FortyTwo

This is my Forty Second blip and given that's also the name of my journal...

Forty Two related facts (courtesy of Wikipedia):

# The number 42 is The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, according to Douglas Adams' series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (see Google Humour).

# The Kumars at No. 42 television series. In 2003, Sanjeev Bhaskar hosted a BBC show nominating The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Britain's Best Loved Book.

# 42 is one of The Numbers on the television show Lost, along with 4, 8, 15, 16 and 23.

# The band 'Level 42' had a hit in the 1980's with the album 'Running in the Family'

# "42" is an episode of Doctor Who, set in real-time lasting approximately 42 minutes. Kinda funny take on '24' I guess :-)

# There are 42 laws of cricket.

# In the ASCII character code and other codes based on it (ISO 8859-x, Unicode), represents the asterisk character (*).

# In New York City, 42nd Street is a main and very popular two-way thoroughfare. Landmarks on it include the Chrysler Building, Grand Central Station, the main branch of the New York Public Library, and Times Square. The New York City street is also the setting for a movie by the same name (which also gave fame to its eponymous title song), and which later inspired a musical adaptation, 42nd Street.

# 42 is the number of months the Beast will hold dominion over the Earth (Revelation 13:5).

# It is a composite number; its factorization makes it the second sphenic number and also the second of the form {2.3.r}.

# It is the number of teeth wolves and dogs (canines) have.

# I'm not 42 for quite a few years.

... and as I say on my about page, its also the size of our TV :-)

Enjoy your weekend blippers.

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LOTD: Chris M's Moo Cow. I liked the space and colours ... and makes you think.

Honourable mention to Kamran. A great final portrait.