Like Jostens for engineers! Kind of.

Mark was awarded a patent last week, something that pleases him.  I told the kids that when someone asks what their daddy does, they can now say he’s an inventor. Just like Caractacus Potts! Or Inspector Gadget, maybe.

I was amused by a bit of direct marketing that came in the mail a couple of days later:

Dear Mark,

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"It is always rewarding to have tangible evidence of one’s work, apart from publications. [Gee!  I didn’t know that my father/grandfather/great grandfather did that, but here’s a plaque to prove it.  Guess I’ll have to do better than that].  Their presence, in family history, fuels future generations to do better things."

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Heh — Mr. Hank Cutler (could it be the Henry H. Cutler who received a patent for this Ventilated Infant Garment in 1950?) said it best, indeed — so well that they had to add the text in brackets to make sure that we get the point!  Gaze upon this with awe, Junior.  Your forebears were noble men.  Here is the proof:  an engraved facsimile of a government document that certifies that one of their ideas was sufficiently *cough* original *cough* to warrant certification of its originality!  Go forth and do likewise!