I am curious.

I haven’t been curious about things like this in ages.

Yet, it seems like the right time.

Welcome to the wilÐ west!

Let’s see what happens. Stay tuned!

Not entirely unrelated, it occurs to me this is a great time to revisit the word never…

I was enjoying a podcast the other day, and the host was talking about how often he had witnessed a particular event.

I may be misremembering it, but the point is still here: he mentioned he had seen something maybe one in a million times. Or maybe it was one in a thousand. Maybe the ODDS don’t really matter.

At what point, mathematically speaking, does rarely become never? Assuming errors for rounding, one in a thousand might qualify… wouldn’t it?

Food for thought.

After all, the textbook definition:

nev•er adv. 1. not ever, at no time. 2. not in any degree, not under any circumstances.

Yet again, mathematically speaking, not ever could conceivably be a once in a lifetime event. How literal should we be? It really is so insignificant…

And perhaps always falls into the same category? After all, if it fails only once in million occurrences…

Enough philosophizing for today. I hate thinking. Plus, I need to run to the bank and reconnect to my online banking—and unlock my debit card. I understand the necessity of overzealous banking security, but the constant flags for being spontaneous are rather annoying.

Yet, I think it’s a great time to be more tolerant of the word “never.”