Pallets?

Does this count? Can I add pallets to the collection blog without cheapening the whole thing? Moreover, is cheapening a word? Right now this feels like the barrel's bottom, but it may not in the coming year, when I'm looking for the 150th collection to put up. Pallets have had a reoccurring role in my life, stacking bricks on them as a kid, watching my brother build things out of pallets, and floating on stacked pallets in an impromptu pond out back by the railroad tie pile when I was very young.

Sheep

In 2007, after decades of mowing his yard or watching it mowed, Rodgey had had enough. He decided to subcontract the work out to sheep. The sheep were more than willing to do the work, and to breed. Warning: if you try this logically ecologically-friendly method of yard maintenance, know that no fence ever built and no fence that will ever be built can hold a sheep. They are built like furry tanks. That would be fun to draw, furry tanks.

Vintage He-Man Action Figures

Some credit has to go to Johnny Gold for collecting and then inadvertently donating these He-Man action figures to my brother and I. Also, Johnny Gold would be a great name for a superhero, an apple, or a pretzel mascot. 

Basketball Cards

I don't know why this was ever a good idea, but for years there we collected basketball cards. Please don't judge me. As a 13 year old, there really weren't a lot of other options for what to do.

Missouri State Parking Tickets

I maintain that I am the all-time leader in collegiate parking tickets earned at Missouri State. I got all of these after I graduated, and mostly in Denise's car. That's all the joy of getting a parking ticket, with none of the hassle of having to pay. Some of them were placed on cars in my name though. And I have about $300 in fines at school there. But I payed $5 of it last year, and now see the matter as closed. 

Vintage Rubberband Ball

A bit of a stretch as an entry into this blog, the 12 pounds of rubberbands are the collection here.Try not to see the ball as one object, but a collection of elastic strings. Although, the ball (which was once the size of a bowling ball) is also impressive.

Humor Journals

This collection doesn't look nearly as great as it actually is. The Humor Journals are the funniest books I've ever read or written. For over a decade I have written everything funny that happened, tried to remember what just happened so I could write it, and forgotten what I was writing as I tried to write it down. I'm now on The Humor Journal 14. Feel free to visit thehumorjournal.com for more information.