I once tried to forget the number 13.  I would consciously skip it every time I counted anything in the hopes that it would eventually drop from my consciousness.  I was trying to train my mind to forget something that has always been, but I couldn’t do it in the end.  It’s hard to forget [...]

The reason I don’t like tandem bikes or kayaks, or any other tandem style sporting apparati, is that they are conceptually fallacious.  On the surface they seem cute and romantic, but it’s a farce.  At first glance you might think, “That’s nice, they’re working together as a team to achieve a common goal”, but what [...]