These cards were scattered about the ground, soaked from a good rain. I thought there was a chance this was the rest of the deck of a couple of cards I found in May. No such luck.

Four cards are missing from this deck so all you could really play is a game of 48 pickup. I guess they would work for poker, since I cheat anyway.

I found these ID cards in front of a deli. They must have fallen either before, after or during the eating of a sandwich.

They seem to be brand new, so it was easy for my pasted photo booth picture to look like it belonged on the card. It was a wild ride from there. I taught classes in Civil Engineering Technology, Baking and Pastry Arts, and Medical Radiologic Technology (which I particularly enjoyed).

I was discovered only because I used the term skiagrapher which is apparently no longer in use.

I found these balls at different times on the same day.

The orange ball was near a school playground. It probably belongs to the school. The golf ball was lying at the side of the road as I returned to work from lunch. It probably belongs to Arnold Palmer. In any case, I kept them both. I think I deserve them.

I’ve been trying to come up with a new game where both are used but so far nothing has come to mind.

This stylish tweed fedora must have blown off the head of a local gangster, detective, or reporter in the midst of a gusty scoop.

These hats have become popular again, after having been snubbed for a few decades. The only people who seem to have shown any loyalty to the hat are Indiana Jones and Freddy Krueger.

I think there is a lot we could all learn from Indy and Freddy.

It looks as though one of the local street performers/hustlers/entrepreneurs misplaced his two most important cards. Three Card Monte is considerably easier with only one card on the table.

I did some number crunching and without these two cards, odds of finding the lady are 100%. I’ll keep my eyes open for the dealer because I’m feeling lucky…

This find stirred up a fair bit of excitement within me. It’s a diamond… about 0.5 carats in size. I took it to a jeweler to see if it is a real diamond or some cheap imitation. As it turns out, it’s some cheap imitation. Dang!

If it were a real diamond, I would have sold it to buy a macro lens. So the bad photo can be blamed on the person who cheaped out on the “diamond”.

Just in time for tax season, I found this calculator on the sidewalk. It works just fine and features buttons, dirt and a screen. It is solar-powered, which is a technology you may have read about only in science fiction novels.

I did my taxes and owe $226. Some calculator.

It’s not very often that I find something I can actually use or that has value. I was delighted to find this SD card. Not too shabby! It was pretty dirty and a bit scuffed up. But once I got it home and cleaned it up, it turned out to be be useless after all.

I would rather have told a tale about how the card works like a charm and happened to be full of content that would make your head spin! Alas, I just cannot bring myself to tell a lie.

This Arabian phone card was lying on the sidewalk. I thought someone may have misplaced it and I could shoot the breeze with someone from Arabia. Maybe a king or sultan or something.

I tried the card when I got home. A voice recording said something about Hawaii and I got scared and hung up. After I regained my composure, I tried again but it was busy. I got through the third time but the voice recording told me there were 0 minutes left on the card.

Maybe I’ll make an Arabian friend another day. But I don’t know… it seems like a lot of work.

Some poor kid lost his sippy cup. Lucky for me, I was there to grab it before he noticed he dropped it. You snooze, you lose, kiddo.

The cup happens to be a perfect match for my “playing ducks” bowl and plate set. The collection is nearly complete. Soon, I will rule the world!