High and low

The drawing below by M.C. Escher is hanging in my office. Being in the building materials industry, it has always fascinated me. Especially since I've always been into defying gravity.

High & Low by M.C. Escher

Good morning boys & girls

A delightful morning to all 0 of my blog audience. I'm pleased to entertain you with my babblings. It is quite freeing to be able to share your thoughts with the void of eSpace. I am currently studying the book "Time Management for Dummies". In the classic "For Dummies" books you can truly enhance your self esteem, but anyway, I am learning how to be organized beyond belief. We'll see what sticks after a few. Never stop yer book lernin' oky?

Not everyone can drive a brand new mustang. 

Valde suscitatio

Boy was it hard to get out of bed this morning. I felt like my head was duct taped to the pillow. It wasn't thankfully. Just the other night my wife and I watched the 1984 movie "Amadeus" about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Why does it seem like the ones with all the talent die at an early age? I guess great talent does not equal good judgement. It's quite hard to understand why such skill is bestowed on the seemingly undeserved. Play me my requiem, I need some sleep.

W is for Wednesday

Today I am in the midst of reading "The Great Train Robbery". It is turning out to quite fascinating. It seems to me that I like nearly every work of Michael Crichton. I would have to say that my favorite of his is "Andromeda Strain". Wednesdays are overrated beyond belief and fiction is most fitting to be read on Wednesdays. Yesterday I had a chance to work on my lawn for the first time: thatching, fertilizer, overseeding, the works! What an enjoyable enterprise.

A fresh perspective

I often worry that I'm not looking at the big picture. That time is a good time to step back from whatever is making you cross-eyed and try and get some perspective on the situation. In the face of a problem a way out doesn't always seem available, but when you can visualize it in 3D, you can get a handle on it. Today I'm overwhelmed by sheer quantities of work. I can see it that way right now and it is helping me to step back and set my priorities. Enough philisophizing. I'm just thankful that my contentment doesn't hinge there.