act performed
on a plane. Google with caution.

Speaking of lonely, childless shut-ins, the universe hasn't forgotten us completely. 11-11-11 is also Skyrim's release date! What the hell's a Skyrim? You know, I'm not really sure, but what I do know is that it's a new video game that promises to give me and nerds like me a reason to get up in the morning (figuratively speaking, as I have a remote and a wireless Xbox controller). Skyrim gives you a sword, a Viking helmet and some magic and lets you run around a pseudo-medieval world fighting monsters. Think GTA but with more dragons and slightly fewer prostitutes. 

However, it's not everyone's lucky day. Given the shaft this 11/11 is Veteran's Day which now has to share the date with some blind coincidence of the calendar. The date was chosen because it's anniversary of the Armistice with Germany which was signed at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month 93 years ago. If you know your history, the treaty ended not only German military ambition, but also war itself forever. 

It also brings us blow out savings on a new fridge from Sears! Thanks armed forces!

*p.s. Sorry. Also, I don't really have a cat.