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Have a terrific weekend. Be blessed. Contemplate creation and the creator.     One of these things is not like the other: a frozen pizza, a bachelor’s degree in engineering, and a doctorate in conceptual mathematics. The answer? A frozen pizza and an engineer can both feed a family of 4.

I will be enjoying a couple of days up north this weekend with my sweetie of 33 years. Enjoy your weekend what ever you may do. Hug the ones you love.     An arts student, sick of working at a fast food café for what had seemed an eternity, decided to get a job working as a laborer at a construction site. Being an over-confident arts student, he soon began to brag to the other workers about all sorts of things. One day he decided to brag that he could outdo anyone in a feat of strength. He made a special case of making fun of the wiry engineer on the site. After several minutes, the engineer had had enough. "Why don't you put your money where your mouth is," said the engineer. "I will bet a week's wages that I can haul something in a wheelbarrow over to that outbuilding that you won't be able to wheel back." "You're on, little guy!" the braggart replied. "Let's see what you have." The engineer reached out and grabbed the wheelbarrow by the handles. Then, nodding to the young

November just absolutely flew by!  It went almost as quickly as it seemed like the gorgeous leaves with all different hues began to dry up and krinkle into the frost outside my window.   Hence, the reason you are getting "October Top Engager Recognition" on Thanksgiving Eve (for those of you in the USA). Somewhere between taking the day off to help my town clerk with elections and rolling out the CAD Announcement post, this month simply just got away from me.  These October results were just sitting waiting for me to unlock their goodness!   In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, I have decided to pass out turkey basters to our top October Community Engagers.  When I was  growing up in a bustling, busy household, one of my favorite Thanksgiving dinner preparation jobs was definitely basting the turkey. It is probably because cooking the turkey really could be considered one of the easiest Thanksgiving "dinner jobs." When you think about all the time an

For those in the states, have a blessed Thanksgiving and enjoy some time with your family or out in creation. If you are not celebrating Thanksgiving this week, still take a moment to pause and look at all the things in your life that make you appreciative.   Instead of posting a funny, pun, riddle or story problem, I would like to encourage you to reply with something for which you are thankful. Giving thanks doesn't necessarily mean that you liked all the things that have happened (i.e. 2020), but in future years you will look back and see how things have shaped you.   I am thankful for my family, for a roof over my head, for the many blessing that I have. I am thankful for the shed blood of my Savior that paid for all my faults. I am thankful for snowflakes, for starry skies, for the details of insects, for DNA codes to discover. I am thankful for science and the rules, laws, and principle that are there to be revealed.   Have a great weekend and be blessed.  

Have a blessed weekend and start are the list of things that you are thankful for this year, in spite of the year.     One day, Einstein, Newton, and Pascal meet up and decide to play a game of "hide and seek". Einstein volunteered to go first. As he counted, Pascal ran away scrambling to find a great hiding place. Giddily, he squeezed into a crawl space sure that he would win this time as this was his best hiding spot to date and Newton surely wouldn't find an equal. Newton, on the other hand, stood right in front of Einstein, pulled out a piece of chalk, and drew a box on the ground of roughly 1x1 meters. Once this was completed, he sat down neatly inside the box and waited for Einstein to finish counting. When Einstein opened his eyes, he of course saw Newton and with a bit of disappointment said “I found you, Newton, you lose”... but Newton replied, “On the contrary, you are looking at one Newton over a square meter... Pascal loses!”

So, Tuesday, Nov. 17th was national "Take a Hike" Day!  Hunting season over here so orange attire required.:) How about more PTC Community Member hiking, nature photos with or without a puppy?  Please share your nature excursion as a reply.  Get outside!              

How did it get to be November already........ Spiced cider and a warm fire are not as compelling when you are going to have a 70 degree day in November.     Why was the obtuse triangle always upset? Because it was never right   What do geometry teachers have decorating their floors? Area rugs!

In standard New England tradition, my family recently enjoyed "apple picking" at Red Apple Farm in Philipston, Massachusetts.    I had no idea there were so many kinds of apples.  The beautiful Red Apple Farm has over 51 varieties !  We were able to find MacIntosh, Paula Red, Ginger Gold, and Honey Crisp.  We made two apple pies and homemade apple sauce.  Yum!!   Two bags of apples remain.  Do you have any favorite apple baking recipes to share? If you don't have a recipe, maybe you can reply with an apple quote!  I like those too. 🙂   Here's an apple quote from Henry David Thoreau, "Surely the apple is the noblest of fruit!"  What makes an apple noble?  Maybe it is because it is known that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away?"    Apples have an array of antioxidants which helps prevent cell damage in the body.  Apples are also rich in minerals, fiber and vitamins (particularly Vitamin C).  Wha

"We "picked" some good ones!   Our Top Engagers in September weren't  haunting only helpful!  🙂   @LucMeekes @Fred_Kohlhepp @Werner_E @TomU @nmilleson @MartinHanak @ValeryOchkov @ttokoro  @StephenW @Dale_Rosema @BenLoosli @Cornel  @Tdaugherty @JK_9625275 @seanccc  @rdliquid @Raccone @doug_anderson @XDN @bbrejcha @RM12 @MM_9628870 @doneill  @tbraxton  @Willie @Pettersson @NN_9640323 @VladimirN @abhiramk @d_graham @STEVEG @xotzHelper @Ru_01               As you enjoy your last day of October, please be sure to congratulate our winners for the month of September!   Please share anything you use to celebrate the season.  Some ideas... pumpkin recipes, quotes, puppies in costumes, or even Jack-o-lanterns using your favorite drawing software.  We wi

As fall is falling all around us, don't forget to fall back this weekend. Beware of little munchkins coming around trying to pilfer candy.     What do you get if you cross a math teacher and a clock? Arithma-ticks!   I saw PI fighting with the square root of two the other day. I told them to stop being so irrational.

  Big temperature swing coming my way today (mid 70's to the mid 30's tonight). Enjoy the ride. Throw another log on the fire tonight.     How does a mathematician plow field? With a pro-tractor.   I had an argument with a 90° angle. Turns out it was right.

Brown, red, golden, orange with a hint of green. Enjoy the color show and the trees are turning here in Michigan.   Did you hear about the over educated circle? It has 360°.   Why wasn’t the geometry teacher at school? Because she sprained her angle.

Have a great weekend. Drink some hot chocolate. Enjoy a campfire. Make some memories...     Reaching the end of a job interview, the HR manager asked the young engineer fresh out of university, “And what starting salary were you looking for?” The engineer said, “In the neighborhood of $100,000 a year, depending on the benefits package.” The HR Manager said, “Well, what would you say to a package of $200,000 a year, 5 weeks of vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary and a company car leased every 2 years – say, a Mercedes?” The engineer sat up straight and said, “Wow!!! Are you joking?” And the HR Manager said, “Of course…but you started it.”

September Noteworthy Community Posts ENGAGE= KUDO, REPLY, or SOLVE!Below are the top engaging PTC Community threads for September! See if your community username made this list! Or, read more about a topic that interests you! 1. Creo: @tbraxton started a great discussion “Fill pattern using curve option; expected results” “...The example here is a simplification of an issue with a complex model. When using the fill pattern with curve grid type I am not able to evenly distribute points along a closed curve….” Thank you, @pausob, @Pettersson, @BFausto_210068, and @rburgess-2 for contributing to this thread.   https://community.ptc.com/t5/Part-Modeling/Fill-pattern-using-curve-option-unexpected-results/m-p/687926   2. Creo: A discussion started in 2015 by @pnwbob “How to make scroll wheel zoom work in Windows 10 with Creo Parametric” received top views this September. Since initial creation 37 replies by have made this a lively discussion! @TA_8997531, your reply clinched t

Have a great weekend. Get out and enjoy sometime in the creation around you.     How to write 4 in between 5?   Doctors said: It’s a joke! Scientist said: Impossible! Managers said: Not found on the internet. Engineers said: “F(IV)E”

Have terrific weekend. Go out and pick some apples. Watch a sunset. Hug the ones you love.       What do parallel lines and vegetarians have in common?   They never meat.....

Have a terrific weekend. Enjoy the color show going on (if the leaves are changing color where you live).     Have you heard the latest stats joke?   Probably......

Any "green conscious" community members here?     I just thought I would let you know that if you missed "Earth Day" week celebration not to worry.  This coming  Saturday, September 19th,  is another opportunity to get out and "clean something up" with your friends and families.   My family will be participating.  In New England it is great to have another excuse (or leverage) to motivate your kids to help rake up some brush or some "early faller" leaves 🙂   If outside trash pick up and leaf raking, isn't your thing, it might be a great time to do a "Digital Clean Up."  You can purpose this weekend to delete trash from your gadgets!   How are you planning to celebrate?   Register yourself for any of these "global"   clean up efforts here and be counted. Or, just pick an activity on your own! https://www.worldcleanupday.org/get-involved/           Think about what you can do for  "World

August Noteworthy Community Posts    ENGAGE= KUDO, REPLY, or SOLVE!   Below are the top engaging PTC Community threads for August!  See if your community username made this list!  Or, read more about a topic that interests you!   1. Creo:  @MartinHanak provided a great solution to @MichaelToledano 's "Problem with saving a part as JPEG" by installing the 451.48 Nvidia driver.   https://community.ptc.com/t5/Part-Modeling/Problem-with-saving-as-JPEG/m-p/635065 2. ThingWorx:  @Ghandour received advice on "Coupling Mashup with Digital Twin."    https://community.ptc.com/t5/ThingWorx-Developers/Coupling-Mashup-with-Digital-Twin/m-p/681797   3.  ThingWorx: @rmeng discovered how to work with his java to find out how to resolve "ThingWorx Foundation 9 Trial Installer failing to install Windows Server 2019"   https://community.ptc.com/t5/ThingWorx-Developers/ThingWorx-Foundation-9-Trial-Inst

Never forget.....   Have a terrific weekend. Hug the ones you love. Spend some time at Someone's House.   Why couldn’t the angle get a loan? Its parents wouldn’t cosine.     A guy mentioned to his friend that his girlfriend is the square root of -100 She’s a perfect 10, but purely imaginary.  

Here we are 6 months after the "2020 Covid-19 Pandemic Shutdown" began. I think back to my last week at PTC Boston Seaport Headquarters.  It was actually a pretty monumental week for me at PTC.  I met my new boss @Jean-Christophe who came in from Europe just to meet me (maybe  he had a few other meetings as well) 😉 Below is a picture of our  "PTC Employee Social"  where PTC treated us to skating and appetizers at the Tuscan Grill.     Six months have really gone by quite quickly even though in some ways during this pandemic,  I feel like I am standing still.  I truly appreciate JC 's collaboration and true team spirit! JC is an incredible leader. His support, encouragement, and enthusiasm is fostering community growth and expansion.   This week the PTC Community Team was also glad to throw JC a surprise virtual birthday party.  My kids got in on the action and emptied out our "Birthday Closet" to decorate my whiteboard.

Get out and enjoy some time in the creation around you!!! Here in Michigan, it is going to be a beautiful fall weekend.     Did you hear about the statistician who drowned trying to walk across the river? It was 3 feet deep on average.   What do baby parabolas drink? Quadratic formula.

Anyone out there interested in/using a Sous Vide?     If so - let me know.  Tempting fate by following a recipe at 185 Fahrenheit/24 hour recipe for beef brisket....   Fingers Crossed!   Leigh          

Have a terrific weekend. Enjoy time with the ones you love. Spend time in His house.     Why was the equal sign so humble? Because he knew he wasn’t greater or lesser than anyone else.     I’ll do algebra, I’ll do trig. I’ll even do statistics…. But graphing is where I draw the line!  

Grab the last few days of summer, get outside and the creation around you.       Good job everyone you deserve a high five (a binary high five).