Portrait of the Artist as a Young Nerd

The great "Unpack all the boxes in the garage" project continues. After several weekends of unpacking stuff that mostly went straight to the trash, recycling, or "Donate to Goodwill" pile, I unearthed some real goodies today. I found a box that contained some carefully hoarded relics of my early geekery, going back to elementary school.
( So I took some photos... )