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. …