Congratulations, Karen… tonight, I know you were cheering on the Gator athletes you knew while you were at Florida….
love,
Dad
Florida WHO? Ohio WHAT? CALTECH WINS!!!!!!
Caltech has always held a special place in my heart… and it’s not for what you might anticipate… it is their sports.
If you have ever been to Caltech, you will notice that athletics has a surprising history there… if you look at their records and dig a little… the football team ended one of the worst losing streaks a while back… even with a line averaging over 300…. IQ (okay, typical athletic hyperbola… ). They have a dirt track with ancient records stretching back to the Olympic Champion ‘California Comet’.
So where is my connection? Although it may have been an NCAA violation… I was sent up to Caltech to learn the rules of wrestling and train with a young red headed Ph.D. who had also been a very successful NCAA wrestler. I’m the guy on top ni the picture. I discovered that wrestlers are some of the smartest athletes… I learned a lot. After weeks of training… I never lost again…. never
So I want to add my congratulations to Caltech in their latest basketball win… breaking one of the longest losing streaks …ever. The AP had a nice write up.
Although it is glorious to win… there is much to be gained from the journey and the struggle…. and in doing things that others never expect from you.
For those who don’t know… it’s the Caltech Beavers…. hmmmm… I would have thought the ‘engineers’… Caltech humor.
Roger Freberg
Ohio State & Florida… the National Championship?
I live with and love a Buckeye fan… soooo…. here I am.
However, I have to say that a Trojan and Buckeye contest would have been glorious. It would have been a football game that…. as the Klingon’s say, “worthy of song!”
The Japanese at the top… roughly means: “Gator it’s what’s for dinner!”…the Samuri drawing was lifted from the movie poster of “The Last Samuri” ( a personal favorite of mine along with “True Lies”, “Red October”, “Patton”, “Braveheart”… and a few secrets like… “the Devil wore Prada” and “Pride & Prejudice”).
Although I am not sure, I don’t think the warrior was carrying the Ohio State battle Flag in the movie… but I could be wrong.
FIGHT ON !
Roger Freberg
2007 Spring Colors and where they came from!
Okay, all of you ‘fashionistas’ out there… ever wonder where your colors come from? Do you have any idea of how they were developed? How one designer communicates his color needs to a source?
It was years ago in New York City, but I remember having a bunch of color chips in my office and talking over the phone with a supplier and saying… ” I need Pantone Color 2024 (for example) .” We each knew EXACTLY what the other was talking about.
However, I never knew that Pantone was the ground zero for the discussion of what were going to be the ‘in colors’ for the new season…. here’s a not-so-sneak peek for the fashionable colors of Spring 2007… personally, I like Pantone 16-1720 “Strawberry Ice.”
Funny how these things come about,
Roger Freberg
PS… My Birthday color is “Hibiscus”…. find your birthday’s color
the Need for Privacy
One of the problems in today’s architectural plans for residential communities and business environments is the disregard for the occasional need for individual privacy.
Webster defines Privacy thusly:
1 a : the quality or state of being apart from company or observation : SECLUSION
1 b : freedom from unauthorized intrusion
2 — archaic : a place of seclusion
3 — a private matter
The important aspects of the definition — to me — are: ” a place of seclusion” and “freedom from … intrusion”
Designs proliferate making workplaces more and more ‘Dilbert-Like’. Other efforts requiring ‘porches’ for homes to aid in positive social interactions with neighbors are misguided at best. Obviously some companies have recognized the shortcomings of the past and have attempted to address the need for ‘quiet’… such as Google. Although they haven’t escaped their “Dilbert’ foundation, they are taking many steps in the right direction as a relatively comfortable place to work.
Although America may never — hopefully — evolve back into the surrounded homes with the inner courtyards that are so common elsewhere in the world, the need for privacy… if not safety… becomes an area of developing interest. Companies are just falling all over themselves trying to sell you industrial or home security devices. Although ‘security’ is certainly an issue in our modern world… ‘privacy’ is what it’s really all about.
Now, a locked gate may not keep out emergency staff (they’ll just go through your fence), the police (same tactic as mentioned earlier) or the more accomplished intruder, but it does make the traveling sales person pause as well as the unwelcomed visitor. Now, here is a little advice… if you do put up a gate… do not add a bell or intercom or you’ve defeated the purpose of having a gate in the first place. The idea is to lock it… when you want to enjoy some peace and quiet.
It is amazing how taking a few small steps can make your world seem a lot more restful… a locked gate and an an unlisted phone number are two big steps… then sit back and enjoy your Sunday newspaper.
Roger Freberg
PS. Just the other day, dressed in my morning bathrobe, I looked out my window and saw a saleman at the front gate who was frantically trying to get my attention… I stopped… waved… and sat down in my big comfortable chair and thoroughly enjoyed my morning cup of coffee.