I kid you not, the following conversation actually happened.

The scene: My apartment, last week during the Angels-Yankees ALCS
The actors: My roommate, myself

Roommate: I really like the number 14.

Me: Why’s that? Because it’s even.

Roommate: Yeah! It’s so pretty.

Me: Oh, I like odd numbers. I have a thing for prime numbers.

[I rolled my eyes at my own statement here because, I have a thing for prime numbers? What?]

Roommate: Prime numbers are ugly.

Me: Why? Because they have no factors?

Roommate: Exactly!

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Yes, my roommate also goes to MIT.

Go Yankees!

The Ringling Brothers circus is in town for their annual show. While I’ve never actually attended the circus, I always know they’re here.

The circus transports all of their equipment and animals up from New York via train. The train pulled into Cambridge a few days ago and they parked it on a track right near MIT. Now, if you were the circus management, how would you get all those animals from Cambridge, across the river, and to the Boston Garden*?

You walk them. Naturally.

Here’s a YouTube clip from a few years ago.

Elephants on Memorial Drive

Last night was the annual elephant parade. Around 7 pm I found myself out on Mass Ave as elephants and horses passed. The circus staff was walking with them - elephants need supervision - and handing out clown noses. So now I have a Halloween costume too.

* Yes, yes, it’s no longer the “Boston Garden” technically, but it’s gone through so many names that I have no clue what to call it. I’m reverting back to the original.