Open Thread
Open Thread: Monday, April 4, 2016
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 04/04/2016 - 7:00amHappy 4/4/16 |
Today's number is 4 |
4 is the second squared number |
4 is the smallest squared prime |
4 is the only even squared prime |
4 is both 2 doubled and 2 squared |
Openly Eccentric - Open Thread 4/3/2016
Submitted by detroitmechworks on Sun, 04/03/2016 - 4:02amSo today I figured I'd share a bit of my Stand-up Material... Yeah, I do it, but not often, and usually only when I get a babysitter and open mic night to line up properly...
So, I present you, The ABC routine:
There's an old saying "It will be a great day when the schools get all the funding they need and the Army has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber."
You ever stop and think what that would actually look like?
Open Thread: it's a Ry Cooder kinda day
Submitted by Lady Libertine on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 10:40amyeah well lunachickie made me do it!
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My father told me, lying on his bed of death,
"Boy," he says, "woman she's gonna make it, don't fool your self
'Cause she's got something to make a man lay that money, uh, right in her hand
And the very thing that makes her rich will make you poor
The very thing that makes her rich will make you poor
That's right!
Open Thread - Friday, April 1, 2016
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 04/01/2016 - 6:21amHello, welcome to the Friday Open Thread. I'll throw some chum in the water to start the feeding frenzy. Plus, Jim Campilongo and The Little Willies!
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
~William Shakespeare~
Open Thread - Wed. March 30, 2016 - Self-Censorship Edition
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Wed, 03/30/2016 - 7:00amThe worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself. - Milos Forman
Sen no Rikyū Open Thread: Monday, March 28, 2016
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 03/28/2016 - 6:00amHappy commemoration of Sen no Rikyū |
Today's number is 28 |
28 is 4 x 7 (more later) |
28 is the sum of the first 7 natural numbers. 1+2+3+4+5+6+7 = 28 |
28 is also the sum of the first 5 non-primes 1+4+6+8+9 = 28 |
Open Thread - Friday, March 25, 2016
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 03/25/2016 - 7:17amFood for thought and funkin' Galactic.
Open Thread - Wed. March 23, 2016 - Fascism- Could It Happen Here? (Updated)
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Wed, 03/23/2016 - 6:30amWhen fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.
- attributed to Sinclair Lewis
Truant’s Day Open Thread: Monday, March 21, 2016
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 03/21/2016 - 7:00amHappy 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 |