The Curious Engineer

Futility Closet

2012

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December 2012

  1. Identity Crisis
  2. Project Management
  3. Unquote
  4. From the Notebooks
  5. Swine Wave
  6. The Sincerest Form
  7. Rock Music
  8. In a Word
  9. Leviathan
  10. Black and White
  11. Put Upon
  12. Lip Service
  13. Over and Out
  14. In a Word
  15. Brewing Trouble
  16. Belt Loop
  17. Ozymandias Without Es
  18. Vanishing Act
  19. Signs and Wonders
  20. Blind Man’s Buff
  21. In a Word
  22. Word of Mouth
  23. Black and White
  24. Resemblance
  25. Meeting the Locals
  26. Adam’s Wish
  27. Hidden Monsters
  28. Late Arrival
  29. Friendly Fire
  30. Unquote
  31. Truth in Advertising
  32. The Flatwoods Monster
  33. Green Party
  34. Rise and Shine
  35. Ballot Box
  36. Topsy Turvy
  37. So It Goes
  38. Black and White
  39. Elsewhere
  40. Rules of the Game
  41. In a Word
  42. No Answer
  43. Togetherness
  44. Noteworthy
  45. Rimshot
  46. The L-8 Mystery
  47. Mind the Gap
  48. Misc 45
  49. Divine Guidance
  50. The War Prayer
  51. Unquote
  52. The Chosen Ones
  53. Pillow Problem
  54. Signs and Portents
  55. A Letter Home
  56. Black and White
  57. In a Word
  58. Strandbeests
  59. Ah 2
  60. Allergic?
  61. Number Squares
  62. Symmetry
  63. Up and Up
  64. R i p 7
  65. Object Lesson
  66. Will and Deed
  67. Slenderizing
  68. Reputation
  69. Unquote
  70. “Disinterment”
  71. Brush Work
  72. Priorities
  73. Edifice Complex

November 2012

  1. Appreciation
  2. Gene Pool
  3. The Conch Republic
  4. Black and White
  5. Inside Out
  6. In a Word
  7. Homeownership
  8. (Whack)
  9. Born Free
  10. In the Wings
  11. Sold
  12. Tilt Shift
  13. Unquote
  14. Next Stop …
  15. Inventory
  16. Misc 44
  17. Introspection
  18. The Makapansgat Pebble
  19. Afoot 2
  20. Life Goes On
  21. Lit
  22. Black and White
  23. Name-Dropper
  24. In a Word
  25. Buzz Off
  26. High Praise
  27. Ahem 3
  28. The Leaning Tower Illusion
  29. Oops 18
  30. Unquote
  31. Hole Hearted
  32. Inside Out
  33. A Psychological Tip
  34. Notice
  35. Turn, Turn, Turn
  36. This Earth of Majesty
  37. The Earthquake Rose
  38. Good Company
  39. Black and White
  40. Pirouette
  41. In a Word
  42. Charity
  43. Headlights
  44. Departed
  45. Set Theory
  46. Safe and Sound
  47. Unquote
  48. Windfall
  49. United Nations
  50. Death Takes a Holiday
  51. The Lion at Bay
  52. Too Late
  53. Notes
  54. Three Tales
  55. Black and White
  56. No Fare
  57. In a Word
  58. A Satisfied Critic
  59. Dominion
  60. The Lock Key
  61. Mop No More
  62. Paradox Lost
  63. Ghosts of New York
  64. “An Election Night Pantoum”
  65. Unquote
  66. The Gettysburg Cyclorama
  67. “Oi! Mush, Get On With It!”
  68. Sleuthing Truths
  69. Full Credit
  70. “A New Weather Cannon”
  71. Unlovely Words
  72. No Touching
  73. The Prisoner’s Restriction
  74. Noted 7
  75. Good Boy
  76. Black and White

October 2012

  1. Tribute
  2. Counter Play
  3. Coming and Going
  4. Cura Te Ipsum
  5. Amity 2
  6. The Perfect Crime
  7. A New Outlook
  8. Spear Fight
  9. “The Research Man’s Prayer”
  10. Bird Songs
  11. In a Word
  12. Inventory
  13. The Componium
  14. Double Trouble
  15. Words and Numbers
  16. Black and White
  17. A Poet’s Life
  18. Lazy Tennis
  19. Spring Fever
  20. Exeunt
  21. A General Maxim
  22. Riddling Letters
  23. Countrymen
  24. Twisted Math
  25. Tilt
  26. Soul Mates
  27. Stride Right
  28. Unquote
  29. The Clipperton Survivors
  30. A Double Mnemonic
  31. Free Enterprise
  32. Black and White
  33. Burrowed Time
  34. Pain Puzzles
  35. In a Word
  36. Upstanding
  37. The Paradox of the Second Ace
  38. Modern Convenience
  39. The Vision Thing
  40. The Lodging-House Difficulty
  41. A Change of Key
  42. Long Time Coming
  43. Brunnian Links
  44. Unquote
  45. The Troll
  46. Countdown
  47. Dante in France
  48. Seven Tails
  49. Black and White
  50. Bitter Justice
  51. AAAAAAAAAAUUGH
  52. Craftsmanship
  53. In a Word
  54. Opposites Exact
  55. Anatomy Lesson
  56. “Advice Concerning Low Spirits”
  57. Forewarned
  58. Changing Subjects
  59. Better Safe
  60. Nonsense Cookery
  61. Number Forms
  62. Flip Day
  63. Unquote
  64. The Sea Devil
  65. Literary Worth
  66. The Calling
  67. Misc 43
  68. Black and White
  69. Okay, Cupid
  70. Waypoints
  71. Stocking Money
  72. In a Word
  73. Close Quarters
  74. Monk’s Notes
  75. Valise Police
  76. The End of Me
  77. Sans Merci
  78. Injured List
  79. The Star Gauge
  80. Soul Support
  81. The Dwarfs Problem
  82. Unquote

September 2012

  1. “Extraordinary Occurrence”
  2. Tiling Task
  3. Second Thoughts
  4. Hattogate
  5. Opting Out
  6. The Two Poles
  7. Pop Quiz
  8. Bygones
  9. Money Talks
  10. Black and White
  11. In a Word
  12. Double Talk
  13. The Devil’s Game
  14. The Copernicus Method
  15. World Cuisine
  16. Out of Rank
  17. The Sofa Problem
  18. Unquote
  19. Drinking Problem
  20. A Muddy Grave
  21. Weighty Matters
  22. Big Shoulders
  23. Quick Thinking
  24. Regeneration
  25. Black and White
  26. Opting Out
  27. Benham’s Top
  28. In a Word
  29. Know-It-All
  30. Higher Education
  31. Vision and Taste
  32. Metabolism
  33. Blood Sports
  34. Misc 42
  35. Unquote
  36. Upstanding
  37. “The Value of a New Point of View”
  38. Instant Romance
  39. Extra
  40. Black and White
  41. Waste Not …
  42. Pen Guidance
  43. In a Word
  44. Better Safe
  45. Twice Blessed
  46. Self-Elaboration
  47. Another Fad
  48. Side Issue
  49. A Small Start
  50. Dangerous Years
  51. Flying Fur
  52. “Can This Be Hell?”
  53. Unquote
  54. Lattice Work
  55. Progress
  56. “The Poet’s Reply”
  57. Colliery Reports
  58. Math Notes
  59. The Bravest Man
  60. Touchdown
  61. A Loss for Words
  62. Black and White
  63. A Long Night
  64. Right and Wrong
  65. Perspective
  66. Succinct
  67. Scent of Evil
  68. A New Acquaintance
  69. Indoors and Out
  70. Witold’s Report
  71. Unquote
  72. Some Coincidences
  73. High Hopes
  74. Penny Wisdom

August 2012

  1. Mr. Mysterious
  2. Mouse Call
  3. Black and White
  4. Thoughtful
  5. Adrift 2
  6. In a Word
  7. Collision
  8. Heads Up
  9. Blind Justice
  10. “Owen Kerr vs. Owen Kerr”
  11. Heads and Tails
  12. Rules of Thumb
  13. “Curious Accident”
  14. The Leaning Virgin
  15. Connection
  16. The Paradox of Taste
  17. Unquote
  18. Divine Mystery
  19. Enough 2
  20. Black and White
  21. Midair
  22. Teamwork
  23. In a Word
  24. Mixed Call
  25. Italian to Go
  26. Falling Angels
  27. A Simple Proof
  28. Welcome to America
  29. Limerick
  30. Bad Starts
  31. Early Warning
  32. “Logic”
  33. Ball Juggling
  34. Unquote
  35. Wife and Limb
  36. A New Start
  37. “Singular Occurrence”
  38. Gray Area
  39. It’s a Living
  40. Word Sums
  41. Black and White
  42. In a Word
  43. A Look Ahead
  44. Cold Case
  45. Inspiration
  46. Racter
  47. A New Outlook
  48. Eh 2
  49. Bird Watching
  50. Zip Lit
  51. Transcendent
  52. Turn, Turn, Turn
  53. Unquote
  54. As You Were
  55. Up From Down
  56. Wheels of Chance
  57. Math Notes
  58. Clearing the Air
  59. A Foreign Tongue
  60. Black and White
  61. “A Man Carried Away by a Kite”
  62. Spin City
  63. In a Word
  64. Enforced Rest
  65. Horse Play
  66. Purple Pen
  67. The Bright Side
  68. Leap Day
  69. Nobrow Cartoons by Mark Heath
  70. Hello Goodbye
  71. Desperate Measuring
  72. King of the Hill
  73. The Last Cent
  74. After Hours
  75. Fish Story
  76. Man and Machine
  77. Black and White
  78. Deep Freeze
  79. Menace to Society
  80. In a Word
  81. Close Quarters
  82. A Look Ahead
  83. To Catch a Thief
  84. News to Us

July 2012

  1. Command Performance
  2. Changing Colors
  3. Nobrow Cartoons by Mark Heath
  4. Unquote
  5. Express
  6. A Bit More
  7. So It Goes
  8. Good Company
  9. Wild Kingdom
  10. Backstory
  11. Black and White
  12. That’s Logic
  13. Late News
  14. The Perils of Journalism
  15. In a Word
  16. True and False
  17. Marine Biology
  18. Sicherman Dice
  19. Gone With the Wind
  20. Unquote
  21. Nobrow Cartoons by Mark Heath
  22. At Sea
  23. Unwound
  24. A Chemical Traffic Light
  25. R i p 6
  26. Misc 41
  27. Society News
  28. Tall and Wide
  29. The Dim Reaper
  30. Black and White
  31. Round Numbers
  32. Outpourings
  33. In a Word
  34. Traveling Companions
  35. Recension
  36. Three Non-Tunnels
  37. Downfall
  38. Laissez Faire
  39. Nobrow Cartoons by Mark Heath
  40. No Peeking
  41. Kaspar Hauser Redux
  42. Substantial
  43. Unquote
  44. Limericks
  45. Order and Chaos
  46. Cast Away
  47. In a Word
  48. Heat and Light
  49. Black and White
  50. A Few Words
  51. The Knee on Its Own
  52. Yankee Panky
  53. Social Studies
  54. Early Days
  55. Blind Dates
  56. Elevation
  57. Wave Function
  58. Tangled Tale
  59. Drop Quote
  60. Near Thing
  61. Cool Runnings
  62. Unquote
  63. No Sale
  64. Spade Work
  65. Target Practice
  66. Trompe L’Oeil
  67. Black and White
  68. In a Word
  69. Road Rules
  70. “The High Standard of Education in Scotland”
  71. Lettershift
  72. Overdue
  73. Echoes
  74. Brass Tacks
  75. Gallantry
  76. Unquote
  77. In a Word
  78. Life After Death
  79. Last Lesson
  80. Another Country

June 2012

  1. Togetherness
  2. Ordained
  3. Never Mind
  4. Black and White
  5. Magic
  6. Being and Nothingness
  7. Club Med
  8. In a Word
  9. Payment in Kind
  10. Readership
  11. A Balanced Diet
  12. Second Thoughts
  13. Time and Chance
  14. The Thought That Counts
  15. Ones in a Million
  16. Overtime
  17. Unquote
  18. In a Word
  19. Topsy Turvy
  20. The Figure 8 Puzzle
  21. The Grate Beyond
  22. Black and White
  23. Monogram Savings
  24. Fish Scales
  25. Odd and Even
  26. The Elizabeth Whitman Mystery
  27. In a Word
  28. Limericks
  29. All Greek
  30. Strong, Silent
  31. Intro Zoology
  32. Circles and Squares
  33. Rules of Engagement
  34. Specialist Units
  35. Underground
  36. Unquote
  37. Speechless
  38. Work Smarter, Not Harder
  39. Afoot
  40. Heads of State
  41. A Glass Darkly
  42. In a Word
  43. Four in Three
  44. The Rain Wizard
  45. Good
  46. Black and White
  47. Round Numbers
  48. The St. Albans Raid
  49. Transversal of Primes
  50. Dog Umbrella
  51. Breakup Music
  52. “A Tradesman in a Difficulty”
  53. Moving Target
  54. Unquote
  55. Shop Talk
  56. Testimony
  57. Tableau
  58. The Five Rooms
  59. “Sonnet From the Brooklynese”
  60. Alphabet Blocks
  61. In a Word
  62. Flak
  63. Homecoming
  64. Black and White
  65. “Double Bluff”
  66. Manual Labor
  67. Memento Mori
  68. The Good Life
  69. Summing Up
  70. World Music
  71. Permanent Resident
  72. Inscrutable
  73. Unquote
  74. Composing Time
  75. A Change of Course
  76. Plain Language
  77. Music for Headstands
  78. Black and White

May 2012

  1. Base Oddities
  2. Love Maps
  3. In a Word
  4. A Brilliant Finish
  5. Gaining Ground
  6. Breakfast News
  7. “Essay to Miss Catharine Jay”
  8. Creative Taxidermy
  9. Unquote
  10. An Extra Hand
  11. Cancel That
  12. Disputed Disputation
  13. Oedipus Wrecked
  14. Over the Top
  15. In a Word
  16. Black and White
  17. Asking Back
  18. Multiplication by Transplant
  19. Limerick
  20. “Three Sundays in a Week”
  21. Doom Roulette
  22. Pride of Place
  23. Pro Tips
  24. A-Roving
  25. Unquote
  26. Boxing Match
  27. A Few Lines
  28. “Cherchez Le Tigre!”
  29. Prior Investigations
  30. House Cat
  31. Pictures of England
  32. Career Service
  33. Black and White
  34. In a Word
  35. Old Soldiers Never Die …
  36. One of a Kind
  37. “Clothes”
  38. Reverse Psychology
  39. Sweet and Low
  40. “A Llyric of the Llama”
  41. Speed and Style
  42. Con Heir
  43. Leftovers
  44. Unquote
  45. Recension
  46. Red White and Blue
  47. Hearsay
  48. Dark Days
  49. Bench Test
  50. Progress
  51. Haste, Waste
  52. Black and White
  53. The Paradox of Fiction
  54. In a Word
  55. Walk Therapy
  56. Illumination
  57. Lost and Found
  58. Ghost Writer
  59. Double and Half
  60. Close to Home
  61. Sand Reckoning
  62. Boor Laws
  63. Unquote
  64. Spin Control
  65. “A Magic Circle of Cubes”
  66. Art and Commerce
  67. No Smoking
  68. Red Letters
  69. Secret Entrance
  70. Counting …
  71. Late Arrivals
  72. Black and White
  73. Unfinished Business
  74. Making Way
  75. In a Word
  76. Road Music
  77. Carry-All
  78. The Verdict
  79. Strictly Speaking

April 2012

  1. A Third Valiant Ass
  2. Winners and Losers
  3. Good Hands
  4. Unquote
  5. War Games
  6. Society News
  7. Eventide
  8. Speak Softly …
  9. The Best Man
  10. Black and White
  11. In a Word
  12. Curve Ball
  13. The Piggy Bank
  14. Leaving
  15. Nothing Doing
  16. Five Puzzles
  17. Bad Friday
  18. “Office Mottoes”
  19. Euathlus in Ohio
  20. Blood and Ink
  21. Hand Over Hand
  22. Unquote
  23. Life and Limbs
  24. Till Death …
  25. Royal Jelly
  26. Something From Nothing
  27. Black and White
  28. Gettysburg’s Unknown Soldier
  29. Math Notes
  30. The Candle Problem
  31. Food for Tomorrow
  32. In a Word
  33. Small World
  34. Opposing Forces
  35. Dante’s Dentist
  36. The Duluth Speech
  37. Upstairs Downstairs
  38. Unquote
  39. Misc 40
  40. Time and Again
  41. “Struthiomimus”
  42. Math Notes
  43. Worldly Wise
  44. Second Sight
  45. Black and White
  46. In a Word
  47. Encore 2
  48. Elbow Room
  49. Malice Aforethought
  50. Memorable Dedications
  51. The Truth-Teller Paradox
  52. “The Female Soldier”
  53. Lights Out
  54. Under Cover
  55. Product Placement
  56. Phrase Anatomy
  57. Coming to America
  58. Authorial Distaste
  59. Under Way
  60. Name Trouble
  61. Unquote
  62. “The Arbitrary English Language”
  63. A Rare Birthday
  64. Colorful
  65. Hocus Pocus
  66. Balance
  67. Black and White
  68. Presumption Rewarded
  69. In a Word
  70. A New Utility
  71. A Versatile Palindrome
  72. The Northanger Horrid Novels
  73. All Dressed Up
  74. Foot Paths
  75. Changing Times
  76. Can Can’t
  77. Misc 39
  78. Dream Time
  79. Unquote
  80. A Look Ahead

March 2012

  1. Drawing Blanks
  2. Two Squares
  3. Being and Nothingness
  4. Moving Violation
  5. Lettershifts
  6. Black and White
  7. Ten Commandments
  8. Wise Cracks
  9. Strangers
  10. In a Word
  11. Splish Splash
  12. Tough Love
  13. Uptown Girl
  14. The Whistle
  15. Eastern Time
  16. Water Battle
  17. Unquote
  18. Unstable Orbit
  19. Misc 38
  20. Six Choices
  21. Inspiration
  22. Black and White
  23. Time and Motion
  24. “Continence”
  25. Late Bloomer
  26. Corner Market
  27. In a Word
  28. Alternative Energy
  29. Math Notes
  30. Declined With Thanks
  31. “Hop, The Famous Sow”
  32. Wallflowers
  33. Curtain Call
  34. Master Class
  35. Paint Scheme
  36. Backward
  37. Misc 37
  38. Senior Citizen
  39. Court Card
  40. The Oklo Phenomenon
  41. Black and White
  42. Woe
  43. Math Notes
  44. It Takes a Village
  45. In a Word
  46. Phony Pony
  47. Literary Complaints
  48. Fowl Play
  49. Looking-Glass Art
  50. Sense and Sensibility
  51. Turnabout
  52. What Dreams May Come
  53. Unquote
  54. Rolling
  55. Pen Pals
  56. Mid-Shipman
  57. Misc 36
  58. Complaint
  59. A Guilty Face
  60. Black and White
  61. Social Graces
  62. Across the Universe
  63. “The Rich Man”
  64. In a Word
  65. Fact and Fiction
  66. Math Notes
  67. Visitors
  68. Thunderstruck
  69. Urban Sprawl
  70. Investor Relations
  71. Open and Shut
  72. Narcissus Prime
  73. Stage Whispers
  74. Epic Fantasy
  75. Saw 6
  76. Art Direction
  77. A Last Courtesy
  78. Black and White
  79. A Key Point
  80. A Study in Oils
  81. Long Distance
  82. More Amusing Indexes

February 2012

  1. Self Seeking
  2. All Aboard
  3. Swiss Army Piano
  4. Complaint
  5. First Place
  6. Stand-In Spectacle
  7. Making Ends Meet
  8. Misc 35
  9. Bed Credit
  10. Half and Half
  11. Homecoming
  12. Nob’s Impossible Ledge
  13. Anthropology
  14. Black and White
  15. Love, Honor, and Obey
  16. In a Word
  17. Math Notes
  18. A Modest Proposal
  19. “Feminine Correspondence”
  20. Jackson Strive
  21. Smile 3
  22. A Niente
  23. Green Ties
  24. Eastern Views
  25. “Scooping the Loop Snooper”
  26. Misc 34
  27. Figurehead
  28. Unquote
  29. A Dedicated Theme
  30. Fields of Gold
  31. Hoofbeats
  32. Black and White
  33. United Nations
  34. “Music and Baldness”
  35. All in the Family
  36. Battle Tech
  37. In a Word
  38. Heir Apparel
  39. Murder Ink
  40. Round Trip
  41. “The Chair of Death”
  42. Picture This
  43. Beef Tack
  44. Math Notes
  45. “Regina v. Ojibway”
  46. Late Acceptance
  47. Frontier Justice
  48. Shortcut
  49. Defense Posture
  50. “Good Heavens, Holmes!”
  51. Black and White
  52. Forefather
  53. In a Word
  54. Fashion Victim
  55. Post Haste
  56. Limericks
  57. Alp Pal
  58. Footwork
  59. Us Do Part
  60. Door Jam
  61. War and Peace
  62. “Bifocal Trouble”
  63. Spirit Reading
  64. Unquote
  65. Monkey See
  66. Economical
  67. Mouth to Mouth
  68. Leg Room
  69. Down at Heel
  70. Black and White
  71. Bad Country
  72. In a Word
  73. “To My Old Master”
  74. Next in Line
  75. Math Notes
  76. A Social Invention
  77. Last Stop

January 2012

  1. No Thanks
  2. Divine Wills
  3. Brute Force
  4. Popularity Contest
  5. Unquote
  6. After Hours
  7. Father, Country
  8. Yar
  9. “Death by Falling From the Clouds”
  10. Black and White
  11. A Close Friend
  12. PR Trouble
  13. Sibling Rivalry
  14. Never Mind
  15. Outpatient
  16. Ranks and Files
  17. In a Word
  18. Handy
  19. Unanimous
  20. People Power
  21. High and Dry
  22. Couplet
  23. Second-Story Man
  24. Unquote
  25. Poetic Justice
  26. Future Perfect
  27. Even Odds
  28. Exit Lines
  29. That Kind of Woman
  30. Black and White
  31. An Atheist’s Credo
  32. Tut-Tut
  33. In a Word
  34. A Letter Home
  35. Vision Thing
  36. Bird Love
  37. Tempest-Tost
  38. Misc 33
  39. Inspiration
  40. Hollis’ Paradox
  41. Lightning Rods
  42. Upscale Housing
  43. A Rolling Compact
  44. Jacques Inaudi
  45. Unquote
  46. Compass Trouble
  47. New Music
  48. “Curious Question of Survivorship”
  49. Black and White
  50. Brief Lives
  51. In a Word
  52. Modern Literature
  53. Three Unfortunate Names
  54. Pen Time
  55. Small World
  56. Well Suited
  57. Unconfirmed
  58. Inksmanship
  59. Lettershift
  60. Cut 2
  61. Legal Standing
  62. A New Commute
  63. “Poem Without an E”
  64. Creative Solutions
  65. Unquote
  66. Math Notes
  67. Pool Party
  68. Hard Money
  69. Black and White
  70. Altered States
  71. Low Profile
  72. In a Word
  73. The Tempest Prognosticator
  74. Return of Post
  75. “In the Sultan’s Garden (Pantoum)”
  76. Out of Order
  77. Signs and Portents
  78. Treasure Island
  79. The Hard Stuff
  80. Inventory
  81. Contradictory Proverbs
  82. Down and Out
  83. Double Vision
  84. Toes Up
  85. Unquote

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