Please take a hard look at this picture on the left and tell me what is missing. Because I gave the answer away in the title of this post it shouldn’t take you long to realize there is no 13th floor at this hotel. Well if you think about it there is a thirteen floor but they just didn’t label it as 13. As a society are we insane for believing a number is bad luck? Do you believe 13 is bad luck for you? Maybe I should knock on wood for saying this but the number thirteen has never mattered much to me but found it interesting the hotel was so superstitious it skipped the number entirely.
“If we are to believe the latest conclusions of Tony Wright (speaking above in a National Geographic documentary) the left brain hemisphere has not simply dominated a more passive right; rather, over time, it has changed our neurochemistry and neural structures to support its own ascent. In his new book, Left in the Dark, Wright argues that “humanity is suffering from species-wide brain damage” and this damage is the “root cause of our obvious insanity.” – Via BoingBoing.com
After sitting behind a mom traveling alone with a screaming toddler today who wouldn’t put a seat belt on, my advice from earlier in the week was brilliant the more I think about it.
If you have ever traveled abroad you are familiar with the customs process. In the Caribbean I had no problem but for some reason the Canadian authorities seem to love me and upon entering their country question me like crazy. Until recently I didn’t have or need a passport for traveling to Canada. The last time I went to Canada the customs agent asked me what I was going to be doing in the country and I replied “training some Safeway employees how to publish websites”. Well evidently not having a passport (I didn’t need one at the time) and using the word “training” was all they needed to hear to make me go to some secondary screening process for the next hour while those I was traveling with went straight through to the baggage claim.
Paul Karl Lukacs has one of the most humorous stories I’ve read in a long time on his blog. For some reason I get a kick out of people standing up to authority (and their rights). Not because they disrespect authority but because our systems are crazy yet everyone seems to comply with them. I don’t know that I would do the same thing but man is his story funny.
For anyone who doesn’t use Twitter you may not have seen this but I thought what Tyler was asking was pretty logical. @BiggerMarbles pointed out others have wondered the same thing and below is a good answer which explains why Batman can’t fly.
