Yes, this year marks the end of the 2nd millenium and the 20th century and 2001 marks the beginning of a new one (yeah, I’m expecting lots of changes…)
Last year was the celebration of the corporate millenium. It was kind of like 6 year-olds expecting Santa and just couldn’t wait…so they went ahead and created their own hype. I guess it was more exciting, kinda like watching your odometer rolling over 100,000km.
There have been a couple of reports on the News networks invariable starting with “Some say this is the start of the new millenium…” and interviewing people such as Isaac Asimov.
I suspect there will be 1 person at every party who pipes up with this information and then looked at with disdain and mocked for standing up for his/her belief in being assertively correct. Will you be one of the ridiculed?