This blog is where I am posting all the papers I would have written if I was lucky enough to have been born in a world where I could study all day. I used to think I loved reading but what I really love is learning and sharing what I learned. But no one really cares, so I will write the blogs and without a deadline some may never get finished completely, but I will post them with the help of my trusty Co-Pilot since copy editing or typing all of the words in a run-on sentence is trifling. Due to the nature of my work and certain policies that preclude any reference to vendors I have decided to rethink the scope of this blog and will focus on, at least this summer the basics: How to make stuff , how to fix stuff, how to learn stuff, and how to be happy in a world where my only human interaction consists of a wave from my husband Monday – Friday and a “Eating again? or “Off today?”