I went and saw The Last King of Scotland tonight, and it was excellent—Forest Whitaker certainly deserved the Oscar, and the rest of the movie was superb. The best moment came after the film, however, as we were walking out: a group of 5 older ladies, all dressed up very nicely, were walking in front of us and were all looking quite distressed. (No doubt due to some of the gruesome sights in the film.) I then hear one lady, dressed in an expensive looking fur coat, exclaim, “Well that certainly wasn’t the movie I thought it would be! It was supposed to be about Scotland!”

Classic.

Wow—these Ford Mustang billboards are awesome. Apparently, they’re made of a certain material that blurs the background, no matter the conditions. Very cool, and definitely non intrusive.

Also, some people are just idiots. That’s all I’m going to say about that.

My friend Paul is taking a math class this semester called “Math in Different Cultures.” (Yeah, ridiculous, isn’t it?) And today he claimed that our way of numbers is flawed with the following example:

Three men decided to split the cost of a hotel room. The hotel manager gave them a price of $30. The men split the bill evenly, each paying $10, and retired to their room.

However, the manager realized that it was a Wednesday night, which meant the hotel had a special: rooms were only $25. He had overcharged them $5!

He promptly called the bellboy, gave him five one-dollar bills and told him to return it to the men. When the bellboy explained the situation to the men, they were so pleased at the honesty of the establishment that they promptly tipped the bellboy $2 of the $5 he had returned and each kept $1 for himself.

The Problem: Each of the three men ended up paying $9 (their original $10, minus $1 back) totalling $27, plus $2 for the bellboy makes $29. Where did the extra dollar go?

Once you’ve thought about this one, check out the solution.