Feeling rather punchy in the elevator this morning, I suggested to my car-mates that we should begin celebrating Cinco de Mayo starting with Uno de Mayo and working our way up to the Fifth. I got one chuckle and another blank look. I thought it was funny and repeated my idea throughout the week as often as I could: Dos de Mayo, Tres de Mayo, etc. My wife, Amanda, found my silliness humorous, and since I take pleasure in my wife delighting in something, I resolved to continue my work.
On the third of May I sent an email to the lab with the greeting, "Happy Tres de Mayo". Since I was not sure of the spelling of the words and wanted to get it right I Binged it ...
Lo and behold, the spelling netted me an actual Wiki hit. And then I read the content of the article:
