A Salute to 5

Seeing as this is the fifth post, I am going to make it something special: A salute to the number 5. So here's a little break down on 5's stats:

• 5 is a prime number


• In binary, 5 is 101


• 5 is the third prime number (after 2 and 3)


• 5 comes after 4 and before 6


• The Roman numeral for 5 is V.

You with your hat and turning corners all the time (if that makes sense to anyone, tell me). Without you, I wouldn't know how many fingers (including thumbs) I have. You're one of the more famous numbers, with many mentions of your great name.

• 5 is an album by Lenny Kravitz


• The Jackson Five, Ben Folds Five, Maroon 5, and Five for Fighting are all bands


• Hall of Fame Baseball players Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, Johnny Bench, and Brooks Robinson all wore the number 5


• 5 is the chemical symbol for boron


• There are 5 Olympic Rings


• Subway has a $5 foot-long campaign featuring people holding up 5 fingers


• The Proclaimers had a song titled 500 Miles


• The Pentagon in Washington, D.C. has 5 sides


• The first 5 books of The Bible are called the Pentateuch


• Jason Kidd's jersey number is 5

5 is quite the dynamic number. Most people use it every day and don't even realize it. They simply take 5 for granted and never thank it. That's why I say thank you, 5. You're always there when we need you and no matter the challenge, no matter how big or small the task is, you will always be there to help. Here's to you, 5. We love you.

On May 5, 1955, Melinda Culea was born. She had roles in such classic TV series as The A-Team, Family Ties, Murder, She Wrote, and The X-Files. But, while entertaining, that's not the reason I'm typing this all up. The reason she is mentioned is because of her birthday. 5/5/55. There are no words to even start describing how hard 5 was working on that day to make that happen. 5/5/55 won't happen for another couple decades, so those that were alive on that day should rejoice that they were there. It was most likely a magic day. My point being something I forgot a couple sentences ago. Ah, right. Melinda Culea. Classic TV actress, (probably a) wonderful person with a (most likely) amazing personality. And she used to be hot*. Seriously, if you don't know who she is, Google her. She was really hot*.

In conclusion, let's take a look back at this post. There are 5 bullet points in the first list. 10 (a multiple of 5) bullet points in the second list. And, to wrap it all up, 5 paragraphs. Or 5 groups of words, anyways. I really don't think these would count as paragraphs. (One last, pre-asterisks thing: There are 5 syllables each in the blog name and the post title. I just thought I'd share that with you.)

*The use of the word hot above is used in a totally non-misogynistic and completely respectful way. I do not mean to offend anyone by using it like that, so please don't be hurt. Thank you. Oh, and by the way, this doesn't count as a paragraph because that would throw off the theme I'm going for.

Sources: http://www.wikipedia.org/ and http://www.imdb.com/