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Tomorrow's my 38th birthday.
38 isn't a particularly interesting number, mathematically speaking...not a prime or a square or a perfect number. Okay, so it only has two prime factors (2 and 19), but that's not all that special, really.
It's not socially very interesting either, not a milestone like 40 or even a "stopping point" like 39 (as in, "It's my 39th birthday!" "What, again? Isn't this your third 39th birthday?"). It's not a demographics breakpoint.
I'm told that when you turn 38 you can no longer enlist in the Army, but even if that's correct, it's not exactly significant to me. :)
I suppose there's got to be a bunch of famous people who died at age 38, especially entertainment types who burned out early on substance abuse.
Anyone know of anything I'm missing, a reason why 38 is any more significant than 37 or 41?
Edit: D'oh! I'm definitely getting old...I forgot the Transformers connection! 38 is the number on the side of Smokescreen's car mode.
38 isn't a particularly interesting number, mathematically speaking...not a prime or a square or a perfect number. Okay, so it only has two prime factors (2 and 19), but that's not all that special, really.
It's not socially very interesting either, not a milestone like 40 or even a "stopping point" like 39 (as in, "It's my 39th birthday!" "What, again? Isn't this your third 39th birthday?"). It's not a demographics breakpoint.
I'm told that when you turn 38 you can no longer enlist in the Army, but even if that's correct, it's not exactly significant to me. :)
I suppose there's got to be a bunch of famous people who died at age 38, especially entertainment types who burned out early on substance abuse.
Anyone know of anything I'm missing, a reason why 38 is any more significant than 37 or 41?
Edit: D'oh! I'm definitely getting old...I forgot the Transformers connection! 38 is the number on the side of Smokescreen's car mode.
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Twenty-seven was significant for me because of my resignation that I'd end up joining the 27 Club (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club) or some such nonsense (like Reggie Lewis). Wonder what the statistics are for mortality at given ages and if it's a smooth curve or of there are any unnatural peaks -- given this country, I'm willing to be surprised.
Oh, and hippo preemptive birdie, too.