Thinking about 'Stuff'

So, gement and I have a mathom box in the living room now. It's an interesting psychological exercise, among other things--to have a spot you put things you don't want, a location in which an item is officially no longer 'yours', instead of looking at them and shoving them back in a box or a shelf. It's been making me think about what things I actually use and need and want, and what things I just have because I haven't gotten rid of them yet. (It also has the side benefit of being something to say when the conversation lags: "Have you checked out our mathom box yet? Is there anything in there you would use?")
( more random rumination on mathoms and mathom cycles )