It's four years since author Jefferson Galt posted this article to his blog. It bears repeating.
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I'm at home, somewhere in the French countryside.
Today's a free day! I don't mean it's a day with nothing to do (although, actually, that's pretty much the plan) I mean it's a day that is normally left out of calculations.
29 February 2012. A bonus day every four years.
And a day that some cultures claim has special meaning.