We were fortunate this evening to have all three kids over for dinner. Usually, such occasions are limited to the weekends. It made for a terrific end to an already great day. Earlier, I had an important presentation to the Board of Directors of one of my clients. I was challenged to design a polypeptide printer that can operate 100 times faster than their existing machine. My work was well received and I have a green light to move on to early prototyping. The presentation was recorded for posterity and to share with other employees. When I played it back, I was shocked to hear how many times I used the word “essentially” to explain the work. I really need to break that habit.