With this post, my blog turns 100. Not 100 years old, but I have reached a century of posts on blogspot.com. What a momentous occasion…seriously, I know that none of you that are reading this probably care, but I do. I have been writing blogs on and off for five years now. I’ve written about many things. I have postulated, analyzed, researched, humored on, capitulated, and made fun of several topics over those years. I have done so with little more help than an internet connection, a healthy appetite for learning, and a superb wit. What am I going to do now that I have joined the century club of bloggers? I am going to write a blog about all the famous (or infamous) 100s I can think of, then go and take a nap. Oh, you mean long term…I will continue blogging three times a week until I run out of ideas/topics or I find something better to do with my time (maybe a girlfriend). So here we go on the top 100s I can think of.
Of course we know that 100 years is a century and there are many century clubs out there. Many of them are night clubs, dance halls, and lounges in major cities throughout the United States. The Century Club is also a fictional gentleman's club in Manhattan for wealthy executives set in the Marvel Comics Universe, specifically in the Spider-Man titles. The Texas Century Club is The Texas Ornithological Society's challange to record 100 species of birds in 100 Texas counties. One of the best ways Texas Aggies can demonstrate leadership and keep the treasured traditions of Texas A&M alive is by giving back to the University through their Century Club (yeah, I included that, and I am a little ashamed). The Century Club of California was founded in 1888 as a private women's club. The Century Club may well be the longest ongoing tradition associated with the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) National Conference on Education. The Travelers’ Century Club is a unique travel club limited to travelers who have visited 100 hundred or more countries. The Wine Century Club is a club for people who have tried 100 different wine grape varieties, and others interested in the concept. For my friends and I, the century club Is taking one shot a minute for 100 minutes (it is a derivation of power hour used for special occasions).
What about the year 100? What can we do with that? Year 100 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire that year bricks became the primary building material. The Roman Army reached 300,000 soldiers. And the Emperor Trajan created a policy intended to restore the former economic supremacy of Italy. In Europe, lions had become extinct in the Balkans by this date. Pakores, the last king of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom, took his throne in Asia in the year 100. And the Chinese began widespread use of paper starting around this year. In the Americas, the Hopewell tradition began in what is now Ohio in this year. The Mexican cultural center of Teotihuacan reached a population of 50,000 and the Moche civilization emerges and starts building an advanced society in present-day Peru. In religion during the year 100, the appearance of the first Christian dogma and formulas regarding morality are attributed to this year. The compilation of the Kama sutra began in India in the year 100. And the Gospel of John is believed to have been written around the year 100.
There are plenty of quantities of 100 out there and the number 100 is widely utilized in several fields. 100 (one hundred) (Roman numeral C, for centum) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. One hundred is the square of 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standard SI prefix for a hundred is "hecto-". One hundred is the basis of percentages (literally "per hundred"), with 100% being a full amount. The atomic number of fermium is 100. On the Celsius scale, 100 degrees is the boiling temperature of pure water at sea level. Most of the world's currencies are divided into 100 subunits; for example, one euro is one hundred cents and one pound sterling is one hundred pence. The U.S. hundred-dollar bill has Benjamin Franklin's portrait; the "Benjamin" is the largest U.S. bill in print. Maxim magazine compiles a list of women each year that are seen as attractive and puts them on their Hot 100 list. Billboard creates a weekly list of songs ranked by popularity that is deemed their Top 100. And if you search “top 100” on the internet, you can find hundreds of lists of top 100 things from wedding songs, to poems, and even federal government contractors. The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual favorite song list based on the votes of Australian youth radio station Triple J’s listeners. “The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History”, is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart. 1 vs. 100 is a game show created by Endemol that is aired in several countries. The game pits one person against 100 others for a chance to win a large cash prize. There are 100 members of the United States Senate. 100 is the number of tiles in a standard Scrabble set. "The First Hundred Days" is an arbitrary benchmark of a President of the United States' performance at the beginning of his or her term (ask Obama how his went). The number 100 appears in the titles of numerous books, films, TV shows, episodes of TV shows, songs, etc. The number of yards in an American football field (not including the end zones) is 100, which is also the minimum distance in yards for a Par 3 on a golf course. It is the record number of points scored in one NBA game by a single player, set by Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors on March 2, 1962. When a TV series reaches 100 episodes, it is generally considered viable for syndication. (For shows picked up midseason, this point is generally reached during a prime time series' 5th season). I guess that means my blog is fit for syndication.
Ok, now I am starting to bore myself with all this “100” stuff. I hope everyone realizes that reaching this milestone hasn’t come easy. I work hard the hours and sometimes days before I post a blog to make it the most interesting thing I can produce (except for maybe this one). So, here’s to another 100 blog posts and hopefully it won’t take five years to get there. Peace out.
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