Brain Cache

I keep looking for interesting things to blog that don't require me to do any new thinking or work. I have another try. I don't know about you, but I carry a bag. I guess its my purse equivalent. Somewhere between there and a binky and an external cache for my brain. I am going to list the contents of my bag as it is today, no editing. *

It's a messenger style , black nylon bag. It has one large, zippered pocket in the flap. It contains:

• 1 bottle Ibuprofen
• About a dozen cards I apparently think I'll send to people someday if I just carry them long enough. Mostly from despair.com.
  
• Checkbook
• 1 J. K. Drummond Watercolors business card

When you flip back the flap, the exposed front of the bag contains a mesh zippered pouch, a solid weave Velcro closed pouch, and 3 cylinder pouches for writing utensils. These contain:

• 1 yellow highlighter
• 2 mechanical pencils
• One ball point pen
• 1 Leatherman (original)

The main compartment contains:

• 1 TI scientific calculator
• One collection Edward Abbey essays
• Elementary Algebra for TVI Math 100A
• One Mead Five Star one subject notebook, plastic cover
  
• "What is Web 2.0?" essay by Tim O'Reilly
• Printout wikipedia article, "First-order logic
• Printout wikipedia article, "Algorithm"
• Printout artcile, "India gets biofuel mobile power"
• Supplement to magazine Sys Admin, Training and Certification
• One legal notepad, notes from work
• Printout article from The Economist, "Rich Man, Poor Man"
• Printout article from The Economist, "In the Money"
• OK, turns out there are more printed out articles in here than I can possibly list
• Copy of Penny Saver classified adds
• Letter from City saying we must remove pile of dead branches from back yard
• About 10 DVD's a friend at work burnt for me of TV shows I"ll never watch
• A copy of Money magazine

You will notice the self-improvement, professional, "serious" theme. It's a ruse to make me feel cool. These little games we play with ourselves.

*If you believe that "no editing" part, I have same river front property in New Orleans for sale.