My Fathers Machete

This machete was my fathers. He had it in the jungles of Panama during WWII.

He gave it to me long ago when he saw I was collecting swords. He had seen my machete and commented on how the original canvas sheath he was had, was long ago rotted away.

It is made of really good spring steel and my dad resisted putting it on the grinder to sharpen it.

--Still cuts well and true.

The Machette

When I was about 12 years old I was already a big time camper. I was in the Cub Scouts and then the Boy Scouts and I was a campin fool.

One day I went to the big flea market in Clarence NY with my friend Ray Clark and his family.

I had money because I worked for my parents on the Nursery and they actually paid me a decent wage. Mostly because at 12 years old in 1972 I was already bigger than they were.

I bought this for $6 and it was worth every penny.

--I still take this bad boy camping.

Dice Collection

Like most nerds, I have collected dice over the years.

This is just some of them.

Some are more interesting than others...

Lost in Space: Robot

This was my first Robot in my collection. I now have several that I will post eventually.

This classic guy is from Lost in Space and only had the name ROBOT.

The coolest thing about this one is that it has a proximity motion sensor. Is something gets too close it will scream DANGER, DANGER WILL ROBINSON! And lights will flash, it's torso will swing back and forth and the top globe will move up and down.

I have it on my desk to scare the shit out of my cat so he doesn't sleep on my keyboard.

--Best. Toy. Ever.

Graduation Tassels

These are my tassels from my graduation caps. The green and white one is from Pembroke High school.

The black one is from Genesee Community College.

1978 was a long time ago. Relic indeed.

NRA Pin

My newest addition to the Relic collection is my NRA Life Member lapel pin.

I attended to 2014 NRA Annual Meeting this year and while there I signed up as a Life Member.

This pin came in the mail with the rest of my packet!

There is a long story behind this pin. The Short version is that the church I have attended for over 20 years failed me and let politics become more important than people. This intentionally offsets some of those politics.

--Besides, suddenly I have thousands in extra cash!

Hotei

Brenda found me a a lovely, jade-looking, sculpture.

The sculpture is of Hotei, today in Japan by many considered to be the one of the seven lucky gods of Taoism who is responsible for wealth. The image portrayed is that of Budai, a 10th century Chinese monk who, according to legend, found happiness by foregoing material wealth.

It is made out of some kind of resin that the interesting.

It glows in the dark.

The glow comes from within, not just of the surface.

--Cool and a bit haunting really.