“What’s my motivation?” is an odd cliché for a site ostensibly about long wave economics to be inquiring about. But this morning we’ll take a quick look at something that has been rattling around in the back of my mind since about the second day of our latest adventuring around the country. First, though, some headlines to help kick the brain cells into functioning – helped along by a generous shot of coffee as we await sunrise (or is that cloud rise?) on Puget Sound.