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I am surrounded by “smart” people.

I am surrounded by “smart” people.  True story.  I live and work with a bunch of people who are so intelligent it’s frightens me sometimes, but I often wonder how they found their way out of the garage...

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GuacFest 2012

GuacFest 2012.  Because nothing says Thanksgiving like Guacamole.No lie…this is an actual event in my office.  How was this event started?  Because Engineers are ultra-competitive people and someone...

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Genius Clowns

Believe it or not, geniuses do have a sense of humor.  It’s often a slightly twisted and weird sense of humor, but they do have one.  You just have to learn how to appreciate it.A few months ago, I...

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Top Ten Signs You're Living With an Engineer...

...or an Engineer in Training.1.  You can’t use your home office because its looks like a cross between Radio Shack and a place where computers go to die.2.  You have a credit card for Fry’s...

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The Battle of the Passwords

Well, my son is grounded from his computer again.  This shouldn’t be a big deal right?  The kid whines, tells you how much he hates you, slams his bedroom door, blah blah blah.  I’m sure that’s what...

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Middle School Science Fair, Rollercoasters and Homeland Security

Last year, the science teachers at my son’s school gave everyone the same assignment for their final projects.  Build a “scaled down model of a real working rollercoaster”.  This also involved a field...

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My Conversation with Captain Obvious

My company is big on camaraderie.  We are always having large group meetings, Town Halls, United Way events, Ice Cream Socials, etc etc.  Sometimes, these events come with required clothing.  Matching...

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Fiction Friday

As Bill sat across from Sam in the elegant dining room she had so meticulously decorated and cleaned to perfection, all he could think was ‘It’ll be over soon. Couple more hours and I’ll be rid of her...

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Fiction Friday - Prompt #2

          Samantha wasn’t sure she could pull it off. She was sitting across the table from Bill as he looked through the file of life altering documents on her laptop. She was trying not to start...

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February Fiction Challenge – Part 1

           Have you ever had the feeling someone’s watching you?  Call it a sixth sense or just being perceptive if you want, but either way; you just know when someone is watching you.  I felt him...

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February Fiction Friday!! Prompt 3

     The room went still around me again, just like at the train station.  Click.  Nothing else in the room mattered except him.  His presence felt large, unworldly and slightly dangerous.  Part of me...

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February Fiction Friday!! Episode 4

“What makes you think I’m just a man?”  Simon said with a small grin.          Somehow, I knew he was going to say that.  Over the last couple hours I had been unnerved in a way I had never been...

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March Fiction Friday Episode #2

       All Ella could think to do was run.  Every instinct she had was screaming that Simon wasn’t what he appeared to be and her only option was to run.  Problem was, she wasn’t going to get far...

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March Fiction Friday Episode #3

Ok…I’m going to change this up a little and turn it into the first person.  I haven’t tried this way before in this story, so I’ll have to see what you think.  If you hate it, I’ll return to the old...

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March Fiction Friday #4

     My Grandmother had always taught me to trust my instincts, and my aunt had always taught me not to trust Jeff.  I was starting to think she was right, but Jeff was my cousin and wouldn’t do...

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April Fiction Friday - Episode #1

      I sat in the chair and watch as Grover, my possessed cat, leap down from the coffee table and sauntered over to waive himself around Simon’s legs, purring as if Simon were holding the ultimate...

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Friday Fiction Returns - May Prompt #1

          I woke up slowly again, only this time my head felt like it had been split in two.  I didn’t move right away, I just lay quietly where I was and listened.  Listened and wish someone would...

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Fiction Friday! May Episode #2

         When I stepped through the door of my childhood home for the first time in five years, the first thing I noticed was the feeling of comfort and piece that washed over me.  I had struggled over...

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Fiction Friday (or Saturday) is Back!! Episode 1 of a New Tale

         Change.  Why do people always say change is good for you?  Why does everyone always try to make you think change will make you a better person…a stronger person?  “Change will keep you...

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