Monday morning open thread 09/29/2015 (possibly the last evah)

Agenda:
1) Watch world end, or maybe not. Check am talk radio to see.

special birthdays
Ben E. King, Koko Taylor

'Tis the Feast of St. Wenceslaus, but I'm not Czech, so meh. I mean, how much of a saint can you really be if you don't merit a California place name? Off the top of my head, we got Andy twice, Izzy, Isabel. Pedro, Diego, Juan, two of the Louis, Paula, Barbara, Francisco, Anselmo, Carlos, Bernard, Ana, Monica. Hell, Santa Ana even has a freeway named after her. So, off to the web we go.

How many cities/towns in California start with "San" or "Santa"? | Yahoo Answers says:
1. San Anselmo http://www.townofsananselmo.org
2. San Bernardino http://www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us
3. San Bruno http://www.sanbruno.ca.gov
4. San Carlos http://www.cityofsancarlos.org
5. San Clemente http://www.san-clemente.org
6. San Diego http://www.sandiego.gov
7. San Dimas http://www.cityofsandimas.com
8. San Fernando http://www.ci.san-fernando.ca.us
9. San Francisco http://www.ci.sf.ca.us
10. San Gabriel http://www.sgch.org
11. San Jacinto www.ci.san-jacinto.ca.us
12. San Joaquin ww.cityofsanjoaquin.org
13. San Jose www.sanjoseca.gov
14. San Juan Bautista www.san-juan-bautista.ca.us
15. San Juan Capistrano www.sanjuancapistrano.org
16. San Leandro www.ci.san-leandro.ca.us
17. San Luis Obispo www.slocity.org
18. San Marcos www.ci.san-marcos.ca.us
19. San Marino www.ci.san-marino.ca.us
20. San Mateo www.cityofsanmateo.org
21. San Pablo www.ci.san-pablo.ca.us
22. San Rafael www.cityofsanrafael.org
23. San Ramon www.ci.san-ramon.ca.us
24. Santa Ana www.ca.us
25. Santa Barbara www.ci.santa-barbara.ca.us
26. Santa Clara www.santaclaraca.gov
27. Santa Clarita www.santa-clarita.com
28. Santa Cruz www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us
29. Santa Fe Springs www.santafesprings.org
30. Santa Maria www.ci.santa-maria.ca.us
31. Santa Monica www.santa-monica.org
32. Santa Paula www.ci.santa-paula.ca.us
33. Santa Rosa www.srcity.org

Plus the city & island of Santa Catalina, but they skipped San Andreas, the fault and the town in the sierras, San Ysidro, Santa Ysabel, San Lorenzo, and the second, third, and fourth San Joaquins (county, river, and valley). And, SF is both city and county, too, also, as are San Berdoo, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and San Louis Obispo. And then, does Rancho Santa Margarita count, or South San Francisco? Finally, searching for "San" and "Santa" skips the obvious wine country town of Saint Helena. Huge numbers of streets and schools named after Junipero Serra are now retroactively named after a saint. (patron saint of colonial imperialists?)Then there's Santa Claus lane, I mean, we've even got south saint so and so BUT no Wenceslaus. Sorry, dude.

Speaking of which, the future site of San Diego was "discovered", much to the dismay of the locals, by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal on this day in 1542.

Your basic "song with Monday" in the title or lyrics for today.

Something from Ben E. King

Something from Queen KoKo