I was once placed on a project that was a year behind schedule at the same time as a new manager. The project had hundreds of tasks that were tracked and we had daily status meeting (I suspect that this manager probably wanted hourly meetings). I really wanted to bring up in one of the meetings that we had an upcoming leap second and that the project schedule should be adjusted to account for that, but this guy had no sense of humor and I really wanted to keep my job.
Look on the bright side - the extra second didn't occur before the election, otherwise we could have had another second of political ads (insert a Sam Kinison-like scream here!)
seems like this year went by like a flash, seems like 2 months ago I was having christmas dinner with family, this year went by quickly.
Spend more time than McCain did in checking Sarah Palin's background. (And actually, the longest year was 46 BC)
I doubt that 2008 will be the longest year ever as it will not be the first leap year to which a leap second was added. I think a leap second was added to leap years 1992 and 1976. And I think two leap seconds were added to leap year 1972. So I think 1972 might be the longest year ever.
Yeah, it was a political, social and historical biggie -- Nixon v McGovern. A referendum on the Vietnam War. Nixon said peace was at hand. He lied. But Nixon ended up winning every state except Massachusetts. Hence the famous bumper sticker a couple of years later (when the Watergate Scandal hit), "Don't Blame Me. I'm From Massachusetts.". I also keep track of leap years by referencing US presidential election years, as well as Olympic years (now only the Summer Olympic years).
