Goines On: Those elusive leap years

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In the few days remaining before their flight to California, Goines wondered whether the solution to the problem of calculating the day of the week for dates in past or future years might be a lot simpler than he had been imagining. What if he just used his mnemonic for the current year (“Mi Ki Ko Ranch” rattles Miquel) and then “shifted” to the year of the date in question?
    The calendar for next year varies from this year’s calendar by starting either 1 day or 2 days later in January, depending on whether this year is, or is not, a leap year (2021 is not). Leap years have 366 days, or 35 weeks plus 2 days. Last year’s calendar starts a day or two earlier in the week for the same reasons. Goines wasn’t going to solve this before they left, so he tried to stop thinking about it and finish packing.

Goines On: Stress junkie

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Goines told Bic he needed to finish the flyer that he was helping Bic with because the Goineses were going out of town for a week. Bic told him not to “stress himself” – if he didn’t finish before they left, it was okay. But the phrase brought Goines the realization that he wanted to get the job done before they left. Bic had just triggered the insight that when it comes to positive, creative stress, Goines was a junkie. He loved creative stress, he needed it!

Goines On: What calendar companies don’t want you to know

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After the business with his wife about reusing the 2019 Kew Botanical calendar, Goines looked for the table he had constructed eight or so years earlier. He had made it only for the years 2001-2028, so it didn’t even show when the Kew calendar could be reused. He decided to update it.

Goines On: Save for 2030

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As Mrs. Goines took the 2019 Kew Botanical calendar off the kitchen wall, she asked Goines whether they should save it, “because we probably won’t live long enough to use it again.” Goines told her the calendar would apply again in 6 or 11 years, depending on when the next non-leap year started on the same day of the week as 2019: Tuesday.