2008-07-17 17:01
welcome to the 100th post atTHE COMBUSTIBLE ENGINEER!i wasn't entirely sure how this milestone should've been celebrated. for a minute, i thought i'd just add the little heading at the top… Read More
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2008-07-17 14:50
my elementary school used to have some sort of arrangement with a book seller. once a week, we'd get a pamphlet of books for sale. i think it was called The Weekly Reader. i'm sure the idea… Read More
2008-07-17 14:47
i was sitting in my living room last week eating dinner and flipping through the channels. i stopped on an episode of a show called Two & A Half Men. it stars Charlie Sheen and another g… Read More
2008-05-21 18:56
just another interesting British documentary. this one is about the physiological differences of the brain depending on gender. i thought the part about the size of ones ring finger in relat… Read More
2008-05-21 17:05
a couple months ago, i received a summons in the mail stating that i had been selected for jury duty. it was a familiar looking envelope as i'd received one around the same time last year, a… Read More
2008-05-13 18:29
the band Pink Floyd has been tied to a lot of movies ever since VCR's and video cassettes became mainstream commodities. they've scored several movies in the past (The Wall, More), but their… Read More
2008-04-24 21:38
dear partially hydrogenated soybean oil makers-i'm aware that your partially hydrogenated oils are in thousands of mass produced foods. you've basically had the market cornered for decades… Read More
2008-04-18 14:06
have you ever heard a new band and thought you were experiencing something special? not just musically, but an awareness of a potential. a somehow smug feeling like you were there in the beg… Read More
2008-04-17 18:44
last sunday, in Vancouver, WA., 11 year old Tyler Hemmert was slacking off in a park with his friend, Nate. another kid came along and they got into an argument. the disgruntled boy, in a te… Read More
2008-04-17 14:12
STEEL CAGE MATCH!!!for the first time in my voting lifetime, Pennsylvania will actually play a fairly crucial part in the democratic primaries. it comes down to either Barack Obama or Hillar… Read More
2008-03-13 20:19
today is truly a momentous event.its leap day and it comes along but once every 4 years.it is sort of like when we turn our clocks back an hour in the fall. an extra hour to do with what you… Read More
2008-03-13 19:54
the human brain is an amazing machine.any real research on what we know about it shows how truly ignorant we still are. we're the most intelligent species on the planet, responsible for coun… Read More
2008-02-27 04:19
a video i just finished making for the bandGhost Away.the song is called "Holding Back The Ocean".enjoy!(Ghost Away is a band out of Philadelphia. they released a 3 song EP last month in ant… Read More
2008-01-31 21:15
last friday, my job required me to go to a black tie awards banquet. my boss had submitted a stained glass window that i designed and fabricated and it was chosen as a nominee. he was away o… Read More
2008-01-31 19:31
one time, when i was a boy, my dad offered a suggestion to help me fall asleep. my issue wasn't so much of a rebellion against bedtime but an overactive brain. dad told me i needed to stop t… Read More
2008-01-29 22:12
everyone probably knows at least one person who could be classified as a 'hipster' or a 'scenester'. its a shame because the word itself sounds positive, yet it seems to have mostly negative… Read More
2008-01-24 04:34
i'd read this years ago, but a friend of mine from college sent out this updated version with a politicized twist. i thought it was pretty thought provoking, even though some of the math is… Read More
2008-01-09 05:40
as you may well know by now, Radiohead's newest album, In Rainbows, shook up the music world even before its release. though their website claimed they were in the studio working on new mate… Read More
2008-01-07 01:32
i vividly remember a conversation i shared with a couple of my room mates during my sophomore year of college. we were sitting around late at night listening to the newest Tool CD and discus… Read More
2008-01-06 17:19
"witness protection"a waning winter's soft reflectionshows the ceilings of protectionswiftly caving ina spectacular disasterthe shields could not drop fasterstepping back and giving in.the a… Read More
2008-01-04 17:38
what's a "best of..." post with out an obligatory "worst of..." post? usually, when i do write a review, it's with the notion of a purposeful recommendation. when something great happens, i… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
literacy ain't what it used to be.the written word has gone out of fashion. it's not that we, on the whole and as an average, can't read and write. it's that we, on the whole and as an avera… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
its been a long time since i've contributed to my heavily neglected blogspot. apologies, all around. so, now that's out of the way.a few months ago i leapt from at plane. i plummeted to the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
we've got it...right?just checking.HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
i've always had a hard time with pricing my artwork. its a tough decision. every piece is one of a kind. today, i came across this story and it gave me a little perspective. Legend has… Read More
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