What do

a beef stick, a pewter marrow spoon, over two dozen Retro 51 pens, an insanely sharp custom-made knife, two different types of black sea salt, and a small tin of bacon toothpicks have in common?

All are within easy reach from the chair in which I'm sitting and writing in The U of Power.

It occurs to me that some folks might find this a bit odd.

To say nothing of the notebooks, of course.