Have you ever thought about a deck of cards? There are 52 cards in a deck. Four suits.
There are also 52 weeks in a year. Four seasons. Which really doesn't sound like very many as I get older, but it's not a coincidence.
On this first day of spring (well, at 5:58 this evening, actually), I find myself thinking about the deck of cards, but more importantly, it feels like a decent time to think about the 52 weeks of the year. Between now and this time next year, so much will have changed--we will have had another baseball season, the school year is about to come to an end and by this time, the next one will almost be over too. Football season, basketball season, the holidays, summer, burning leaves, and...it will all come all the way back around to where we are now. And we will wonder where it all went.
I watched a documentary about Ricky Jay earlier. He was a master of card tricks before his death last November. Here's a clip.
If you're looking for something based more on the history, the facts, and the probabilities behind a deck of cards, I'll post a TED talk tomorrow, on the first full day of spring.
There are also 52 weeks in a year. Four seasons. Which really doesn't sound like very many as I get older, but it's not a coincidence.
On this first day of spring (well, at 5:58 this evening, actually), I find myself thinking about the deck of cards, but more importantly, it feels like a decent time to think about the 52 weeks of the year. Between now and this time next year, so much will have changed--we will have had another baseball season, the school year is about to come to an end and by this time, the next one will almost be over too. Football season, basketball season, the holidays, summer, burning leaves, and...it will all come all the way back around to where we are now. And we will wonder where it all went.
I watched a documentary about Ricky Jay earlier. He was a master of card tricks before his death last November. Here's a clip.
If you're looking for something based more on the history, the facts, and the probabilities behind a deck of cards, I'll post a TED talk tomorrow, on the first full day of spring.
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