Part of the video blog had me making a joke about the odometer in the Mustang reading 101101, and that it was a binary odometer (she didn’t get that part) but also that it was a palindrome (I think she understood that part.)

So we both looked down at the odometer and saw our friend 1111.  We rushed to snap a pic with her Palm Centro. 

Yes, we all know what that means.

It means I need to upgrade my blackberry so I can do my own picture taking!

The reason for today’s post was this: I was waiting for the bus yesterday and my mind struck up the thought that – HEY! I need to start writing in my 11:11 blog again.  Just a few nights before I got hit by 11:11 again (during a movie) and it entered my mind while at the bus stop.  My mind wanders a lot while sitting for the bus.  I need to learn how to idle.

But anyways, there I was, sitting on the bench, thinking about 11:11 and that I needed to get back to posting.  I got out my laptop and Internet card, started to connect and thought about the post I’d create.  Right as I started to connect, I realized I completely forgot my password to the 11:11 site.  By that time, I saw the bus coming down the road so I suspended the laptop, eager to start my password reset process once I got onto the bus.

I have particular seats I like to sit in due to the comfort I receive when working on the laptop.  Some of the seats face forward and some face inward.

Personally, I like to face forward when using the laptop.  I proceeded to my favorite seats and I noticed two bus tickets sitting in “my” seat.  I’m a conscientious guy, so I like to pick up trash and throw it away when I can.  Fortunately, a lot of Austin folk are the same, so picking up other people’s trash isn’t a very common occurrence.

When I actually looked at the tickets, I felt the hair on the back of my neck react as my mind processed what I was seeing.

Is that freaky or what?

You may have heard others talking about their experiences, or you may have heard it in the news, on the radio, or while browsing around the web, but many people are noticing the exact time of 11:11 a lot more often than statistics would dictate.  This may be due to any of many factors, some known and some unknown, but it’s a phenomenon just the same.

My story will make its way into the site soon enough, but suffice it to say that I started experiencing the 11:11 phenomenon as a 9:11 phenomenon a couple of years ago.  Then it turned into 11:11.  Then I heard about it on the radio.  Then I saw a book on it.   Then it started happening to a few friends.  Now I’ve decided to make a forum where people can share their experience, ask questions, give thoughts and perhaps come together to find some answers.  We might never know the answer.  But I know I’m driven to learn more, to explore ideas about it and I expect others will as well.

What you can do at 1111again.com:

1. Read
   Browse our categories, subscribe to our feed, and learn more about other people’s stories
2. Participate
   Join in!  If you have a story, register yourself and share your story.  I promise you someone wants to read it.  Don’t be shy; most of us are have been where you are now – wondering if people will think you’re crazy, wondering if you’re not alone.
3. Share
   If you’re an 11:11 participant, don’t hide it.  After you read up and share your story here, tell others about this site, so they may also read and share.   We’ll have badges and banners you can download soon to point people our way if interested.
4. Suggest
   If you have suggestions for the site, from the navigation to look and feel to categories, let me know.  I want the community of 11:11 participants to drive the content and “be the show”, but I’ll run the administrative things from behind the stage, making sure everything goes smoothly.  I love suggestions and will probably turn-around requests quickly.