Bitten off

Newbie stopped by my desk last thing today, and could she ask me a question? I said yes, of course. She wants to know about something I (actually, my boss) said in today's meeting. Fortunately, my boss was passing on her way out the door and allowed herself to get sucked in.

The original question was about why companies might make apparently sub-optimal economic decisions under particular conditions. Two follow-up questions later, and we're explaining the Enclosure movement. One more question, and we would have hit the Black Death and the Little Ice Age. It all comes back to climate change eventually.


Today's earrings: hands, alligators

Bedtime reading: Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett