Life in the washing machine 'spin cycle'

 "It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron." - H. L. Mencken

Eyes on the German Economy

 "A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying "You are mad; you are not like us." - Saint Anthony the Great

Winter Solstice, Conjunction, and Chores

 "It is a universal law - have no illusion - that every creature alive is attached to nothing so much as its own self-interest" - Epictetus

 

Where do we go from here? The future of power generation.

 "But life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

There has been ongoing discussion at work about the direction the electrical generating business is heading.  The discussion is about where things are going for us power plant guys, career-wise.  By sheer coincidence, the stoic quote for today is very appropriate.  We will discuss past, present and future.