You're like one of those goddamn creatures out of Greek mythology: half-man, half-desk".
The best parts of the book come when he is describing this furious "half-man, half-desk" wrestling with his job.
You're like one of those goddamn creatures out of Greek mythology: half-man, half-desk". Carson, Leno, and Letterman were these mythic creatures like schoolteachers spotted in the grocery aisle, they appeared shockingly out of place away from their familiar sets.
The Offi Half Pipe desk, at Bobby Berk Home in SoHo, got the nod for being an "elegant, updated version of a '50s or '60s bentwood desk".
(Except my entitlement dream was comparably tame and included a job with benefits and maybe half a desk. That seemed fair).
Sitting behind his half-moon desk surrounded by computer terminals, Mr. Cayne told Mr. Spector that he wanted his resignation.
Mr Vaz, who will question immigration minister Damian Green on Tuesday, said half the desks were "not opened".
When I look at the site today and imagine what it would be like to walk the floor where Yahoo Sports is created in LA, I would expect half the desks to be empty from layoffs and whoever remains to have their heads down and kind of depressed.
They use their first floor, the former living room, as an office, with space for a half-dozen desks and a conference room.
For me personally, it also marks a key point in a lengthy transformation from 40-a-day chain-smoker and 18-and-a-half stone desk-bound office worker who hadn't taken part in any sport in 15 years, and whose daily diet once consisted of nothing but fry-ups, Snickers bars and Guinness, to a 'runner'runner
