The Engineer’s Guide to Pumpkin Carving

by | Oct 8, 2026 | Humor

Well, well, well. Look who decided to crawl out of the engineering shadows. It’s been a while since we’ve heard from our mysterious, self-appointed expert, Mr. X. Long enough, in fact, that we thought perhaps he had retired his unsolicited “guides” for good. We were...

An Engineer’s Guide to Friday Night Lights

by | Aug 26, 2025 | Humor

Dear reader, I’m here to explain why Friday night football in small-town America isn’t just a game. Rather, it’s a highly coordinated, multi-disciplinary engineering project that happens to involve teenagers tackling each other in front of half the county. From...

An Engineer’s Guide to the Easter Bunny

by | Apr 14, 2025 | Humor

There are plenty of things we engineers accept without question: Newton’s laws, the value of pi, and the fact that someone will always pull the fire alarm right before project close out. But every spring, something truly strange happens. A human-sized rabbit allegedly...

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...