Comments on: Office 2: The Desk http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/ More than you ever wanted to hear from Bestselling Author Jenny Crusie. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Reb http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9443 Reb Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:32:40 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9443 I've got a simple way to stop myself losing bras. I reckon they're a waste of money, so I only own 3. That forces me to hunt them out from wherever I've taken them off. :-) I’ve got a simple way to stop myself losing bras. I reckon they’re a waste of money, so I only own 3. That forces me to hunt them out from wherever I’ve taken them off. :-)

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]]> By: Deb http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9431 Deb Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:34:43 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9431 You know, you really *can't* have too many pens. Really. I am certain that somewhere out there exists the perfect pen. I must keep buying new ones until I find it. And the bras made me laugh. Because I keep finding them in weird places. And then my husband, when doing the laundry, says, "Why do you suddenly have 15 bras in the wash? I just did them!" You know, you really *can’t* have too many pens. Really. I am certain that somewhere out there exists the perfect pen. I must keep buying new ones until I find it.

And the bras made me laugh. Because I keep finding them in weird places. And then my husband, when doing the laundry, says, “Why do you suddenly have 15 bras in the wash? I just did them!”

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]]> By: Raychill Canuck http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9416 Raychill Canuck Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:34:30 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9416 I read the two bras point and my first thought - lives alone. My bras end up on my desk frequently as well. They don't stay there because 1) don't have that many and 2) my desk is in my dining room, which is part of the living room, so no underwear allowed to live there in case of company. My desk is actually pretty neat these days, but I do have a small table beside to catch the overflow and I moved the letter trays to the floor. I do however have to spend 15 minutes clearing off one shelf in my closet. 95% of that stuff hasn't been touched in over 18 months. I read the two bras point and my first thought – lives alone. My bras end up on my desk frequently as well. They don’t stay there because 1) don’t have that many and 2) my desk is in my dining room, which is part of the living room, so no underwear allowed to live there in case of company. My desk is actually pretty neat these days, but I do have a small table beside to catch the overflow and I moved the letter trays to the floor. I do however have to spend 15 minutes clearing off one shelf in my closet. 95% of that stuff hasn’t been touched in over 18 months.

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]]> By: RSS http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9415 RSS Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:50:11 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9415 My husband loves you Jenny because you motivated me to clean the desk today. It looks beautiful but since I've filed all the papers he'll never be able to find anything. I did find the replacements for the bank cards that just expired so life is good. My husband loves you Jenny because you motivated me to clean the desk today. It looks beautiful but since I’ve filed all the papers he’ll never be able to find anything. I did find the replacements for the bank cards that just expired so life is good.

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]]> By: Lisa http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9414 Lisa Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:15:56 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9414 Jenny, this is so inspiring. Very generous of you to make time to share with us! Re your old cell phone--you can drop it off at any Verizon Wireless store, they give them to domestic violence shelters for distribution to the clients. Good luck with th "I can't buy any more [whatever] until I've used up all I have. That has never yet worked for me, not that I've given up trying. OTOH my indulgences are books, fabric, and good chocolates, a bit harder to resist than (most) black pens. :-) For me anyway. Jenny, this is so inspiring. Very generous of you to make time to share with us! Re your old cell phone–you can drop it off at any Verizon Wireless store, they give them to domestic violence shelters for distribution to the clients. Good luck with th “I can’t buy any more [whatever] until I’ve used up all I have. That has never yet worked for me, not that I’ve given up trying. OTOH my indulgences are books, fabric, and good chocolates, a bit harder to resist than (most) black pens. :-) For me anyway.

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]]> By: Stacy http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9413 Stacy Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:15:43 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9413 Actually, I'm a little worried about your nephew. Were there two keys to the truck or does the poor guy have to hot-wire it everyday? By the way, you owe me two hours of sleep because if I start one of your books I can't stop until I've either finished it or am dead tired. So, even though I told myself I was just going to read The Cinderella Deal for a few minutes and then go to sleep, I wasn't able to sleep until I'd finished it, and got two hours less than I normally do and now I'm going to be tired at work. Actually, I’m a little worried about your nephew. Were there two keys to the truck or does the poor guy have to hot-wire it everyday?

By the way, you owe me two hours of sleep because if I start one of your books I can’t stop until I’ve either finished it or am dead tired. So, even though I told myself I was just going to read The Cinderella Deal for a few minutes and then go to sleep, I wasn’t able to sleep until I’d finished it, and got two hours less than I normally do and now I’m going to be tired at work.

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]]> By: CrankyOtter http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9412 CrankyOtter Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:20 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9412 Coke on the keyboard. I read in Mac world hints a few years back that you can put a keyboard in the dishwasher to get spilled soda off your keys, just don't run in through the dry cycle. Let it dry for a while (don't plug it in wet), and once it's very dry again, it should be good to go. Coke on the keyboard. I read in Mac world hints a few years back that you can put a keyboard in the dishwasher to get spilled soda off your keys, just don’t run in through the dry cycle. Let it dry for a while (don’t plug it in wet), and once it’s very dry again, it should be good to go.

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]]> By: Louisa http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9411 Louisa Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:00:06 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9411 Just wanted to say that I appreciate the way you handled my question about the music. Straight up and dignified. Gotta respect that. Hope that office comes out just right. Just wanted to say that I appreciate the way you handled my question about the music. Straight up and dignified. Gotta respect that.

Hope that office comes out just right.

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]]> By: CrankyOtter http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9410 CrankyOtter Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:57:00 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9410 Inspired by you I did 15 minutes of cleaning last night and got all the dishes done and started another load of laundry. All to the good. In my last fit of organization, I bought 3 bins that normally hold ice in freezers - about 6" wide and 8" tall and 12" or so long. They are GREAT for holding tape. I have lots of tape too. One bin has the scotch, electrical, and drafting tape. One has the packing, strapping, and duct tape (mostly sorted by width). There's some blue painters tape in there too. The third bin holds my various kinds of glue: tacky, elmers, gorilla, crazy, UV, contact cement, epoxy, and Mod Podge. I can recommend these narrow bins as easy to use for the corraling of things that stick. Inspired by you I did 15 minutes of cleaning last night and got all the dishes done and started another load of laundry. All to the good.

In my last fit of organization, I bought 3 bins that normally hold ice in freezers – about 6″ wide and 8″ tall and 12″ or so long. They are GREAT for holding tape. I have lots of tape too. One bin has the scotch, electrical, and drafting tape. One has the packing, strapping, and duct tape (mostly sorted by width). There’s some blue painters tape in there too. The third bin holds my various kinds of glue: tacky, elmers, gorilla, crazy, UV, contact cement, epoxy, and Mod Podge. I can recommend these narrow bins as easy to use for the corraling of things that stick.

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]]> By: Jean http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9407 Jean Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:45:28 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9407 I understood the bras right away. Annoying things. Can't write with them on. It sounds like Mollie hasn't visited for a long time... Good work! I understood the bras right away. Annoying things. Can’t write with them on.

It sounds like Mollie hasn’t visited for a long time…

Good work!

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]]> By: McB http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9405 McB Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:53:16 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9405 Well this might actually inspire me to do some serious purging. I've got two rooms that need it badly and one of them includes a closet. As we all know how much stuff can be crammed into a closet it probably counts as another room. What I need is more incentive. No, what I need, to be honest, is a bribe. What can I bribe myself with to get me to tackle these jobs? Well this might actually inspire me to do some serious purging. I’ve got two rooms that need it badly and one of them includes a closet. As we all know how much stuff can be crammed into a closet it probably counts as another room. What I need is more incentive. No, what I need, to be honest, is a bribe. What can I bribe myself with to get me to tackle these jobs?

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]]> By: Jennifer McKenzie http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9404 Jennifer McKenzie Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:17:30 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9404 Bwahahahahahahahahaw!!!! I LOVE this. If I thought anyone would be interested in MY desk contents (and the surrounding vicinity) I'd do this. I enjoyed reading yours. *Heading over to Bob's blog to harass him as instructed* Bwahahahahahahahahaw!!!! I LOVE this. If I thought anyone would be interested in MY desk contents (and the surrounding vicinity) I’d do this. I enjoyed reading yours.
*Heading over to Bob’s blog to harass him as instructed*

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]]> By: Jill http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9403 Jill Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:12:17 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9403 ..Lecture notes for the Cherry Con on fiction basics. Rough drafts of handouts for the Cherry Con workshops. Please tell me that these are at the top oa a pile. Put them under the bras. Unless you put the bras in a drawer and forgot where you put them. ;) I wrote this once but had to redo it when my arm hit the wireless button on the laptop. this desk it too crowded. Hey, it's not my desk. ..Lecture notes for the Cherry Con on fiction basics.
Rough drafts of handouts for the Cherry Con workshops.

Please tell me that these are at the top oa a pile. Put them under the bras. Unless you put the bras in a drawer and forgot where you put them. ;)

I wrote this once but had to redo it when my arm hit the wireless button on the laptop. this desk it too crowded. Hey, it’s not my desk.

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]]> By: Jenny http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9401 Jenny Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:15:58 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9401 Bob is moving as we speak, should be in his new office by the beginning of October. Go over to his blog and harass him there for a photo of it then. www.bobmayer.org Bob is moving as we speak, should be in his new office by the beginning of October. Go over to his blog and harass him there for a photo of it then. http://www.bobmayer.org

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]]> By: zeldaz http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9400 zeldaz Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:07:19 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9400 I don't own a tarot deck, but my favorite online one is Llewellyn's. So what does Bob's office look like? I don’t own a tarot deck, but my favorite online one is Llewellyn’s.

So what does Bob’s office look like?

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]]> By: Bonnie C http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9398 Bonnie C Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:49:58 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9398 a) When was Molly last there?? Looks like she might be due an obligatory maternal visit. b) Do you own stock in Avery-Dennison? The sheer amount of Post Its is enough to make Michael Nesmith LOL as he puts in another pool. c) "Devil duck drive"? Picture please! And WHERE do i get one?? a) When was Molly last there?? Looks like she might be due an obligatory maternal visit.

b) Do you own stock in Avery-Dennison? The sheer amount of Post Its is enough to make Michael Nesmith LOL as he puts in another pool.

c) “Devil duck drive”? Picture please! And WHERE do i get one??

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]]> By: Saucy Minx Cherry http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9396 Saucy Minx Cherry Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:34:36 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9396 Okay, first I thought I was a freak because my desk is such a pigpen, then I saw the photos of your desk vs. SEP's desk, and I felt better. I then read that books come to you as scenes in your head, and I heaved a tremendous sigh of relief. If the goddess of romantic comedy sees her books beginning the same way mine do, I must be doing something right. If you're cleaning, I can clean, too. Imagine what we'll all do with such clean desks. In the meantime, the list alone is beyond hilarious! Okay, first I thought I was a freak because my desk is such a pigpen, then I saw the photos of your desk vs. SEP’s desk, and I felt better.

I then read that books come to you as scenes in your head, and I heaved a tremendous sigh of relief. If the goddess of romantic comedy sees her books beginning the same way mine do, I must be doing something right.

If you’re cleaning, I can clean, too. Imagine what we’ll all do with such clean desks. In the meantime, the list alone is beyond hilarious!

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]]> By: Egads http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9394 Egads Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:49:13 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9394 I so totally got the bras. Mine like to hang out on the newel post going upstairs. (No, I don't know why, they just do.) I read <i>Welcome to Temptation</i> last night. When Sophie saw Garvey at the screen door, I actually gasped, put the book down, and pulled the covers over my head. It was such a jolt of real surprise and dismay. (Then, of course, I had to read what happened next.) Good job. I so totally got the bras. Mine like to hang out on the newel post going upstairs. (No, I don’t know why, they just do.)

I read Welcome to Temptation last night. When Sophie saw Garvey at the screen door, I actually gasped, put the book down, and pulled the covers over my head. It was such a jolt of real surprise and dismay. (Then, of course, I had to read what happened next.) Good job.

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]]> By: Melissa http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9391 Melissa Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:36:05 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9391 I missed the two bras, but that I can understand. Sometimes you've got to let the girls go free. I missed the two bras, but that I can understand. Sometimes you’ve got to let the girls go free.

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]]> By: Louis http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9390 Louis Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:33:29 +0000 http://www.arghink.com/2007/09/06/office-2-the-desk/#comment-9390 I only have one keyboard in a basket next to the desk...along with phone books...probably outdated ones. Rest of desk is much like the before picture. Your desk cleaned up very nicely. I should do mine. Next week. I only have one keyboard in a basket next to the desk…along with phone books…probably outdated ones.

Rest of desk is much like the before picture.

Your desk cleaned up very nicely.

I should do mine.

Next week.

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