Philosophy
Do you collect things such as rocks, minerals, fossils or books or stamps or cat whiskers?
Yes...2
No...2
I think there must be a human gene that compels some of us to collect something and this gene tends to disintegrate as one gets older. In youth we start collecting all kinds of things. Middle age initiates refinement and greater focus. As we get older we find good homes for our collectibles or sell them and reap a handsome reward for a life time of efforts. The last stage also carries regrets...I miss my large rock, mineral, and fossil collection [donated to my old high school who could have cared less]...I miss many of my books [given to an ungrateful young woman]. I did make a good deal of money in the philatelic business however. Now, I retain and add to my cat whisker collection. It is small and portable. It encompassed donations from Kansas, Bruce, Emily, Chris, Sylvie, Bruno, Kloie, Beaker, and Oxford over a 37 year span.
- Deceased--harley Garbani
Harley Garbani September 19th, 1922 to April 21st, 2011 "Harley Garbani dies at 88; fossil hunter unearthed significant dinosaur finds" A self-taught paleontologist and archaeologist with a longtime passion for hunting dinosaur bones, Harley Garbani...
- Superman Comic Sold For A Million Bucks
Super hero, super powers, super price--one million bucks. Why do we collect things? Is there a human gene that drives some to spend millions for fine art or one million for a comic book. Well, someone did spend $1, 000, 000 for a fine copy of Action...
- Iraq, Books, Matthew Trevithick--healing
IMPORTANT NOTICE... I have been informed that this enterprise has been curtailed and that Matthew Trevithick has become involved in activities at another Mideastern university, thus the request for materials mentioned below are no longer solicited. ...
- Collector's Collector--lester Glassner
Lester Glassner February 23rd, 1939 to August 9th, 2009 In early April of this year I posted a poll on "collecting". The result was 50/50. In The Los Angeles Times this morning was an obituary for Lester Glassner a collector's collector of pop culture....
- Pet Poll
Oxford "I approved diz poll...and got a free cheese burger" Well, I am a little surprised...not so much in the results, which I expected according to a similar global survey, but that 71 people, including myself, even look at this blog. Nevertheless,...
Philosophy
"Collecting things" poll
Do you collect things such as rocks, minerals, fossils or books or stamps or cat whiskers?
Yes...2
No...2
I think there must be a human gene that compels some of us to collect something and this gene tends to disintegrate as one gets older. In youth we start collecting all kinds of things. Middle age initiates refinement and greater focus. As we get older we find good homes for our collectibles or sell them and reap a handsome reward for a life time of efforts. The last stage also carries regrets...I miss my large rock, mineral, and fossil collection [donated to my old high school who could have cared less]...I miss many of my books [given to an ungrateful young woman]. I did make a good deal of money in the philatelic business however. Now, I retain and add to my cat whisker collection. It is small and portable. It encompassed donations from Kansas, Bruce, Emily, Chris, Sylvie, Bruno, Kloie, Beaker, and Oxford over a 37 year span.
- Deceased--harley Garbani
Harley Garbani September 19th, 1922 to April 21st, 2011 "Harley Garbani dies at 88; fossil hunter unearthed significant dinosaur finds" A self-taught paleontologist and archaeologist with a longtime passion for hunting dinosaur bones, Harley Garbani...
- Superman Comic Sold For A Million Bucks
Super hero, super powers, super price--one million bucks. Why do we collect things? Is there a human gene that drives some to spend millions for fine art or one million for a comic book. Well, someone did spend $1, 000, 000 for a fine copy of Action...
- Iraq, Books, Matthew Trevithick--healing
IMPORTANT NOTICE... I have been informed that this enterprise has been curtailed and that Matthew Trevithick has become involved in activities at another Mideastern university, thus the request for materials mentioned below are no longer solicited. ...
- Collector's Collector--lester Glassner
Lester Glassner February 23rd, 1939 to August 9th, 2009 In early April of this year I posted a poll on "collecting". The result was 50/50. In The Los Angeles Times this morning was an obituary for Lester Glassner a collector's collector of pop culture....
- Pet Poll
Oxford "I approved diz poll...and got a free cheese burger" Well, I am a little surprised...not so much in the results, which I expected according to a similar global survey, but that 71 people, including myself, even look at this blog. Nevertheless,...