How to Tell If Your Child Will Become an Engineer

by | Mar 11, 2025 | Humor

It starts subtly. One day, you notice your child stacking their snack crackers into a precise, load-bearing structure instead of simply eating them. Another day, they spend hours rearranging LEGO pieces until their tower meets an unspoken structural integrity...

An Engineer’s Guide to the Perfect Gift

by | Feb 6, 2025 | Humor

It’s me, Mr. X., your friendly neighborhood (anonymous) engineer—still with full access to our blog! I’m back with another dose of edutainment. February finds me in a state of cautious optimism. The frigid Kentucky winter has not yet bested me, though my driveway has...

An Engineer’s Guide to A New Year’s Resolution

by | Dec 23, 2024 | Humor

As the world prepares to bid farewell to one calendar year and embrace the next, most people mark the occasion with champagne toasts, confetti showers, and optimistic promises they have no intention of keeping. Meanwhile, somewhere in a meticulously organized...

An Engineer’s Guide to Designing a Gingerbread House

by | Nov 7, 2024 | Humor

Ah, the humble gingerbread house. A timeless construction project that has perplexed and fascinated architects and engineers alike. I, a proud practitioner of the noble art of engineering, am here to guide you through the process of designing the perfect gingerbread...

The Engineer’s Guide to Thanksgiving

by | Oct 14, 2024 | Humor

We’ve reached an impasse, or a truce if you will. We are speaking of course of our tumultuous relationship with Mr. X, the anonymous engineer bent on providing topical life skills with what we think is a definite lack of courtesy. Is Mr. X pushy? Yes. Is he nefarious?...

An Engineer’s Guide to Haunted Houses

by | Sep 20, 2024 | Humor

A Missive from the Old Plantation Greetings, dear reader. It is from the depths of a dimly lit chamber, nestled within the hallowed walls of an old Kentucky plantation house, that I pen these words. The air here is thick with the musty scent of age, and the very...