Well today is the 14 of March 2012. The Day before Julius Caesar's death at the hands of the Senate over 2000 years ago.
As history retells this fateful tail. Plutarch gives mention of an interesting warning in his work "Life of Caesar" in which he recounts "that a soothsayer bade him prepare for some great danger on the Ides of March." among other bad omens Julius was to receive before breathing he last breath.
This famous saying would reappear in Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" with a bit more flare for the audience:
Soothsayer
Caesar!
CAESAR
Ha! who calls?
CASCA
Bid every noise be still: peace yet again!
CAESAR
Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music,
Cry 'Caesar!' Speak; Caesar is turn'd to hear.
Soothsayer
Beware the ides of March.
CAESAR
What man is that?
BRUTUS
A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.
CAESAR
Set him before me; let me see his face.
CASSIUS
Fellow, come from the throng; look upon Caesar.
CAESAR
What say'st thou to me now? speak once again.
Soothsayer
Beware the ides of March.
Caesar!
CAESAR
Ha! who calls?
CASCA
Bid every noise be still: peace yet again!
CAESAR
Who is it in the press that calls on me?
I hear a tongue, shriller than all the music,
Cry 'Caesar!' Speak; Caesar is turn'd to hear.
Soothsayer
Beware the ides of March.
CAESAR
What man is that?
BRUTUS
A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.
CAESAR
Set him before me; let me see his face.
CASSIUS
Fellow, come from the throng; look upon Caesar.
CAESAR
What say'st thou to me now? speak once again.
Soothsayer
Beware the ides of March.
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/act1-script-text-julius-caesar.htm
So what will March 15 bring this year?
I'm hoping an early spring.
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