Monday Open Thread; February 5 is National Weatherperson's Day

February 5 is the 36th day of the year, there are 329 days left

Today's number is 5

5 is the third prime 5 is the third Sophie Germain prime 5 is a Fermat prime 5 is the only prime that is the sum of 2 consecutive numbers 5 is the only prime ending in 5 5 is the fifth Fibonacci number There are 5 Platonic Solids (and myriads of Platonic relationships) A 5 sided polygon is a pentagon (lower case) A building full of insane war mongers is a Pentagon (Capitalized initial letter) A 5 sided star is a pentagram 5 is the length of the hypotenuse of a 3,4,5 triangle, often used in construction & carpentry. 5 is boron A pentatonic scale has 5 notes per octave The Book of Five Rings by master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi is must reading, trust me. I-5 connects San Diego, CA with Blaine, Wa The Five Families refers to the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese "crime families" **.

- 5 is an important number in Discordianism. There is the Law of Fives as well as the Pentabarf, which has five rules. Each page of the Principia Discordia is labeled with five digits.

** The so-called crime families were simply non-publicly traded corporations following the standard amoral, sociopathic model inherent in "pure" (predatory) laissez faire capitalism but with inadequate PR. Though New York based, they represent the epitome of Chicago school free market mechanisms.

To relax or take a break, especially of 5 minutes duration used to be called to

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There are only 5 Platonic solids because

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Penrose tilings

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Title 5 of the US Code is GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES

5 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Appuleius John the Baptist and/or Jesus of Nazareth may or may not have been born.

5 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Sulla Tiberius conquered Germania Inferior Wang Mang, was granted the "Nine Awards of Imperial Favor" Livilla married Drusus Julius Caesar, Julia, daughter of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla was born

On this day in:

1849 -- U of Wis. at Madison's first class met at the Madison Female Academy. Heh. 1852 -- The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg opened 1859 -- Wallachia and Moldavia were united and eventually became Romania 1885 -- King Leopold II of Belgium established the Congo as a personal possession. 1909 -- The creation of Bakelite was announced. 1917 -- Mexico's current constitution was adopted. 1924 -- The Royal Greenwich Observatory began broadcasting the Greenwich Time Signal. 1939 -- Fascist Francisco Franco became dictator of Spain and beloved of the US govt. 1945 -- Douglas MacArthur returned to Manila. 1958 -- The USAF lost an H-bomb (the Tybee Bomb) of the coast of Georgia. 1962 -- De Gaulle called for Algerian independence 1985 -- The mayors of Rome and Carthage signed a treaty ending the Third Punic War. **

** Accordingly, it lasted 2,131 years. This, then, is the record which the US is trying to break in Afghanistan, or, if not, in the "Global War of on Terror".

Born this day in:

1594 -- Biagio Marini, violinist and composer 1626 -- Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, writer 1880 -- Gabriel Voisin, pilot and engineer 1923 -- Claude King, country singer, guitarist and songwriter 1927 -- Robert Allen, pianist and composer 1929 -- Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew drummer 1929 -- Luc Ferrari, pianist and composer 1941 -- Henson Cargill, country singer 1941 -- Barrett Strong, singer, songwriter, and pianist 1941 -- Cory Wells, singer 1944 -- Al Kooper, singer, songwriter, keyboards player 1952 -- Daniel Balavoine, singer and songwriter 1953 -- Freddie Aguilar, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1954 -- Cliff Martinez, drummer and songwriter 1956 -- Vinnie Colaiuta, drummer 1964 -- Duff McKagan, singer, songwriter and bassist 1965 -- Keith Moseley, bassist and songwriter 1969 -- Bobby Brown, singer, songwriter actor, dancer 1971 -- Sara Evans, country singer 1973 -- Trijntje Oosterhuis, inger and songwriter

Died this day in:

1976 -- Rudy Pompilli, saxophonist 1998 -- Tim Kelly, guitarist 2012 -- Al De Lory, keyboard player, wrecking company musician, producer

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: National Weatherperson's Day

So, for music,

National Weatherperson's Day

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Hal Blaine

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Barrett Strong

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Cory Wells

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