Surrounding his desk is a lavish tribute to the baby boomer counterculture, with a gallery of photos of cultural heroes like Muhammad Ali, John Lennon, the Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley.
But rather worrying about all that, I'm also throwing in a grab bag of stuff from the boxes surrounding my desk.
New words, written diagonally on scraps of paper to Look Up and Remember, tucked in notebooks, library books, surrounding my desk.
It is written on the smart board, demonstrated in the halls, surrounding student desks and classroom walls.
Film memorabilia surround his desk, giving the place the feel of a boy's bedroom.
A battery of computers and associated technophile kit surrounds his desk.
To make the negative mold of Golda's face, I surround my desk with photographs of her, and I get out my clay and make a guesstimate.
When the jurors delivered their verdict convicting Mr. Hayes of 16 of the 17 charges against him, Mr. Soda said, people at the market surrounded his desk.
The commercial from Muse, which runs 30 seconds, begins with a young black woman on a set, surrounded by desk chairs.
I can see him now on the various corporate Christmas cards that surround my desk: round, laughing belly, shaking beard, rosy cheeks and a big old grin.
