My father used to lament about the preponderance -- and sometimes the lack -- of CFS, or convenient flat surfaces. Being a product of his time, he was referring to table tops, counter space, book shelves, desk tops, and even floors. In other words, his view of a CFS was always horizontal and the CFS existed primarily so that things could be piled upon it.
However, it strikes me that in the 21st century, which my father unfortunately did not live to see, that our CFSes are also vertical -- not just walls and bulletin boards and refrigerator fronts, but also our computer screens. We clutter these things up, or make them spare and utilitarian, as suits our personalities.
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