About This Site

Welcome to unfrazzled analyst, a blog about data, decisions, and the people in between. And by “people,” I mostly mean the well‑intentioned chaos gremlins we all work with.

If you’ve ever watched a simple request mutate into a full‑blown organizational saga or discovered that a “mission‑critical” report has been wrong since the launch of Biosphere 2, you’ll feel right at home here.

This is where I document the strange, funny, and occasionally heroic things that happen when humans and analytics collide.

What You’ll Find Here

• Workplace absurdity:  the kind you can’t make up, except you don’t have to because it actually happened.

• Observations from an analyst’s brain: part logic, part anthropology, part “why are we like this.”

• Off‑topic detours:  because life outside work is also weird and deserves commentary.

• Photography and small joys:  proof that I do occasionally step away from spreadsheets.

Why “unfrazzled analyst”?

I’ve been some flavor of analyst since 2006, which means I’ve seen things. Budget cycles that defy physics. Dashboards held together by hope and conditional formatting. Meetings that could have been a single Teams message but instead became a three-act play.

Despite all that, I try not to be frazzled. Writing helps. Humor helps more. This blog started as a way to stay sane in environments that weren’t. Now it’s a place to explore whatever fascinates, confuses, or mildly traumatizes me, professionally or otherwise.

Why Read This Blog

Because you’ve lived these stories too. Because it’s comforting to know you’re not the only one whispering “what is happening” during a meeting. Because sometimes the best way to understand work is to laugh at it.

If you leave here with a smirk, a knowing nod, or the urge to forward a post to a coworker with “this is us,” then I’ve done my job.

Before You Go

Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to read, laugh, nod in recognition, and carry on with your day. And if a post sparks a thought, a memory, or a “you will not believe what happened at my job,” leave a comment. The stories are better when we tell them together.