I woke up this morning and realised that I was 22. It’s a bit strange how an entire year elapses overnight. It was only yesterday that technically, I was 21. And I got no “Happy 21st” wishes yesterday thankyouverymuch.

I then realised that 22 is just an awesome number because it contains two of the same number – one after the other – no spaces in between or anything! First and foremost, it makes remembering how old you are that little bit easier. When you get to my old age, your memory starts to fade and having one less number to remember makes all the difference in the world.

Another reason which leads me to elevate it to its ‘awesome’ status is that consisting of two number 2’s, and there are two digits, and 2+2 = 4, and 4 / 2 = 2, and 1+1 = 2. Also, thanks to my old friend Pythagoras, a^2 + b^2 = c^2. That actually bears no relavence whatsoever, I just have a thing for Pythagoras. And his theorem is pretty funky too.

You also know when you are a bit geeky when you get lots of emails from forums you are registered on wishing you Happy Birthday. It’s also slightly disturbing to come to the realisation that you regularly post on a lot of these forums. It’s also a bit disconcerting to have to stop yourself from going immediately to said forums and post “Its my bday lol”.

Not that any of this happened to me – its just a passing comment.

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