Mini People Visit Part Wiedemann’s Number (Blog 403)

I’ve discussed Simon’s number, which is a special number meaning infinity plus one, used only when going to Staines, now I need to come up with a number that describes how many times my brother’s family visits me. The thing is, I don’t know how many times they’ve visited me, so the number is a complex one. Very much like pi. Is it an irrational number, or is it even more irrational than pi? If so, it’s a mega irrational number which sounds very exciting. Let’s see if Stephen Hawking can get his head around that, if he’s so smart. Also why are there two ways of spelling Steven/Stephen if they sound exactly the same? I think it could be to make it easier to tell who is posh and who isn’t. The ph sounds posher than the v to me, which is backed up by Stephen Hawking AND Stephen Fry. If they were called Steven, I wouldn’t take them as seriously. And what to name the special number, if I’ve already named a number after myself? How about… Wiedemann’s number?!

Sounds fair enough to me. Sure it has limited uses, but to me that makes the concept even more mysterious. Here’s a challenge to the mathematicians out there: What’s Simon’s number plus Wiedemann’s number equal? And don’t cheat by simply naming the answer after yourself (for example ‘Pete’s number’) I want to know in plain old digits. I realise it would take an exceptionally long time writing out such a number, as it’s actually MORE than infinite, but if you’re up to the challenge, good luck to you. Now what to say? I kind of want some noodles right now, but my family should be coming any minute. Is it cooking food technically speaking if you just heat up water in a kettle, pour the water in a plastic cup and stir? If so, I can cook food! If not, which is what I suspect, yeah all I can do is warm noodles. And I guess soften them! :O

Now that I think of it, as my brother’s family is visiting me and I’m not visiting myself, because that’s not possible, maybe Wiedemann’s number should be called my sibling’s name ‘Richard’s number’? Nope, I want both Simon’s number and Wiedemann’s number for me. My brother’s surname is Wiedemann too, isn’t it? So the number’s name still makes sense, but let’s call Wiedemann’s number ‘SIMON Wiedemann’s number.’ That way, there’s no ambiguity. Ok, they’ve just visited! Hiding my annoyance that the Thorpe Park trip AT NIGHT was cancelled was difficult. I really want to go there at night, like in the Simply Red song ‘Fairground’. Always have done. I actually had a dream about SR’s Mick Hucknall earlier on in the day. He was just smiling at me. I’m not sure what the dream meant, maybe it’s a weird way of telling me I’ll fulfil my dreams one day. Hopefully not at the age of 70, that’s even more embarrassing than the age I am right now. Twice as bad, isn’t it? Easy maths to work with, but that takes the challenge away.

I heard how a tree was blown over locally, blocking the road. Annoying because I was planing a drive and a walk later on. I could go another route to get to the park, but if I get lost seconds become minutes and minutes become hours. It’s just not worth it. I hate to oversimplify things, but all the visit really consisted of was various conversations. Not really worth mentioning. Sorry family. So, as I’m writing, I’m listening to Metallica’s latest album ’72 Seasons’. There are lots of people saying the solos aren’t very good and I agree, but to be fair it’s mainly the musicians who say that, and if has to be explained why the leads aren’t so creative, maybe that shows people need to stop taking the band so seriously. I mean they released an album called ‘St. Anger’ didn’t they? How’s that work? I heard anger was a sin. But if you ignore that, St. Anger could sound intriguing in a way. You could ask ‘how’s that work’ just not in a puzzled way. A curious way. ‘Simon, you’re talking about St. Anger again!’ Ah, but the guitarist keeps on using the same licks doesn’t he? And theoretically that’s fine. Anyway, long story short, eventually everyone went home. Some cooked or at least prepared noodles will be enjoyed later! Bye!