So, it’s been a while. Life happens, work happens, and before you know it, it’s been another 18 months inbetween blog posts. Starting over, from the beginning: I’m a 45-year-old life sciences engineer with 23 years of professional experience. My journey in engineering has been both challenging and rewarding, and I’m excited to share my…
Zombie blog back from the undead! Watch this space for more than just the rare Zombie Yeti sighting!
Hey, you. You’re an impostor. Me? Yeah, you. I know it, you know it, and soon, everyone else will know it too. What are you talking about? You don’t belong here. You’re not smart enough, you’re not strong enough, and people don’t really respect you. Sound familiar? Those nasty internal arguments seething with contempt, reminding…
It seems that everyone is posting some form of “what I accomplished in 2020” bit. Some are railing against the year in review practice, because this year was such a dumpster fire that merely surviving should be enough. Others are stating that they are proud of learning to gratefully accept what they have. As for…
We all know that stuff happens at work that has you saying “Dang, I wish I had a…” Time to remember the Girl Scout/Guide motto of “Be Prepared” (or “Always Ready” for my francophone and hispanophone friends) and make a sanity kit for your desk. This kit can be made small enough to fit in a…
It’s the beginning of the academic year, time for refreshing the office supplies, stationery, and planners. A while back, I realized that my planner situation just wasn’t cutting it. Commercially produced planners were inadequate for my multifaceted life, and the ring planner system was too expensive (IMHO) to start up. I had failed with Franklin…
Talk delivered at Girls Inspiring Girls virtual conference, 08/21/2020. Who first put a limit on you? Who first told you that you couldn’t do something? Was it a kid at recess saying “You can’t catch me!” Who first told you that you couldn’t do something of measure? Was it a teacher saying “You can’t…
Several friends have asked what is it that I actually do for a living in engineering. It’s not a “normal” engineering job, it’s definitely niche. I straddle the line between engineering and law, in a field known as Validation. Per Wikipedia, “Validation is the process of establishing documentary evidence demonstrating that a procedure,…
All right everybody, hear me out. I don’t care what your political affiliation is, what brand of science you believe, or where you get your news. The fact is that there is a highly contagious virus going around, and its effects are not pretty. Regardless of whether you are in a high risk group, COVID is…
We get it: you’re bored. What’s an engineer to do without projects? And how can we get stuff done without materials when all of the materials are “non-essential purchases”? There are still plenty of relevant projects that can be done that do not involve full household organization or repainting. Here are fourteen ideas for things to do…