Author Archives: Bryan Martin

above: Elon Musk and his son X Æ A-12 X Æ A-12 If you are like me and are mildly obsessed with the future president of our solar system, Elon Musk, then you know that his son has a very odd name. X Æ A-12 or Ash for short, is not yet soaring to theContinue reading “May 2022”

Above: Cozy even on a cold day at the zoo. Hurry up and wait I am a patient man… HA! If you know me at all, you know how ridiculous that statement is! I am about as patient as a Spanish bull when a bright crimson cloak is waved in front of him by aContinue reading “March 2022”

above: Aria “helping” daddy rake leaves The decade after the end of the world With the dawning of the year 2022, it has now been ten successful, not world-ending years after those ancient Mayan calendar makers wrongly thought the world would end (losers). With any new year, there will be vows made that will mostContinue reading “January 2022”

above: something beautiful Something Beautiful Removing bandages from hairy arms is considered a war crime in most countries. To all my unhairy readers that have never experienced this, go and stick some duct tape to your head immediately. My tolerance for pain is comparable to a balloon’s tolerance to needles. I neither enjoy pain, norContinue reading “October 2021”

Above: Chuck Egbert looking pained at my attempts at riveting. Things I am bad at. After much consideration, I could not think of a single thing that I am bad at. But in an effort to make a longer article, I asked my lovely wife, and she gleefully started writing on a notepad with suchContinue reading “August 2021”

Above: One of the many creepy crawlers in Zambia. These spiders were called flatties and they lived in every nook and cranny of your room. Flying Bryan Went Flying Time flies when you are having fun, and it is hard to believe that we are already approaching July! The past two months have felt likeContinue reading “June 2021”

Above: a truck like the one I rode in.   Weird things happen constantly on the planet earth. This makes sense in that there is after all 7 billion of us humans, and every human I know is weird in their own unique way. This is a short story of a weird event that happened whileContinue reading “A night at the police station in Zambia”

Meeting needs without SPAM (above) day one of hiking, before our smell caused social distancing. Hiking is overrated. Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy hiking, but I just find it overrated. Hiking is just walking on dirt for hours on end with little water, TP, and way too much SPAM. I know that thereContinue reading “April 2021”

What do you do when your village is already flooded, and there is a cyclone headed your way? This picture (above) was taken in January, just two days before Cyclone Eloise dumped more water on Mozambique and Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland). No-one slept the night of Cyclone Eloise. Roofs blew off, and rain pouredContinue reading “God Story 2”

One of my first projects at MMS was an airplane called a Bearhawk. I do not know what a “Bearhawk” animal is and it is my belief that the inventor was stumped as to what to call his new aircraft, and after a trip to the local zoo came to the cages for the bearsContinue reading “Past Project #AssemblyRequired”