I used to carry this back before the pansamatic started. Since, it has sat in place on my recliner, only getting moved a few times, once being when I sat down with some bourbon to listen to the new King Gizzard disc. (KG) It's a tradition that goes way back...er..no it doesn't. But, I used to do it whenever a new CAKE album dropped, and well, King Gizzard is my Cake replacement. Whenever I went out on the weekends, or took a trip on an airplane, this was my luggage. It's only my second briefcase since I started carrying one to ferry my writing junk and other stuff to my radio gigs. In fact, my first one was provided BY one of the stations I worked for. I had to remove the stitched on name when I went to work at another station. "Secret" is what it said for Secret Communications. This was just before the ownership rules relaxed for radio stations. When I moved to Toledo, I put a station bumper sticker over the name and eventually worked to remove all the stitching on the bag. Eventually that bag was falling apart so I bought a replacement that you see here. Pansamatic rules means that I haven't been taking anything anywhere, let alone sitting in a coffee shop working for a few hours. I thought I'd open it, show it, and ready it for more staying home this summer.

The front has a zippered pouch that I keep current items in. I like this because I don't have to unwrap the bag and get crap out. More on the contents in a moment.

The back of the case has a large flap which is even easier to access. I keep directions to Chicago and a map in here when I drive. It can hold bottles of whatever I was drinking or will be drinking.  Just a handy flap where I'm not as worried about losing stuff. Yeah, I've had stuff bounce out of this when being transported, but again, while I'm driving, it's easy access.

This is all the crap I've had in the front zippered pocket. Mostly cough drops which thankfully haven't been needed since Winter 2019. I gotta imagine the imitation "Compare To Halls" cherry drops are now really old and sticky, but then, they always got that way. I keep them in a hot car right in a black bag right? RIGHT? I have the current directions to Pitt in the center. It's just in case I forgot how to get to my friends house. Two years ago, they changed the PA turnpike to a non ticketed system. If I don't have a transponder, they "BILL ME". Yep. Nope. Government bills for a 1.25 toll? Yep. Nope. So I had to route a way around the tolls and did so. Sure it adds about 20 minutes for the trip, but I don't want to be in traffic court for a 1.25 bill to the PA government because I didn't receive a bill. Ick. The other? Portable pack of flushable wipes. For that fresh feeling after I s*it up a McDonalds restroom near you.

Here's the filling of the doughnut. Actually, this is a laptop bag and it has a expandable middle and Velcro closures to hold it in place. It also has another zippered pouch which doesn't have much in it.

...except BURROWS! Hey, I carry it everywhere. These highlighters I've had in both briefcases and I don't think they have any liquid left in them, but I keep them in there because that's where I keep 'em. The other mechanical pencils and Bic pens are in there because they are in there. I haven't drawn with a pencil in years. ..but it's in there.

Here's the heartbeep of the briefcase. The central nervous system. The inner garbage. A smaller version of my stuff. I had another bag that wore out after a few years because, well, I carry this to places when I don't want to carry the entire briefcase. Stuff I used to keep in the flaps of the briefcase I now keep in the flaps of this bag. It's a GYM bag. Guess who made it? No, not IZOD. No, not Gucci. No not TOTES. One more guess. HOLY SHEISS. ON TEEVEE there are CATS singing COUNTRY. OMG, now there is a silver hood ornament singing an 80's song! . Hell. I could just cut off the tag and put a bumper sticker over the logo, but eh. Named after a site right? Is there a drop on blood in it? It's a tribute to Winn Dixie's "Chek" brand Cola. Yep.

I keep smaller bags of crap in my big bag of crap that I keep in a bigger bag of crap. First was USB cables and cell phone back up batteries. (Currently being used elsewhere.) Inside the white zippered pouch is an MP3 player that I really don't use anymore. It's a 4 Gig. I don't use it much anymore. Did I mention that I don't use it much anymore?  It's in there because... you guessed it. Then, the drugs, chap stick and bandages. Am I carrying a purse?

My music is now held in a cell phone. It's a cheap cell phone so all I use it for is keeping my music so I can listen to Spirit while writing or drawing. It doesn't even have a SIM card. It does go on line via WIFI. I had a really small tablet replaced with a larger tablet until I bought this. It was faster than either tablet, and now I use my big tablet as a timer, just to use it. The batteries are for the camera I carry in another bag. Always good to carry extra rechargeable. Why not buy two back ups. This on top of the 4 sets of back ups. See a pattern here?

Yep. Burrows. Why do I need to keep a sample of every pen I own? Because. That's why. I even have a red pen in there. Do I use a red pen? Nope. It's in there. Do I use them every time? Nope. They're in there.

I keep the other pens with the paper that I carry in other little plastic bags. One of these carries the small book that I keep trip journals in. The other keeps my drawing pad. Neither one is populated currently. I started my trip diary when I was going to Florida back in March 2020. It's become my daily log of the pansamatic. The drawing pad I put into action when we could start going to restaurants and bars again. The debris is waiting for both to return. The red case carries a pair of reading glasses. They come in handy when I need to read the small expiration date of my Arby's 2 For $5 chicken choice coupon.

This debris is also waiting for me to return to it. I keep 8 1/2x11 sketch book sheets in this folder and I keep my most recent drawings that I made on 8 1/2 x11 sketch book sheets as a reference. I used rulers and I used sticky notes to keep my fat hands from making smears on my paper. I haven't made a "project" drawing as I call them for a few years because it's a lot of erasing. I find small doodles with pen and paper to be the quick way to express my garbage. Plus, I can do it while swilling Miller Lite at a bar near you and carry the books in my pocket rather than my briefcase in my briefcase. 

Damn. I really want to start making the projects again, but I'll need to vac up my sofa desk every day because of all the eraser shavings I shed while doing the drawing. The paint brush was to dust them away without making a smear in the drawing. The MP3 thingy is a pencil sharpener as I used to carry colored pencils until I realized I've done maybe three drawings with them, but I keep the sharpener in there. *Sigh* It's all in there. Maybe by fall I can start carrying this whole briefcase again and go back to going back. Until then, if I need to carry stuff, I use plastic grocery bags so when I get it back home, the bags go into holding for a few days. The president says this will all blow over by Easter. Uh huh. *ANALOG ECHO* *DOOOOON'T YOU BEELEEEVE ITTTT*  - Junk Blog