Monday, January 22, 2007

Most Depressing Day of the Year

Apparently today is the most depressing day of the calendar year. Apparently a psychologist named Cliff Arnall in Wales created a formula to calculate this occurance = [W + (D-d)] x TQM x NA. It basically devolves to the badness of weather + debt accumulated from the holidays + time since the holidays + time since New Years resolutions have been abandoned + general state of motivation + the need to take action.

While there is no real science behind this equation, and Arnall has been goaded for devising 'pseudo-science' there could be some truth in this theory. Come on, regardless of Global Warming, more likely than not it's going to be brutally cold in early January. Even if you didn't spend enough to bail Newfoundland out of national debt, you're probably a few bucks out of pocket. How long did your resolutions last? Did you make any? Now that the holiday hoopla has died down, what do you have to look forward to? The Superbowl? Valentines Day? Easter? Come now, it makes perfect sense. Read more about the most depressing day and you be the judge.

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