Where New York Times columnist David Pogue latched onto this fascinating factoid, there's no telling. But as randomly useless bits of trivia go, this is definitely worth noting.

Pogue writes: Late tonight -- specifically, 123 seconds after 1:00 a.m. -- the time and date, for the first time in all of humanity, will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

And, Pogue points out, this moment will never come again.

Well, at least not exactly. In Europe, which renders the date before the month, this singular moment will occur next month, at 123 seconds past 1 a.m. on 4 May. And after that, it most definitely will never occur again.

Why do people keep saying that crap? 01:02:03 04/05/2106 fits the bill too. Not to mention that the RSS slug for that Wired article was:

Tonight there will be a moment in human history that will never come again. What will you be doing?

How many moments do we get to repeat?

I can see the discomfort or pain being a turn on for a limited amount of time, but not living with discomfort on any sort of extended basis.

I can see as how it might be a turnon. I mean, I accept that being peed on works for some people--extended discomfort could work too.

The album's not bad! Transdub Massiv's Negril to Kingston City. Hee. I'm on the liner notes of an album that features Meshell Ndegeocello.

It's the little things.

I also kinda want a tongue piercing, but I think the discomfort part of the healing process would drive me insane.

Gargling with diluted Listerine after eating or drinking anything (besides water) was not fun, this is true.

That might be the part he likes best. I don't know if comfort is the operative concept with elaborate piercings.

I know some people who are *heavily* into body modification, and the usual reason for them is because they want to/they feel they should look a certain way. silveraj on LJ is one of the primary examples I can think of. I would love to meet her one of these days.

For those of you resigning, today is the last day of a friend of mine (who stayed a couple more days just for health benefits) and she's complaining that some partner won't stop giving her work. Her departure email is currently reading, "As some of you may know, and others of you seem to be having difficulty accepting, today is my last day at [FIRM]."

silveraj on LJ is one of the primary examples I can think of.

So hot. Somehow I'm less skeeved by plastic in a person's head than metal, apparently.

Damn. Back from silveraj's journal. That was intense. And the techno reggae iTunes is playing me is just making it more weird.

Transdermal implants rock. But I imagine shaving his (weird to say, since he has all his birth girly bits and seems to dress feminine at least some of the time) head is made a bit more difficult by them.

That might be the part he likes best. I don't know if comfort is the operative concept with elaborate piercings.

Well, once Jilli indicated it was most likely temporary, the issue really went out the window, but I didn't not want to answer the questions. I can see the discomfort or pain being a turn on for a limited amount of time, but not living with discomfort on any sort of extended basis.

With temporary piercings like the dude with all the piercings in his back, or the way cool-looking corset piercings, many many (though not all) people get a SERIOUS endorphin rush from the piercing and/or removal of same.

So there's that.

And after that, it most definitely will never occur again.

The first time I saw this, it was appended by "in our lifetimes," which is far more reasonable (if you assume that "our" implies only people likely to be reading something like this online, which would rule out most people likely to live to 2106).

But "never again" is just idiotic.

silveraj on LJ

I *love* his/her look. Love love love it. (But I'm waiting until I can get functional implants, myself. What's the point in looking like a cyborg if you don't get any extra powers?)

What's the point in looking like a cyborg if you don't get any extra powers?

Booyah.

t /just made a joke that, like, *one* person will get

t /doesn't care

"As some of you may know, and others of you seem to be having difficulty accepting, today is my last day at [FIRM]."

That's hilarious. Or, you know, frustrating, depending on one's perspective.

Anyone wanna guess who called the moment I walked in the door?

He was calling to tell me HE WASN'T LOST! And in fact, had figured out where he was lost on Saturday. @@