I totally forgot to mention,

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but yesterday was 42 Day, as in, the date (101010) is binary for 42. So we watched the Hitchhiker's Guide movie and made Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters, which were awful, and I realized that it's very sad that Douglas Adams passed away during the movie's production because, despite wrapping things up nicely with Trillian and Arthur and Zaphod and the inspector or whoever she was, there were still threads hanging with Humma Kavula and Zaphod's extra head and arms.

So.

In honor of that I would like to (re-share) this picture wherein someone had added the appropriate caption, "the ships hung in the sky in the much the same way that bricks don't."

And know you know exactly how that is.

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In one of the articles I excerpted for yesterday's 10-10-10 in the news post, 101010 in binary equalling 42 in base 10 was mentioned.

Newark Star-Ledger: Thousands of marrying couples make 10/10/10 a date to remember
Rohan Mascarenhas/The Star-Ledger

When Jessie Blum, 27, of Rutherford started scouting for a wedding day, she said her fiancé immediately liked Oct. 10.

"He’s a computer guy, and 10/10/10 is binary, which is the language of computers," she said. "101010, in binary, adds up to 42, which he loves."

As for the significance of 42, the reporter neglected to mention it. Sloppy reporting.

Oh, and the icon is in honor of the link to Fail Blog. I Can Haz Cheeseburgers had an ad there selling T-shirts with Fluffy on them.

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Hehe.