Journal of Today 6

Super. Today was a short day. Now for a three day weekend.

• Drove to work
• Had a box of gloves sitting on my desk to remind me the guys need more
• Did the Morning Walkabout routine
• Went to update all my spreadsheets
• Realized I had not updated the monthly goals for July
• Published new goals and updated spreadsheets
• Reviewed and filed current and old quotes
• Received new quote for a redesign of existing equipment
• Placed a credit card order with a vendor
• Tracked down a distributor for water tanks and left him a voicemail
• Filed stuff
• Went to lunch and finished a book
• Helped begin remodel of front office
• Wrote schedules
• Dealt with hydraulic hose issues
• Distributed schedules

The Return of History and the End of Dreams – by Robert Kagan

With firm, declarative sentences Robert Kagan effectively outlines a very concise vision of the world’s political alignment as it stands today.

The world has certainly changed since the end of the Cold War. Robert Kagan, a columnist for the Washington Post and author of four other books regarding foreign policy and world politics, argues that this conciliatory era of progress, this ‘end of history’ – really, the end of the struggle between nations and ideologies – has not occurred. “It is not so easy to escape history”, he notes, and the great struggles are continuing.

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