This “green” movement is very similar to the Obama candidacy — expectations set way too high. In addition, you can’t coerce people into adopting environmentally-aware policies with threats. Engineers know that there is no free lunch, and it’s all about making trade-offs amongst alternative
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The Politics of Breast Cancer
Update – It appears that I’m not the only one asking this question…. A recent article in Breitbart from Alicia Colon observes: I come from a cancer riddled family. My father died of stomach cancer; my sister of leukemia, a
More Interesting Figures of Speech
I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted pay checks. A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don’t need it. Whenever I fill out an application, in the
Idiot Sightings
Idiot Sighting 1 – We had to have the garage door repaired. The Sears repairman told us that one of our problems was that we did not have a ‘large’ enough motor on the opener. I thought for a minute,
The Beatings will Continue…
This one reminds me of the cute aphorism used to describe dysfunctional business leadership: “the beatings will continue here until morale improves”.
Interesting Figures of Speech
Some good ones courtesy of my friend, Eric F. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness. Do not argue with an idiot. He will
Sources of Entrepreneurial Bravery
Since they have numerous articles that are generated daily, I track the Business Insider. Here is a recent story of hope for entrepreneurs.
Time Magazine Hits the Hat Trick
For some reason, I get free subscriptions to magazines that I don’t recall requesting… Well, that makes three issues over the past 30 days or so that the declining magazine, Time, has elected to publish a cover that promulgates the
Facebook and Productivity
An interesting viewpoint
Business Trip to Kansas
I just returned from a business trip to Wichita, Kansas where I presented a paper at an Aerospace Manufacturing Conference. I also visited with some of our customers located in Kansas.