Gary_Yngve

The problem is that someone here noted that people tend to like folks with similar characteristics. So tall people like tall people, and short people like short people. In my case, I'm in the top 0.1% of the population for mathematical ability, so I tend to be picky.

Engaged to my thesis.

If yall think that I will only date women who have an advanced degree in math/science/engineering, you are taking me way too seriously. But I will say the following: she must have an appreciation for math she must be able to challenge me intellectually in some arena

But I haven't seen the latest Matrix, LotR, or SW movies yet. What does that make me?

I have fond memories from many years ago of wandering through the botanical garden at Duke with my girlfriend at the time and simultaneously muttering to each other whether there existed a Hamiltonian path through the garden.

I'm not shallow! There's more to a woman than being able to perform integral calculus or score high in a Scrabble game!

Suppose guys are mean 5'10", stddev 2", and gals are 5'5", 2". The bottom 5% of men are shorter than the top 5% of women. It makes sense that most guys will date shorter women.

She didn't like to practice multiplication? That reminds me of the joke about how Noah gathered all pairs of animals onto the Ark, and after the floods ended, he told all the animals to multiply. The two adder snakes said we can't multiply, only add, so Noah asked God what to do. God told Noah to chop down some trees and make a table for the adders. Noah did as told, built a log table, and the adders multiplied happily.

One time I broke up with a girl because she wasn't good enough at math. Or at least that was one of the tangible excuses I had for the intangible "not feeling attracted to her anymore."

Note on the front cover of Alpinist 14: "This photo was taken after the redpoint. A rope used to capture the image was removed from the photograph."

Translation for the ignorant?

I remember a big fuss raised a while ago because prisoners could get free/cheap viagra as part of their healthcare package.

I probably get 3-4 emails a day on that that sneak through the spam filter.

I still don't understand why the hell "bust a nut" is slang for male masturbation. That's like saying that "giving birth" is slang for female masturbation. And before I get jumped on, I'm not saying that busting a nut and giving birth are equal levels of pain.

Revisionist historian.

duh, i'm not talking about sexual pleasure. i'm talking about a stupid dog trick.

I understand it. It's not impressive. Now, five times in twenty minutes, or twice an hour for six hours, that would be.

That's not very impressive.

-1 = e^(pi i) (-1)^2 = 1 = (e^(pi i))^2 = e^(2 pi i) ln ((e^(pi i))^2) = ln (e^(2 pi i)) 2 * ln (e^(pi i)) = ln (e^(2 pi i)) 2 ln -1 = ln 1 2 pi i = 0 i = 0 i^4 = 0^4 1 = 0

please translate for the ignorant?

I think the happiest medium is a coed trip where there is enough critical mass for the less-represented gender. Guys likewise have a problem with this. All the gals start talking about how BCP affects their moods, and the lone guy is thinking "get me out of here."

Well, he did get arrested because they discovered he had an outstanding DUI warrant...

Ya, great fluffiness in the snoq area! Sadly I don't have anything to show of it because I caught a tip on a buried log and flipped upside-down. In the resulting struggle, my camera wriggled out of my partially zipped pocket. Didn't notice it was missing until about 20 minutes later.

Sorry to hear it, Pax. Wishing good vibes to your partner.