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We started an email newsletter back in 2002 as “The Focus.”  We kept that up for some time and then made the plunge into blogging around 2008. Over the years, thousands of students and engineers from around the world have told us that our blog is an invaluable tool to them. If you can’t find what you are looking for, don’t hesitate to contact us. 

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Our 2024 Holiday Party was in the middle of some pretty stressful times for many of us, and the organizing group was not feeling the holiday spirit. So we wondered what it would be like if a town f...
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For our 2023 Holiday Party we decided to go with a Hawaiian theme and went to a local venue that does Luauas. It was a blast. And after the food, and the Mai Tais, and the fire dancers, we had a g...
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After missing two years for COVID-19, we opted for a family picnic for PADT's 2022 Holiday party. So, this year's story is about a story I once heard while at a convention about a picnic that almos...
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This year's theme was "Vegas, Baby." So our story is a never-before-revealed true story (not) of how the Rat Back kept Santa from losing it all. How the Chairman of the Board Saved Christmas...
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This year's theme was "a Hollywood Party," red carpet and all. So our story takes a look back at the golden age in Tinseltown. Brock’s Star-Studded Christmas Adventure The Hollywood sig...
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This year's Christmas party involved sorting employees into Elf Families for some games we played. That made it kind of obvious that we should make the story Elf Family-related as well. ...
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This year, many of us had become addicted to West World, so a good old-fashioned Western seemed appropriate. Trixie and the Christmas Miracle   A train whistle echoed in the distance ...
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This year we started the day of our holiday party by attending the new Star Wars movie, so the story had to be Star Wars related. The Rebels Save Christmas A long time ago in a galaxy far...
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This year we have a cautionary fairy tale. Here is how it works.  The Wooden Horse In a village sitting on the LEFT bank of the river Dreamwald, there is a good and generous family, the ...
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This year we may have gone way over the top with a SciFi story that involves an alien scouting party visiting a new planet. Winter's Night Rediscovered LEFT to their own devices, the Zal...

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