I’M BAAAAACK!!!
Zombie blog back from the undead! Watch this space for more than just the rare Zombie Yeti sighting!

Yeah, I’ve been quiet. Almost two years of quiet. Not gone. Not burned out (well, not completely). Not just sitting in a darkened room questioning my life choices. I’ve been building. And if you know me at all, you know that when I go quiet, it’s not because nothing is happening. It’s because too much…
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…
INWED 2026 Arc, Post 1 of 3 I taught myself to read at two and a half because waiting for someone to teach me wasn’t working. In fairness, my mother had mid-century primers already staged in the house — because of course she did. She saw what was happening before I did, handed me the…
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 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…
I have been a licensed Professional Engineer since 2011. I have spent 25 years at the intersection of law and engineering, ensuring pharmaceutical, medtech, and biotech manufacturing processes work correctly, consistently, and in full compliance with FDA expectations. I have worked with some of the largest life sciences companies in the world. I have been,…