Following the publication of Everything that Rises in 2007, the McSweeney’s.net website hosted a contest in which readers could submit their own instances of such convergence phenomena and I got to choose my favorites and then respond (sometimes, for that matter, I posted my own). The full run of that eventually four-year run can be accessed here (opens in new tab). Below are a few of the later entries from the original contest to get you in the mood.