Why can't I make my desk dimensionally transcendental?

So I went and visited an old friend, iridium_wolf on Sunday at his, new apartment. Okay, so it's not new for him, but it was to me.

I got to see some fun things, including Civilization 4, and Breakout 2. Both very good games. I also got to meet Kodiak, his new dog who was very friendly.

Anyway, iridium_wolf has upgraded to a new pretty flatscreen monitor and was looking to dispose of his 21 inch monitor. Being a sucker (and only having a 17 inch monitor myself) I happily took it off his hands for a way below market price.

Except it's too big for my desk. Really too big. It's pretty much slapping me in the face as I work or play games. Being unable to fit in into the back (there's shelving on the back of my desk) I have it hanging off one side.

sigh...

But boy are things pretty on it...