Black holes

Black hole: apart from being one of those fascinating topics in advanced Hawkins-Einstein physics, it's also known as that period after completing an intense phase, or project, or any entirely-absorbing-your-day-in-day-out-life activity. In my case I've reached the end of our task: designing, developing, calculating and certifying a metallic structure, used in the wing of the 787 dreamliner. The last couple of weeks were crazy, with too many days not leaving the office till well after midnight. But we're there, 2 years and more than 1000 pages of calcs later... It feels good to be able to look back and proudly go watch the parts on the plane in real life, but the slow period we ended up in is not my kind of pie. The black hole, just like it's physical counterpart, sucks away my energy, creativity and drive for (social) life with all its fascinating aspects. Something has got to happen soon, change is good ! And after another birthday, I can start building on a vast base of experience and savvyness. An adventure is around the corner, I just have to start putting that raincoat on and slip into the walking boots, as I'm wading through the mudpool of this downtown Seattle black hole....

P.S. In case you wondered...no, the dreamliner hasn't flown yet :-(, this is how it looks nowadays at the assembly line of the largest factory in the world: