My Constant

Math and its constants and variables are what drove me to the idea that I could be an engineer.  Engineering involves math, albeit most of the time it is done by a computer these days.  I am no longer an engineer, but I still love equations.  I like when everything works out and there is a clear answer to the problem, such as x=2.  Rarely, life works out so clearly.

Lost is my all time favorite TV show, and two of the best episodes are titled, “The Constant” and “The Variable.”  If you followed the show, you should know that the characters did some time travel, and if they cycled through time enough, there could be fatal consequences.  However each one could choose a constant (a particular person) between time frames that would save them from death when they thought of them or talked to them.  In the episode entitled “The Variable,” we learned that the people and their choices are the variables.  If you didn’t watch Lost, all this probably makes no difference to you, so here’s the important thing: