Friday, August 04, 2006

My Bag


I saw that my friend Rick recently came into possession of a new bag. The appropriate bag is an essential accoutrement for today's mobile man. To those that don't normally carry a bag with them as part of their daily routine might look upon a bag such as mine as impedimenta; but a reliable, well-constructed bag is an extension of the modern man, a constant friend and companion.

Rick's post inspired me to introduce to my three regular readers my own well-traveled laptop bag, pictured above in the passenger seat of my car.
  • Age: 8 years
  • Cities visited: Atlanta, Seattle, Chicago, Columbia SC, Dallas, Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, Irvine, Las Vegas, Miami, Nashville, New York, Palo Alto CA, Phoenix, Portland, San Jose, St. Louis, Tampa and Toronto
  • Air miles: over 100,000
  • Contents (today as of 4:30 PM PDT): one laptop computer, two Pentel pens, a mechanical pencil, two packs of Trident gum, ear buds, one DVD (Play it Again, Sam), a Palm TX, my Treo, eleven file folders, three current magazines (Newsweek, Premiere and Esquire), one book (Discovering Solutions to Everyday Challenges), twenty-three cents in change, one coffee club card, an outdated travel itinerary, a photo of my wife, two photos of my daughter, two drawings by my daughter of our family and two walleye fillets (since removed to the refrigerator)

4 comments:

Auntie Joyce said...

What, No hidden stach of candy, or any kind of munching foods. All the popular bags now adays have at least one small bag of M&M's with peanuts and a bag of crushed chips. Well at least you do have gum. That bag has been more places in 8 years than I have in 46. LOL

Todd R. Vick said...

You have a Treo? Cool. Unfortunately, my digital camera is out of comission at present, or I would introduce my bag. My primary bag, however, is located just above my belt.

Rick said...

nice bag.

mothy said...

I have a bag. She turned 36 this year.