Studies inThermodynamics

Some days, I work my tail off.
Other days, I sit on it.

For most practical purposes, there’s no discernible difference in the appearance of the house or the behavior of the children on tail-working vs. tail-sitting days.

I’m not quittin’. I’m just sayin’.
Clearly, forces beyond my control are at work here.

"…exergy accounts for the irreversibility of a process due to increases in entropy…"