Here’s the scenario:
You’re hiking or biking through a wooded area when the call of nature strikes. Miles away from a restroom, you decide to venture off the path and seek a secluded spot to tend to matters. You eventually settle on a spot beneath an interstate overpass.
After finishing up, you notice a leather satchel [...]

I was roundly mocked when I took to the Bocce Ball field on Saturday evening, this despite my earlier display of prowess. The "Lithuanian Master" they called out, derisively. Well, I promised that I wouldn’t boast, but rest assured that when darkness fell, the ridiculing had ceased. Join me, won’t you, in a rendition of [...]

If you catch this wave, the longest you can go is one hour, 40 minutes and 39 seconds.

Should we buy a Wii?
After reading about such Wii titles as Endless Ocean and Brain Age, I’ve decided to soften my anti-gaming system stance, at least to the point where I’ll consider bringing one into my home. Three of my four children have birthdays at the end of August so I can justify a high-end [...]

I found this in a Sunday (London) Times story on Nassim Nicholas Taleb* and have paraphrased it here for your consideration:
You toss a coin 40 times and it comes up heads every time. What is the chance of it coming up heads the 41st time?
State you answer and I’ll tell you if you think like [...]