Don Quixote<\/a> every day.<\/p>\nAnd now I’m done, so I guess I can get back to biomarkers, PAT, pharma facility design & construction, administrative chores, household care, and planning a wedding in a deserted city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your Virtual Memoirist, dear reader, is nuts. I still have 3 articles to write in the next 3 days, before spending 2 days helping to run our annual conference. I may or may not have to put together a panel discussion the morning it begins. I have to write my brilliantly witty and engaging From … <\/p>\n
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