Why can't every day be Friday?

If any clown ever tries to argue that the diameter of the Moon being one four-hundredth that of the Sun, and the latter being four hundred times further away, thus enabling us to see the full magnificence of a total solar eclipse, adds up to proof of the existence of God, simply point out that God could have been far more helpful had He given us a year that divided into easier chunks.

Three hundred and sixty five and a bit days. That isn't a design feature, that's an oversight. (Although if it had been something convenient, like four hundred, we would have been robbed of Jesse Pinkman arguing for thirteen months in a year. Oh, hold on, I remember now: God moves in mysterious ways. So, yes, He clearly exists. Duh.)

And isn't a seven-day week messy? We didn't have that sorted out until 321AD when Rome abandoned its combined seven- and eight-day systems. That must have made planning your holidays tricky. (As a passing aside, I've discovered that Burmese Theravada Buddhism still employs an eight-day week, but bizarrely achieves this by carving Wednesday in half. At least they're clearer about what 'half way through the week' means.)

All this digression is by way of telling you that last Friday Cosmorama ran my story 'Some of us are Going on a Bear Hunt', and today, a Friday, Wyld Flash have 'We are all Made of Stars'. Why can't every day be Friday?

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