27 Years After Awarded, a Pulitzer Prize Acknowledged (NYT)

In 1979, photographer Jahangir Razmi stood nearby as executioners shot Kurdish prisoners in Iran. A picture he took for an Iranian newspaper was picked up by United Press International and published worldwide. To protect the photographer, his name was not printed. But the image proved so compelling that it was awarded the 1980 Pulitzer Prize. Last Monday Razmi finally received his award.

Something Blue

"The nurse skillfully ajusted the scale with several quick sweeps of her fingertips until it finally settled at 126 1/2.

"127" she said out loud.

I glared at her. Why did she think I'd wanted Marcuse to turn around. "Looked like 126 1/2 to me," I said.

She ignored me, recording 127 on my chart.

Little Children-27

"At least Jean didn't mind. She'd been kneeling on the rug for the last half hour, helping Lucy introduce Nanook to the rest of the twenty-seven Beanies. (How had she managed to accumulate twenty-seven Beanies anyway?)"

27th year!

The 27th Annual JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge takes place at Delaware Park Thursday, June 7 - 6:45pm.

27 Lessons About Blogging

27 hour clock!

Insomnia? Or genetically predisposed?

Gene explains why people are night owls

By monitoring when and how often the mice chose to run on an exercise wheel the team spotted a change in some of the animals’ normal rhythms.

Instead of following the typical 24 hour pattern, some of the mice had body clocks that stretched to up to a 27 hour day.

Closer study of the DNA from the mice then revealed that those on a 27-hour-cycle had the after hours version of the Fbxl3 gene, one of a large family that controls the breakdown of specific proteins within body cells.

IT ALL MAKES SENSE!!! I love the number 27 because I am on a 27 hour NIGHT OWL GENETIC CODE! Yay for Science. Now perhaps, if I stopped “drinking coffee at midnight, when the moment is not right…”

Happy Hour!

Ah, the bartendress Jen at McGarret's last night used the random number 27 in telling a story.

Love at first beer.

27 years!

"I have been in the business for over 27 years and I don't care if I do anything else in TV ever again."

Bras and Broomsticks

On page 9:

Nah. My mother isn't gay. I've seen her bat her long eyelashes and twirl her hair whenever she runs into Dave, the twenty-seven-year-old hunkalicious fireman who lives on the second floor."

(Bras and Broomsticks, Sarah Mlynowski)

I love Buffalo Spree!

For many reasons of course, but because they understand the number 27 :)

Buffalo Spree: April
Check out the headline!

And this isn't the only time...they had the Top 27 Eligibles too!

27 Dresses

According to Variety, Heigl will star in the romantic comedy "27 Dresses" for Spyglass Entertainment.

Thank you to Kristen for the link!

'BREAKFAST' IS SERVED, AGAIN

(spotted by LT)From Billboard.com's "Chart Beat Chat" :

'BREAKFAST' IS SERVED, AGAIN

Dear Fred,

I may or may not be the first to point this out, but it's the first
time in 27 years that Supertramp songwriters Rick Davies and Roger
Hodgson have cruised into the top 10 [on the Hot 100]. Gym Class
Heroes' "Cupid's Chokehold" (which samples the title track from
Supertramp's No. 1 album "Breakfast in America") moves up to No. 7.
Thanks for the great news and observations today!

Jason Voigt

Dear Jason,

You are the first to write about the Gym Class Heroes' sampling of
Supertramp. For those who haven't recognized the "take a look at my
girlfriend" refrain in "Cupid's Chokehold," it does come from the song
"Breakfast in America," as Jason notes.

Of the 10 Supertramp singles to chart on the Hot 100, only two found
their way to the top 10. "The Logical Song" peaked at No. 6 and "Take
the Long Way Home" landed at No. 10, both in 1979. So it has been 27
years, as you say, since Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson have had a
songwriting credit in the top 10 of the Hot 100.

Guess what day HAPPY FEET on DVD comes out?

Oh yeah, MARCH 27th. ;)

The penguins are in the know.

And so is Stevie Nicks!

From Nicksfix.com:

"Stevie is scheduled to release "CRYSTAL VISIONS…THE VERY BEST OF
STEVIE NICKS" on March 27th on Reprise Records. "CRYSTAL VISIONS" is a
collection of songs from her three decade career as a solo artist and
member of the legendary Fleetwood Mac."

Thanks for the link LT!

Children of Men

In 2027, as humankind faces the likelihood of its own extinction, a disillusioned government agent agrees to help transport and protect a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child's birth may help scientists to save the future of mankind. Written by IMDb Editors

FYI, the book was set in 2021. Why the change? Well, the screenwriters must have been in the know, of course!

New links

I added some new 27-related links to our sidebar.

Check out League of 27. No, it's not an error. Try this.

We've also got the 27 project, and Chris More.

Keep spreading the 27 love! :)

Chic Geek Mood Lighting

Who says geeks are clueless about interior decor? Spice up your next LAN party soirée with this stylish LED lamp. Twenty-seven LEDs divided into 9 different squares slowly fade randomly between all the colors of the rainbow. The large 12 inch panel can stand upright or be mounted on a wall. A silver frame matches your minimalist geek decor. We recommend you serve Bawls martinis while your party guests frag away basked in the multi-color glow from your futuristic LED panel.

• 
  

We found 27 products for "Penguin Skate"

Penguin Skate A charming crew of penguin kids takes to the ice in this simple but very cute seasonal pattern. Each penguin has a specially colored hat, and each dinner plate, salad plate and mug features a different vignette. The penguin in the yellow hat needs to be a little more careful! And take a look at how the poor little guy in the red hat "falls through the ice" on the vegetable bowl.

We found 27 products for "Penguin Skate"

View Clearance Items for Penguin Skate

27 KO's!

Mesi flattens Linberger

"I'm starting to feel like the old Joe Mesi," he said. "Whether it's a first-round knockout or a 10-round unanimous decision, [what matters is] if I come out of the fight pleased, happy with what I did in the ring."

Mesi improved to 34-0 with 27 KOs.

Scrantonicity 27 Lover

From BWE blog.



Last week we posed the question that was on everybody's mind: Who rocks your world harder- the newly reunited Police or the world's most popular Police cover band, Scrantonicity? Well, the results are in and it's not even close. Scrantonicity DESTROYED Sting & company by a score of 357 - 4. It was a blood bath. And judging by most of the comments, it looks like The Police never stood a chance. Here are some of our favorites:

• Talent wise-Scrantonicity. Awesomeness wise-Scrantoicity. -david lynch
• I vote for Scrantonicity-hands down! They played my wedding and ROCKED IT! Who’s Sting? -Tunalicious27
• Scrantonicity all the way, dude. Had Kevin not told us, I wouldn’t have thought it was only their third wedding. Fourth or fifth, at LEAST. -Claire
• UMM… Scratonicity is the #1 up and coming band right now. the police are like a little kid at his own birthday party. no one wants to say anything bad because that would be rude, but everyone is just their because there isn’t much else to do… or they are friends with the parents in the police. or there is a girl at the party that they have been wanting to meet. OH YEAH!!!!! -J
• I’ve never even heard of The Police. But Scrantonicity is huge here in the Electric City. -BigDCfromSCRANTON

Sorry Sting-- maybe if you're lucky Kevin and the boys will let you guys open up for them. If you head over to NBC.com you can download a Scrantonicity flyer. Don't go printing them up and hanging them around the office, though. You wouldn't want to create a panic.