Ken Martin’s Blog

The gospel of Mark has an interesting little structure. A whole bunch of the verses start with και, which is often translated “and” but can be, and often is, left untranslated since it’s just there to keep the story going from point to point. So, it’s something like “…and then they did this, and then [...]

Snapshots never really do justice to how pretty something like this is. Tiny whispers of snow which soon emboldened themselves into big fluffy flakes. Peaceful and dreamy. Twenty minutes later it was bright and sunny. I love having an office window. :)

Beautiful Lord of the Rings characters each made with only one sheet of uncut paper. Wow. http://ericjoisel.com/Site/barbarians.html

Apropos the “season,” I donned a hideous monster face last Friday evening. I regret that I didn’t have a camera. I didn’t do it on purpose. I was just eating dinner. But it turned out that the meatballs contained something which caused one of my legendary allergic reactions. There was nothing on the ingredient list which [...]

The following is from WinstonChurchill.org: In the breakfast conversation, observed by Walter Graebner, the London representative for Time-Life, Churchill related how he was able to maintain such a rigorous schedule. “You must sleep some time between lunch and dinner, and no half-way measures. Take off your clothes and get into bed. That’s what I always do. [...]

…and we were thankfully not nearby, but the 35W Mississippi River bridge collapse is just stunning and horrible. It’s just unbelievable. There were no known problems with the bridge. No interesting or extreme weather. Just a second of shaking and then it fell; 64 feet down to the river. Here’s a quick map of where it [...]

…but how else are you going to get them into those things? UPDATE: I uploaded a better picture. :)

Well, I’m out of town at the EAA Airshow at Oshkosh, WI. I’m stunned at how big it is. There’s a zillion people out here. And a zillion planes. It’s great. More later. Maybe. :)

Big news! Today was my first day at a new job! Two weeks ago I resigned my position as VP of Production and Technology at Simply Retail, where I’d been for over two years. I hadn’t been actively looking for a new job, but one day about a month ago I got an email from a [...]