Much going on, sorry not to post, but we're upgrading the shop. I took out a loan and rather than get a new car, I'm getting and automatic screenprinting press. It's a small one, but it will take a lot of the sweat out of the shop. I've been the guy at the press for ten years myself, I can't watch people do it every day without feeling a little of their pain. This stuff will let us produce more, faster, and with less physical effort- but more attention paid to setup and detail. It's a typically American transition. We have to be smarter, because others will work harder for less money. We have to work at the margins of clever manufacturing, because the bulk is swinging overseas.
School starts Monday. Taking an equine business class, an accounting class (I hate it, but as a small businessman, I'll be doing it the rest of my life) - and a neurobiology course. I've always been fascinated with the idea of understanding how the brain computes, and I think that teaching silicon the tricks of carbon will someday be a part of our world. It works with a philosophy of mind class next semester, and the prof seems to want non-medical background people in the class as well.
I'm also psyched about the equine business class. It's part of our heritage and our culture, but it's also an industry in a very precarious position. The public thinks of the thoroughbreds and the millionaire owners more than the independant standardbred breeders & trainers, but that's who I interact with. They are amazing people. Old men who know all the major bloodlines and crosses and the greatest racers- they are walking encyclopedias. There are trainers who can look at a horse and see back generations or the muscular composition and what it means.
Accounting, I am less psyched about.
Anyway, I'll post pictures of awesome new equipment once it gets up and runs.
