http://www.vagablogging.net/pondering-the-absurdity-of-souvenirs-at-yahoo-news.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:50:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.vagablogging.net/pondering-the-absurdity-of-souvenirs-at-yahoo-news.html/comment-page-1#comment-929 Colin M. Thu, 18 May 2006 16:16:35 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/pondering-the-absurdity-of-souvenirs-at-yahoo-news.html#comment-929 When i think back on all the places I've been (and I've been to a few of them with Rolf)and all the useless crap I've bought, there are a few items that really stand out, and one of them is a rediculously simple bottle opener I bought from a dingy restaraunt in Burma. Basically, it's a stick with a screw in it, but for some reason, it is one of my most prized posessions. I also love my genuine voodoo monkey skull neclace, also from burma. Actually, when i think about it, I love all my junk, and I imagine i'll continue amassing it untill I do, much to my wife's chagrin. When i think back on all the places I’ve been (and I’ve been to a few of them with Rolf)and all the useless crap I’ve bought, there are a few items that really stand out, and one of them is a rediculously simple bottle opener I bought from a dingy restaraunt in Burma. Basically, it’s a stick with a screw in it, but for some reason, it is one of my most prized posessions. I also love my genuine voodoo monkey skull neclace, also from burma. Actually, when i think about it, I love all my junk, and I imagine i’ll continue amassing it untill I do, much to my wife’s chagrin.

]]> http://www.vagablogging.net/pondering-the-absurdity-of-souvenirs-at-yahoo-news.html/comment-page-1#comment-928 Lloyd Sun, 14 May 2006 01:08:49 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/pondering-the-absurdity-of-souvenirs-at-yahoo-news.html#comment-928 Up to about five to ten years ago, I had a shelf of trinkets from various journeys. They gathered dust etc. It was then that I resolved to "buy experiences, not things." I still take lots of photos, but they take up little space on the computer hard drive and -- they don't require dusting. Up to about five to ten years ago, I had a shelf of trinkets from various journeys. They gathered dust etc. It was then that I resolved to “buy experiences, not things.” I still take lots of photos, but they take up little space on the computer hard drive and — they don’t require dusting.

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