Wednesday, August 5, 2009

An homage to my new lucky number (a 128 novice's quest for answers)

I found a ten dollar bill on the ground only one and a half hours after spotting on the sidewalk a crisp white paper with bold black typed 128.  It looked as though it had fallen off the back of a jockey when the races passed through Manhattan Ave.  I regret that I did not have my camera. Is it a lucky number?  I didn't know so I thought I might do a bit of searching to find out.  And my results:




The Political Graveyard told me that in 01/1928 there were 13 politicians born, 1 marriage, 12 deaths, 23 centenaries, 9 transitions, and 1079 birthdays.

Vol. 67 of Science News 01/1928 discussed the collecting of folk songs by phonophotography.  Also in this volume; progenies from x-rayed sex cells of tobacco.

Tom Waits "Jockey Full of Bourbon" downloads at a 128 bitrate

But my favorite 128 tid bit was its Wikipedia entry.  "128 is the natural number following 127 and preceding 129"

So, I like bad commercials, really old wisened ladies, great photography,  tobacco, bourbon, expendable Wikipedia entries, and my wiser subconscious knows how attached I am to centenaries and phonophotoraphy.  And progenies......LUCKY NUMBER!

2 comments:

  1. Luck abounds! And 332 forever! :)

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  2. I love it! so does this mean you will live to be 128 years old???

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