I'm not a hoarder, but it's true, I do have a problem throwing stuff out.
It's not exactly a problem (yet), but recently, I found myself rifling through my office trying to find a document, and I stumbled upon the following, in order of quantity:
- 32 Brewers bobblehead dolls
- Six baseballs
- Four bottles of liquor (that I didn't buy; they just showed up)
- Three stuffed monkeys
- Two fake mustaches
- Two Ryan Braun yarmulkes
- Two ShamWows
- One game-used Sean Berry wristband
- One unused set of 2007 Brewers World Series tickets
- One wig
- One straw hat
- One bottle of Clubman Aftershave
- One autographed Keith Jackson helmet
- One bike lock (no key)
- One "Bay View Bums" bowling shirt
- One child's baseball glove
- One bacon-flavored tube of lip balm
- One bowling pin lighter
- One County Stadium brick
- One hand-drawn Lisa Simpson sketch by a former Simpsons' animator
- One ceramic monkey piggy bank
- One original Macintosh 512K computer
- One unopened mustard jar from 2001
- One set of flannel sheets for a full-sized bed
- One walkie talkie
- One unopened box of Barilla Rotini
- One portable breathalyzer
- One stuffed dolphin
There's more, but I'm starting to freak myself out. Maybe I am a little bit of a hoarder.
What weird leftover are in your office? While you take stock, I think it's time to start throwing some of this stuff out ...
Andy is the president, publisher and founder of OnMilwaukee. He returned to Milwaukee in 1996 after living on the East Coast for nine years, where he wrote for The Dallas Morning News Washington Bureau and worked in the White House Office of Communications. He was also Associate Editor of The GW Hatchet, his college newspaper at The George Washington University.
Before launching OnMilwaukee.com in 1998 at age 23, he worked in public relations for two Milwaukee firms, most of the time daydreaming about starting his own publication.
Hobbies include running when he finds the time, fixing the rust on his '75 MGB, mowing the lawn at his cottage in the Northwoods, and making an annual pilgrimage to Phoenix for Brewers Spring Training.
