Something very weird happened to me last Wednesday. I experienced not one, but two (quite unrelated) coincidences that day. Here are the four events, in chronological order:
1. On the way to school, I listened to a podcast of NPR's Sunday Puzzle. One of the puzzle solutions was "Cats cast," as in, the cast of the musical Cats.
2. Upon arriving, I frolicked off to chemistry class, where I engaged in a spirited discussion about fate and predetermined destinies.
3. After school, my mom picked me up, and announced that she had spontaneously purchased tickets to the musical Cats for that night.
4. At home, I logged on to my computer and posted a comment on Gabriel's post about fate and predetermined destinies.
Coincidentally yours,
Tay
Cats was very good, by the way.
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Amazing Me
Until that fateful night, I lived alone on the streets. When I was nine, I was visited by an enigmatic woman who soon vanished, leaving behind a note. I could not read it, but I kept it in my pocket, hoping it would someday be useful.
One wintry night- my fourteenth birthday, I would later learn- the zombies came. As I turned to face them, I felt a glowing feeling of power welling up inside me. The zombies began to retreat, as if repelled by an invisible barrier.
Suddenly compelled to visit the library, for the first time in my life, I chose a book and found that the same strange magic allowed me to read. Suddenly, I heard a crinkling sound inside my pocket- the mysterious note. It contained only a name and an address. The wonders of technology allowed me to use this information to locate Castle Nyx and my fiendishly evil cousins.
One wintry night- my fourteenth birthday, I would later learn- the zombies came. As I turned to face them, I felt a glowing feeling of power welling up inside me. The zombies began to retreat, as if repelled by an invisible barrier.
Suddenly compelled to visit the library, for the first time in my life, I chose a book and found that the same strange magic allowed me to read. Suddenly, I heard a crinkling sound inside my pocket- the mysterious note. It contained only a name and an address. The wonders of technology allowed me to use this information to locate Castle Nyx and my fiendishly evil cousins.
2 comments:
Have you read Why Buses Come in Threes: The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life by Robert Eastway, Jeremy Wyndham, and Tim Rice (Foreword)? It has a chapter on coincidences, which is pretty interesting :)
Rui Xuan
No, I have not, but it sounds like the kind of book a math geek like myself would greatly enjoy. Thanks for recommending it!
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