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November 30, 2006
I Taught Him His Crossover, Too
Apparently Tony Parker heard that I made Ruth a formal proposal yesterday and said, "Oh shit, it looks like the cool kids are all getting engaged today." Otherwise, why not do it on an off day?pci sound dowland
Speaking of our engagement, I should write down how that happened. For the kids, and all. pci sound dowland
The thing is, if you've been paying attention, you know that the wedding is already halfway planned. If you're in the loop, you know that Ruth even had a hand in picking out the engagement ring. pci sound dowland
Given all of that, you might have been surprised that I even made a "formal proposal." If so, you clearly don't know enough girls. Whatever else has already happened, no girl wants to be robbed of her one good chance to have someone on bended knee with a ring. pci sound dowland
The problem was, it seemed to me like this would only be fun if it was a surprise, and after we got the ring from her grandmother over Thanksgiving she had to be expecting it at any minute. Any kind of proposal during a traditional romantic moment -- our anniversary dinner is around the corner, and there are tons opportunities for scenic walks on the beach -- was right out. Way too obvious. I thought about it a lot, and I could only come up with one time where I felt like it wouldn't be seen coming from a mile away: during a class. pci sound dowland
So, I got in touch with one of her professors and arranged to add an extra slide to the end of the PowerPoint slide for her lecture on Wednesday. Then I waited outside of the class for forty-five minutes until the class was over and she put my proposal up:pci sound dowland
Then I went in and did the knee thing and put the ring on her. All of her good girl friends are in the class, which was a nice bonus. They all seemed to get a kick out of it.pci sound dowland
Meanwhile, here is the ring. If it were made of kryptonite, it would be able to take out Superman at fifty paces.pci sound dowland
Posted by todd at November 30, 2006 8:41 PMpci sound dowland
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Dude, love totally plateaus at 50 years and continues for the next two decades. The data above 70 is too scattered to determine a clear pattern.pci sound dowland
Posted by: tony at November 30, 2006 9:43 PMpci sound dowland
Tony, everyone knows that love comes in many forms. For some, those whose love is weak, it is indeed a lame sigmoid that plateaus around 50 years. For the strong at heart, however, it's exponential all the way.pci sound dowland
Posted by: todd. at November 30, 2006 10:12 PMpci sound dowland
This is nerdiest proposal ever. And it couldn't be more awesome!pci sound dowland
My favorite part is the graph of your love increasing over time.pci sound dowland
"Baby, will you be my partner in the laboratory of luuv?" pci sound dowland
...Awesome!pci sound dowland
Posted by: Rinners at December 1, 2006 7:01 AMpci sound dowland
Todd, this is so cool! I love everything about it, except that it wasn't videotaped so the rest of us could see Ruth's classmates' reactions.pci sound dowland
The graph is my favorite part, although it looks like love (in love units)=0 for the first 10 years or so. Is that the years of your relationship or the years of Ruth's life, because that makes a big difference!pci sound dowland
Posted by: Kate at December 1, 2006 12:50 PMpci sound dowland
It just looks like 0 because the scale is so large. The function is just y=x^2, so at 10 years it's 100. Just hard to see. pci sound dowland
However, that does mean that it's just 1 for the first year. But in this case, 1 "love unit" is really quite a lot, so that's no problem. pci sound dowland
Posted by: todd. at December 1, 2006 1:20 PMpci sound dowland
Recent polls show, this post has been deemed "the cutest post evar."pci sound dowland
Posted by: Adrianne at December 1, 2006 2:22 PMpci sound dowland
well done! i really like your graph and bullet points. you've truly raised the bar for the rest of mankind... (grumble grumble jerk grumble).pci sound dowland
Posted by: jurvis at December 1, 2006 4:46 PMpci sound dowland
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