Monday Open Thread; December 4 is National Cookie Day

December 4 is the 338th day of the year, there are 27 days left

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Today's number is 4

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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. It is the only number that is both 2x & x squared. A number is divisible by 4 if its last two digits are divisible by 4. For example 1632 is divisible by 4 because 32 is divisible by 4 (4 x 8 = 32) A Tetrahedron has 4 sides and 4 vertices. It is the simplest Platonic solid. 4 is the first positive non-Fibonacci number 4 pops up quite frequently in religions, magik, divination & superstitions, 'nuff 'bout that. 4 is beryllium

The four states of matter are: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. There are four fundamental forces (electromagnetism, gravitation, the weak nuclear force, and the strong nuclear force). There are 4 forms in the logical "square of Opposition": A ("All S is R"), I ("Some S is R"), E ("No S is R"), and O ("Some S is not R") It takes 4 Supreme Court Justices to grant a writ of cert. There were 4 classical Greek elements (earth, water, air & fire) There are 4 seasons There are 4 suits in a standard deck of playing cards There are 4 horsemen of the Apocalypes, plus Basement Cat.

A 4 banger is a 4 cylinder engine A "Four in hand" is a knot used in tying men's neckties

There were 4 Lads

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and then 4 Tops

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And then 4 Non Blondes

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Title 4 of the US Code is FLAG AND SEAL, SEAT OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE STATES (sounds like misc. to me)

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4 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Rufus Herod the Great died Publius Quintilius Varus, then Governor of Syria (YES, that damn Varus again), took three of his four legions from Antioch to Jerusalem to restore order and crucified 2,000 Jewish rebels. Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist was born

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4 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Catus and Saturninus   Augustus adopted Tiberius to be his heir.

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On this day in:

1619 -- Thirty-eight colonists arrived at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. 1674 -- Father Jacques Marquette founded a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan that became ChiTown. 1786 -- Mission Santa Barbara was dedicated. 1829 -- Lord William Bentinck declared that anyone who abetted suttee in Bengal was guilty of culpable homicide. 1867 -- The Grange was founded 1872 -- The ship Mary Celeste was found crewless and adrift (much like today's US) 1881 -- The first edition of the L.A. Times was published 1943 -- Josip Broz Tito proclaimed a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile. 1945 -- The Senate approved US participation in the UN 1954 -- The first Burger King opened (in Miami). Arteries began clogging 1965 -- The Grateful Dead's first concert under that name 1969 -- Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were murdered by Chicago police 1978 -- DiFi became SF's first female mayor. 1982 -- China adopted its current constitution. 1984 -- Sri Lankan soldiers killed 107-150 civilians in Mannar. 1991 -- Pan American ceased operations 1992 -- George H. W. Bush ordered 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia

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Born this day in:

1660 -- Andre Campra, composer 1667 -- Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer 1777 -- Juliette Recamier, businesswoman and influential socialite 1795 -- Thomas Carlyle, historian and philosopher 1865 -- Edith Cavell, nurse 1866 -- Wassily Kandinsky, painter 1875 -- Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and author 1892 -- Francisco Franco, fascist dictator beloved of the US government 1897 -- Robert Redfield, anthropologist 1908 -- Alfred Hershey, bacteriologist and geneticist 1910 -- Alex North, composer 1915 -- Eddie Heywood, pianist and composer 1920 -- Jeanne Manford, activist, co-founded PFLAG 1921 -- Deanna Durbin, actress and singer 1923 -- Charles Keating, narrow-minded, pious, crook and fraudster 1930 -- Jim Hall, guitarist, composer and arranger 1939 -- Freddy Cannon, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, singer and guitarist 1942 -- Bob Mosley, singer, songwriter, bass player and grape 1944 -- Chris Hillman, singer, songwriter, guitarist, mandolin player 1944 -- Anna McGarrigle, singer, songwriter and musician 1944 -- Dennis Wilson, the only Beach Boy who surfed, drummer, singer, songwriter 1948 -- Southside Johnny, singer and songwriter 1950 -- Bjorn Kjellemyr, bassist and composer 1951 -- Gary Rossington, guitarist 1955 -- Cassandra Wilson, singer, songwriter and producer 1966 -- Andy Hess, bass player 1968 -- Dionne Farris, singer, songwriter, producer, actress 1973 -- Kate Rusby, singer, songwriter, guitarist 1978 -- Jaclyn Victor, singer

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Died this day in:

530 BC -- Cyrus the Great, king of Persia 1131 -- Omar Khayyam, poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher 1798 -- Luigi Galvani, physician, physicist, philosopher 1850 -- William Sturgeon, physicist who invented the electric motor 1935 -- Johan Halvorsen, violinist, composer, and conductor 1976 -- Tommy Bolin, guitarist and songwriter 1993 -- Frank Zappa, singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer Don't Miss His BOLERO below. 2009 -- Liam Clancy, singer, actor, and guitarist 2011 -- Hubert Sumlin, singer and guitarist

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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:   Cookie Day! maybe that's pronounced kookie

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So, for music,

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Virginia colonists                                                                        

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Father Jacques Marquette  

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Santa Barbara  

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The Grateful Dead  

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Fred Hampton  

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George H. W. Bush  

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Andre Campra  

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Michel Pignolet de Monteclair  

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Eddie Heywood  

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Jim Hall  

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Freddy Cannon  

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Bob Mosley  

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Chris Hillman  

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Dennis Wilson - A song expressing the quintessence of critical thought in the US -

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Southside Johnny  

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Bjorn Kjellemyr  

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Gary Rossington  

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Cassandra Wilson  

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Andy Hess  

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Dionne Farris  

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Johan Halvorsen  

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Timmy Bolin  

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Frank Zappa  

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Liam Clancy  

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Hubert Sumlin  

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Bonus:  

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very early Dead

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y before that, tambien

 

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Gots to have ZAPPA

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picture is "RECALLED - Cookies", by FDA -- US Government Work

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