Sunday October 10, 2010 marks one of the calendar's more unusual dates since it is literally 10/10/10. This calls into question a whole range of human ideas since we seem to lend a sense of importance to dates, events, lists, and much more associated with that particular numeric designation.

Here's a site for example that offers numerous interpretations of the significance of the date (if any).

It won't happen again until October 10, 2110.

Of course last year we had an 09/09/09 and next year we can look forward to 11/11/11 but there's something about the number 10 that people seem to like.

It has a lot of historical precendent.

Both the Greeks and Hebrews held 10 to be the perfect number according to this numerology page, which also states "Pythagoras considered that 10 comprehends all arithmetic and harmonic proportions, and, like God, is tireless. All nations calculated with it because when they arrive at 10, they return to 1, the number of creation. Pythagoreans believed the heavenly bodies were divided into 10 orders. According to the Kabbalah, there are ten emanations of numbers out of Nothing. The emanations form the 10 sephiroth of the Tree of Life, which contains all knowledge and shows the path back to God."

We don't endorse any of these ideas of course. We just thought it was worth sharing with you.