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Sunday, July 30, 2006

43

42 was an interesting number, mainly because Douglas Adams used it as the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. 42 appealed to my sense of the absurd.

43 seems like a much less interesting number. The biggest things it seems to be associated with are 43 Things and 43 Folders which is all about getting organized, figuring out priorities, Getting Things Done, that sort of thing.

Absurdity has always appealed to me more then organization. We'll see....

Tags: 42 43 birthday Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Posted at 10:34 PM

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Note: I’m tired of clearing the spam from my comments, so comments are no longer accepted.

Try 51. It's enough to make you cry.

(Happy Birthday!)

Posted by Shelley at 11:11 PM, July 30, 2006 [Link]

I hope you had a good birthday!

Posted by sis at 8:01 AM, July 31, 2006 [Link]

There is Licor 43 (Cuarenta y Tres), the Vanilla liquor from Spain. That is pretty fascinating.

Posted by lilbro at 10:54 AM, July 31, 2006 [Link]

Happy b-day Ralph! I agree, there is something magic about 42 and Douglas Adams. I'll never forget the night I got to hear him speak in Austin. What a hoot!

Posted by goodwitch at 10:34 PM, August 3, 2006 [Link]

i missed your birthday!! happy happy belated birthday, ralph.

i just turned 43 a couple weeks ago.... i like 43.

Posted by deb at 12:21 AM, September 30, 2006 [Link]

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"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."

- Albert Einstein, explaining radio