Vacation Fun

I saw the Terracotta Warriors on Thursday. Qin, the first emperor of China, took office at age thirteen, and did amazing things. Henry Ford did not invent the assembly line; Qin had 87 teams of workers making these pottery soldiers (perhaps 7,000 of them) to accompany him in the afterlife. He also standardized the length of axles, diameter of arrow shafts and the diameter of lance shafts. Interchangeable parts! He was a brilliant tactician and organizer. He died young — age 49 — probably of mercury poisoning.

We had great lunches and snacks in DC; enjoyed the sunny day; loved walking through the neighborhoods; and enjoyed the ride on the Metro.

Friday morning I left town two hours ahead of the snow.