Three runs off the half century, and only got one maiden over. Geez, it’s been a while since I posted here… Like the rest of the world, my attention has been over on twitter and facebook but I do want to keep the tradition alive of doing a blog post on my birthday. So here I am, again!! Last year, as I celebrated my birthday, I was in LA at the PDC . This year, I’m in Seattle, with the threat of snow, and the anticipation of the new Microsoft Store opening in Bellevue , and a Miley Cyrus concert! As happened last year and the year befire, I’ve received best wishes from my friends via email, tweets , and on facebook and these started the day before, due to my down under crew. I even got my own hash tag , thanks to Brian Madsen Thank you to all who left me a note – I will get back to each and everyone of you! I promise!!! Now, some trivia about my age . It is the atomic number of silver ! It is the fifteenth prime number, a safe prime , the thirteenth supersingular prime , and the sixth Lucas prime . Forty-seven is a highly cototient number . It is a strictly non-palindromic number . It is also a Keith number , because it recurs in a Fibonacci -like sequence started from its base 10 digits: 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47…. Its representation in binary being 00101111. It is the Telephone dialing country code for Norway But, by far and away, the best thing I heard was a comment left on facebook which I used as the title of the post. If you need explaination - leave me a note… Oh, by the way. To celebrate the day, I am introducing a new avatar. I don’t know how long it will stick - but it’s a new me… Comments Anonymous November 18, 2010 “3 years short of 50 and… um… Only one bad year”  ? If I follow the Cricket-speak, a “maiden over” translates to a “shutout inning” in American. Anonymous November 18, 2010 close.. ill give you a hint — a maiden is also a term for a woman ;) Anonymous November 23, 2010 Manufacturer and suppliers of shower drain, sheet metal stamping, metal stamping, Equipment parts by OEM/ODM service with diversified schemes. Additional resources Last updated on 2010-11-18