{"id":436,"date":"2018-01-08T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=436"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:05:20","slug":"my-sheveled-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=436","title":{"rendered":"My Sheveled Desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-08.04.06-e1515443712993-1024x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-08.04.06-e1515443712993-1024x282.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-08.04.06-e1515443712993-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-08.04.06-e1515443712993-768x211.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-08.04.06-e1515443712993-1200x330.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret that my desk is neither neat nor tidy.&nbsp; Apparently the second Monday in January (today) is &#8220;National Clean Off Your Desk Day&#8221;, so I decided to clean off my desk.&nbsp; Here are some items I encountered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three paper crowns (one from Christmas dinner, one from dinner of New Year&#8217;s Eve, and I&#8217;m not sure about the third&#8211;perhaps Christmas 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Screws for the upstairs tub faucet (now reinstalled)<\/li>\n<li>Two tape measures (not counting the one on the shelf across from the desk)<\/li>\n<li>Tickets for the Lantern Tour of Jewel Cave from 21 June 2016<\/li>\n<li>The case for my Leatherman multitool (on the opposite end of the desk from the actual tool)<\/li>\n<li>The case for my HP 48G calculator (on the opposite end of the desk from the actual calculator)<\/li>\n<li>Eight tins originally containing Altoids, Trader Joe&#8217;s Gingermints, etc. (now mostly empty, but one containing ear buds and two contained dryer lint and matches)<\/li>\n<li>Two pair sunglasses (I never wear sunglasses)<\/li>\n<li>Three D20<\/li>\n<li>Random dusty picture of me and my wife (taken by an elephant statue in Dallas, Texas in 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Container of BB&#8217;s (last used in early 2016 to add mass to a Pinewood Derby car)<\/li>\n<li>Battery cover for a remote (no sign of the remote)<\/li>\n<li>Several batteries of unknown charge (mostly size AA and AAA )<\/li>\n<li>Dozen CDs and DVDs (including Ubuntu 15.10, DBAN, and &#8220;A Sesame Street Celebration&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Numerous checks that have been deposited via smart phone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Basically I removed pretty much everything from the desk that wasn&#8217;t connected by wires (and some things that were).&nbsp; Cleaned and sanitized the keyboards and mice and phones.&nbsp; I decided the second phone doesn&#8217;t need a spot since I only use it every three months or so.&nbsp; I replaced items that I frequently use (such as glasses, calculator, box cutter) into the usual locations.&nbsp; The improvement is significant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-12.38.07-e1515444835926-1024x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-12.38.07-e1515444835926-1024x282.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-12.38.07-e1515444835926-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-12.38.07-e1515444835926-768x211.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/2018-01-08-12.38.07-e1515444835926-1200x330.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;ll wait for &#8220;National Clean Up the Rest of Your Office Where You Dumped All the Stuff When Cleaning Off Your Desk Day&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that my desk is neither neat nor tidy.&nbsp; Apparently the second Monday in January (today) is &#8220;National Clean Off Your Desk Day&#8221;, so I decided to clean off my desk.&nbsp; Here are some items I encountered: Three paper crowns (one from Christmas dinner, one from dinner of New Year&#8217;s Eve, and I&#8217;m &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=436\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My Sheveled Desk&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sheveling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=436"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":707,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436\/revisions\/707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}