The Edge of the Bell Curve

There's nothing like reading a nice Victorian novel to set the mind wandering on the subject of marriage.

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It's somewhat old news, but I'm still amazed at the window-washer in New York who fell 47 stories and lived. I can even understand all the miracle talk, even though it's not too hard to understand if you accept his incredible good luck to have avoided injuring either his head or pelvis. People don't think very clearly when it comes to statistically improbable occurrences.