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Tuesday, December 27, 2005

In Love with a Geek

Warning: This is an utterly shallow, lovesick post written on a wintry vacation day thinking about the summer (see pic on right, Wellfleet, Mass. ahhhhh).


I have not (yet) had occasion to be jealous that my husband's attention has strayed to other people. But one thing I do know: I have always come second to his love of math. Ned is the first one whom I ever heard use the term, "recreational math." I am strictly right-brained, liberal arts (heavy emphasis on liberal, but that's another post altogether), so I thought, "whoo-hoo! Fun with numbers. Where do I sign up?" So, in college, where we first met, (25 years ago) I had to pretend to be interested in polyhedra in order to get his attention. But look at this guy. Can you blame me?

(Also, for extra points, can you guess what object has been cropped from this photo?)
posted at 4:14 PM  # permalink

Ummm,

Slide rule?

Graphing calculator?

Susan, that's a very cute fellow you got there...

:-)
My person weird fellow has the most beautiful blue eyes on the planet. Ned would be a close second.

(Hint to future parents: If you have synaesthesia do NOT have kids with someone who is obsessively interested in math. a+b=autistic offspring. Unless, of course, you want autistic offspring. It's even scarier if one of you has a big head, which Susan and Ned don't seem to have.)
— added by Anonymous Camille at 5:32 PM, December 27, 2005  
ooops, "my personal weird fellow" not "person weird fellow"... father of both of my kids. One ASD one normal one.
— added by Anonymous Camille at 5:33 PM, December 27, 2005  
Exactly right, Camille. I have synaesthesia,(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4375977.stm thanks to Autism Diva) and Ned is, as you see...total math geek. We have one definite autie and one just a little "dusted" with it.
— added by Blogger Susan Senator at 5:43 PM, December 27, 2005  
I am strictly right-brained, liberal arts

We must be related ;o)

can you guess what object has been cropped from this photo?

Is it this?

NB: British humour - its not meant to be offensive ;o)
— added by Blogger Kev at 6:04 PM, December 27, 2005  
Hey Kev,
Good guess! But no. I will let it be for a little longer before I tell you... (gotta get readers somehow, right?)

Yes, I have often thought that we might be related! :-)
— added by Blogger Susan Senator at 6:07 PM, December 27, 2005  
I've also got a touch of synaesthesia.

I guess the odds were against us...
— added by Blogger Ned Batchelder at 6:47 PM, December 27, 2005  
So...does Ned have a single, unattached brother in his 40's? Hmmm???

-Susan, the socially inept,
mother to twins Autumn (nt) and Jakob(autistic)

...guess which twin I can relate to better...
— added by Blogger Susan at 7:34 PM, December 27, 2005  
Hi Susan,
Ned does have a very good-looking brother in his early 40's, but he's also married! Very happily, too...
— added by Blogger Susan Senator at 8:04 PM, December 27, 2005  
Hi Susan,
What a handome guy indeed! Hmmmm what has been cropped from the photo, maybe a SketchPad or Laptop? Maybe a book about Great Mathematicians? Just guesses:)
— added by Blogger KCsMom at 1:46 AM, December 28, 2005  
The prize goes to KC's mom! It is the laptop that has been cropped! I wanted to see what he looked like without it! :-)
— added by Blogger Susan Senator at 5:30 AM, December 28, 2005  
He is hot! But not that surprising because you are stunning! How do you manage to take such good care of yourself with everything you have going on? You're an inspiration, that's for sure.


Massachusetts Mom :)
— added by Anonymous Anonymous at 10:44 AM, December 28, 2005  
Ned without glasses! It took a minute for me to figure out what was different.
— added by Blogger Pete at 11:56 AM, December 28, 2005  
Booo! Get a room you two!

The shame. Posting about his unruly windswept hair, rugged beard, blue eyes you could get lost in, tight little butt....

Sorry, I seem to have lost my train of thought.
— added by Blogger Damien at 12:56 PM, December 28, 2005  
Susan, once again a post of yours leaves me itching to post a response and yet, all I got is "Yikes!"

I actually thought that you cropped the photo cuz Ned wuz nekkid from the waist down...

Oh man, I am giving my head images I don't need to have!

Curse you Susan Senator!
— added by Blogger Kudla at 5:11 PM, December 29, 2005  
Kudla,
What a wonderful thought! However, he was appropriately dressed in shorts and he had his trusty laptop out, which I got rid of, because I get so sick of seeing that thing (the laptop, I mean)!
— added by Blogger Susan Senator at 5:24 PM, December 29, 2005  

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