45

I am not sure what is going on with blogger but I hope I am not getting ready to waste my time typing this post and it not work.  The format seems to have changed and at my age I am pretty resistant to change.

Before I get started:

LA Update
She is still pregnant as this is being typed (Friday, April 20 11:00pm). 
**Correction - Highlights From Jan - March 2012**
We will have 3 kids within 3 Years, 7 months and 11 days (Providence Record)

45
I turned 45 today.  Nothing real pretty about those numbers except that I have lived long enough to see them.  I posted here about turning 43 (which I think is one of my finer posts and you can get your history lesson from 1967) and told you that there wasn't much to get excited about after 43 and still hold that belief.  I am officially stuck in the middle for the next year - equidistant between 40 and 50 which isn't a bad thing because next year 50 is officially right around the corner.  You can't even flip them and feel better about how old you are - 54.  However, I am grateful for everyday that I have been blessed with thus far and each day going forward.

I want to give a shout out to my friend Jeremy who I share my birthday with.  I thought that I was the only one born on the April 21 until I meet Jeremy.  If I have to share my birthday, Jeremy is a good choice.  I hope you have a great day...You want to change birth years?

Before I get to far along, I wanted to give a big Thank You to my good friend over at I'm Just Sayin' for his shout-out.  As he mentioned, we haven't known each other very long but I have laughed with him more that most of my friends and I think enough of him and his wife to that I convinced LA to have another baby (the one that is just minutes/hours/days away) so we both would have 3.

There are two things I think about when I here the number 45:

1. Colt 45 Malt Liquor 
2. Colt 45 Handgun

Colt 45 Malt Liquor
I can testify today that in my 24 years of being of legal drinking age that I have NEVER tasted a Colt 45.  The reasoning is simple it's malt liquor and comes in a 40oz bottle.  Let's be honest, if you have to drink it out of a brown paper bag it can't be that good. It's 3.33 normal beers in one bottle and as my mom would say is nothing but "horse pee" (she says that about all beer and how do I know? I have had friends drink it and have smelled it).  It is currently owned by the Pabst Brewing Company (a beer that I have tasted and agreed with my mother that it was "horse pee"...sorry Greg.  Greg is right when he brings Pabst to a party, he doesn't have to worry about anyone stealing his beers).

Colt 45 Handgun
I can testify today that never in my life have I held a Colt 45 handgun.  I am pretty sure I wouldn't know a Colt 45 from a Colt 44 or Colt 46 (I would be able to pick out a 357 Magnum because of Dirty Harry,  a Uzi thanks to Bruce Willis and a M16 thanks to Tony Montana).

A few facts about the number 45:

• The sum of all the digits of 4 and 5 is 9 and 0+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+9 = 45
• I grew up with 45rpm records (for most of my reading demographic, you have no clue what I am talking about...stop by the house one day and i will show you a few of them and the record player they played on)
• A soccer match is two 45 minute periods (much longer that I could last unless I played goalie)

Famous Athletes Wearing The Number 45

• Michael Jordan - after his return form retirement / his number 23 had been retired by the Bulls / He was near as magical in the 45 so he switched back 23 when they unretired his number 23
• Bob Gibson - Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher
• Pedro Martinez - Baseball
• Tug McGraw - Baseball
• Cecil Fielder - Baseball
• Jeff "The Judge" Davis - Clemson Football / Ring of Honor
• AC Green - NBA Basketball
• Chuck Pearson -NBA Basketball
• Rudy Tomjanovich - NBA Basketball

Not So Famous But In Honor Of His Death

• Adam Petty - died in accident at New Hampshire Speedway in a practice session.  After his sons death, Kyle Petty took over driving the number 45 until he retired.