It is a date that is fun to write and as riveting as watching your car's odometer click to 9999.
Pagans revel in that string of nines.
Nostradamus, the 16th century astrologer, predicted a comet will hit Earth or maybe the Antichrist will arrive. Perhaps even more frightening for some, skittish Wall Street traders worry that there will be a market crash. OK, someone is always saying that. In both 1987 and 1929, the stock market crashed 55 days after the market's peak. The computer problem turns out not to be a big deal, according to computer experts.