inside the bedside table:  brass owl, porcelain skull, real alligator head, picture of my boys a long time ago, mouth guard so i don't grind my teeth at night, inhaler for asthma(even though i don't think i have asthma)(i think my allergist is a turkey), and the living man which i bought for the boys and have since reapropiated(it's really cool, the major organs pop out and you have to figure out how to fit them all back in correctly).  oh and duh, a couple of books.