Man, never really imagined I'd be getting old.
Even tho' that's a big number, bigger than 42... but there's something about the number 4 I've always liked and it's "all the fours" today, so I think it's going to be a good year. Not that I'm a numerologist or anything, I just like it
What's special about 44?
- it's a "Happy Number"
- you take each digit, square them and then add 'em together. Then do the same again with that number, and eventually 'happy numbers' will eventually just be reduced to 1. So 4²+4² = 32 ... 3² + 2² = 13 ... 1² + 3² = 10 ... 1² + 0² = 1
- it's a palindrome
- it's octahedral (picture a pyramid that starts with 4 and is mirrored blow ground)
- the 44th president of the US was Barack Obama
- Mark Twain used it to refer to the devil's nephew
- Maxwell Smart (who also voiced Inspector Gadget) was Agent 44
- Julius Caesar was killed in 44BC
- in Bingo it's called "Droopy Drawers, all the fours"... that's weird
What's special about today besides my birthday?
- Stan Laurel's birthday (b. 1890)
- Adam Smith - the 'father of economics'
- I have a few 'birthday buddies' - Stacia (my old supervisor), Ste (another android blogger in UK)
- It's national fudge day (in the US)
- It's International Day of Family Remittances
