Having just lost a consulting job due to something i blogged several years ago in the run-up to Iraq escalation, for a case i cared about where Mitsubishi was challenging GE's variable speed patents, i am not able to associate with bloggers anymore.  (That's a joke, that's a joke, but how did those shit lawyers find that thing?)

for comparison, i also will not be in Stockholm next week for the EWEA offshore wind meetup.  And to squelch the tin hat brigade, i am also not in Regensburg Germany for the Group games of the Baseball World Cup this weekend.  (opening game Deutschland 14 China 1.  Now we have to go up against USA and Venezuela!  Talk about mountain climbing.)

Goes without saying i wish you all a time of joy and wonder.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin