This is the “Where”; We’re still working on the “Why”

James Lileks started it yesterday, when he posted a photo of his inner sanctum, where The Bleat gets hammered out on a quasi-daily basis. So I figured, hey, I have an inner sanctum also, as well as a pseudo-regular place on which to put a photo. Here ’tis:

Photo of the Gazette's central headquarters

A few notes are in order:

  • Unlike Mr. Lileks, I didn’t feel the need to impose an unnatural appearance of order onto what is, in reality, perpetual chaos. I feel good, psychically, about that decision, and I’m prepared to face the inevitable consequences when MLB finds out what I’ve posted on the internet. (I’ll never understand why women would prefer to have a picture of themselves eating a whole raw pig with curlers [in the their hair, not the pig’s] rather than have anyone find out that there’s an occasional minor mess in their home.)
  • Unlike Jasper, Abbye takes her dog-of-the-house duties very seriously, and will not demean the station by posing for crass commercial purposes. Plus, I couldn’t get her out from under the bed.
  • If you’re really nosy – and impossibly bored – you can see a larger annotated version of this photo, which describes some of the more significant features of my work area. This is not for the weak of heart or slow of modem, however, as this bad boy runs to 400KB.

Now…anyone else brave enough to follow these leads?

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8 comments

  1. You just know Lileks cleaned his workspace up for the photo. I could tell with just a glance. It’s the way I always visualize mine, no papers, just a few artistic knick-knacks laying about for effect.
    Mine looks like this for about 30 minutes after I’ve cleaned it up….then the avalanche of paper starts, appearing seemingly from out of nowhere.

  2. DUDE!, I so have to do this too.
    I also have plans to photo the walls of my library to share a vision of the bibliophile’s paradise I live in every day.
    I may try to get both posts up this weekend at Mysterium Tremendum.

  3. Jared, I’m going to hold you to it…I have to see where the magic occurs!
    Wallace, we’re just fortunate that the internet has allowed us to do away with all of our paperwork…

  4. [giggle] One good thing about email spam (yes, I said that) is that it doesn’t stack up on my desk while I’m out of town into a 6-ince deep pile of circulars, catalogs, coupon packets, etc.

  5. @ Eric
    That annotated photo surprised the heck out of me.
    I have a shark right above my computer as well. Okay, it’s not a beanie shark, it’s a Playmobil shark. The big difference is that a Playmobil shark actually can float in the tub or pool, can open its mouth, eat Playmobil people (who let out Playmobil screams when eaten) and is realistic looking enough to give you the shivers while floating around. When it’s in the water it looks exactly like a baby shark (down to the skin texture). This site still has them in stock for less than $5.
    http://www.puffins.com/playapg01.html
    Btw… That is one drop dead gorgeous chair. It looks like a piece of medical equipment.

  6. The shark actually plays an important role in my computerland ecosystem. My workstation is in my bedroom, and the shark blocks out the constant LED glow of my router (dorsal fin) and AirPort base station (tail fin).
    Re: the chair…what you can’t discern from the photo is just how heavy it is…close to 100 pounds.

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