Driving in to work this morning, I suddenly felt my vision go blurry to the point where I literally couldn’t see anything. Fortunately, I was able to pull off the road into the parking lot of a small office building before causing an accident. After I stopped and waited for the blurriness to subside, the first thing I saw was the mailbox for the office building, which had a street number of: 2048. Rather than wonder what the crap was wrong with my eyesight, or frantically try to decide whether to go see a doctor on the spot, instead the first thing I thought was hey: That’s 
Then, after making it to work with no more blurry vision attacks, I walked up to my office — the same office I have been entering and exiting since summer 2001 — and looked at the office number and saw it: room 128. Of course, I’ve never had a problem remembering my office number But for the first time in seven years, I noticed, hey: that’s 
So, maybe the blurry vision attack was me suddenly gaining the superhero power of being able to recognize powers of 2 with lightning quickness. If so, I somehow don’t see the Justice League of America saving me a seat anytime soon.
6 responses so far ↓
Corey // 1 May 2008 at 8:36 pm
Ouch, it sounds like you’re having an episode out of Pi. Try staring at the sun a little less.
Suzi // 2 May 2008 at 7:41 am
Please tell me you went to see the doctor. The superhero power is useful, especially to a math guy, but the blurry vision thing will keep you from seeing them.
virusdoc // 2 May 2008 at 10:09 am
TIA. Small stroke. Go see a doctor ASAP. If it was a TIA, the first won’t be the last.
Update on my “super powers” « Casting Out Nines // 2 May 2008 at 9:23 pm
[...] “super powers” So yes, I did actually go see a doctor this afternoon to see if my blurry-vision incident might be something serious. It wasn’t a TIA or a stroke, because apparently a TIA lasts for [...]
virusdoc // 2 May 2008 at 10:19 pm
Have I been banned for my melodramatic alarmist comment? Just testing, because I can’t seem to post a comment on your update…
Robert // 3 May 2008 at 8:50 am
@virusdoc: Somehow Akismet classified that comment as spam. I fixed it. I have no idea why that happened. Akismet seems to have a mind of its own.
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