you know something i just realized, until they changed the calendar and adjusted for leap years they were the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months. new yearâs used to be in april, and they made a change for leap years or something with pope gregory and the gregorian calendar and thatâs how we got april foolâs day. no, that doesnât add up either. damn, i thought i had it figured out.
Following another calendar reform, which later Roman writers attributed to Romulusâ successor, Numa Pompilius, the Republican calendar was instituted. To account for the days of winter between the years, two additional months were introduced: Ianuarius and Februarius.
This meant that some of the month names no longer agreed with their position in the calendar. For example, September means âthe 7th month,â but it was now the 9th month of the yearâan inconsistency that was preserved and is still part of the Gregorian calendar we use today.
An interesting bit of trivia from this too - apparently the Ides varied between the 13th and 15th from month to month. A very old Roman saying from Caesarâs time, of course, is âbeware the Ides of March,â because thatâs when Caesar was assassinated. I wonder if this has anything to do with our superstitions about the number 13?
damn, i was close.
The new kid at work didnât believe me when I told him a bucket of gas wouldnât light from dropping a cigarette in it⌠you shoulda seen him run when I threw one in a catch pan of gas
fumes ignite not the liquid fuel
Well hell yes, direct sun on a hot day. You bet your ass sheâs got a hot body. Hot and sweaty! 
