QotD

"Why won't they let a year die without bringing in a new one on the instant, can't they use birth control on time? I want an interregnum. The stupid years patter on with unrelenting feet, never stopping - rising to little monotonous peaks in our imaginations at festivals like New Year's and Easter and Christmas - But, goodness, why need they do it?" -- John Dos Passos, 1917

[I don't suppose calendars with intercalary months count, but does getting an extra hour at the start of Samhain due to the end of Daylight Spending Time count as a (very short) gap? Happy New Year, folks, and don't forget to check your clocks (and VCRs and PDAs and ...) if you live in a place that ends DST on the US schedule.]