Snowpocalypse 2022 - Updated

 "There is no shame in making an honest effort." - Epictetus

Mercedes Stereo Upgrade

 "If science can't be questioned, it's not science - it's propaganda" - Aaron Rodgers

Better Public Relations will not fix this

 "You can't talk your way out of problems you've behaved yourself into." - Stephen Covey

Transitioning to renewables - a realistic take

 "Anger and the sorrow it produces are more harmful than the things that make us angry." - Marcus Aurelius

Headlight renewer

 "You will do the greatest services to the state, if you shall raise not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens; for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses." - Epictetus

" 'Normal' is a setting on the clothes washing machine"

 "Do not get too attached to life, for it is like a sailor's leave on shore and at any time, the captain may sound the horn, calling you back to eternal darkness." - Epictetus

It's too early for Christmas Music. Stop it!

"If they are wise, do not quarrel with them; if they are fools, ignore them." - Epictetus

Space Stuff

 "He who is discontented with what he has, and what has been granted to him by fortune, is one who is ignorant of the art of living, but he who bears that in a noble spirit, and makes reasonable use of all that comes from it, deserves to be regarded as a good man." - Epictetus

Acid Rain, Cold End Corrosion, HHV and LHV

 “Reflect on what happens when a terrible winter blizzard strikes. You hear the weather warning but probably fail to act on it. The sky darkens. Then the storm hits with full fury, and the air is a howling whiteness. One by one, your links to the machine age break down. Electricity flickers out, cutting off the TV. Batteries fade, cutting off the radio. Phones go dead. Roads become impossible, and cars get stuck. Food supplies dwindle. Day to day vestiges of modern civilization – bank machines, mutual funds, mass retailers, computers, satellites, airplanes, governments – all recede into irrelevance.

Picture yourself and your loved ones in the midst of a howling blizzard that lasts several years. Think about what you would need, who could help you, and why your fate might matter to anybody other than yourself. That is how to plan for a secular winter. History warns that a Crisis will reshape the basic social and economic environment that you now take for granted.” – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning

Critters on the loose...

"Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him." - Epictetus