Open Thread for June 20, Happy Solstice
Happy Solstice
(In 2016, summer/winter begins on the solstice; June 20 at 6:34 p.m. EDT.)
June 20 is the 171st day of the year, there are 194 days left in 2016
An icosahedron has 20 faces
A dodecahedron has 20 vertices.
20 is the atomic number of calcium.
"what's your 20?" = "10-20" = "where are you?"
20 is one meaning of "a score"
A 20 is a Jackson until 2020 when it will be a Tubman
20 is an android app, - some sort of game
Title 20 of the US Code is EDUCATION
20 BCE
Was the Year of the Consulship of Appuleius and Nerva
Parthia and Rome entered into a peace treaty.
20 CE
Was the Year of the Consulship of Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus and Cotta
Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso committed suicide rather than face trial for the murder of Germanicus
On this day in:
1248 -- The University of Oxford received its Royal charter.
1756 -- A British garrison was imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
1782 -- Congress adopted the Great Seal of the U.S., previously orphaned
1819 -- The SS Savannah became the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic.
1837 -- Queen Victoria became queen.
1840 -- Samuel Morse got the patent for the telegraph.
1877 -- Alexander Graham Bell installed the first commercial phone service (in Canada.)
1893 -- Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murders of her parents.
1945 -- The U.S. Secretary of State approved the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team to the U.S..
1963 -- The "red telephone" was set up between the USSR and the U.S.
1972 -- An 18½-minute gap appeared in the tape of Nixon and his advisers talking about Watergate
2003 -- The Wikimedia Foundation was foundedated founded
Born this day in:
1907 -- Jimmy Driftwood, singer, songwriter, and banjo player
1924 -- Chet Atkins, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1924 -- Fritz Koenig, sculptor and academic, designed The Sphere
1928 -- Eric Dolphy, saxophonist, flute player, and composer
1937 -- Jerry Keller, singer &songwriter
1942 -- Brian Wilson, singer, songwriter & producer (The Beach Boys)
1945 -- Anne Murray, singer and guitarist
1946 -- enhydra lutris, ne'er do well, 60's radical, activist & rabble rouser
1947 -- Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, singer & songwriter (The Crystals)
1949 -- Alan Longmuir, bass player, songwriter, and actor (Bay City Rollers)
1949 -- Lionel Richie, singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (Commodores)
1954 -- Michael Anthony, bass player (Van Halen and Chickenfoot)
1960 -- John Taylor, singer, songwriter, bass player, producer and actor (Duran Duran, The Power Station, and Neurotic Outsiders)
1963 -- Amir Derakh, guitarist (Orgy, Rough Cutt, Julien-K, and Dead by Sunrise)
1971 -- Jeordie White, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and bass player (Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Goon Moon and The Desert Sessions)
1973 -- Chino Moreno, singer, songwriter (Deftones, Team Sleep, and Crosses)
1976 -- Jerome Fontamillas, singer and guitarist (Switchfoot, Mortal, and Fold Zandura)
1979 -- Charlotte Hatherley, singer, songwriter and guitarist (Ash, Nightnurse, and Client)
1980 -- Tony Lovato, singer, songwriter and guitarist (Mest)
1982 -- Example, singer, songwriter and producer
Died this day in:
1947 -- Bugsy Siegel, Businessman mobster
1958 -- Kurt Alder, chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1966 -- Georges Lemaître, priest, physicist, and astronomer
1996 -- Jim Ellison, singer, songwriter (Material Issue)
1997 -- Lawrence Payton, singer, songwriter and producer (Four Tops)
1999 -- Clifton Fadiman, author, critic, radio & TV personality
2006 -- Claydes Charles Smith, guitarist (Kool & the Gang)
2012 -- LeRoy Neiman, painter
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:
Earliest date for the summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern hemisphere, and its related observance:
International Surfing Day (on or near Summer solstice)
World Refugee Day (International)
So, for music we gots --
Jimmy Driftwood
Chet Atkins
Eric Dolphy
Jerry Keller
Brian Wilson
Anne Murray
Dolores "LaLa" Brooks
Alan Longmuir
Lionel Richie
Michael Anthony
John Taylor
Amir Derakh
Jeordie White
Chino Moreno
Jerome Fontamillas
Charlotte Hatherley
Tony Lovato
Example
Jim Ellison
Lawrence Payton
Claydes Charles Smith
Jimmy Driftwood
Chet Atkins
Eric Dolphy
Jerry Keller
Brian Wilson
oops, sorry, try again
Anne Murray
Dolores "LaLa" Brooks
Alan Longmuir
Lionel Richie
Michael Anthony
John Taylor
Amir Derakh
Jeordie White
Chino Moreno
Jerome Fontamillas
Charlotte Hatherley
Tony Lovato
Example
Jim Ellison
Lawrence Payton
Claydes Charles Smith
When this posts, I will be miles up a dirt road in the Sierras where there is no cell reception, so you are on your own. Play nicely & happy solstice.
Comments
Good morning el
Are you back from your trip? Packing up to leave as I type this.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Happy Birdday, EL
May everyone give you the bird.
(ducks)
There is no such thing as TMI. It can always be held in reserve for extortion.
Happy birthday!
Just stopped in to say that. . . .
Are you seeing 20-20?
Hey el. I always enjoy your number fun.
Not only is it the solstice , but also the full strawberry moon. Here's what earth-sky has to say:
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/june-solstice-full-moon-in-2016
June's full moon arrived Monday today at 7:02 a.m eastern. About 12 hours later, spring turns to summer at 6:34 p.m. Two hours after that, the full moon will still look plenty big when it rises at 8:41 p.m.
So everyone enjoy this longest day of the year (unless you're in the S hemisphere in which case enjoy your shortest day of the year), and I hope it ushers us all into a summer of hope and joy!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
You beat me with the earth/sky remembrance
of the last solstice (summer?) with a full moon. Summer of Love. Coincidence? Portent?
I will dance naked on my deck tonight, should have done it this morning. Moon up, 5AM. Blew it. And weather may get heavy later (a wonderful mariner term).
Happy Birthday, el. See, I read the text.
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 70th Birthday, many happy and healthy returns, el ! /nt
Happy Birthday
Hope you have a great day.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
That Jimmy Driftwood song was very interesting
I had never heard that one before. I am pretty sure he is playing it on this homemade guitar...distinctive tone.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1BiPbxX1YU]
"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X
Jimmy Driftwood
Great clip Bisbonian
His father was a farmer by trade, and an accomplished and recorded old-time folk singer, mouth bow player, and story teller in his own right; and the acorn didn't fall far from the tree. Jimmy grew up seemingly knowing every folk tale that there was to learn in the Ozarks, both from whites and Native Americans (of whom there were many, including his future wife, who was one-quarter Cherokee). He learned to play guitar as a boy on a homemade instrument fashioned by his paternal grandfather, a fiddle maker. Its neck came from a fence rail, its sides from an old ox yoke, and the head and bottom from the headboard of his grandmother's bed. This unique instrument produced a pleasant distinctive sound and was used by Driftwood throughout his career. (It became his trademark and is currently on display in the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame in Pine Bluff.) Driftwood, like his father, also played an outsized mouth bow 2, which he said gave a "fatter" sound than similar smaller instruments.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
My Hoosier grandmother
could play the mouth bow, I did not acquire the knack.
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, el!
Hope your day is filled with joy and beauty!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Happy Birthday, EL!!!
And all along I thought you were just a young sea otter pup! Enjoy your special day!
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
The Mad Bomber
is like an icosahedron: she, too, has 20 faces.
If your name is Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus, it is inevitable that you will be involved in killing people.
Queen Victoria was German. The British picked Germans to rule them, after they ran out of French. Victoria, she was sort of the polar opposite of Messalina, daughter of the aforereferenced Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus.
Lizzie Borden was the OJ Simpson of her day.
If Benjamin Franklin had had his way, there would be a turkey on the Great Seal, rather than an eagle. Instead of holding an olive branch and arrows, the bird would be accompanied by mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.
There are currently 20-eleventy-trillion sites on the tubes feverishly asserting the Great Seal is Proof the US is owned and controlled by Hebrews/Illuminati/Lizard People.
They named an insecticide after Kurt Alder. Then they banned it. Because it was poison.
There were a number of sequels to that "Bette Davis Eyes" song. One was "Bugsy Siegel Eye."
enhydra lutris, he gets a birthday song.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKu-WBNvglg]
awesome how they play that song ... I want to have birthday now
... sigh.
(redacted) double post /nt
... sigh.
Hockey Birthday EL! :D nt
"Love One Another" ~ George Harrison
*2
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 -
HBTY, EL, F AB
(F is the acronym for "from")
There are also 20 cigarettes in a pack.
Starting Day 5 of kicking the habit.
Happy Birthday, Kiddo! 
I think it's going to take this time.I know it's going to take this time because apart from the esoteric value of quitting (which I never appreciated in the first place) I have a real goal.Improve the Resilience Resource Library by adding your links.
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Good luck on the quit attempt.
I'm 8 years, 1 Month, and 8 days since my last cigarette.
I used to smoke at my desk a lot, so I replaced reaching for a cigarette with reaching for a glass of ice cold water. I kept an ice bucket full and ready so the water was always ice cold.
For me, replacing the motion allowed to keep part of my habit in place, and each time I took a sip, I was still rewarded/shocked due to the cold water.
I don't even know how many packs of cigarettes I burned up getting focused on my computer work, but that's what worked for me. Elsewhere, I stayed with the order or have something cold to reach for thing and it helped.
Referencing benefits on occasion gave me some additional incentive as well.
http://whyquit.com/whyquit/A_Benefits_Time_Table.html
I am into higher mathmatics now
Over thirty eight years and I have not missed it at all.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Ultimately, I used smoking to cope with my ex
Once my ex was gone, and the divorce happened and other things leveled out, I wound up quitting. My last attempt to quit was successful, but started unintentionally due to a severe allergic reaction. By the time I could light up again, I was 4 days along without a cigarette and I still couldn't cope with inhaling as it was just too painful.
So I kept going and didn't bother to find out again if it hurt to inhale. I count that (the last day I lit up) as my true start for quitting though even though I technically had 4 days in already. I suppose I could make a claim to 4 more days, but to me, that would seem like cheating. LOL
Wishing you luck, AB
I've abstained from smoking several times over the years. I joke I quit everyday, then I wake up.
I used to go through a pack a day or better. Then I got a snuffer because I'd burn my fingers so often. Now I don't smoke a whole CIG, and they don't just burn up. Now I usually take a puff or two at a time. I'll usually light the same CIG five or six times. Packs last three days, sometimes into the fourth.
There is no such thing as TMI. It can always be held in reserve for extortion.
jhotiphaze, nicotine addicts, like myself
find the quitting easy, one hour at a time. It's the staying stopped. Self hypnosis, meditating and listening to meditation tapes, dates me as someone who has experience with quitting.
Good fortune in your next attempt
Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. Stephen Hawking
Vaping worked for me, a half cheat
Since Feb 1, 2015 I have not touched a cigarette. But I vape all the time except where it's not legal. I have tired once to reduce the nicotine content, a minor fail. Have not had a cold since.
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.
A handful of times I've quit
for up to and over a year. Last time I was rolling my own and I kept the butts in sight and easy reach for over a year. Then the wife had a rough pregnancy and for her last six weeks of pregnancy was housed a mile from hospital, over thirty miles from our home. Getting home from work, packing other two kids, hurrying to visit, hurrying home and getting the kids to bed every night began to take its toll.
Three days before she delivered I broke down and smoked a butt. I think I had three the next day and five or six the day after. Then the call at 10pm telling me it was time and I said, fuck it, and bought a pack out of town. Must've smoked five on the way to the hospital.
There is no such thing as TMI. It can always be held in reserve for extortion.
Happy Birthday and Enjoy the Sun
Have a wonderful birthday and enjoy the Summer Solstice.
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde
Happy Birthday EL
May your days be filled with love, wonder, joy and laughter. My wishes always come true (big grin here).
Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. Stephen Hawking
Happy Birthday EL and many more!
Years ago, I remember seeing one of your photos on DKos so I looked you up on Flickr, not knowing what your username meant. i got thousands of photos of sea otters from my search. Quelle surprise! It pays to know the Latin names of things.
To thine own self be true.
we went to see the Bay City Rollers long ago
Alan Longmuir had been out of the group for a couple of years already. He'd quit in embarrassment when it was learned just how old he was! As I recall it turned out he was....27! (gasp!! an old guy!!)
We saw the group in Anaheim. Shaz didn't like the guitarist (Eric Faulkner). The crowd of little girls was in a frenzy and shaz said, wishfully, "maybe they'll kill him", like the Maenads slew Pentheus. (didn't we have a recent essay about that? I forget)
Speaking of 20...
Happy Birthday
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 -
... and some more Eric Dolphy
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
Back in the day, I saw Van Halen open for Black Saabath.
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 -
Happy Birthday, Vacation, and Summer Soltice to you, EL! ;-)
And thanks for today's OT. I always enjoy them, because they are so chock full of fun and interesting facts, and tunes!
Mollie
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Happy Birthday EL
Love your numbers on Monday. I like them cause they relate to interesting stuff and time. I'm not a #'s person but yours are fun.
Endless Summer
A childrens song
The king of the surf guitar.