It's weird to think that one year ago today was way back in 2000. But that's how Leap Years work. I don't really understand it myself, but then I was convinced the Apoocalypse was upon us last year (by last year I mean 2003, not 2000, which on most days was four years ago).
The diamond geezer has some fascinating info on Leap Years for you- 29 facts worth.
I had a friend back in Elementary School who was born at something like 11:58 PM on February 28th, and we were all in awe of him that he came so close to being a Leap Year baby. Instead of being 8 like the rest of us, he would only be 2! It never occurred to us that he wasn't really in much danger of that since we were all born in 1974. Not a Leap Year, 1974.