by Byron Seastrunk | Oct 27, 2019 | Engineer, General, Married to an Engineer, New, Stories, Writing
We all do it. When we’re reading a book or watching a movie containing elements of our expertise and the story does something so ridiculous that we find it impossible to enjoy the story. Even worse we find ourselves sharing our disgust with anyone willing to...
by Byron Seastrunk | Sep 17, 2019 | Engineer, General, Married to an Engineer, New
Several years ago, there was a study on the differences in the way dogs and wolves interacted with people. Now I’m not going to insult your intelligence by comparing engineers to wolves but the study did reveal an intriguing similarity. Like wolves, Engineers...
by Byron Seastrunk | Aug 14, 2019 | Engineer, General, Married to an Engineer, Technology, Uncategorized
As I wrote in Married to an Engineer Part 1, living with an engineer isn’t for everybody. Not only do you have to put up with someone you often suspect loves technology more than you but living with an engineer will change you in more ways than you ever anticipated. I...
by Byron Seastrunk | Jun 29, 2019 | Blogging, Engineer, General, New, Writing
When we moved out to our ranch, my wife had to impress on me that horses were not merely big dogs that we could ride. Wagging their tail does not indicate pleasure at seeing you. Rolling on the ground doesn’t always mean their back itches and yawning certainly doesn’t...
by Byron Seastrunk | Jun 10, 2019 | Engineer, General, New, Technology
The first time I saw Spock turn to Captain Kirk and say, “This plan only has a 5.377 percent probability of success,” I was hooked. Spock was able to use his massive intellect and compute the probability of the Enterprise surviving an encounter with the...
by Byron Seastrunk | Apr 7, 2019 | Engineer, General, Married to an Engineer, New
I really don’t think it’s fair for my wife to break into uncontrollable laughter every time I explain that as a systems engineer, most of my job involves facilitating communications. I understand why she starts laughing, despite speaking a common language,...
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