Posts Tagged ‘values’

This Old Desk!

I know it’s not really a desk, it’s a drawing, or drafting table, but I couldn’t get “This Old Desk” out of my head and “This Old Drafting Table” just didn’t seem to “cut the mustard”.  Anyway, my dad had this old drafting table in office for many years.  Dad was a general contractor Southwest Oklahoma and Northern Texas for over 50 years.   I don’t recall him ever telling me where, or how, he acquired it, but it occupied a prominent place in a room he designed for storing blueprints, drawings, and other such items just off his main office.  I remember growing up in his house and seeing him in what could best be described as a daydream, oblivious to the sounds and activities around him.  What he was doing was developing visions in his head of how something needed to be constructed or the steps required to produce the final result he was envisioning.  Sometimes, I’d see him sitting at this table sketching out on paper the final result of a daydream that had entertained him during an earlier time.  But for the most part, this table was a symbol for him.  It represented the need for planning and for seeing the end result before the endeavor was ever undertaken.  For the most part, these mental images stayed in his head until he imparted them to those skilled carpenters, masons, painters, and others who would bring to reality those images.  He could carry around in his head Read the rest of this entry »

It’s 11:40 PM, on a day of web design that began at 7:30 AM.  I’ve made progress, but there’s still a long way to go.  The most difficult task for me is getting my Gallery, powered by Coppermine, to have the same appearance as my blog, using WordPress.  I don’t want to port Coppermine to a WordPress theme because I don’t like the way the gallery functions, or appears, when doing that.  I primarily want the colors to match.  I’m tired and headed to bed!  Tomorrow is another day!

I’m so sorry to hear Governor Sarah Palin has resigned.  She has been so mistreated by the liberal media, I can’t really blame her.  It’s a shame they un-mercilessly attack and smear good role models while at the same time elevate dysfunctional people like Michael Jackson to iconic levels just because they are entertainers.  It’s a sign of how dysfunctional our society has become.  We seem to lack the ability prioritize our value system.