Base 10 Counting and the Numbering of Years

I know it's confusing to a lot of people; I can't explain why I find it so obviously easy.
When you (you of a base 10 society, like, oh, all of you reading this) begin to count, which number comes first?
ONE? Yes!
When you get to the end of your fingers, which number is that?
TEN? Yes!
If you're with me so far, this next part should come easily.
When counting Decades, Centuries, and Millenniums, the counting begins with ONE!
(see it's LOGIC folks, really and truly)
Thereby, the 21st Century AND the 2nd Millennium C.E. began with.... 2001
This year, 2010, is the final year in the first decade of the 21st Century and 2nd Millennium C.E.

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While I'm at it, this is a Canada Goose.
Unless he's specifically from Canada, then he'd be a Canadian Canada Goose.

Unconscious Mutterings, 362

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. 365 :: Sunrises
2. Tombstone :: Waste of money
3. Dumb :: Luck
4. Intrusive :: without meaning to be...
5. Fat :: and Happy
6. Axe :: Murderer
7. Planned :: gone awry
8. Spike :: the bulldog in the Alex Delaware books
9. Bleach :: keeps the toilet clean
10. Shopkeeper :: pays for protection (watch Godfather much?)

TP: 2009, The Year That Was (Hoola Hoops!)

There's always gonna be something fun when ChrisC come over! Once, he came with a roll o'tube, connectors, clippers and a heat gun = Hoola Hoop Jackpot!!
2009 was easily the Hoola Hoop Year!

My favorite pictures of myself this year came from hoola hooping in my back yard!

Some of my favorite pictures of my favorite people came with hoola hoops!

TP: 2009, The Year That Was (Boys and Dogs)

Oh yes it was!

TP: 2009, The Year That Was (XBox360)

I love this theme, I love the idea of the project containing a phrase! Mostly though, I love how thoughtful and reflective I've become over my photographs and photography, through the Thematic Photographic project.

My boy, Hayden, spent a good many hours invested in gaming.  In years past, he's focused on World of Warcraft (this mantle has been passed to Scotty and his Amazing Snarf), this year was his XBox 360, the HALO franchise, and many many other games he's tested and beaten or discarded. His friends have been those he can gather with locally (for gaming, strategizing, or creating art on controllers/consoles or from cardstock) or those whom gather each evening on XBox Live (HeyHay98) to eradicate the common enemy. He's taken me down paths with twists and turns I've never anticipated and for which I shall be eternally grateful. Supporting (and accepting the lack of full understanding on my part) his gaming as a valid and worthy investment of his time, energy and other resources, has been a gift that continues to give to the both of us. daily.

Though the houses have changed and the boy has aged,
2009 ends much as it began: controller-in-hand, smile-on-face.

TP: (steamed) Feet

Sitting beside the cave that contains the spring that feeds these pools, my corporal Self could bear merely to dip my toes into this flow. I could feel the power of the magma, so deep below the surface, super-heating this water for our enjoyment.  Others felt far more comfortable with parts far more sensitive than feet in this pool. Not me, I'll meecha two pools down, where at hotter-than-hottub temperatures, it's downright cool in comparison!

TP: Feet (Ready to Dance!)

A pre-concert huddle of love and mutual adoration. Or a totally staged photo because I liked our shoes. OR both. The world may never know.
Our second Bowling for Soup concert together; we subbed Emma for Hannah, who came along the first time. 

Unconscious Mutterings, 361

This week's special host, Rowan's friend Frank (Bob) (Junior):
I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Classified :: Withhold
   
2. Praised :: Glory
   
3. Censored :: slippery slope
   
4. 2010 :: End of first decade
   
5. Lamp :: Fishnetted leg
   
6. Alternate :: Options, options, options
   
7. Script :: Feminine
   
8. Handsome :: Strong
   
9. Eager :: Beavers 4-H
   
10. Meeting :: Quakers
    

TP: Feet (with names)

Combining Christmas monies with some Birthday cash, Hayden bought Worst-Case Scenario: Game of Surviving Life for us to play. In this game, wrong answers result in the loss of body parts. At one point, under threat of losing a second arm, Hayden cries No! Not Louisiana! I neeeeeeed Louisiana! You named your arms? I ask.
Nah, just the fists, the left one's Louisiana and the right one's Betsy. Louisiana? She's my left hand man!! His feet? Alabama and Hawaii. Worst-Case Scenario this night? Soda spraying out the nose for laughing too hard... Merry Christmas indeed!

TP: (Hannahbear) Feet

'twas a sleepy morning in September of 2004 when we rolled into a rest stop in the middle of nowhere, Illinois. Hannah's feet happened to be against the window, which happened to pick up the trees' reflection, which happened to all be noticed by our accompanying photographer, David Warren.Again, my heart fills with gratitude for having such a picture in my life; such a moment in my memory.