39: A Study

Thirty-nine is:
· In the title of the John Buchan novel and subsequent films (one by Alfred Hitchcock), The Thirty-Nine Steps

· The code for international direct-dialed phone calls to Italy

· I-39 is the designation for a US interstate highway from Normal, Illinois to Wausau, Wisconsin. I-39 is the 39th shortest of the primary "two digit" Interstates.

· The eternal age of comedian Jack Benny, and many other people as they grow older

· The traditional number of times citizens of Ancient Rome hit their slaves when beating them, referred to as "Forty save one"

· Japanese Internet chat slang for "thank you" when written with numbers

· "'39" is a track on Queen's album A Night At the Opera. If the tracks on Queen's original studio albums are numbered in sequential order starting with their first, "'39" does in fact fall in the thirty-ninth position

· "39" is a song by The Cure on their album "Bloodflowers"

· The duration, in nanoseconds, of the nuclear reaction in the largest nuclear explosion ever performed (Tsar bomb)

· The number of Scud missiles which Iraq fired at Israel during the Gulf War in 1991

· World War II broke out in Europe on September 1, 1939

· Pier 39 in San Francisco

· The retired jersey number of former baseball great Roy Campanella

· Uniform of former Pittsburgh Pirate Dave Parker

· Uniform of football's Larry Csonka of Miami Dolphins; Hugh McElhenny of the San Francisco 49ers; and Steven Jackson of the St. Louis Rams

· Super Bowl XXXIX, a Super Bowl in the 2004-2005 National Football League season between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles in Jacksonville, Florida.

At age 39:
· Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong became the 1st person to set foot on the moon
· Charles Goodyear led the way to the effective use of rubber
· Jimmy Connors reached the U.S. Open semifinals
· Joseph Smith Jr., Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. were assassinated

Vegas Pics

The Palazzo

ak in the massage chair in our room

ak & Jeffe by the canal

Tao Beach club, aka MTV Spring Break

drunk (bald) Elvis and akjn

showtime!

one last look ... until next time!

Super fun, super cool ... we had a blast! The LOVE show was worth the whole trip!