21/Twenty One/XXI

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It's not often we really take a look at numbers in general, but I want to share with you a special number. 21. So, why 21? Well let my list tell you the ways..

• Blackjack (aka 21) - The point of the game is to get or get close to 21 without going over and beat the dealer
• 21 Gun Salute - ceremonial military honor performed when 21 rounds are fired from a battery of artillery pieces
• 21 - the number of spots on a standard cubical die (1+2+3+4+5+6)
• Port 21 - Standard TCP/IP port for FTP connection
• Pier 21 - (not to be confused w/ the Port) the "Gateway to Canada" for immigration
• 21....Jump Street. Good ol' Johnny Depp.
• 21 - NASCAR driver Bill Elliot
• 21 - The atomic number of Scandium (rare earth mineral)
• 21st President - Chester A Arthur
• 21st Amendment - repealed the 18th Amednment (prohibition)
• 21 - Age to legally drink in the US
• 21 - Age to legally gamble in the US
• 21 - a drinking game.... a fun one at that.
• Twentyone - a TV quiz show in the 50's.... got busted for being rigged. heh.
• 21, the movie - "They proved the Vegas Blackjack System was beatable...by beating the hell out of it."
• Centry 21 Exposition - another name for the Seattle World's Fair on April 21, 1962

But, most importantly

• 21 days until I'm back home.....