It's appropriate to think of the US energy situation in the wake of the Northeast power outage. I haven't followed much of the details, but it seems we have a lot of work to do so that a fire in one plant does not wipe out a quarter of the country. Will it be possible to get this work done, or will politics get in the way, as they did in California, leading us to our own energy shortages a couple of years ago?
My sister
I was actually productive today -- I swept leaves off the patio, cleaned the toilet, and took care of some other household errands. However, I don't really feel like I've accomplished very much in general. Part of it is because there are still a lot of uncertainties around work. I wish the projects could be structured better so I could have more of a sense of completion of a task, rather than having things continually open-ended. It's this aspect of work that forces me to put other parts of my life on hold. (Granted, at least I'm working.)
Reading some of
I guess I better stop writing and get in some practice time.