Tag: Number Play
No Foolish Consistency
Even the palindromes are helping us celebrate Canada’s 150th. Huh? Let’s start with some examples of palindromes, which are words that read the same forwards and backwards: Kayak Madam Noon The aforementioned “huh” Similarly, a palindromic phrase or sentence reads – except for word breaks – the same forwards and …
Exactitudes & Estimations
Visitor numbers for Las Vegas lead to some awe-inspiring reflections and scary implications. In 2013, 39,668,211 people visited Las Vegas. That’s according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, which might have an understandable interest in not undercounting visitors. But for our purposes here, let’s take that at face …
Six Six
Exploring whether it’s a coincidence that so many famous authors have six letters in both first and last names. Our currently local newspaper recently carried an article about Robert Jordan, the now-deceased author of what is, apparently, ‘one of fantasy’s most acclaimed series’; to wit, The Wheel of Time. …
The Gift of Wonder
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with short reflections on 12 gifts We have some things in common, my next-seat neighbour and I: we are both female, we are both bored. She, however, is about 7 years old; I am more like 57. Although she’s perfectly well behaved, her slump …
A New Meme
Watching a preschooler learn how to tackle complex jigsaw puzzles reminds me of learning how to be a business consultant.
By the Numbers
What’s with marketers and their use of numbers, anyway? Idly eyeing the checkout-stand magazines on offer, my scan stops at Time: ‘100 Ideas that Changed the World’. Interesting. Ennobling even: I feel smarter just standing here. But what’s this to its left? Forget the world-changing ideas: Cosmo is offering …