Tuesday, April 25, 2006

274

274, the number of pages in Highland Pack, gives no satisfaction whatever. It doesn't have the guts to be prime and can only be halved. It can't at least be plainly workable, like 275, or a bit more diverse yet, like 276. 273 can even be divided by two primes (7 and 13). I like that. There's some personality. But add one and I get stuck with a cowardly number that does just about as little as a number can do, that can't distinguish itself in any way--unless that is somehow distinctive. Like baloney on white toast.

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