24 is..........

-considered an unlucky number in Cantonese culture because its pronunciation is similar to that of "easy to die"
-the maximum number of Knight Companions in the Order of the Garter
-the number of bits a computer needs to represent 'True Color' images
-the number of carats representing 100% pure gold
-the number of cycles in the Chinese solar year
-the number of frames per second at which motion picture film is usually projected
-the number of hours in a day
-the number of letters in both the modern and classical Greek alphabet. For the latter reason, also the number of chapters or "books" into which Homer's Odyssey and Iliad came to be divided
-a television series starring Kiefer Sutherland
-the number of points on a backgammon board


Famous Birthdays

Edith Wharton
Jools Holland
Natasha Kinski
Ernest Borgnine........

and......

'why I don't write poetry'

and a whole bunch of other people.....


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.......and goodbye Etta James......