Comments for life by the numbers http://www.toddroyal.com one mathematician's outlook on life, the universe, and everything. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:27:11 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on new additions… by Natalia http://www.toddroyal.com/2009/11/01/new-additions/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Natalia Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:27:11 +0000 http://www.toddroyal.com/?p=57#comment-157 Hi Todd!!! This is Natalia. I hope you remember me and amazing UCI PhD program (yep, I am still there...). I see that you enjoy your life without algebra&complex analysis&another precious math courses... lucky you! I am planning my mom's and dad's vacation here (they are coming just in a week) and I was thinking to spend two days in San Diego. So I would appreciate if you can give me ideas about nice places to see in your home-town! :))) You can reply on my uci email (nkiselev@uci.edu). P.S. It was nice to accidentally find your website!!!!!!!! Hi Todd!!!
This is Natalia. I hope you remember me and amazing UCI PhD program (yep, I am still there…). I see that you enjoy your life without algebra&complex analysis&another precious math courses… lucky you!
I am planning my mom’s and dad’s vacation here (they are coming just in a week) and I was thinking to spend two days in San Diego. So I would appreciate if you can give me ideas about nice places to see in your home-town! :) ))
You can reply on my uci email (nkiselev@uci.edu).
P.S. It was nice to accidentally find your website!!!!!!!!

]]> Comment on back in action… by Jason Merino http://www.toddroyal.com/2009/07/27/back-in-action/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Jason Merino Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:22:26 +0000 http://www.toddroyal.com/2009/07/27/back-in-action/#comment-152 Todd! It's good to hear that things are going so well for you. I'm really looking forward to life after wedding planning because of many things, on of which is that it will be cooler and Angie and I will have more time to ride our bikes. Congratulations on your newest degree! That's awesome. I can't wait to see you and everyone else in September. Love and peace. Todd! It’s good to hear that things are going so well for you. I’m really looking forward to life after wedding planning because of many things, on of which is that it will be cooler and Angie and I will have more time to ride our bikes. Congratulations on your newest degree! That’s awesome. I can’t wait to see you and everyone else in September. Love and peace.

]]> Comment on the novel 100… by troyal http://www.toddroyal.com/2009/02/13/the-novel-100/comment-page-1/#comment-151 troyal Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:29:53 +0000 http://www.toddroyal.com/2009/02/13/the-novel-100/#comment-151 Thanks for the kind words and good advice guys. I should be starting on <i>Gone With the Wind</i> soon, and I'll let you know how that works out for me. Thanks for the kind words and good advice guys. I should be starting on Gone With the Wind soon, and I’ll let you know how that works out for me.

]]> Comment on the novel 100… by austin http://www.toddroyal.com/2009/02/13/the-novel-100/comment-page-1/#comment-150 austin Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:39:28 +0000 http://www.toddroyal.com/2009/02/13/the-novel-100/#comment-150 I made a similar new years resolution. Only minus the list. I have my own collection of 100 books (give or take a few) that I still need to read. I just made a simple "resolution" to read more. Good luck with the list, but I'll offer a suggestion, sometimes books should be read by everyone, but most of the time, reading should be done for enjoyment. If one of the books looks boring, or is boring, skip it. It'll take all the fun out of reading and you'll hate it by the time you complete the list. I made a similar new years resolution. Only minus the list. I have my own collection of 100 books (give or take a few) that I still need to read. I just made a simple “resolution” to read more. Good luck with the list, but I’ll offer a suggestion, sometimes books should be read by everyone, but most of the time, reading should be done for enjoyment. If one of the books looks boring, or is boring, skip it. It’ll take all the fun out of reading and you’ll hate it by the time you complete the list.

]]> Comment on the novel 100… by Jason Merino http://www.toddroyal.com/2009/02/13/the-novel-100/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Jason Merino Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:12:58 +0000 http://www.toddroyal.com/2009/02/13/the-novel-100/#comment-149 Commendable my friend. There are a lot of good books on that list. Good luck Todd. Commendable my friend. There are a lot of good books on that list. Good luck Todd.

]]> Comment on officially employed… by Jason Merino http://www.toddroyal.com/2008/11/12/officially-employed/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Jason Merino Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:49:20 +0000 http://www.toddroyal.com/2008/11/12/officially-employed/#comment-148 I read fairly regularly. That gets you up to 3. And congrats on the new and exciting job. I read fairly regularly. That gets you up to 3. And congrats on the new and exciting job.

]]> Comment on officially employed… by Ben http://www.toddroyal.com/2008/11/12/officially-employed/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Ben Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:24:12 +0000 http://www.toddroyal.com/2008/11/12/officially-employed/#comment-147 When I heard that you got a job at WD I was like...man, I bet people will be all over his nuts now for HDD's. Praise God, it would have been a real shame if the whole down economy and you not making it into the program you wanted would have caught you in the middle. Glad this will extend your time doing what you wanna do with school to the extent that you can. Good luck and may this job turn into an awesome career. When I heard that you got a job at WD I was like…man, I bet people will be all over his nuts now for HDD’s.

Praise God, it would have been a real shame if the whole down economy and you not making it into the program you wanted would have caught you in the middle. Glad this will extend your time doing what you wanna do with school to the extent that you can.

Good luck and may this job turn into an awesome career.

]]> Comment on officially employed… by troyal http://www.toddroyal.com/2008/11/12/officially-employed/comment-page-1/#comment-146 troyal Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:54:29 +0000 http://www.toddroyal.com/2008/11/12/officially-employed/#comment-146 All right Ty. I'll keep you posted. All right Ty. I’ll keep you posted.

]]> Comment on officially employed… by tgray http://www.toddroyal.com/2008/11/12/officially-employed/comment-page-1/#comment-145 tgray Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:34:40 +0000 http://www.toddroyal.com/2008/11/12/officially-employed/#comment-145 I am a regular. And would love to see the benefits of it. I am a regular. And would love to see the benefits of it.

]]> Comment on finally… by troyal http://www.toddroyal.com/2008/11/05/finally/comment-page-1/#comment-144 troyal Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:24:36 +0000 http://www.toddroyal.com/2008/11/05/finally/#comment-144 <p>Do you mean you would "decline to state" a party affiliation, or do you actually mean the American Independent party? In either case, I would understand the desire, but then you wouldn't be able to vote in the primaries, so I would consider it strongly before actually making the switch.</p> <p>With regards to 1, I believe it's possible that some voted for Obama on the basis of race, but from what I have read in Time (which I take with a grain of salt), the economy played a much bigger role in influencing voter's decisions than race.</p> <p>On 2, we agree.</p> <p>As for Obama's citizenship, let me direct you to http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/citizen.asp and http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/06/obama-birth.html . It seems to me that his citizenship is a non-issue (however I understand your concern prior to seeing this document).</p> <p>I would also agree that McCain was trying to win support by picking a female running mate, but the fact that he did indicated to me that he was more concerned about votes than who his right hand would be. Obama could have selected Hilary and united the Dems, but (in my opinion) he chose a running mate based on qualification, not voter sympathy.</p> <p>There may be some changes that I might find worrisome, but as I've already said, I agree with Obama on a lot of his policies, so as long as his personal policies remain the same, I think we'll be okay. This could be because I generally have a more "liberal" take on a lot of issues, but I always weigh moral or ethical issues against my Christianity, and I wouldn't vote for something that doesn't jive with that. You can ask me more specific questions about that if you like, and I'll do my best to answer them.</p> <p>And like I said, I appreciate your honesty and your opinions, and I've been in a lot of these conversations lately, so I don't take anything personally.</p> <p>It's funny how these kinds of things never came up before though. I would say that I was somewhat apathetic in college, but getting married and being in grad school has challenged a lot of my previous assumptions and forced me to defend (and sometimes rethink) a lot of my beliefs.</p> Do you mean you would “decline to state” a party affiliation, or do you actually mean the American Independent party? In either case, I would understand the desire, but then you wouldn’t be able to vote in the primaries, so I would consider it strongly before actually making the switch.

With regards to 1, I believe it’s possible that some voted for Obama on the basis of race, but from what I have read in Time (which I take with a grain of salt), the economy played a much bigger role in influencing voter’s decisions than race.

On 2, we agree.

As for Obama’s citizenship, let me direct you to http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/citizen.asp and http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/06/obama-birth.html . It seems to me that his citizenship is a non-issue (however I understand your concern prior to seeing this document).

I would also agree that McCain was trying to win support by picking a female running mate, but the fact that he did indicated to me that he was more concerned about votes than who his right hand would be. Obama could have selected Hilary and united the Dems, but (in my opinion) he chose a running mate based on qualification, not voter sympathy.

There may be some changes that I might find worrisome, but as I’ve already said, I agree with Obama on a lot of his policies, so as long as his personal policies remain the same, I think we’ll be okay. This could be because I generally have a more “liberal” take on a lot of issues, but I always weigh moral or ethical issues against my Christianity, and I wouldn’t vote for something that doesn’t jive with that. You can ask me more specific questions about that if you like, and I’ll do my best to answer them.

And like I said, I appreciate your honesty and your opinions, and I’ve been in a lot of these conversations lately, so I don’t take anything personally.

It’s funny how these kinds of things never came up before though. I would say that I was somewhat apathetic in college, but getting married and being in grad school has challenged a lot of my previous assumptions and forced me to defend (and sometimes rethink) a lot of my beliefs.

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