I'm 47

It's been a crazy busy few weeks and I haven't really had the time to reflect on my latest birthday.  I like being busy.

Work, football, band...

Work is... well, it's still a new role and figuring it out.

Football - we're continuing to grow and have more opportunities for kids so it really means keeping up and not a lot of down time (I can't complain, parents and coaches are committing way more time to it than I am, so I can't let them down).

Band - so many graduations, and then readying for competition, on top of a parade season.

It's a lot going on.

All the while I've turned 47.  What does that mean.  I'm that inch closer to retirement I guess, the far off horizon seems much more measurable.

But, as I've done on these posts for birthdays, I want to focus on the number.  What is 47

It's not even, and not a divisible by 4 which I like... it's close.  

But, it's prime.  That's neat.  Gives you the 'prime year' feel.  Maybe this is it.

It's the atomic number of silver.  Silver... 2nd place.  That's not bad (tho' some will tell you 2nd place is 1st place loser).

Some also say that 47 is '42' adjusted for inflation, and you know how much I like 42

In the game Hitman, the player is 'Agent 47'

Also interestingly enough, 47 was once touted as the 'quintessential random number'.  Asked to pick a random number 1-100 and it comes up pretty often; and it was an inside joke on Star Trek that they tried to work the number into every episode.  Maybe I should dedicate separate articles to every instance.

Well, back to your standard programming!  Time to go celebrate them dads.