What's On Your Desk?

I promise, after this post we'll get back to business and talk about writing, reading and roughing it on the homestead. 

Probably half the posts on the blogosphere today will gush about Valentine's Day, so let's talk about something else. 

First, I want to direct your attention to the FAQ page. Looky! I put some of your questions in there. (The least embarrassing ones anyway.) I'll leave those up for a few months and change them out to something new later on. 

If you'd like to embarrass me further, you can always ask a question here or email me. If I choose your question, I will link back to your blog.

Secondly, since this is a day of gifts and candy, I want to show off one of my oldest and fondest gifts from the husband. It has been the center of many a debate and was once held for ransom. It used to sit in my office at work and total strangers would threaten to steal him. (The cads!) He's the Robot from Lost In Space.

Through it all, the Robot survived to come home with me when I retired. He talks, he lights up, and he swings his body around. He even has a sensor that will turn him on (get your minds out of the gutter) when someone passes in front of him. I don't know where Greg got him, but he's one of my favorite toys. 

I keep a myriad of toys around my studio. You can see several of them in this photo. I collect dinosaurs, gargoyles, dogs (of course) and in this particular picture there's also a gruesome zombie woman that looks remarkably like me before caffeine.

I don't know how I started collecting these things, but I've never bought a single one. They've all been gifts from coworkers, loved ones, or friends. Each one has a story, but only the robot was ever kidnapped. 

Am I the only who collects these things? What sits on your computer desk?

UPDATE: Really sick. Will be back soon.