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Adulting Mrs Enginerd

16 Good Things About 2016

Granted 2016 sucked in many ways but there are a few good things worth celebrating that happened this year: 1. Weddings 2. Anniversaries 3. Baby announcements 4. Engagements 5. Graduations 6. Cancer remissions 7. Rogue One 8. Chris Pratt’s nude scene in Passengers 9. Wonder Woman turned 75 10. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find […]

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Mrs Enginerd Poetry

The Night, Eternal – The Dawn, Unyielding

The darkness spreads. All hope is lost in the eyes of men, The streets are full of despair and reckless abandon. Our worst fears have been realized, Now we know we are not unique, Just snowflakes melting in the heat of the passion that comes from mourning the end of an era. Silenced will the […]

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Adulting Mrs Enginerd

“A Nation, under God, Indivisible…”

We are standing at a crossroads. The high road looks like the right one to take but with so many people going low you start to wonder if you can endure the hike. It feels like common sense is common anymore and all the guise of civility has been ripped off our shoulders. Why are […]

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Mrs Enginerd

The Great Migration of 2016

Ten years ago, the first group of Millennials -depending on how you select the origin of this generational bracket- graduated college and set out to join the workforce. As newly minted post 9/11 professionals, opportunities were scarce and salaries even more meager but they had no choice but to venture out into the world and […]

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Mrs Enginerd STEM

#STEMisAGirlThing

The women of STEM are fearless. They helped build the foundations for the technology we enjoy today. They are mothers, grandmothers, sisters, wives, friends whose fierceness is admirable because they defied the odds to get to where they are today. Many take for granted the ability to go to school, later to college and acquire […]

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Rantings of a Disenfranchised Millennial

As an independent entity that can analyze, process and think without being spoonfed the answer, I get frustrated at my peers for not challenging the hegemony and rebel. The unspoken truth is that Millennials were brainwashed to conform, to trust their parents blindly. Many of us inhetit our political views from our parentals and if […]

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Mrs Enginerd TV Shows and Movies

Storks (2016)

Ever wonder why storks delivered babies? Especially how did they make them and how humans placed their orders? Warner Animation Group put together a really comical and surprisingly good story about how this all came to be. Focusing on Tulip and Junior, a human baby that was not delivered and a stork that works for […]

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Moving on Up! – Maison Enginerd is Off The Market

Yesterday, September 28th at the 11th hour, we got word from our realtor that our current house was under contract! Yay! The buyers accepted our counter offer and come November 15th they will take over Maison Enginerd. Woop woop! In 10 days or less the house will pass inspection and after that we get to […]

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Mrs Enginerd TV Shows and Movies

Sully (2016)

Captain Chesley Sullenberger and his first officer Jeff Skiles pull off a water landing on the Hudson River in the middle of NYC’s infamous winter cold. Miraculously, all 155 on board survive. What happened next was the most exhilarating and political fight between the pilot’s union, the NTSB and Airbus, fueled by US Airways need […]

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Mrs Enginerd TV Shows and Movies

Queen of the South

Loosely based on the book La Reina del Sur by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, and translated into English, this Telenovela has been revamped for USA audiences in what can only be described as a female led version of Breaking Bad. The cinematography and writing styles are superb, and the mixing of Spanish and English dialogue glues you […]