Bubble wrap is a strangely compelling modern artifact.  There will come a time in the distant future where archeologists will be pulling reams of the stuff from landfills.  They will sample the atmosphere from the small bubbles to find out the chemical composition of the air of our era.

In the meantime, a giant wad of it sits in the corner of my room.  I cannot bring myself to toss it.  “It is so useful!”  Did I spend a lot of money to obtain this strange plastique?  No.  The nice people at the local UPS store bestowed it upon me for free!  Well, if you find you need some of the stuff, just give me a call and I’ll hook you up.  I hope it doesn’t mate with my dust bunnies in some freaky cross-breeding accident.