The Computer Supply Drawer

Last week I said this was the drawer I’m working on. The project is to take stuff from the computer and video supply drawer and make it easier to find stuff. At posting time this project is half-done.

The Electric Supplies Drawer Organized

It’s annoying when one of these projects turns out to be harder than expected. I had considered switching the junk drawer with the electric supplies drawer, but that would make it harder to go through the junk drawer. So I figured I would pull everything out of the electric supplies drawer and see what I have to work with.

Book Report: Battletech: 1st Somerset Strikers sourcebook

I saw ads for the Battletech role-playing game in some of my comic books growing up but I never saw any evidence of it. Dungeons and Dragons was the big game in the ’80s and you weren’t likely to see anyone else playing it. I had my own issues with D&D and never had time for any of the other “pen and paper RPGs”, including this one.

However, an animated series was produced in the ’90s and aired in syndication. (I’ve seen a source peg it as a Fox show, but the only place I saw it was a then unaffiliated station that was never part of Fox.) While I didn’t get interested in the RPG I have wanted to play the video game (and it’s spinoff series, MechWarrior). So why do I have this sourcebook?

It’s based on the animated series, but also works to correct factual errors to set events in the main Battletech universe. In-canon the cartoon is an error ridden summary of the events of the Clans first arrival (I’ll explain all that in the article) and the effort to repel them my uniting units of formerly opposing forces. In world, the show is considered poorly regarded, but in the real world I very much enjoyed it. They even found a way to shoehorn in the CG by introducing “enhanced imaging” for the Mech pilots (or “Mech Warriors). That’s why I picked up the book. Over on my other site I’ve gone through my Battletech comics and I thought I would finish my “Battletech Week” here at The Clutter Reports with a look at this book.

Failed Project Report: The Electric Drawer

This was going to be this week’s organizing project. My electric stuff drawer looks more like a junk drawer. The project I was hoping to do this week was to organize this drawer using The Clutter Reports‘ old friend…

Cardboard! It’s been done once or twice. Or thrice. Then I hit a small snag, which you might be able to see from the top picture.