See? How addictive the number is...

Ode to Stephanie : )

Sunday, November 28, 2004

Twenty-Seven Days and Counting...

I just had a 'holy crap' moment, as I realized Christmas is only four weeks away.

We've not done any shopping, or found a tree, or baked cookies....

I'm happy it's coming, I just wish it would slow down a bit!

Arlo Guthrie's 27

(thanks to Paula)

We walked in, sat down, Obie came in with the twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one, sat down.

-Alice's Restaurant

Diva with 27-iva's!

The View co-host Star Jones exchanged vows with banker Al Reynolds at a star-filled New York ceremony Saturday.

Jones, 42, wore a strapless dress designed by Reem Acra that featured a 27-foot train.

That guy from Spin City and Mad About You

Richard Kind did a guest spot on Scrubs last week, playing a hypochondriac who had been to the hospital 27 times.

Clintonian 27

27 000 guests due at opening of Clinton library

Presidential 27

From America: the Book

On page 5 of the election guide:

John Kerry: Monogrammed for Greatness

The Quest: Started early. Upon being slapped at birth, Kerry applied for, and was awarded, the first of his 27 Purple Hearts.

The Bastard on the Couch : 27 Men Try Really Hard to Explain Their Feelings About Love, Loss, Fatherhood, and Freedom

Funny pages 27

(Pooch Cafe)

Comment-able 27

This post was noticed in the comments over at Debbie's Blatherings, regarding the 30th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons:

In honour of the 30th anniversary of D&D, I did nothing. I didn't do anything for the 27th
anniversary, which is a more interesting number, so I thought why bother? Besides, every soul-crushing moment I spend with a computer instead of a telescope is a testament to the power of D&D.

Pepper Pike
"...this was an important moment in my life and I wanted to see every bit of it. Twenty-Seven million dollars was nothing to shrug off, and it was going to be mine. I could sense it. The ticket felt right in my hand, the numbers seemed to dance on the paper, telling me that they were winners."

The Prankster

Article in The New Yorker 10/4/04
About Maurizio Cattelan's art...


In one of his art exhibits in Milan, he placed statutes of three adolescent boys hanging from a branch of an oak tree in a public square. The public cut two of the children out of the tree, the other one stayed hanging for view officially for twenty-seven hours.

Naked (economics) 27

(from Curtis)

Just thought I'd share a paragraph out of Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan:

From 1947 to 1975, productivity grew at an annual rate of 2.7 percent
a year. From 1975 until the mid-1990s, for reasons that are still not
fully understood, productivity growth slowed to 1.4 percent a year.
That may seem like a trivial difference; in fact, it has a profound
effect on our standard of living. One handy trick in finance and
economics is the rule of 72; divide 72 by a rate of growth (or a rate
of interest) and the answer will tell you roughly how long it will
take for a growing quanitity to double (e.g. the principal in a bank
account paying 10 percent interest will double in seven years). When
productivity grows at 2.7 percent a year, our standard of living
doubles every 27 years. At 1.4 percent, it doubles every 51 years.

Super hero 27

From R.

New Yorker 27

27 Minutes via Paul Begala ; )

While live blogging the presidential debate last night I made sure to note when there was 27 minutes left...(of course, I wanted it to be 2.7 minutes at that point the entire debate could have ended at 27 minutes and we would have the same outcome.)

BUT that is not my point my point is,

PAUL BEGALA of CNN also noted, in his blog, while live debating...at 10:03 that there was 27 minutes left in the debate.

Go here to check it out. I kid you not : )

Paul Begala is in the know...weird.

(ETA: It should be pointed out that the above was posted courtesy of Jennifer. Thanks!)

Ohmygod...they killed Kenny!

Thanks to Ray for pointing this out...



South Park is looking for the 27 All-Time Greatest South Park Episodes.

South Park fans, it's time to pick The 27 All-Time Greatest South Park Episodes. Why 27 episodes? We'd have 28, but that's absurd. We'll show the 27 All-Time Greatest Episodes, starting Fri., Oct. 22, and going all weekend!

Electoral 27

During my class last week, I overheard one student explaining the Electoral College to another student.

"So say you have a state, and that state has, oh....27 electoral votes.

(Sort of) math-related 27

In Ookla the Mok's song Math,

How many roads must a man walk down before his journey is complete
Given: That he wants to walk twenty-seven miles and each road that he walks is 4000 feet

Polka 27

Ad in this week's Artvoice:

'Come Polka with Paul Clark'
Democratic Candidate for Congress--27th District

Taxable 27

In this week's issue of The New Yorker:

Article entitled "Tax Code"

...and the fourth rate from 28 percent to 27 percent, with more cuts scheduled for later years.