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I don't know if your desk is like mine. Two computers, several miles of tangled wires, and a ton of loose papers.
She who must be obeyed, OCD about neatness, complains constantly, and refused to come in to my office.
Not a bad thing when you come to think about it.  
Maybe I'm a slob. sung to the tune of Paul's Maybe I'm amazed.
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Cable modem
Cable phone box
32 port Netgear switch
wifi box
Plugable Display Link
Plugable USB 10 port hub
External backup drive
Verifone credit card machine
Ingenco credit card machine (sometimes several for testing)
1TB USB SSD external drive
Epson scanner (for all those papers I don't have room for!)
Oh yeah, I forgot:
laptop (flipped so it's sitting on the keyboard and showing only monitor)
2 27" HP curved monitors
keyboard
mouse
chocolate (currently, strawberry filled dark chocolate)
And a separate small desk for the second laptop.
And behind me, on a bookshelf, another laptop being a small web server.
Loose papers? There's not much room left for loose papers.
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If I started writing down a list like this I'd need to invest an entire weekend. Discovering things hiding under other things.
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My desk is looking like a fairground attraction after I received a gaming keyboard from Ali-Express. Luckily the brightness of the colored LED's can be adjusted 
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I'd send you a picture of mine if it wouldn't cause me to die of shame. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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Same here.
You have the same human frailty as me. (Mentioned in my last response.)
I once made a video called "Lack of female supervision" which showed my desk and my kitchen.
I never showed it to anyone, else I might die of shame.
But then again, without the chaos there are no butterflies.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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This song on the subject is pretty much obligatory
Aesop Rock & TOBACCO are Malibu Ken - Tuesday (Official Video) - YouTube[^]
And in case you aren't here for the genre I'll just go ahead and post some relevant lyrics.
There's something you should probably know before we go too far
My neighbor found a mushroom growing inside of my car
She called me up on tour, sounding emotionally scarred
Although it may have scared her more that I wasn't really alarmed
The dandruff in a shaken globe is fit to gild a manger
The pizza face is pepperoni, carbuncle, and caper
I'm bunions and contusions, bumps, lumps and bruises
Discoloring, and other things I can't reach with a loofah
Not a butcher, not a baker
Pick a booger with a basic evolutionary failure
I do not open mail, I do not answer phones
The fridge is pretty much a home for mayonnaise alone
Watch a pocketknife surgeon cut a cyst out in the kitchen
It's the cousin to acutely removing his own stitches in a pinch
Kool-Aid ooze out his toothache
Mushroom growing in the car; it's just another Tuesday
Real programmers use butterflies
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Haha that was funny. I enjoyed it thanks. Plus I received it on Tuesday.
Like wise but a bit older:
The Dangerous Kitchen // Frank Zappa (sheet music + audio) - YouTube[^]
...and the lyrics as it can be hard to listen to.
Quote: The dangerous kitchen
If it aint't one thing it's another
In the middle of the night when you get home
The bread things are all dry 'n' scratchy
The meat thing
Where the cats ate through the paper
The can things with the sharp little edges
That can cut your fingers when you're not looking
The soft little things on the floor that you step on
They can all be dangerous
Sometimes the milk can hurt you
(If you put it on your cereal
Before you smell the plastic container)
And the stuff in the strainer
Has a mind of its own
So be very careful
In the dangerous kitchen
When the night time has fallen
And the roaches are crawlin'
In the kitchen of danger
You can feel like a stranger
The bananas are black
The got flies in the back
And also the chicken
In the dish with the foil
Where the cream is all clabbered
And the salad is frightful
Your return in the evening
Can be less than delightful
You must walk very careful
You must not lean against it
It can get on you clothing
It can follow you in
As you walk to the bedroom
And you take all your clothes off
While you're sleeping
It crawls off
It gets in your bed
It could get on your face then
It could eat your complexion
You could die from the danger
Of the dangerous kitchen
Who the f**k wants to clean it?
It's disgusting and dirty
The sponge on the drainer
Is stinky and squirty
If you squeeze it when you wipe up
What you get on your hands then
Could un-balance your glands and
Make you blind or whatever
In the dangerous kitchen
At my house tonight
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Frank Zappa is good for the soul. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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I have stuff piled on that computer's desk - papers. Actually, in layers.
I usually refer to them by their proper names (from topmost layer, downward):
Jurassic
Triassic
Cretaceous
However - due to the pressure from the upper layers and, of course, the passage of time, the bottom most layer is more correctly considered in terms of metamorphic[^].
Bonus points: If I cull it a bit I get appreciative praise from Mrs.Wife.
| Ravings en masse^ |
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: Jurassic
Triassic
Cretaceous
Are you getting oil / coal from the lower layers?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Please check the link included in the post for suitable commentary on the primordial paper piles likely final destination.
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| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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From long before computer days:
"A neat desk is the sign of a weak mind"
Right now: 3 workstations, a large Dell server being set up for a client, 2 scanners, 1 printer, 2 UPS units, 3 routers, 2 switches and wiring that looks like a drunk spider did it. Oh yeah, a foot switch (connected to USB hub) and a foot massage thingie.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I have two desks.
At work. Clear. The entire top is cleared at least once a day. My monitors, keyboard and mouse are pretty much all that is there. oh and a notepad for writing.
At home - Well like you, the dear wife will not even go in there. There is so much crap piled everywhere on that desk. At least one or two laptops in some state of repair. Pictures of things. Toys to play with. Hotwheels mostly. But I have some wind up robots as well. and other things. Knives to sharpen. Papers to do something with. etc...
I work from home about 50% of the time. so I am not sure why I am like this.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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I am VERY organized.
Almost OCD organized, everything's always in the exact same spot, stuff is alphabetic, labels to the front, in a single line, etc.
However, that is exactly my desk
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My office area is right next to her nest the sofa, though she is jus as messy as me so she doesn't complain much.
Herself once stated, loud and lcearly (and I regret non having recorded her) "I think I brought chaos to your life".
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Looking at all of the responses I have received so far, I am extremely happy to find that I am not the only one.
Thank you all for confirming my feelings about people in our profession, that work hard.
Things could always get worse. And usually do at the most inopportune times.
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indisputable that upended tasseled hat is on end (12)
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So what was it? I got nothing, except FEZ and I can't fit that into any useful word ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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On the right track. But I'm Canadian!
indisputable (def)
that (filler)
upended (anag)
tasseled hat tuque
is on end
unquestionedI promise I'll be British tomorrow.
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You learn something new every day! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Greg doesn't structure a clue in the traditional way - I actually thought of the answer but couldn't justify any of it. that (filler) WTF ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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OriginalGriff wrote: You learn something new every day!
And forget it the next. 
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Move to Canada. I promise that you won't forget your tuque in the wintertime. 
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@GregUtas
Where's the CCC?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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