5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, happy new year

What will you do with the extra second?

Got a second? Now, you do

WASHINGTON - With a brutal economic slowdown, 2008 may feel as if it will never end. Now the world's timekeepers are making it even longer by adding a leap second to the last day of the year. Earth itself is slowing down, requiring timekeepers to add an extra second to atomic clocks to keep in sync with Earth's slightly slowing rotation. So an extra second will be tacked on to Dec. 31 after 6:59:59 p.m. and before 7 p.m. EST.

The extra second will make 2008 - already long with an extra day on Feb. 29 - the longest year since 1992. more... - AP

 

Now that's cooleo trivia!!

 

If they add enough time every year, we can all age more slowly. Riiiight.

 

I plan on spending that time with my family.

 

I was going to read War and Peace, but I think I like your idea better.