Scalzi's Monday Photo Shoot: Things You Have That Other People Probably Don't

I love Scalzi's Monday Photo Shoot, and I really like this week's assignment: Got something weird around the house that you figure is unique to your personal environment? Perfect. Get the camera:Your Monday Photo Shoot: Take a snap of something in the house you're pretty sure other people aren't likely to have in their house. Pets and people are not included (we're pretty sure your pets and kids aren't in most other people's houses). For this photo shoot we're looking at things -- stange objects, curios, odd keepsakes and just generally weird stuff.

Here's my entry, and although I don't think it's at all weird, I have to say that I'm pretty confident that it's unique, and unlikely to be found in the average home: What you see is a Bow Drill and Fireboard (aka hearth) that I made and used to make fire (as in, by rubbing two sticks together) when I took a Desert Survival Skills course in the Chihuahua Desert in Big Bend a couple of years ago. And I had the bloody blisters on my hands to prove it, but oh! what an incredible feeling...to create fire in the palm of your hand. Worth every blister.