Much is being made of the day's date being 6-6-06. I would just like to point out that according to Wikipedia's Philo of Alexandria entry that Philo thought 6 was merely "the product of the masculine and feminine numbers 3 × 2 and in its parts equal to 3+3, is the symbol of the movement of organic beings." Good old Wikipedia. Where would we be without it?
It is interesting to me, because some religious folk were quite alarmed when, in my very young years (I don't even remember this), I apparently ran around telling people "my favorite number is 6!" If only they had been familiar with Philo of Alexandria! Then they wouldn't have been so rattled.
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