The makings of a new black hole

Things found in my briefcase this morning:

• breakfast
• lunch
• snacks
• laptop
• laptop power supply
• umbrella
• gloves
• a Peter Gabriel CD
• a book about HTML
• various papers:

- an interview with Sir John Sulston
- one about Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- four about DNA sequencing
- a photocopy of some notes from a seminar

• an ID badge
• two decongestants left over from the trip to California
• three USB keys and a lanyard
• three Minidiscs
• a 22 year old Cross pen
• a sparkly pencil
• a thumbtack
• some business cards
• an address tag
• an elephant

Even after I chased the elephant away, it was still pretty heavy. No wonder my back hurts.

And I found the thumbtack in the commonly accepted manner, by impaling myself on it while I was fishing around in the bottom of a pocket.