Smash and grab

UC Berkeley owns a lot of stuff around here, including a big warehouse down the road that seems to be have been a dumping ground for all the university's old office furniture and equipment since the 1950s.

But this warehouse has now been sold, and this morning saw a huge giveaway of chairs, tables, and assorted stuff. A giveaway? How could I resist? Dana and I took a few minutes from our Draconian work schedule to head down.

No one was wearing American football padding, but there was plenty of body-checking and shoulder-barging as the choice picks were fought over fiercely. Dana and I confined ourselves to the quieter corners, picking up lever-arch files for our better halves' school notes, several bits of software, a couple of books in Japanese, and a plunger. If it's free...

2nd and 8.

The good stuff!