The good news: I cleared a whole bunch of stuff off my desk, rescued the notebook PC that was buried underneath (said PC now neatly stored elsewhere), cleared up some of the maelstrom of cables under the desk, and now have my DSL modem, router, and USB hubs nicely arranged on some mini-shelves that I've set up on the desk.
The bad news: Much of the stuff that was on the desk is now on the bed. That thing that I sleep on. And am supposed to be going to sleep on soon.
D'oh!
(pic is from morguefile)