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Name: Ben
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Gender: Male
Interests: Reading the great works and seeing how all of life is God's truth
Expertise: HEX
Occupation: Engineering
Industry: Engineering
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Member Since:
10/20/2002
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| 1. You leave "Freezing my buns" as your away message.
2. Your boogers freeze the instant that you walk outside.
3. The air is so dry that your skin is becoming scaly like a reptile.
4. You confuse "Toasty Toes" as a new pop tart instead of foot warmers.
I'm definitely looking forward to spring.
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| I found this moving clip of Robertson McQuilkin's resignation speech. He mentioned the reason for his resignation from Columbia Internation Univeristy in 1990 - to care for his wife as she endured Alzheimer's Disease. It's a short two minute clip, but it packs a punch in describing a man's commitment to his wife and puts a face upon those vows, "in sickness and in health, till death do us part."
McQuilkin did write an article which he goes into detail about his decision.
BTW, who is Robertson McQuilkin? I remember his name from reading several articles from Perspectives last year. Check out his bio for more info by clicking on his name.
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| I found this blurb on a website about Peoria.
With a population of 112,000 and a metro statistical area population of
350,000, Peoria typifies working-class middle America. In fact, Peoria
was often a test market for many national media products. The saying
“That won’t play in Peoria” referred to this testing, and how Peoria
was commonly used as a benchmark for media standards in music, movies,
and television intended for a national market.
Ah, it makes me want to stay in Peoria. 
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| I happened to find this exercpt written by Dr. Kevin Craig, a professor at RPI. He was reflecting on his visit to National Instruments this year and how there is a lack of "It's not about me" attitude in all phases of life. You can read his e-opinion (http://mechatronics.rpi.edu/forum/opinion2.htm) if you like. But I found it interesting that he stated that engineers reflect the "It's not about me" attitude. After reading it, I feel proud to be an engineer.
Our nation is presently
facing many crises – energy, deficit, health care, environment, security, and
education. Only action solves problems; where is the problem-solving action in
this country? There is a creeping apathy in this country – a lack of enthusiasm
and interest in addressing and solving our problems. Only an “It’s not about
me” attitude gets problems solved. As an engineer, I feel we strive to
exemplify that attitude as well as anyone. The story of engineering is
inspirational. Engineers solve problems to help people. Engineers are
independent thinkers who work in teams with people of all backgrounds and
ideologies to develop the optimum solution for the problem at hand. Engineers
focus on solving problems and welcome any and all suggestions. This should
happen in all walks of life.
Bottom line: If you want to change the world, be an engineer. 
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| At church, one 4th grade girl always tells me corny jokes. I laugh because she sounds adorable and appears innocent when she delivers the jokes, but inside of me, I'm thinking that these are bad. Let me share a couple. Maybe it may serve as comic relief for you.
1. How much does the moon cost? 1 dollar, because there are four quarters.
2. Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get across to the other slide.
3. What do you get when you combine a turtle and a porcupine? A slow poke.
4. Why did the skeleton cross the road? To go to the body shop.
5. Why did the corn plant go see the doctor? Because it had an ear ache.
I will stop and spare you.
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