Westward, Ho!: Eleven Times Six

Friday, November 11, 2011

Eleven Times Six

Did you notice? Today at 11:11 and 11 seconds, you could write the date and time backwards and it would be the exact same as forwards. 11-11-11, 11:11:11. Just one of those weird, super cool things that will never happen again in my lifetime - or yours.

At least... it's not likely. I mean... if you're planning on living until 2111...

Happy Friday, friends!!
Hannah

ps.... plllllease pardon the blog neglect. I THOUGHT I had arranged for someone to keep this thing alive while I was at college.... SARAH?!?!?

=)

2 comments:

Allix Ruby said...: yay! :D a Westward, Ho! post...yeah, uh...Sarah, no offense but the blog ball has totally been dropped, what's up with that?? ;) hehe jk :D; November 11, 2011 4:18 PM
Maximillian said...: Not good, Sarah, not good. Tsk, tsk, tsk. ;)
Anyway, what have Joe and Roberta been up? I've been sadly out of touch with your family's blog (I've been hardly keeping up with any blogs recently, partly because I don't have Internet access at home other than on my iPhone, which only has a 2GB data plan)... :~\; December 17, 2011 4:32 PM

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How the Blog Was Named

If you were wondering just why we call this blog "Westward, Ho!" then we'll tell you. Our family made a big move - from Rhode Island, to Eastern Washington - nearly three years ago, in the summer of 2007. We got the idea for a blog from some of our church friends, and our family collectively decided to call it "Westward, Ho!" after the slogan that the travelers on the Oregon Trail used in the 1800s. So that's the simple story on how our blog got its name!!

But here's something you also may not know. If you ever read the seventeenth century English playwright Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, you'll discover that "Westward, Ho!" is actually a phrase used by one of his characters! So the phrase has a history that goes much further than 1800's Oregon Trail traveler's motto.

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Friday, November 11, 2011

Eleven Times Six

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