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| 23rd and Mission, 2011. |
The Number 23 has been the subject of fascination to many, even leading to a major motion picture. A group of high school friends and I became obsessed with the number by way of admiration of a Milwaukee Brewer, Greg Vaughn. The power hitter wore 23 on his jersey.
It led to us finding every possible way to connect things to this number. At football and basketball games as we watched our peers battle, each time the scoreboard ticked down to 0:23, we yelled "Vaughn" in unison. We were able to paint a mural on a window of Mr. Vaughn for Homecoming (which someone later adorned with "Stevie Ray" and we still joke about today). We strove to wear #23 on our own teams. We wrote V.I.KING on our notebooks (Vaughn Is King). We went to Brewers' Fan Fest and met Greg Vaughn once, posing for a group photo and even having him autograph our Denver Zephyrs hats. He probably hired an additional bodyguard after this bizarre interaction. Our group became known as "The Vaughns." It was weird, but fun.
I still enjoy seeing this number wherever it turns up. This is from an aging street mosaic project, about which I know very little, in my neighborhood at 23rd and Mission. (More here.)
And the following piece comes from my mom...
Calendar for July 2011
July
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
Money bags
This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years. This is called money bags. So, forward this to your friends and money will arrive within 4 days. Based on Chinese Feng Shui. The one who does not forward.....will be without money.
Kinda interesting - read on!!!
This year we're going to experience four unusual dates.
1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 and that's not all...
Take the last two digits of the year in which you were born - now add the age you will be this year,
The results will be 111 for everyone in whole world. This is the year of the Money!!!
The proverb goes that if you send this to eight good friends money will appear in next four days as it is explained in Chinese FENG SHUI.
Those who don't continue the chain won't receive.......
Its a mystery, but its worth a try, good luck.
One of my favorite footballers! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Arshavin
ReplyDeleteLooks like an interesting fellow as well as an awesome football player. He wrote a book about Women, Money, Politics, and Football; is also an outstanding checkers (draughts) player. Seems like he didn't really choose #23, though -- it was just the next one available when he made Arsenal.
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