THE VAULT
2/17/04. 12:15pm. Home.

visor from the miniature golf course I worked at in high school

glass from my first communion

coins from various countries, old US coins, none of them worth anything

keychains with my name on them

deer vertebra, found on Boy Scout trip

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum membership cards, 1996-99

souvenir card from Akron, Ohio's Canal Park

souvenir card from Brady's Cafe in Kent, with a picture of Doc Whiz on it

Mark's old business card, with his old web address on it

promotional matchbook from Mark & Ted's old band, with its second lineup on back

bottle opener with Canadian flag

2-inch Cap'n Crunch figurine

souvenir pens & pencils with TV station logos on them

souvenir pen from 1988 Ohio State Speech tournament

a copy of the 1971 John Kerry speech that got me there

my business cards, a few of each

handmade keychain from New Mexico circa 1977

a small chunk of concrete block from the bottom of a certain wall at Copley High School

full set of coins from the year I was born

high school class ring, Boy Scout ring, ring with my initials on it

my grandmother's passport, issued 1967, and a picture from her 90th birthday of her and the 'Wagner' side of the family

high school & college graduation announcements

an article about the May 4, 1970 Kent State shootings, published near the 25th anniversary, from weekly free paper in Cleveland, with an article on the back about the band Slaughter

an article about the Magic Bean from around the time I started playing there

program from the 1992 Hudson Players production of Little Shop of Horrors, when my sister was in the cast and her husband and I were in the pit band

college graduation card from Little Shop cast, given to me on closing night, which was also the day I graduated

a pair of 3-D glasses

patch from 1988 Gatlinburg (TN) Smoky Mountain Music Festival

two Christmas cards I received in the mid-90s

28 postcards from around the world

the only picture I kept of me with that one girl

various articles and brochures from TV stations where I've worked

coworker's going-away note from 2000, featuring his "top 10 things I've learned while at KOTV":

10. never put three 6s on the screen at one time.
9. however, if you do put three 6's on one screen, the devil will NOT appear at your doorway.
8. Your boss, on the other hand, will be there within 3 minutes.
7. Spiral staircases are legal as long as grandfathered in.
6. Meth labs invariably burn.
5. It's good to be "in touch", but spanking sells
4. it's only tv
3. sometimes 1/60th of a second just isn't quite fast enough
2. don't leave things unfinished
1.

letter from Southwest Airlines, September 23, 2001

copies of my birth certificate

three wedding announcements, four funeral bulletins

the May 2002 issue of GQ, the first time a non-celebrity was ever on the cover, that non-celebrity being my childhood friend Todd

various press clippings about Todd from when the GQ thing happened

invitations to the 2000 Heartland Regional Emmys & the 1999 Dallas Press Club Katie Awards

nomination certificates from both

my family's geneaology

articles about my nephew's hockey team

article about the house I rent, built in the 1920s

"This Day In History" for August 23

room for more