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January 8, 2016

Strange But True!

Q. Are you familiar with the opening passage of the U.S. Declaration of Independence? If so, how might you use it to find almost certain “happiness”?

A. Start by picking any word out of the first 20 and call it your “special” word, says John Allen Paulos in his book “A Numerate Life.” Count its number of letters and move forward that many jumps (words) to your next word, and then do this again and again.


 
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