Truant’s Day Open Thread: Monday, March 21, 2016
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 03/21/2016 - 7:00am
| Happy International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| Today's number is 21 |
| 21 is the product of 2 primes (3 x 7) |
| 21 is the sum of the first 6 natural numbers. 1+2+3+4+5+6 = 21 |
| 21 is a fibonnacci number 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21 |
| 21st Amendment ended prohibition |
| 21 is Scandium |
| 21 is the total of the spots on one 6 sided die (see: sum of the first 6 natural numbers, duh) |
| In several countries 21 is the legal age of majority. |
| In all US states 21 is the legal drinking age. |
| In some countries 21 is the voting age. |
| The highest-winning point total in Blackjack is 21 |
| There are 21 shillings in a guinea. |
| Holy Shit, Batman, 21 is 3 x 7! Accordingly, x/21, whenever x =3n, is the same as n/7 which gets us back to the freaky repeating decimal (0.142857) discussed on the 7th and the 14th. The decimal part of n/7 where n is a natural number not a multiple of 999,999 or 7 is the remainder x 0.142857 repeated on out to infinity. n/14 has similar rules, and now we get to n/21, which is, for example ... |
| 1/21 = 0.047619047619 repeat == (1/7)/3 |
| 2/21 = 0.095238095238 repeat == (2/7)/3 |
| 3/21 = 0.142857142857 repeat == (3/7)/3 == 1/7, Bingo! |
| 4/21 = 0.190476 repeat == (4/7)/3 |
| etc. |
| 21 BCE was The Year of the Consulship of Lollius and Lepidus |
| 21 CE was The Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Caesar |
| On this date in | |
| 630 | Emperor Heraclius returned The True Cross to Jerusalem. No one has seen it since. |
| 1152 | The Marriage of Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitane was annulled |
| 1556 | Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, was burned at the stake for |
| 1804 | France adopted the Code Napoleon as its civil law |
| 1844 | The Bahai calendar began, day one of year one |
| 1871 | Henry Morton Stanley went looking for David Livingstone |
| 1925 | Teaching evolution was outlawed in Tennessee |
| 1937 | Police under orders of the U.S. appointed governor of Puerto Rico massacred 19 peaceful marchers and wounded over 100 more people in Ponca, |
| 1946 | The L.A. Rams signed Kenny Washington, the first African American football player since 1933, |
| 1960 | South African police in Sharpeville slaughtered 69 unarmed black demonstrators and wounded 180 more |
| 1965 | Dr. Martin Luther KIng Jr. led a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, AL. |
| 1970 | S.F. Mayor Joe Alioto proclaimed the first Earth Day |
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter announced the U.S. boycott of the Summer Olympics |
| 1986 | Debi Thomas became the first African American to win the World Figure Skating Championships |
| 1990 | Namibia finally became independent of South Africa |
| 2006 | Twitter was founded, grammar died |
| Born this day in | |
| 1768 | Joseph Fourier, a transformative mathematician & physicist |
| 1806 | Benito Juarez, a Mexican politician |
| 1839 | Modest Mussorgsky, a pianist & composer |
| 1867 | Florenz Ziegfield Jr, a man noted for his follies |
| 1902 | Son House, a singer and guitarist |
| 1902 | Santo Pecora a trombonist (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) |
| 1904 | Forrest Mars, the inventor of the M & M |
| 1910 | Julio Gallo, maker of Thunderbird, Night Train, Hearty Burgundy (not a Burgundy) & other plonk. |
| 1918 | Charles Thompson, a pianist & composer |
| 1922 | Russ Meyer, a movie maker |
| 1925 | Harold Ashby, a saxophonist |
| 1930 | Otis Spann, a singer & pianist |
| 1940 | Solomon Burke. a singer & songwriter |
| 1942 | Amina Claudine Meyers, a singer, pianist & songwriter |
| 1943 | Vivian Stanshall, a singer, songwriter, & guitarist (Bonzo Dog DooDah Band) YAY! |
| 1944 | Hideki Ishima, invented the sitarla, plays same |
| 1944 | David Lindley a guitarist, songwriter & producer |
| 1944 | Gaye Adegbalola, a singer & guitarist |
| 1945 | Ross Stone, a singer & keyboardist (Sly & the Family Stone) |
| 1946 | Ray Dorset a singer, guitarist & songwriter (Mungo Jerry) |
| 1949 | Eddie Money, a singer, songwriter & guitarist |
| 1950 | Roger Hodgson, a singer, songwriter and keyboardist (Supertramp) |
| 1951 | Conrad Lozano, a bass player (Los Lobos) |
| 1962 | Matthew Broderick, a notorious truant |
| 1963 | Shawn Lane, a guitarist |
| 1967 | Jonas Berggren, a singer, songwriter & producer (Ace of Base) |
| 1974 | Kevin Leahy, a drummer (BoDeans) |
| WHEW | |
| Died this day in | |
| 1076 | Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (see J. Gallo, supra) |
| 1306 | Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (see J. Gallo, supra) |
| 1556 | Thomas Cranmer, who was burnt for Heresy |
| 1656 | James Ussher, who determined the date & time of Creation |
| 1804 | Louis Antoine, Duke d’Enghien, the last Conde’ |
| 1843 | Robert Southey, a poet. |
| 1958 | Cyril M. Kornbluth, a sci-fi author |
| 1978 | Louis Cottrell Jr., who played sax & clarinet |
| 1991 | Leo Fender,like Fender telecaster, stratocaster, etc. |
| 2005 | Bobby Short, a singer & pianist |
| 2011 | Loleatta Holloway, a singer & songwriter (The Caravans) |
| 2011 | Pinetop Perkins, a singer & pianist |
| 2015 | Hans Erni, a painter, sculptor & illustrator |
| Holidays, Holy Days, Feasts, Observances and such |
| Today is the Feast of Thomas Cranmer (Anglican) |
| Today is also |
| Harmony Day (Australia) |
| Human Rights Day (South Africa) |
| Independence Day (Namibia) |
| International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| International Day of Forests |
| Truant's Day (Poland, Faroe Islands) |
| World Down Syndrome Day |
| World Poetry Day |
| World Puppetry Day |
So it looks like we gots a ton o’ tunes today ... Mussorgsky Son House Santo Pecora (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) Charles Thompson Harold Ashby Otis Spann Solomon Burke Amina Claudine Myers Vivian Stanshall (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) Hideki Ishima David Lindley Gaye Adegbalola Ross Stone (Sly & the Family Stone) Ray Dorsett (Mungo Jerry) Eddie Money Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) Shawn Lane Jonas Berggren (Ace of Base) Kevin Leahy (BoDeans) Louis Cottrell Jr. Bobby Short Loleatta Holloway Pinetop Perkins
| Mussorgsky (Best version is Disney’s “Fantasia”, on weed) |
| Son House, seminal stuff. |
| Santo Pecora |
| Charles Thompson |
| Harold Ashby |
| Otis Spann |
| Solomon Burke |
| Amina Claudine Myers |
| Vivian Stanshall (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) |
| Hideki Ishima, on sitarla |
| David Lindley |
| Gaye Adegbalola |
| Ross Stone (Sly & the Family Stone) |
| Ray Dorsett (Mungo Jerry) |
| Eddie Money |
| Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) |
| Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos) |
| Shawn Lane |
| Jonas Berggren (Ace of Base) |
| Kevin Leahy (BoDeans) |
| Louis Cottrell Jr |
| Bobby Short |
| Loleatta Holloway |
| Pinetop Perkins |
OK, it is an open thread, so go for it
I often check in late, but I’m not really needed for an open thread anyway.
Comments
It's great when I catch one of your synchronistic
…Open Threads. So much fun and so literally a bunch of open threads. Thanks, el.
Is 21 a uniquely music-oriented number?
Hmm?
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Heh, cool tune, thanks.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Thanks. AFAIK, there is no musical tie in to 21,
thirds and sevenths, but not 21. Maybe March 21, written as 3/21 gets to a seventh, but that's still blues, rock and folk more than music per se. Dunno.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Boatie MacBoatface? That's a keeper!
Here's another
http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/
22% of Muricans are now firmly in the "None" column.
In unrelated news, Edwin Lyngar @ Salon hath a sermon to bring forth on religion.
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/21/america_is_overdosing_on_religion_how_th...
What I find particularly amusing is now your local religious bigot demands that his/her religious "Freedumb" requires them to force their obscure, bible based rules upon the rest of us. Except for Trump, who manages to earn a pass. His obvious lack of knowledge or even a modicum of care, should make his campaign a non-starter. Yet, the religious boneheads who are the worst of the worst, continue to support trump. Even when their only choice left would be that nasty piece of work from Texas.
good morrow, all.
God Morrow yourself. I was once inclined to
think of HRC's shameless pandering to the religionistas as just that until I learned about her ties to and interactions with The Family, but now I worry that she is one of those who actually take guidance and inspiration from whatever voices they hear in their head during prayer. Scary folk, not susceptible to reason whatsoever, like W.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Also born on this day,
1953: me. Nonfamous except in old science circles and to my two human products. Vernal equinox that year.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Happy Birthday, riverlover!
I hope your special day will be a wonderful one.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
:-)
Happy Birthday to you!!!
Hey, happy birthday & thanks for reading.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Happy Birthday riverlover
Have a great day.
Hippy bidet!
How many times hath Sol crossed over your flat earth?
I could say Do the math
but it is morning. So 63. Gasp.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
I was taught by an expert never to accept age mathematically
For years, my mom kept telling my sister and I that she was 25, throughout our yute.
When I was 11, and gullible, she had a birthday, and again claimed that she was 25. A few days later, the penguins who ran the school asked each of us to stand up and state our parents' ages. Dutifully, I gave my father's actual age, and like a parrot, believing my mother, I reported that she was 25.
The nun pulled me out of class, brought me in to the head penguin, whereupon they called my mother to console her child abuse and her early pregnancy. Needless to say, my parental units were shocked that I would repeat what they said. It never occurred to me that a mother would lie to her child.
Since then, I always ask two questions, DOB AND age. Sometimes you get two different answers.
Morning All
not sure if shameless self promotion is OK or not - if not let me know!
The whole condescending five stages of grief thing was ticking me off so I wrote a quick but over wordy response/essay thing here on C99
It is completely math free.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Well, it IS an open thread, ya know. Not that I normaly mind
anyway.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Thanks - appreciated n/t
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
threes and sevens
are fun, but I never have liked twenty-one.
Eleanor of Aquitane got the marriage to Louis VII annulled because she and Henry II of England couldn't keep their eyes, and then their hands, off one another. Later, Eleanor—woman scorned—raised armies against Henry. But, in contrast to other monarchs, stretching into the next 800 years, Henry didn't have her head cut off, but just locked her in a tower. Where she could continue to plot. Which she did. Till she drove him to his death. He, dying, in a shanty continental hovel, attended only by a sorry bastard. Eleanor long before let loose the whole of herself, back in Aquitaine, in "The Court of Love." Which, among other things, resolved in Shakespeare. Henry, meanwhile, some many centuries on, brushed off the dirt of the grave, and strode forth, in one of the finest classical acting performances by any male human being in the history of celluloid: Peter O'Toole: The Lion in Winter.
Code Napoleon, in criminal law, said: you're guilty, motherfucker. Now, try to prove, that you're not.
David Lindley, he stopped playing with Jackson Browne, because Lindley had no use for overflowing Browne-noses of cocaine. Instead, Lindley, he was crazy, 'bout a Mercury.
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Even Leo, he would tell you that the Strat, it is a twitchy tweaker instrument. While the Tellie, it will play, all that you dream. Even when you be. But a fat man. In the bathtub. With the blues.
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The True Cross? Got it here. In my backyard. Supporting a sagging apple tree.
Louis was tired of Eleanor (and her antics) too,
so the annulment was more or less by mutual consent. One of Louis' gripes was that she had only given him a couple of daughters. Once they split and re-paired, Louis (eventually) got the son he wanted, and Eleanor, just to rub it in, gave Henry five sons. (Biologically it doesn't work like that - the male is the gender determiner - but nobody knew that back then.)
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
louis,
like The Hairball, had a micropenis. The daughters, out of Eleanor, were not his. She was a fine, wild woman. ; )
That would give Louis three sets of horns,
one for each wife (he was married three times).
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
good morning. testing if I
good morning. testing if I uploaded my avvy right
in preview it looks fine to me!
It is there in all its glory
and it looks great! Good morning LL!
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Looks really good from here. Reminiscent of Beardsley.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Good Morning EL and 99%'ers!
It turned cold overnight and that means that the dogs are going crazy which means the crazy Cajuns (springers) are even crazier than normal. Math makes my head spin.
But at least I do not have crosses or dead authors buried in my backyard. 
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Good morning. I learned to view math as entertainment
thanks to the Illustrious Martin Gardner's Scientific American columns back in the days of yore. Better bits were collected into two little volumes "Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions", which can be fun if approached with an open mind.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
You and Shah
Before he turned pro with his math loving he used to play solitaire while writing music and then do stats on his games. If I did what he does my head would explode. He loves it still. He is handy as he's a human calculator and this enables me to do the numbers without frying my head. I like your numbers they aren't abstract but tied to events and history. No x=? and all that jazz.
Happy Today, everyone!
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The True Cross?
630 Emperor Heraclius returned The True Cross to Jerusalem. No one has seen it since.
Hm, maybe that explains this picture? Some friends of mine went to New Orleans this past weekend, and sent me, among others, this shot from out their bedroom window:
(sorry, I tried to make it smaller, but preview doesn't look like it?? arg...)
Your friend lives on Decataur Street?
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Oops!
Oh, #derp, I said "bedroom" when I meant "hotel room", they're just visiting--at least I think that's their hotel balcony. The only other place it might be is a pub
It's a nice spot
The song is about the part of Decautar 6-8 blocks in the direction of the camera shot.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Thanks EL
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
On a Telecaster
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
Always love the different feels of the OT's
Maybe that's just my ego talking as one of the authors, but Damn these are always fun. Reminds me a bit of my favorite types of books as a kid. Short Story Collections.
Overslept today, (Kids are on Spring Break) so my essay's going to be a tad late. Ah well, it's not like I'm getting paid. Only my integrity on the line.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Too late ;-)
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -
I can't find anything! Hello caucus99%'ers
Took me two hours to find the OT. I'm so confused but that's a condition I know well as a scatterbrain . I'm sure I'll get the hang of this. 'Haven't been in a crowd like this since I went to see The Who.' Whew I'm glad to be here at EL's OT. Thanks EL you outdid yourself musically. Glad the OT was buried somewhere. I used my detective skills gained from years of mystery reading and tracked it down. I think after the dust settles it would be a good idea to get a list that chronologically lists new dairies like an index. Glad to the Bonzo Dog Band among the other excellent tunes.
More Bonzo
Now where is my mind?
Agree, it would be nice to have on the left hand side
a link to all EBs, a link to all OTs and a link to all regularly occurring series diaries and a link to all the other diaries. You can say it so much nicer than I can. I feel lost a bit among so many diaries right now. I am sure JtC and Joe will figure something out.
https://www.euronews.com/live
Oh, there is a day like that?
So, how many of those have there been or will be needed to get rid racial discrimination?
Thanks for the music and thanks for answering my question in advance.
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