Sunday Open Thread: July 8 is fer Decatur
nd it is also Prickle-Prickle, Confusion 43, 3184 YOLD(for you Discordians out there)World History this day1497 – Vasco da Gama headed off for India, the first direct sea voyage thereto from Europe...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: July 9 is the day Millard Fillmore took office, how's...
July 9 is the 192nd day of the year, there are 173 days left-Tis Setting Orange, Confusion 44, 3184 YOLDToday's number is 9 -9 is the largest single digit integer 9 is the square of a prime and is the...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: July 15 is Linda Ronstadt's birthday
and it is also Sweetmorn, Confusion 50, 3184 YOLD (for you Discordians out there)World History this day1240 - A Novgorodian army under Nevsky beat the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva.1410 - Armed...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: July 16 is the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
July 16 is the 197th day of the year, there are 168 days left-Tis Boomtime, Confusion 51, 1367 YOLD Today's number is 16 - 16 = 4 squared and 2 to the fourth or 4**2 and 2**4. Coincidence? I don't...
View ArticleHey! Y'all like country?
x YouTube VideoBakersfield? Buck Owens? What? x YouTube VideoGotta have a train song x YouTube VideoSome serious booze, like a Whiskey River x YouTube VideoI guess it's time for Willie and some of his...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: July 22 is Hammock Day
and it is also Pungenday, Confusion 57, 3184 YOLD(for you Discordians out there)World History this day1099 – Godfrey of Bouillon was made the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread: July 23 is The Birthday of Haile Selassie
July 23 is the 204th day of the year, there are 161 days left-Tis Prickle-Prickle, Confusion 58, 3184 YOLDToday's number is 23 -23 is The 9th prime and the sum of 3 consecutive primes; 5, 7 and 11The...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: July 29 is Global Tiger Day
and it is also Setting Orange, Confusion 64, 3184 YOLD (for you Discordians out there) World History this day 1148 - This is the official end of the Siege of Damascus and the Second Crusade, even...
View ArticleNEW Improved Monday Open Thread: July 30 is the International Day of Friendship
July 30 is the 211th day of the year; as well as Sweetmorn, Confusion 65, 3184 YOLD to discordians.That said, I'm going to skip my usual intro and kick around the number 30 a bit. It is, of course, the...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - July 2018 Yard Report
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: August 5 is Work Like a Dog Day
and it is also Boomtime, Confusion 71, 3184 YOLD (for you Discordians out there)World History this day0025 - Guangwu claimed the throne as emperor, thereby restoring the Han dynasty after the fall of...
View ArticleNEW Improved Monday Open Thread: August 6 is the Hiroshima Peace Memorial...
August 6 is the 218th day of the year; as well as Pungenday, Confusion 72, 3184 YOLD to discordians.Six, the product of two primes and who cares. Regular 6 sided figures, hexagons, will tile a plane....
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: August 12 is World Elephant Day
and it is also Prickle-Prickle, Bureaucracy 5, 3184 YOLD (for you Discordians out there) It should be prety much the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, and, I shit you not, it is called The Glorious...
View ArticleNEW Improved Monday Open Thread: August 13 is International Lefthanders Day
August 13 is the 225th day of the year; as well as Setting Orange, Bureaucracy 6, 3184 YOLD to discordians.Sandy Koufax, Ted Williams, The Snake. Any question?Twenty years of schooling and they put you...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: August 19 is World Humanitarian Day
and it is also Sweetmorn, Bureaucracy 12, 3184 YOLD (for you Discordians out there)World History this day1612 - The "Samlesbury witches" were put on trial. This was part of a onging flurry of...
View ArticleNEW Improved Monday Open Thread: August 20 is World Mosquito Day - Invite one...
August 20 is the 232nd day of the year; as well as Boomtime, Bureaucracy 13, 3184 YOLD to discordians. At least 16 artists or groups have produced albums named simply 20 or Twenty. C'mon, folks we need...
View ArticleIt's Sack Like A Visigoth Day
Be it known that we hereby proclaim World Visigoth Day, aka Sack Like A Visigoth Day May 22 was World Goth Day. On May 22, 2017 in the comment thread to this post I noted that there was no World...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: August 26 is Womens's Equality Day in the US
and it is also Pungenday, Bureaucracy 19, 3184 YOLD (for you Discordians out there)World History this day1071 – The Seljuq Turks hammered the Byzantine army at Manzikert, and took the emperor...
View ArticleNEW Improved Monday Open Thread: August 27 is National Banana Lovers Day
August 27 is the 239th day of the year; as well as Prickle-Prickle, Bureaucracy 20, 3184 YOLD to discordians.3 cubed, woo hoo, a triangle of triangles. We could go all fractal from here, but it takes a...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: September 2 is Liliuokalani's Birthday, Damnit!
The US recognizes but no longer really celebrates JV Day, and recognizes National Blueberry Popsicle Day, but not the queen we overthrew (by proxy) in order to seize Hawai'i. and it is also Setting...
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