The goods, the bad, the ugly

Another weekend, another load of stuff out the door. Here's a list of possessions that I no longer posses. Above is a Snoopy snow globe. It used to the a rotating music box that played "On Top of Old Smoky," but the bottom part fell off. I refilled the globe with clean water and found a home for it.


I tossed a bunch of posters and printed goods, but I had to shoot these before recycling them. This was given out to hockey fans at the Fabulous Form when Gretz returned to the Kings lineup after an extended period on the IR.


It turns out that Wayne getting rest wasn't a bad thing. Luc, Kurri, Tomas, and others kept the squad in the hunt, and the team wound up doing deep in the playoffs.


They made it all the way to the Finals, where they met the Habs and the rest was history. One curved stick short. I'll never forget that season, or the times I got to accompany my friend Joy to Section 12. (I kept all the Section 12 newsletters.) When the Kings get back to the Finals and I'll get more of these at Staples, right? Right? Right?


If we had a Giant Robot Museum, this would go there. It was a gift from Tae Won Yu, a Halloween costume he gave me when he stayed at my house. It's been collecting dust for a decade, and now it's going to the catbox in the sky.


I gave away all my Simpsons paraphernalia. There was too much to catalog, but I especially liked this toy from Winchell's. There's a retractable cord connecting the stack of donuts and Homer. Pull them apart, and Homer crawls toward the treats. This and other objects are being added to a fellow Simpsons fan's collection.


Ideally, I would give all my old magazines to the new library that's being built around the corner from us. But that will take forever. Check out the dayglo gear and directional shapes! Now the pages of shred are being shredded!


Finally, all my Dreamcast games, guns, shocks, and memory cards. What a sweet setup. I don't know how many times I stayed up late playing House of the Dead 2 with my friend Yvonne (1/2 Bird 1/2 Girl). Finding a friend who had a system that was wrecked by a disgruntled ex made parting with this a lot easier.