By the Numbers

No one can successfullly argue that our lives are not filled with numbers. Just look at a clock. For the most part, regrettable as it may be, we are ruled by time.

"What do you want to do?"

"I dunno. How much time do we have?"
Therein lies a prime example. SO here's some numbers from me. Just to give some ideas...

287.56 - the amount of money in taxes that was waived in front of me on my last paycheck
5 - the highest number of discs I have had from Netflix at any one time.
8765 - the number of items currently on my iTunes
07/11/2006(1525 EDT) - the "as of" for the previous item
34946 - the number of minutes that 8765 turns into (plus 46 seconds)
250 - the width, in pixels, of my sidebar (to your right)
3.14 - the exact number that is pi
23349.7 - the distance I travelled between August 10, 2005 and June 15, 2006 - almost exclusively between school and home
36.82 - the average fuel economy for last school year
116 - the difference, measured in cents, between the cheapest and most expensive gallon of gas I purchased last school year
348 - the number of months left on my mortgage
2.919 - my undergrad GPA
6 - the number of people (that I know of) that read this blog
33 - one of my former students' favorite numbers
10-40 - a request for time, in my old bus driver lingo
2 - fewest number of shifts I worked at a paying job
172 - the number of products with "unbiased ratings" in August 2006's Consumer Reports
3 - the number of days between when I started this post and when I posted it

... and of course:
4 8 15 16 23 42