Humor

For the nerds:

struct  FltSoftwareEngineer
{
        double  salary;
        long    lunches;
        float   jobs;
        char    unstable;
        void    work;
} ;

Source: Introductory (humorous) introduction to “Streamlined Flight Software Design” by Steven A. Stolper, Senior Flight Software Engineer, December 10, 2010. (Click “OK” to ignore multiple errors and click the play button to advance to slide #3 here.

Two-handed Eating
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March 27, 2012

Hold it right there!

They took blood samples this morning and, because my Dad was an MD – thoracic (pronounced “thor-ass-sick”!) surgeon – I’m always curious about the “stuff” in examining rooms.

Bell Curve
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January 26, 2012
"Growing up follows a bell curve; it's best when you're over the hump!"

It’s a strap-on bunch of magnets, originally intended to hang on to nuts and bolts but here you can see it does just great with a set of channel plyers, my NRA knife, S&W 36 snubby and a combination straight and phillips head mini-screwdriver.

I found this quote that nails it.

Engineers!
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November 16, 2011

I just love engineers.

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