I’ve been watching too much TV lately. I usually turn it on when I get home from work but never really pay too much attention to it, as it’s more background noise while I’m doing something more constructive, like the dishes. When I was a kid, I liked to play pirate, pillaging and plundering until I found treasures or until my mother called me home for dinner, whichever came first. Perhaps that’s why I’m hooked on Pawn Stars and American Pickers on the History Channel. I’m not only fascinated by the odd array of items people carry into a pawn …