The yo-yo train
With all the new snow, the morning could have been messy, or beautiful. I’ll let you draw your own conclusion.
This was the view from the upstairs windows in our office building. Although I took the picture early this morning, the view changed little during the day. No wind, a temperature that allowed for maximum stickiness. You get the idea. Here, another…
There’s another storm forecast for the end of the week, with the possibility of similar accumulation. If nothing else, the season here will be “white”.
I sat through a third presentation of the workplace survey summary, today. The conclusion remains the same. Most of us like our jobs, but…
Several weeks ago, the news carried a strange story. A particular train transited the border, over and over and over again. Same cargo, same two endpoints, no unloading. A veritable win situation for the rail line, but curious to the rest of us. Now the explanation is out. There are tariffs, and subsidies involved in certain trade situations. A set of shrewd (albeit dishonest) individuals noticed a flaw in the set of regulations. If you ship certain things (like biofuels) from one country to another, you can make a lot of money without actually accomplishing anything else. I don’t know how this one will play out, other than forcing a regulatory revision, but it just goes to show that the profit motive is never far from certain minds.
The viral video of the day stars a baby and an eagle. Neither are real, both are now famous.
