by me, Kerry Burgess, 02/21/2026 1:27 PM
This blog-post by me here on my blog is about a trivial, pointless detail that has puzzled me a few times today
Seems improbable
If there's a future occurrence then this makes it less than an improbable occurrence
The detail centers on a minor detail I observed
I have a simple template document that forms the beginning and end of my blog-posts
Puzzles me because when I opened that text-file today I observed details I cannot explain
Sure, I can make mistakes like anyone else
The puzzling part is about the process that is involved
The detail in question is usually the very final detail I create before publishing my blog-post
That detail is a process I use because there are different time-zones in the world and my closing documents the local time for me
So, as a new day begins and I open that text-file, I should see - as is normal - the previous day's date, illustrated here
In this illustration by me, this is how I will see it tomorrow
Today, I should have seen yesterday's date when I opened the file.
But not today.
Today, I opened the file and it already had today's date typed in
So that's puzzling because there was no reason for me to make a mistake and forget - because I had not yet created a blog-post for today and that detail is the last detail that I update
So I am wondering if there is an improbable reason for this observation, other than a likely explanation
Looked around at the Usual Suspects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification_(literature)
Identification (literature)
From Wikipedia
Identification refers to the automatic, subconscious psychological process in which an individual becomes like or closely associates themselves with another person by adopting one or more of the others' perceived personality traits, physical attributes, or some other aspect of their identity. The concept of identification was founded by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud in the 1920’s, and has since been expanded on and applied in psychology, social studies, media studies, and literary and film criticism. In literature, identification most often refers to the audience identifying with a fictional character, however it can also be employed as a narrative device whereby one character identifies with another character within the text itself.
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Event Date variable: 02/21/2026
Search Date variable: 11/07/2025
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From 7/19/1965 ( ) To 11/7/2025 ( debut "Plur1bus" streaming-video serial AppleTV ) is 22026 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/21/2026 ( ) is 22026 days
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_1965
July 1965
From Wikipedia
July 19, 1965
Filming began on the second television pilot for Gene Roddenberry's proposed science fiction series, Star Trek, with only one member of the cast from the first pilot. "Where No Man Has Gone Before" retained actor Leonard Nimoy as "Mr. Spock", who had played the same role in the first pilot, "The Cage", but now featured Canadian actor William Shatner in the lead role as the starship's captain.
"Where No Man Has Gone Before" [ Star Trek ]
Original Airdate: Sep 22, 1966
[tv-series episode begins]
Captain's log, Star date 1312.4. The impossible has happened. From directly ahead, we're picking up a recorded distress signal, the call letters of a vessel which has been missing for over two centuries. Did another Earth ship once probe out of the galaxy as we intend to do? What happened to it out there? Is this some warning they've left behind?
"Where No Man Has Gone Before" [ Star Trek ]
Original Airdate: Sep 22, 1966
Captain's log, Star date 1312.9. Ship's condition, heading back on impulse power only. Main engines burned out. The ship's space warp ability gone. Earth bases which were only days away are now years in the distance. Our overriding question now is what destroyed the Valiant? They lived through the barrier, just as we have. What happened to them after that?
[Bridge]
DEHNER: Autopsy report, sir. Each case showed damage to the body's neural circuit. An area of the brain was burned out.
KIRK: And you, are you feeling all right?
DEHNER: Yes. Mitchell, too, except for his eyes. We're trying to find a reason for that now, and why, out of our whole crew, only certain people were affected.
SPOCK: I think we've found that answer, Doctor.
KIRK: You mentioned that tests show you have a high degree of extrasensory perception. So do the records of the others. Gary Mitchell has the highest esper rating of all.
DEHNER: lf you're suggesting there's anything dangerous
SPOCK: Before the Valiant was destroyed, its captain was frantically searching for ESP information on his crew.
DEHNER: Espers are simply people with flashes of insight.
SPOCK: Are there not also those who seem to see through solid objects, cause fires to start spontaneously?
DEHNER: There's nothing about it that could possibly make a person dangerous.
SPOCK: Doctor Dehner is speaking of normal ESP power.
DEHNER: Perhaps you know of another kind?
KIRK: Do we know for sure, Doctor, that there isn't another kind?
KIRK: It is my duty, whether pleasant or unpleasant, to listen to the reports, observations, even speculations, on any subject that might affect the safety of this vessel, and it's my science officer's duty to see I'm provided with that. Go ahead, Mister Spock.
SPOCK: Have you noted evidence of unusual powers?
DEHNER: He can control certain autonomic reflexes. He reads very fast, retains more than most of us might consider usual.
KIRK: Mister Scott, would you repeat what you just told us?
SCOTT: About an hour ago, the Bridge controls started going crazy. Levers shifting by themselves, buttons being pushed, instrument readings changing.
SPOCK: And on my monitor screen I could see Mitchell smiling each time it happened, as if this ship and crew were almost a toy for his amusement.
KIRK: Are they right, Doctor? Has he shown abilities of such magnitude?
DEHNER: I saw some such indications.
KIRK: And you didn't think it worth mentioning?
DEHNER: No one's been hurt, have they? Don't you understand? A mutated superior man could also be a wonderful thing. The forerunner of a new and better kind of human being.
"Where No Man Has Gone Before" [ Star Trek ]
Original Airdate: Sep 22, 1966
Captain's log, Star date 1312.9. Ship's condition, heading back on impulse power only. Main engines burned out. The ship's space warp ability gone. Earth bases which were only days away are now years in the distance.
From 2/11/1909 ( ) To 2/21/2026 ( ) is 42744 days
42744 = 21372 + 21372
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/8/2024 ( debut "Dark Matter" AppleTV+ streaming-video series ) is 21372 days
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- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 2:05 PM Pacific-timezone USA Saturday 02/21/2026
