Ford Field - Detroit, Michigan

Row 42 at the site of Super Bowl XL, Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.

Jim Leonhard - S - Buffalo Bills

Jim Leonhard, out of Wisconsin, was the only member of the Buffalo Bills opening day, 53-man roster to be undrafted in 2005. Leonhard is shown here on the sidelines of the Bills November 13, 2005 home game against the Kansas City Chiefs proudly sporting The Number.

On April 29, 2008, Leonhard signed with the Baltimore Ravens.

Matt Robinson - DE - Wake Forest

Yesterday, Matt Robinson and The Number made their debut in the Inaugural Eagle Bank Bowl at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC.

Here Robinson is shown going by three Navy defenders who are demonstrating how they will be doing the "The Train" at the club after the game.

Wake Forest held on to top Navy, 29 to 19.

42 Ways to Kill Hitler

For those of you who kept saying, "I wonder when Hitler will make his way into the blog?", the time has come.

Courtesy of National Geographic, I give you "42 Ways to Kill Hitler". You may be thinking that old Quattro Due made this one up, but no, check the link. This is very real and unavoidable my friends.

USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)

Anyone want to guess how many decks the United Star Ship Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) has?

You got it Star Trek fans. 42

Rainbows

The angle at which light reflects off of water to create a rainbow is 42 degrees. So a rainbow can be located at an angle 42 degrees off the axis of the sunlight. That is, the angle between incoming white sunlight and the outgoing rainbow colors is 42 degrees.

Who knew?

State of Washington and the 42 Star Flag

On November 11, 1889, (right after Montana and shortly before Idaho) Washington proudly became the 42nd state in the Union. For a brief period of seven months and twenty-two days, our nation proudly had forty-two states.

However, because a new flag design does not become official until July 4th, there should not have been a 42 star flag. Since Washington was admitted as the 42nd state on November 11, 1889, the 42 star flag would have become official the following July 4th, but Idaho became the 43rd state on July 3rd, so the new official flag would have had 43 stars.

But do you think something like that could stop 42 from having it's own flag?

Low and behold, the public outcry for the 42 star flag was so great that many manufacturers took it upon themselves to produce, in bulk, the coveted yet unofficial 42 star flag seen below.

Love: All Heart - 42 cent stamp

On June 10, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ issued a 42–cent, Love: All Heart commemorative stamp.

The stamp was designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland. Illustrator Paul Zwolak of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, created the design for the 2008 Love series stamps. Entitled All Heart, the design focuses on a large, bright red heart that is transporting its owner to an unseen beloved who will be gifted with this heart full of love.

Chris Crocker - S - Cincinnati Bengals

Chris Crocker (not to be confused with the crackpot Britney Spears fan of The Soup infamy) signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as a free agent on October 30, 2008.

Crocker entered the NFL as the third-round draft choice of the Cleveland Browns in 2003 out of Marshall and played for the Browns through 2005. So given that he has now played for both the Browns and the Bengals, wearing The Number maybe the highlight of his career.

To the right Croker is shown posing for the camera while his teammate breaks up a pass to the Eagles' Kevin Curtis during the Bengals 13-13 tie with the Eagles on November 16, 2008. The tie was the first in the NFL since 2002. (Photo by Ron Cortes)

Crocker did get his head in the game in the fourth quarter, sacking Donovan McNabb. Crocker ended the game with a respectable, Number-inspired four tackles, one sack and one interception.

Photo by Steven M. Falk

Rule 42

In Chapter XII of Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll the King interjects Rule 42, which states, “All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.”

Everyone turns to Alice, who denies she is a mile high and accuses the King of fabricating the rule. The King replies that Rule 42 is the oldest rule in the book, but Alice retorts that if it is the oldest rule in the book, it ought to be the first rule.

An intriguing conundrum....

Connect Four

How many cells do you think there are to slide your disks into? Go ahead and count them.

Connect Four was published under the famous Connect Four trademark by Milton Bradley in 1974; however, the much older original version is known as "The Captain's Mistress".

BenJarvus Green-Ellis - RB - New England Patriots

Spurred on by The Number, BenJarvus Green-Ellis has moved from being an undrafted free agent to the starting running back for the New England Patriots (sort of a mixed blessing).

BenJarvus was signed by the Patriots as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2008 after a stellar career at the University of Mississippi. As a senior in 2007, he became only the second Mississippi running back to reach the 1,000 yard single season mark twice in his career, gaining 1,137 yards rushing. He was born on July 2,1985 and attended St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Seen above, Green-Ellis runs against the New York Giants in a 2008 preseason rematch of Super Bowl XLIII. Green-Ellis ran for 28 yard on 6 carries for the Patriots to help them complete their winless preseason.

42nd Annual CMA Awards

This morning we wanted to call your attention to the 42nd Annual County Music Association Awards (certain to be the biggest and best county music award show ever).

The reigning CMA Male and Female Vocalists of the Year, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, will unite to host the show. This is the first time that either artist will have hosted “Country Music’s Biggest Night™.” “The 42nd Annual CMA Awards” airs live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 8:00 PM/ET on the ABC Television Network.

Ryan Torain - RB - Denver Broncos

The latest Denver Bronco to sport The Number is Ryan Torain. Torrain was selected by the Broncos in the fifth round (139th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft out of Arizona State.

Before moving on to Arizona State Ryan played two seasons at Butler Community College, where he rushed for 1,396 yards on 228 carries with 20 touchdowns. Previous to that he received first-team all-state honors at Shawnee Mission N.W. High School in Kansas.

One Barrel

Did you know? One barrel of crude oil contains 42 gallons. Now did that really surprise you?