Numb3rs

On Friday I mentioned I have a few lucky numbers. I don’t know why I have them. I don’t believe in luck or anything. I just like numbers. So here are my favorite numbers:

7- It’s a pretty popular lucky number. It’s my birthday. My birthday is 2-7-75. The two numbers that aren’t 7 add up to 7. It was also the number that the best QB for my favorite team, John Elway wore.

22- Growing up in elementary and middle school I played basketball. My best friend and I were huge Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fans. When it was time to hand out our jerseys he beat me to the 33 jersey, so I went with 22. 22 was then my basketball number whenever I could get it.

27- It’s also a take on my birthday 2-7. The great Steve Atwater wore it for the Broncos, and it was also the number worn by the late Darrent Williams.

34- One of my all time favorite football players was Walter Payton. He was great on and off the field. He wore 34. 34 was also worn by Tyrone Braxton. One of my favorite old time Bronco player that also went to college in Fargo.

42- Any geek has a special place for the number 42.

63- Is the number I wore in football from my sophomore year on. It was my second choice, but a good one. It is the card number of John Elway’s Rookie card, and also the last two digits of my social security number.

77- The number I wore my freshman year of football. Also the number of a Bronco great Karl Mecklenburg who went to college in Minnesota. It is also just two of my favorite numbers.

I also enjoy running across palindromic numbers, and numbers like 1024 and 1337 make me smile a bit too for obvious, or not so obvious reasons.