Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater. (Albert Einstein, scientist)
I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine. (Neil Armstrong, astronaut)
Beyond a certain point, the music isn’t mine anymore. It’s yours. (Phil Collins, musician)
It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine. (Charles Darwin, naturalist)
That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal, as time will show. (Ada Lovelace, mathematician)
Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. (Emily Bronte, novelist)
Chaos is a friend of mine. (Bob Dylan, musician)
When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, ‘Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.’ (Maya Angelou, poet)
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Announcement
Welcome back for Act 2 of Pronouns 2: The Musical. My introduction of this artists is simple. The year was 1995 – and when I first saw this video, I was hooked (for some mysterious reason). She’s also the reason I have a prosthetic left hand and my original hand is hermetically sealed for posterity. Ladies and gentleman – Shania Twain with Any Man of Mine.
On August 28, 2008, my first post appeared on these pages. Eight years later,
1,853 posts
266,745 visits
69,786 comments appear, but probably half are mine because I believe hosts should interact with visitors
Proudly, I covered a wide-range of topics.
My biggest pride lies in the fact how I reciprocated visits with so many bloggers. I’ve outlasted many bloggers, while others chose to no-longer visit. Stats here have been spiraling downward for some time, but my lack of visiting others in recent months is evident.
Many thanks to all the visitors here, but especially to the long-time visitors who have stuck with me for many years and took time to comment. Although I’m still in the process of change, time will tell what is ahead for these pages. However, I’m not done yet!
My golf league ended with a thud. After leading the first 4 weeks of the third 5-week mini-season of the year, I didn’t get it done on the last week. To make matters worse, a bizarre rule kept me out of the final 4 playoffs for the season. I took the high road by not complaining, but I foresee a rule change in the future that would prevent a situation like this in the future.
In this election, I think the partisans are making a big mistake with the true independents. I’ve noticed many partisans spending more time trying to convince someone not to vote for the other candidate (as opposed to reasons to vote for their candidates). What the partisans don’t realize is that their approach encourages contrarians like me to go in the opposite direction of their desires.
This election is ridiculous in many ways, mainly the lack of discussion about important issues.
Earlier this week I listened to an interview with Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein. Yes, I didn’t make it to the end of the interview.
To me, one thing scarier than Donald Trump is the number of people who cheer when he says something totally stupid. However, I realize that this is not true for all of his supporters.
Because of the toxic political climate with the USA, I will continue to hope that the November election yields divided government – that is, one party does not control the White House and both chambers of Congress.
President Obama’s Five Faults of the Week
Mistakes made by Donald Trump
All events in Rio when the US didn’t win the gold
Approaching hurricane season
Forming ISIS
Ryan Lochte
Weekly Headlines from The Onion (combos welcome)
Gifted, Passionate Student Really Stretching Limits Of School’s Resources
Olympic swimmer admits the Rio pool much wetter than expected
Humanity Hoping It Only Has To Put Up With Few More Millennia Of This Shit
Scientists Confirm First Case Of Zika Transmission From Article To Reader
School Of The Arts Aims To Transform Boys And Girls Into Insufferable Young Men And Women
Although the weekend is already upon us, I still have to end this post with a song. Interestingly, this blog shares a birthday with one of my long-time favorites. Hope all is well with you, and in the words of Garrison Keillor, Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever you are. From the New World to the Old World, from all the continents, welcome to my 1500th post … and this post is about celebrating the occasion!
For the entire weekend, please take the time to comment, state where you are from, say something about your blog, interact with my guests here and on my sidebar, listen to music, and enjoy the food and beverages. Entertainment will appear throughout the celebration, so comeback often … and bring a friend!
By the way, the theme for the next act of Life: The Musical will be Play– so I will give more information on the next Monday Morning Entertainment. After all, Play is good to follow Act 9’s Work.
Some Factoids about 1500
Only 14 players have ever played 1,500 games in the National Hockey League (NHL)
We could discuss the year 1500 AD, but other than the year starting on a Wednesday, I don’t think many of my readers would be interested in the Second Battle of Lepanto
On the other hand, the Polynesians settled Fiji in 1500 BC … and many of my readers would love to take an all-expense paid trip to Fiji
Many radio stations occupy 1500 on the AM dial
1500 meters is a common event in Olympic swimming, speed skating, running, and walking
1500 Ocean is a restaurant at the wonderful Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, CA
Some say fifteen hundred, but other say one thousand five hundred
1500 equivalent to 15 centuries, but all but one of the 1500s was in the 16th century
1500 is a grand and a half but 1500 dollars, 1500 Euros, 1500 Pesos, 1500 Pounds, 1500 Krona, 1500 Rubles, 1500 Yen, and 1500 Turkish Lira are not equal … but they are exchangeable into another currencies.
1500 Broadway is at Times Square in New York City
Besides being an Australian film, 1500 Steps refers to the number of ice steps on the Chilkoot Pass (Alaska) and the number of steps on a portion of the Inca Trail leading to Machu Picchu
Six (6) is one of those numbers that we can associate with many things, so I didn’t intend to capture everything about it. Nonetheless, it’s a special number that I honor in this post, so feel free to add additional factoids about 6.
In Mathematics
6 is a composite number, perfect number, Granville number, congruent number, discrete biprime number, unitary perfect number, harmonic divisor number, all-Harshad number, octahedral number, triangular number, and a superior highly composite number
6 is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number
6 has proper divisors (1, 2 and 3) … and is divisible by itself
6 equals the sum and the product of its proper divisors, which are three consecutive positive numbers (1, 2, 3)
A 6-sided polygon is a hexagon (including a cube) , but not all hexagons are a cube
There are 6 basic trigonometric functions
In base 6, 10 is the equivalent of 6
6 squared is 36, but 6 to the 6th power is 46656, yet the square root of 6 is 2.44948974278
In Science
A neutral atom of carbon contains 6 protons and 6 electrons
The cells of a beehive are 6-sided
Benzene Ring
Insects have 6 legs
A benzene molecule has a ring of 6 carbon atoms
Snowflakes have six-fold symmetry
A hexamer is an oligomer made of six subunits
Messier object M6 is in the constellation Scorpius, and is also known as the Butterfly Cluster
The New General Catalogue object (NGC 6) a spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
There are 6 types of quarks and 6 types of leptons in particle physics
The six-vertex model has 6 possible configurations of arrows at each vertex
There are six phases in pandemic influenza
Human Chromosome 6 has over 170 million base pairs and is associated with epilepsy, Parkinson disease, and Guillain-Barre Syndrome
In Musical Instruments
A standard guitar has 6 strings
Most woodwind instruments have 6 basic holes or keys
There are 6 semitones in a tritone
In Entertainment
Take 6 is a Grammy Award winning Christian vocal jazz group
Les Six (“The Six” in English) was a group consisting of the French composers Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, FrancisPoulencandGermaineTailleferre in the 1920s
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Bands with the number 6/six in their name include Six Organs of Admittance, 6 O’clock Saints, Electric Six, Eve 6, Los Xey (seiis Basque for “six”), Out On Blue Six, Six In Six, Sixpence None the Richer, Slant 6, Vanity 6, and You Me At Six
#6 is the pseudonym of American musician Shawn Crahan, when performing with the band Slipknot
Six geese a-laying were given as a present on the sixth day in the popular Christmas carol, “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
Johann Pachelbel’ composed Hexachordum Apollinis into 6 arias
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence, the sixth album by Dream Theater, includes six songs with the sixth song tells the stories of six individuals suffering from various mental illnesses
Bionic Six is an animated series that lasted 2 years (65 episodes)
Number 6 is a character in the movie I Am Number Four
Films include Six Pack is a 1982 comedy drama, Six-Pack a 2000 thrilled, and Sixpack a 2011 Finnish comedy
In Religion
6 Points on a Star of David
Interfaith graphic by Justice St. Rain (Bahá’í Community) of Interfaith Resources
6 Orders of the Mishnah
6 Symbolic foods placed on the Passover Seder Plate
Yahweh took 6 days to create the world in the Old Testament Book of Genesis; humankind was created on day 6
The Jewish holiday of Shavuot starts on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan
The Six Articles of Belief (Islam)
Fasting six days of Shawwal (Islam)
A trasarenu is the combination of 6 celestial paramānus (atoms) (Hinduism)
In Language and Culture
Other words for six include VI (Roman numerals), zes (Dutch), sei (Italian), seks (Norwegian), shesh (Hebrew), kuusi (Finnish), sita (Swahili), anim (Filipino)
Hexa is classical Greek for “six”, thus terms as hexagon, hexahedron, hex nut
The prefix hexa- also occurs in the systematic name of many chemical compounds, such as “hexamethyl”
“Hexadecimal” combines hexa- with the Latinate decimal to name a number base of 16
Hexameter is a poetic form consisting of 6 feet per line
Sex- is a Latin prefix meaning “six”. Thus: sextet, sextuplets, sexdactyly (6 fingers), sextant (whose shape forms one-sixth of a circle)
Senary is the adjective meaning “sixth”
6 is a lucky number in Chinese culture
No more than 6 degrees of separation between any two people
There are 6 tastes in traditional Indian Medicine called Ayurveda: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and astringent
Coffins are buried 6 feet below ground, thus 6 feet under
In History
The Six Dynasties form part of Chinese history
The Birmingham Six were held in prison for 16 years
6 facts about the sixth day of the sixth month (June 6th): D-Day (WW II), RFK assassination, National Day of Sweden, Orwell’s 1984 first published, first drive-in theater opened in the US, Queensland established
Augustus ruled the Roman Empire during both 6 BC and 6 CE
In the ancient Roman calendar, Sextilis was the sixth month, but after the Julian reform, June became the sixth month and Sextilis was renamed August
Sextidi was the sixth day of the decade in the French Revolutionary calendar
In Sports
The National Basketball Association has 6 divisions
The National Hockey League started with 6 teams
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Smaller high schools play 6-man football (not the traditional 11-man)
In soccer, the number of substitutes combined by both teams, that are allowed in the game
Volleyball and ice hockey play with 6 players on each side
A team earns 6 points for a touchdown American and Canadian football
Australian Rules football teams earn six points for a goal
In cricket, team scores 6 runs when the shot a “six/sixer” when the ball clears the boundary without bouncing
In NASCAR, driven by 37 different drivers in 322 races, but only Cale Yarborough drove #6 into the winner’s circle (and only once)
Tour de France has 6 mountain stages
Retired #6 sports jerseys
MLB: Bobby Cox, Steve Garvey, Al Kaline, Stan Musial, Tony Oliva, Johnny Pesky, Joe Torre
NFL: None
NBA: Walter Davis, Julius Irving, Avery Johnson, Bill Russell, and Orlando Magic and Sacramento Kings fans
NHL: Ace Bailey
In Technology
On most phones, letter M, N, O are found on the 6 key
The “6-meter band” in amateur radio includes the frequencies from 50 to 54 MHz
6 is the resin identification code used in recycling to identify polystyrene
Perl 6 is a programming language
Miscellaneous
“Six” is used as an informal slang term for the British Secret Intelligence Service, MI6
Six Flags amusement parks and theme park
Trivial Pursuit games have 6 categories
The highest number on one end of a standard domino
A Golomb Ruler from Wikipedia
Odds of rolling a 6 drastically changes with the number of dice: (1) 1 of 6 (16.7%) , (2) 5 of 36 (13.9%), and (3) 10 of 216 (4.6%)
Six Sigma is a statistical modeling process aimed at quality improvement
International maritime signal flag for 6
6 Cardinal Directions: north, south, east, west, up, and down
6 years is the standard term for a United States senator
6-pack is a common form of packaging for 6 bottles or cans of drink, number of fundamental flight instruments lumped together on a cockpit display, other assemblages of six items, defined abdominal muscles (rectus abdominis, external and internal obliques, & transverse abdominis), getting hit in the face by a spiked volleyball
6 is a common reference to car engines, such as straight 6, line-in 6, slant 6, and flat 6
A Braille cell is based on 6 dots
Mario must collect 6 Royal Stickers in the Nintendo 3DS game Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Extra-sensory perception is sometimes called the “sixth sense”, which was also a 1999 movie featuring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment
The Occasion I’ve interrupted the Pause button for an important announcement. A mere 6 years ago. A Frank Angle started August 28, 2008. To anyone who has ever visited my little corner of the world, thank you. To those who take to time to comment, many more thanks. To those who regularly return, I’m forever grateful. So get a drink of choice (alcoholic or nonalcoholic), enjoy same snacks, leave a song (if you desire), add a factoid, tell your friends to visit, and most importantly … mingle with others …. and I hope you return on September 1st.
Coincidentally … and yes … coincidentally … August 28th is the birthday of the reason for my prosthetic hand.
I have to set aside the normal weekly Satire Bits to dedicate this post (#1256) to the many of have come and gone to my little corner of the world.
To bloggers as Larry (Nutball Gazette) and Stone (Third Stone from the Sun) who are no longer with us … Larry from heart ailments in his 60s and Stone from a stroke and aneurism in his 40s. Both were genuine and far too young to leave life.
To the bloggers I list as Pioneers on my sidebar as they helped me get started; thus special thanks to David, Mo, Beeze, Lester, Chris, and others. We connect back to the days when The Sporting News hosted sports blogs, and they remain avid sports bloggers today.
To Joe, a photographer from Arkansas, who Sunday journeys through rural Arkansas, brought together nature and humanity.
To bloggers as Starla, Les, Melissa, Rachel, Rita, Mags, Izzie, Sekan, Rosie, Rantonit, and Mckenzie who frequented these pages; but (to my best knowledge), no longer blog. I occasionally wonder about McSmall k’s health status. These names represent those who vanished from blogging or here for one reason or another.
Others move on, which is common in blogging, so cheers to Paulette, Spinny, Keith, Randel, Scott, Al, Meesh, Dragonfae, Hat, Don, and others who have stopped by my little corner of the world.
To Maxi, a Filipino living in Sweden who was one of my first global visitors, which now has greatly expanded.
To Nonnie, whose cake-ball business limits her posts, as does Kellie due to work. To Tim Valentine, a man with a deep soul who still posts, but doesn’t interact as he once did. Interacting with him was outstanding!
Cheers to my current visitors!
I don’t have the humorous touches as El Guapo or Leo, nor write fiction like Rich, Jackie P, Amy, Ryan, Hudson, and Tom M. I certainly can’t weave a tale like Eleanor or Lame. I know I don’t write from deep within my soul as Val or Le Clown, or have the sassy wit as Elyse.
I don’t dive into the philosophical depths as Shimon, or rant like Weebs. I certainly don’t have a sense of style like Kay or Gull.
I have neither Archon’s clever wit or John Erickson’s crazed wit. (Has anyone encountered him?) No way do I know as much about space as Alex, or physics as Jim. I can’t garden or compose music as Lynn, and gathering puns like Fasab is against my constitution.
I don’t approach bliss like LouAnn, or reach the Alisha’s intellectual depths. I don’t follow music like this Calgary John, provide daily humor like this Athens John, and certainly can’t write like this Seattle John. Besides, I’m not even close to Nancy’s understanding about Christianity.
I wish I had travel experiences as Sylvia, or spent as much time in Tuscany as Debra. The thought of writing a fictional book as Carrie, Rose, TBM, John Howell, Maddie, and H.E. Ellis is outside of my scope. I certainly won’t attempt a story of my life like Kathy, or get published as much as Christine.
I’m not an Australian living in Finland like Kanerva, I don’t write political commentary through three beagles like Kellie, I’m certainly not a political junkie like Moe, and I’m unquestionably not the master of marching band like Tim … nope, I wouldn’t call myself a hiker as Frank or a camper like Catherine.
I know I lack the passion of Snoring Dog, the surreal nature as Winsombella, the emotion of Noeleen, the hope of Tazein, and the prolific manner as Rarasaur. If ever needed, I sure hope I face health issues with Angela’s courage and positive determination.
Given all the skills that I lack, you and others continue to visit and comment – and I’m very grateful and consider myself very lucky to be in contact with so many good people.
This place is not a blog where people quickly gather after a new post, but I’ve learned to accept that. This is not a blog with big numbers, and I accept that, too. After all, I publish this blog because I enjoy writing, learning, and interacting with nice people from all over the world … and that helps me hold on to my belief that the majority of people throughout the world are good.
Yes, thanks to all of you for what you do, and in short, thanks for allowing me to be me, whoever I am here.
No – this is not my last post – just my way of celebrating my fifth year on this WordPress site and saying Thanks – and one more thing – Happy Birthday Shania!
