Things vs. People

Is it just me or is it sometimes more fun writing about things than writing about people?

So much so for me, I'm very attracted to the idea of this book:
Taking Things Seriously: 75 Objects with Unexpected Significance

Book Description: 'Taking Things Seriously' is a wonder cabinet of seventy-five unlikely thingamajigs that have been invested with significance and transformed into totems, talismans, charms, relics, and fetishes: scraps of movie posters scavenged from the streets of New York by Low Life author Luc Sante; the World War I helmet that inoculated social critic Thomas Frank against jingoism; the trash-picked, robot-shaped hairdo machine described by its owner as a chick magnet; the bagel burned by actor Christopher Walken while moonlighting as a short-order cook. The owners of these objects convey their excitement in short, often poignant essays that invite readers to participate in the enjoyable act of interpreting things.

I think I first noticed the book via Neatorama.