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Voicemail has its uses, for example, when one won't be able to pick up the phone for awhile, but needs to relay a message immediately, or when other forms of communication are not possible, i.e. e-mail or texting is inconvenient or irrelevant.

However, I still usually end up ignoring it, thus rendering most of the pros as moot.

(1) Oct 10, 08 - 10:18 AM

On the subject of high school friends, just because you're different, doesn't mean you can't be friends.

(0) Jun 17, 07 - 10:41 PM

Pi is wrong.

Well, actually, maybe it would just be better to use what is currently known as 2*pi. I've always thought it would be easier if sine and cosine had periods that were just pi, not 2pi.

So should pi be 6.283185...? Should pi be the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius, instead of diameter? If so, it would take about 50 years for this to gain any momentum in the mathematical community.

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On Yearbooks

Monday, June 5, 2006 | 7:43:57 PM
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So it's the end of the year time, and there's all this fuss over signing yearbooks.

What's my stance on this? Personally, I think I'm bad at writing yearbook notes. I don't write all these complicated messages and I often have trouble thinking of what to say in the first place.

I'd rather give a short note to the person, summarizing key points or include a small anecdote, and then stay in contact with the person through other means. That way, the end of the school year isn't the end of a relationship. Sure, one can always look back to the message to reminisce a bit, but isn't an actual conversation better? It's not good to live in the past either. Reflecting is fine, but dwelling is not. And if the relationship was truly strong enough, one would think that communication would continue between the people.

But maybe I'm just trying to make myself look good since I know my messages can be somewhat... lacking in quality. I'm not one of those people that writes a rough draft 3 days in advance, but I'm not one to simply say "Great year, have a good summer." I think it's a nice median.

And I wonder how many people came here from the link I left in their yearbook? Comment? That way we can still keep in touch!

- Ryan Gochee
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4 Comments

  1. Jeremy Tuesday, June 6, 2006 | 1:37:27 PM

    Well, I don't see how signing yearbooks is dwelling on the past, but I do agree that the whole yearbook signing thing gets old after awhile. If you can't write anything original in my yearbook then I'd rather you not sign it.

    Look for a blog post from me on this in the near future..

  2. jessica lancaster Monday, June 19, 2006 | 9:23:48 PM

    ryan i totally agree with you although i did ask you to sign my yearbllk, but you also have to look at it as a way of remembering all of the things that occured during that school year. how else would i remember mr. olsons class??

  3. Ryan Tuesday, June 20, 2006 | 3:07:30 PM

    Yeah, that's true... it's sort of a trigger for me. Reading yearbook entries helps me remember all the experiences I've had with the person. That's why I want everyone to sign my yearbook, just in case I start to feel a bit nostalgic =P

    And yay! It looks like my website -spamming- advertising worked!

  4. Christine Thursday, June 22, 2006 | 8:28:46 PM

    I'm here because of the "link" you left in my yearbook! And I think I probably agree with you on pretty much all of that... That was a very vague sentence. But yearbook signing is also just kinda...fun. I think that's the major point here. Maybe?

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