Guest post by: Steve Glissman

As an avowed packrat, I am surprised that everyone does not share my affinity for storing items from the past. , For example, my wife (“Am I going to have call that show on A&E?”) does not see the value in preserving my keepsakes. She takes the view that these rarely used mementoes should be removed from our home. I don’t see these items as clutter, but rather artifacts from my personal museum, albeit a museum heavy on old clothes and out-dated technology.