Get Out Your Seat and Leap Around

It's leap day. Or, uh, leap year day. Or, the day that only happens once every four years: February 29. So get your leap on.

In case you're wondering, Leap Year is something that the ancient calendar makers made up because the 365-day year didn't always synchronize with the astronomical year. According to Wikipedia:

For example, in the Gregorian calendar, February would have 29 days in a leap year instead of the usual 28. Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat at an exact number of full days, a calendar which had the same number of days in each year would, over time, drift with respect to the event it was supposed to track. By occasionally inserting (or intercalating) an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected. A year which is not a leap year is called a common year.

So, if this isn't a common year, that means today is no common day. An uncommon day, we would say. Which means that it's time to do something you'd only dare do once every four years. Vegetarians: eat meat. Gay men: pick up chicks. Ladies: propose to "as many men as possible":

Or just, you know, get outside and enjoy the abundant sun. Again, a beautiful day.