Comments on: Too Clever By Half

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 06 May 2006 19:21:40 +0000

I feel like there should now be some ritualistic dueling.

Nah. Nothing good can come of an engineer/scientist duel. If the scientist loses, then that’s not good. We all know the real purpose of science is to discover/develop new technologies that we engineers can use to actually build things. So, we kinda have to keep them around.

And, well, it’s obvious that the engineer getting killed is a bad thing.

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Sat, 06 May 2006 12:33:39 +0000

Ah, you seem to have confused doing boring things where the principles have all been worked out ahead of time with actually doing something new.

I feel like there should now be some ritualistic dueling.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 05 May 2006 23:23:30 +0000

Geof:

See, I thought he was on his way to being an engineer, since he was actually solving a problem and not just gazing at his navel….

Ah, you seem to have confused doing boring things where the principles have all been worked out ahead of time with actually doing something new.

By: Joyous

Joyous — Fri, 05 May 2006 16:39:32 +0000

Wait until he gets to be about 12; then he’ll be a lawyer, looking for loopholes in all the rules about why he can’t do this and when he can do that…

By: May

May — Fri, 05 May 2006 16:31:41 +0000

Stephen, first, yes you were just like this. You continually amazed your Dad and me; especially when we discovered you were reading and not just from memory at the age of three. Second, this past weekend, I watched Eli throw his ball into his crib and then try and bring it out through the slates. When that didn’t work, he put his hands through the slates of the crib and then he gradually worked the ball to the top of the side and then reached up and brought it over; mission accomplished and we were able to happily play ball once again. He is truly your son!

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Fri, 05 May 2006 16:03:59 +0000

See, I thought he was on his way to being an engineer, since he was actually solving a problem and not just gazing at his navel …

[I am getting my ass kicked for this comment, I'm sure.]

By: Vika

Vika — Fri, 05 May 2006 15:20:55 +0000

Maybe you weren’t, but being around all those lasers must’ve enhanced the scientist part of your DNA.

Maybe he’d enjoy a molecule construction set, once it ceases to be a choking hazard. Oh, and Legoland.