Had to have a few words with my accountant. One bank account is bouncing off zero. And the business account relapsed into negative cash flow. He in turn blamed it all on the purchasing manager for buying way too much stuff. The purchasing manager of course blamed the boss for his policy decisions.

So the boss went to have a word with his major investor. There's no more outside funding for the business. Inventory growth is now terminated until such time as the books come into balance again.

So I guess it's the end of the startup phase. I'm either here to stay or I'm not. Now it's completely in the hands of the fickle consumer. There's still another month or maybe two in the red paying my book publishers. All part of the learning process. Thankfully, I've historically been a pretty quick study. The road to profitability is littered with the corpses of those who have gone before. Requires determination. And being able to shift the business plan on a dime. And a little bit of luck...

The piano tuning is on hold for now. Too much other stuff to do. It's about a quarter tuned and now sounds just awful. Then it struck me... I got them low down barrel house honky tonk and beatin' away at an out of tune 88 blues. Shoulda' recorded it. Would sound great with uhm, let's see... a tuba solo. Now that would be interesting.