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There's no good reason for this particular day, beyond the whim of the universe. It's just how things happened. EventTheFirstSighting was on a Wednesday; EventTheFlyby was on a Wednesday; and Redwing disappeared to begin organizing EventTheMeeting on a Wednesday. That was enough of a coincidence for people to begin seeing a pattern ... and, of course, with TTU's reality as responsive to consciousness as it is, once people started believing in the effect, it became quite measurable.
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==Within TTU==
This is a phenomenon that has been widely noticed, occasionally remarked upon (usually as fodder for comedians), and largely written off as Just One Of Those Weird Things, Y'Know? But some within TTU find great significance in this odd timing. //What// it means is far less clear, but the theories are none the less vehement for that.
As some Christians believe that Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday [[http://www.google.com/search?q=jesus+crucified+wednesday (1)]], right-wing conspiracy theorists hold that this is further proof of satanic involvement in TheChanges. Others draw similar portents from more secular sources, e.g. "Wednesday's child is full of woe" [[WikiPedia:Wednesday (2)]]. Astrologers, on the other hand, find much significance in Wednesday being the day of Mercury and/or the day easterners associated with the classical element of water [[WikiPedia:Days_of_the_week (3)]], both elements of motion and change. Wednesday is also Wotan's, or Odin's day; Odin, like Mercury, is a psychopomp, or leader of souls, and is associated with poetic and musical inspiration. [[WikiPedia:Wednesday (2)]]
==Calculating weekdays==
TTU has the same dates and weekdays as our world. So to find the nearest Wednesday (or to find the weekday for something you're planning), use any of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculating_the_day_of_the_week many available algorithms]]. The "[[http://rudy.ca/doomsday.html Doomsday algorithm]]" is useful if you want to calculate weekdays in your head; if you'd rather rely on technology, many online calculators are available; [[http://www.ez-calculators.com/day-of-week-calculator.htm here's]] a straightforward one.
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This is a phenomenon that has been widely noticed, occasionally remarked upon (usually as fodder for comedians), and largely written off as Just One Of Those Weird Things, Y'Know? But some within TTU find great significance in this odd timing. //What// it means is far less clear, but the theories are none the less vehement for that.
As some Christians believe that Jesus was crucified on a Wednesday [[http://www.google.com/search?q=jesus+crucified+wednesday (1)]], right-wing conspiracy theorists hold that this is further proof of satanic involvement in TheChanges. Others draw similar portents from more secular sources, e.g. "Wednesday's child is full of woe" [[WikiPedia:Wednesday (2)]]. Astrologers, on the other hand, find much significance in Wednesday being the day of Mercury and/or the day easterners associated with the classical element of water [[WikiPedia:Days_of_the_week (3)]], both elements of motion and change. Wednesday is also Wotan's, or Odin's day; Odin, like Mercury, is a psychopomp, or leader of souls, and is associated with poetic and musical inspiration. [[WikiPedia:Wednesday (2)]]
==Calculating weekdays==
TTU has the same dates and weekdays as our world. So to find the nearest Wednesday (or to find the weekday for something you're planning), use any of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculating_the_day_of_the_week many available algorithms]]. The "[[http://rudy.ca/doomsday.html Doomsday algorithm]]" is useful if you want to calculate weekdays in your head; if you'd rather rely on technology, many online calculators are available; [[http://www.ez-calculators.com/day-of-week-calculator.htm here's]] a straightforward one.
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