Okay, What is on your desk top right now!

[RetroLounge]

and I don't mean your computer screen. What is on your desk in front of you right now, what knick-knacks, junque, trinkets, stuff, etc? At work? At home?

On my Cubicle Desk At work:

John Kerry button
1992 Vote Clinton button
Stuffed Pokeman Figure
Stuffed snorting pig figure
Dilbert Calendar
Dilbert coffee mug
Yoda figurine
Elvis magnet
Mr. Bigglesworth talking stuffed animal
GMC Suburban Monopoly Game Piece
Chicago Bears Troll
Wonder woman Burger King cup
Puumba figure
Mini Slinky
M&M dispensor
45rpm - Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire on Sun Records
1930's Chicago Post Card
Dancing and Singing Cactus
2 Carved Elephant figurines from India
Mini Magnetic Poetry Set
Dashboard Hula Girl & Flamingo
9 Taco Bell Chihuahuas
Snowglobe with pics of my kids.
1950's Cat metal letter & pen holder
1950's pottery rickshaw planter
1950's Kreiss Psycho Ceramic Split Personality Guy

Oh, and a computer...

RL

[underpants]

1. monitor, mouse, speakers, phone, stapler, tape, inbox, some papers

I tend to keep a very clean desk thank you.

[alittlelark]

2. 2 dozen Carnations

2 scripts
piano music
an Anime' pic
a camera
2 coffee cups
a hot sauce container I need to toss
the latest Enonomist
2 pens
and some crumbs

[4_Legs_Good]

3. Futurama stuff, TONS of unfinished (some unstarted) work, etc...

Slurm Can
Kerry Edwards button
Picture of wife and kid
laser stabilization unit thing
Itchy & Scratchy PAIN-O-METER
Futurama I-men
4 coffee mugs
Fake Swiss Army knife
2 water bottles
3 pairs of safety goggles
60 mL beaker
Kleenex box
cat painted clock.
TONS of unfinished work.
30 patent files
Futurama Giclee ("Strangely disconcerting stories)
a Copy of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
standard desktop stuff

and much MUCH MORE!!

david

[YellowRubberDuckie]

30. Are you a chemist or some other kind of mad scientist?

[tsakshaug]

4. piles of paper

computer and the like
some external hard drives
empty coke cans
photos
phone
3 hole punch
some palm pilots
random pens
a few computer mice
powe adaptors
some cat 5 patch cords

[meegbear]

5. monitor, speakers, phone

papers, books, drink container with protein powder, banana, router, 3 G4 17" Powerbooks, IBM Thinkpad, CD burner.

[qnr]

6. Practically nothing

Haven't put up any sort of workstation in the new place yet. Limited space, All I have is my mouse, monitor (speakers attached with velcro), and on top of the monitor an Opus stuffed animal, a husky stuffed animal, and a pterodactyl stuffed animal.

[tridim]

7. Keyboard

Monitor
Dental floss
A plastic toothpick
Wireless mouse and receiver (sound familiar Bush??)
Coffee warmer / Coffee
TV/VCR remote
Bottle of 100% pure peppermint oil (Mentha piperita)
Glass of water
Family Guy box set
Sirius receiver
An unplugged Shure SM57 Mic
A midi controller keyboard

[eddiebrowns]

8. Here goes

computer keyboard
monitor
phone
coffee cup
papers
sticky notes
Brutus Buckeye
Cleveland Browns troll
cute flower pot with flowers(heads of great nieces are in the middle of the flowers)
pen/pencil holder thing
rock-don't know why
picture of kids and dad
calendar
rolodex
kleenex-gotta cold
Champaign County Democrats pin
phone books
tickets for Champaign County Democratic Dinner-tomorrow night

That's it I think-might be some more junk under the papers, but who knows?

[Kadie]

9. cook books, paperwork, rescue helicopter, police car,

many little firefighter tools (oxygen tanks, jaws of life, flashlights etc...)paper towel, calculator, phone, monitor, speakers, empty glass, big ugly halloween spider, ruler, tupperware catalog, pictured colored by my son, Clifford the Big Red Dog computer game, popsicle stick, leaves and acorns(given to me by my son) and a little dust.

I need to clean my desk today.

[MercutioATC]

10. Wow! BIG list...

Canon S9000 photo printer, one half-full 80GB hard drive, numerous CDs, headphones, two sets of computer speakers (Klipsch and Logitech), empty bowl that until recently held popcorn, Linksys wireless router, a Discover magazine, mouse, keyboard, 21" monitor, Canon D30 camera, wine glass that until recently held a 2001 Coppola Zin, HP Laserjet III printer, Suunto Vytec dive computer and a cell phone.

[salvorhardin]

11. You sure you want to know?

• computer
  
• monitor
  
• cable modem
  
• keyboard
  
• mouse
  
• speakers
  
• my fingers
  
• toe nail clippers (barrel spring kind)
  
• a pen
  
• several scraps of paper
  
• a 3/4 full bottle of hydrocodone 10/500
  
• a 16 oz. bottle of Cocoa Butter Lotion
  
• a 16 oz. bottle of Aloe Vera Lotion
  
• a really old empty 11.5 oz. can of Planter's Mixed Nuts with push pins stuck into its lid and something nasty inside (not really sure -- I think it's the remains of lunch from last February or something)
  
• a large dead insectoid of some kind (I think it was a really big wasp or maybe a moth before it shuffled off the mortal coil)
  
• a sticky spot that I keep accidentally rolling my mouse through
  
• dust -- lots of dust

[Az_lefty]

12. OK........

Stereo speakers
telephone
pen
calendar
digital clock / thermometer
golf ball
Palm pilot
"I Voted" sticker
"Democratic Underground" bumper sticker (should put this on my truck)
Goofy animal with sign "Get the Fuck Away from my PC"
coffee cup full of pens and stuff

[skygazer]

13. How much time you got?

3 framed family photos
3 unframed family photos taped to hard drive
3 framed photos of dead dogs
2 dead dogs in urns with collars draped on top
lamp
small plastic dinasaur
small American flag
5 feathers
4 books
rack filled with papers
stack of post its
bottle of Valium
cup full of pens
2 boxes of floppies
staple remover
pile of papers
pile of receipts
outline for novel
booklight
chinese exercise balls
small throw pillow made by son
in basket full of papers
can of air duster
flashlight
stapler
rolodex
pencil sharpener
deoderant (?)
hair clip
box of kleenex
cup of tea
stuffed sheep
fluffy bunny ears headband strapped to speaker
reindeer ears headband on same
hard drive, monitor, printer, keyboard, speakers, mouse and mousepad

[RollergirlVT]

14. Oh don't go there ;(

[RetroLounge]

16. Oh, yes, we are going there...

spill the beans...

RL

[daddybear]

15. Lesseeeee....

My computer, printer, monitor (flat screen),speakers, today's mail, 3 tiny snickers bars, my cordless phone, sunglasses,stress hall, magnifying glass, scissors, three magazines,my bill fold, glasses and an address stamper.

[Demit]

17. brand-new screaming dual processor MacG5 and 20" flat panel Cinema Display

...and a small glow-in-the-dark St. Clare of Assisi (who is apparently the patron saint of television).

[Kid_A]

18. Homies. Lots and lots of Homies.

They're these little plastic figurines that I get whenever I eat at the Mexican restaurant near the office where I work. I also have about seven empty Altoids tins, a stack of CDs, a balsa wood glider, a Swingline stapler, an empty can of Mountain Dew, a bottle of water, and a lovely picture of Keira Knightley. She's purdy.

[RubyDuby in GA]

19. It goes without saying, but you guys are so cool...here goes:

piles of paperwork and work related stuff
cd player
Jimmy Carter bobblehead figure
Framed pics of pups (past and present)
Photos of spoiled rotten nephew
Far Side - Midvale School for the Gifted coffee cup holding pencils
Framed photo of me with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Monitor covered with Wonder Woman stickers
Fav Boondocks strip laminated and put on monitor (Presidency has become the Special Olympics one)
Howard Dean mousepad
Lotion
Small rubber pink flamingo wearing sunglasses

[tigereye]

20. bunch of my husb's crap- piles of bills, cough drops, etc.

he holds up his computer with sci-fi books... David Brin books to be exact.

Plus my sunglasses, a pen, and a bottle of water and various change.

[XNASA]

21. A yellow orchid.

And some other shit.

[ellie]

22. My computer

and my giant yellow cat.

[amandae]

23. my computer ... small dry-erase/corkboard ...

pencils
highlighter
two candles
felt pen
something that looks funny (don't know what it is - my kid pulled it out of somewhere and i'm still determining it's orgin)
a bill
"Forever Friends" book
address book
stationery sheets for my daughter
Buffalo Bills coaster with glass on it
sticky tabs (to mark pages in books)
two ponytail holders
timer (to practice taking my tests)

exciting stuff. this desk is uncluttered compared to our main one which, at this moment, looks like a bomb hit it.

:hi:

[Oak2004]

24. A 12' tape measure, a water bottle...

two asthma inhalers and a spacer, migraine pills in their handy-dandy blue case, eye drops, lip balm, three pens, a digital camera, a manual for the digital camera, the upc code cut from a DVD box, four small machine screws, a Verizon calling card, a cordless phone battery, a bit of scrap paper, an almost-empty mug of still-hot tea, a teaspoon, an elastic shoestring, reading glasses, my PDA, and a Mastercard, freshly used on a contribution to the Ohio Democratic Party.

(My card is telling me it wants all your credit cards to come out and play on your desks today, too :D )

[DelawareValleyDem]

25. This

My Computer, Recycle Bin, Network Neighborhood, WinZip, Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Firefox, Real One, SpyBot, and a wallpaper of my Dog

[Mizmoon]

26. printer, speakers, tv remote, astringent, cotton balls

oh, and a giant bong that I can't use because I have the damn flu.

Did I mention that I have the flu?

[SarahB]

27. It's a mess...

2 remotes
a cup
a paper plate
a pencil
blank CD-R discs
speakers
toothpaste (how'd that get there?)
A Cat in the Hat CD-rom
broken MP-3 player
Box of old pictures
scanner
one domino with Bart Simpson on it
an invitation to join an honor society from my college (I'm old, but the brain's still workin' apparently :D)
Information downloaded about SBC dish network
a paper about homecoming activities for kids in my town
a notepad
a blank job application at a particular hospital (for when something opens up there I'd qualify for)
a cottonball
a family Christmas picture from 2002

[YellowRubberDuckie]

28. Crap...there's so much shit on this desk...

*Almost empty, starting to mold bottle of Diet Coke with lime
*2 empty cans of diet cherry coke
*Half empty old bottle of Dasani
*Four 32 oz styrofoam cups with water in them that need to be thrown away
*Two 20 oz Styrofoam cups
*2 clear plastic tumblers with soda I forgot to finish.
*Yellow, square box of puffs plus, two samples of OptiFree contact solution
*Can of Lay Stax, Barbecue flavor
*Clock Radio
*Harry Potter Movies 1 and 2 desk calender
*Empty frame that looks like sand with foot prints and flip-flops
*Two Angels my best friend Angel gave me for Christmas a couple years go.
*Speakers
*2 bottles of fingernail polish
*2 pairs o scissors in a pencil holder
*Electronic component wipes
*Computer and components and a trackball
*Various paper towels and used kleenex
*Power Strip
*Box of floppy disks
*2 Random Antacids
*Empty bottle of Fiji Bottled Water
*2 Yellow Solo Cups
*Random Receipts
*Mickey Mouse Watch
*CD Jewel Case
*Note Card with an email address on it.
*Assorted clips for my hair
*Paper Clips
*Random Change
*A defunct tv Remote
*A pen
And
*A really cool clear plastic paper weight in the shape of a fish with shells and random things inside one of my really good friends sent me from Miami when he went to a Free Trade thing down there.

I warned you. lol
Duckie

[MissMillie]

29. a thermal lunch sack

a small pill box
my cell phone
a half eaten protein bar
an Aimee Mann CD
an empty Gladware container
a picture of my cousin's son
a bottle of video diplay cleaner


oh yeah, and a stack of papers I should probably file.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

31. Scattered A4 pages with code printed on them

Framed pic of wife & kids
A ballpoint pen
My briefcase
User's manual for some esoteric piece of hardware
Phone
Another ballpoint pen

Looks Dilbert-y.

[auburngrad82]

32. phone, monitor, glasses, coffee cup...

Notepad w/Sinclair advertisers listed
Stress ball
diet coke
4 classical cds
10 pennies
"Take Them At Their Words" by Bruce Miller and Diana Maio
Numerous pens and pencils
List of Democratic judges running for office in North Carolina
Stack of floppy disks.