I thought countdowns were supposed to count down (oh what a linguistic revelation! This is what my education has always aimed at…). My Half Life2 “Ready to play in approximately:” counter is counting up… 4253 mins 53 secs — 4254 mins 39 secs. It started from around 3700 so I was feeling optimistic.

4264 min 41 sec
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4275 min 49 sec
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*getting back to the Da Vinci Code*
At least this counts up as it’s supposed to: I’m on page 151