31st
I started this blog on the 31st of December, 2023.
I last posted here on the 31st of December, 2024.
Since then, I've thought about this blog a lot. About how I'd like to get back to posting here.
As Matan said,
The idea always seemed to be drifting away from me, and there was always some excuse to put it off and say, “Not today, maybe tomorrow.”
Today's another 31st.1
There's an ineffable thing about the 31st that I'm going to attempt to eff.
Statistically, more than half the months have 31sts. This is data science.
This is clearly a response to the clamouring demand for months with at least one more day than other ones. The demand is so strong that consecutive 31-day months are supplied twice - once mid-year to maximize the summer, again at year-end for December festivities and January resolutions. This is economics. 2
The 31st is a last-ditch attempt at hanging onto a month before it passes into the past. It is the very last diem left to carpe. This is philosophy. This is also Latin.
31sts are very important. I felt a pressing need to share this with you all.
I don't especially like Halloween, but that's for another time. Happy Halloween, if that's your thing.↩
Claude's research on this matter yielded the precise demand for various months and synthesized very insightful market insights. The demand values are within , falling nicely within the same Y axes. August is at equilibrium, obviously.↩