Merry Christmas, from me and the Vince Gauraldi Trio

 "We should infer in the case of a beautiful dwelling place that it was built for its owners, and not for mice.  We ought, therefore, in the same way to regard the universe as the dwelling place of the gods." - Chrysippus

Abused Husky Pro Air Compressor Model VH631400AJ

 "Whatever can happen at any time can also happen today." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The best gift I've gotten in quite a while

 ... too bad I had to buy it for myself :)  R.L. Burnside, self-taught Mississippi Blues guitarist. 

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So many projects, so little time

 "The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The Dark time of year

 "Control thy passions lest they take vengeance on thee." - Epictetus

Perhaps we are all unvaxxed now

 "'It is my bad luck that this has happened to me.'  No, you should rather say: 'It is my good luck that, although this has happened to me, I can bear it without pain, neither crushed by the present, nor fearful of the future.'  Because such a thing could have happened to any man, but not every man could have borne it." - Marcus Aurelius

TerraPower's Natrium Reactor

"You have power over your mind - not outside events.  Realize this, and you will find strength." - Marcus Aurelius

First snow this season

 "When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans." - Marcus Aurelius

Farewell, little dog

 "Remind thyself that he whom thou lovest is mortal that what thou lovest is not thine own; it is given the for the present, not irrevocably nor forever, but even as a fig or a bunch of grapes at the appointed season of the year." - Epictetus

This isn't working.

 "That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason." - Zeno of Citium