Numb3r Crunching
Lemme just say I really don’t like it when people change letters into numbers, or objects, for “creative purposes,” for marketing, or for any other reason I can think of. 9 times out of 10 it just looks ridiculous and distracting.
The movie Seven? It’s usually written, “Se7en.” Which makes me want to 1) yelp and/or 2) say “Seh-seven-en.” Confusing. A seven is not a sideways V.
Lemme also say that I’ve thought about being a math major only once, and it happened two weeks ago when I was in Delaware.
I wanted to make as good time from NY as I could, since I had to pick up some friends at a crop-circle airport in suburban Maryland. It was nighttime and I absolutely needed to stop for food, since I’d skipped lunch. I went to a drive-thru and bought my meal – and then couldn’t for the life of me decide whether I’d be better off driving 50 mph for 10 minutes, steering with my knees while my hands worked the fry/meat-product combination…
…or if I should wait 5-10 minutes, eat my food safely and more quickly, then drive at least 60 the rest of the way.
If you work out the math, we will then both have wasted brainpower on something trivial.
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