Watch Your Back

I hope everyone is remembering to Beware the Ides of March today! Yes, today, March 15, is the day Julius Caesar was assassinated just a few years ago, back in 44 (no apostrophe before that first four), for being a tyrannical leader by 60 conspirators in the Roman Senate.

Here's a fun fact that you may not have known about good ol' Julie, though. He is championed with introducing the idea of putting a Leap Day into the calendar every four years to keep things peachy with both the Julian and the Gregorian calendars.

Now, I have to say that I suspect that it was probably one of his advisors who came up with this idea, but I have no proof. But, if nothing else, he did at least promote and help put it into action. Who knows how off-kilter the seasons would be right now without that extra February day once every four years.

So thank you, Caesar! You not only brought some seasonal balance to the world, but you also taught us to watch our backs.