From: cliftonr@netcom.com (Pope Clifton)
Subject: A different boring list type
Summary: Potentially boring briefcase list 
Organization: Inst. for Epistemological Pathology
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:53:42 GMT

Contents of my briefcase, as of 1/12/92 9:00 am, in semi-random order:

On shoulder strap:

Swiss Army Knife "Tinker" model, in cordura pouch.
Black Leatherman pliers/multi-purpose tool, in cordura pouch (a Xmas 
present.)

Inside:

4 packages of crack seed. (Will try it again.  Stubborn, I am.)
DayTimer appointment book/address book.  Still contains December 
appointment section.
My old grimoire (black book), the journal portion of which I still write 
in occasionally.  (Handy in case I ever need to perform a banishing, for 
instance.)
List of graduate business courses for UH Manoa, Spring 1993.
Letter telling me the Operations Research course I picked was cancelled.

3 Spiral bound notebooks:
 Green - intended to contain design notes for my C compiler/linker 
driver but instead contains notes for talk.bizarre posts;
 Red - contains notes on ideas for a new business startup - mostly empty;
 Light blue - empty except for notes on Ultima VII on the inside cover.

VHS videotape: 
 "Lone Star Retractor for Vaginal Surgery, Model 3308.
 Surgical Appl: Vag. Hysterectomy, Cystocele, & Rectocele (12:30 mins)"

Cassette tapes (home recorded):
 The Pogues, 'Red Roses for Me' b/w The Clash 'London Calling', in the 
box for Husker Du 'Warehouse';
 The Proj "Projnostication" b/w "Belligo Man" (old demo tape from my 
brother);
 Empty box for The Fleshtones 'Hexbreaker' b/w The Clash 'Combat Rock'

Design notes for compiler (which should be in green notebook) on random 
sheets of 8.5x11 paper.
November appointment section for the DayTimer.
Kleenex.  Post-Its.  Boarding pass to SFO from November.
Letter my daughter sent me while I was in Auburn, CA in November.
Drawing by my daughter.
Questionnaire on sexual practises from Good Vibrations/Open Enterprises, 
Inc.  (Still not filled out.)
Letter to SubGenius Foundation in Dallas, offering them my Pellagra 
Puffs ad for their next Stark Fist.
Pencils, pens.  A black Mini-MagLite flashlight.  Small screwdrivers.
Glasses case, which I never use.  Eyeglass repair kit, ditto.
Inflatable neck rest/pillow.
Brass business card case.  
Blank tranparency film for laser printers and copiers.
Safety check certificate for car which needs to be mailed in before the 
end of the month or my car will be unregistered.
Scattered non-reimbursable receipts from my last business trip.
VISA bill for $1573.61 from the same trip.  $12.82 past due.
Notes from testing Atria ClearCase version control system, on scattered 
sheets of 8.5x11 stationery.
Paper with button designs in Lucida BlackLetter: 'In Memoriam', 'Have A 
Nice Day', 'Have A Nice Wake.'
Old socks with heel and toe cut out, to wear inside my wrist braces for 
CTS (which I have left at home again.)
Class notes from graduate Finance class (the most hideously boring class 
I have ever taken); cribsheet for final exam in same; final paper in 
same.
List of email addresses, office addresses, and phone numbers for 
VeriFone employees world-wide.
Upgrade offer for Borland Pascal (already purchased.)
'Legal Highs', Adam Gottleib (20th Century Alchemist:1973)
Old checkbook with no checks.
Out of date auto registration papers from two years ago.
Graph paper pad with list of many of the things I should be doing, all 
of which are more important than listing the contents of my briefcase.

  -- Clifton (have I mentioned procrastination and disorganization?)

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