I find the cast of characters who appear in my dreams to be a very peculiar assortment of the people from my actual life.  Do the most important people show up?  Not a bit, or at least only in passing.  For the most part, it's a bizarre mixture of the random acquaintances and the side-figures, like co-workers, professors, or friends-of-friends.  ( Read more... )

Last night I had a dream that I was taking my Algorithms I midterm. Amazingly enough, I was doing brilliantly, finishing every problem and understanding all the proofs. When I went to double-check my answers, I realized there was one thing I hadn't done - written my name at the top of the exam. At that point, I realized that while I could ( Read more... )