Origin story - 20 questions

Offhand, I told my girlfriend that I have a blog. I also told her that I own a Porsche which I keep in a garage around the corner. She believes neither story...but I hinted that the name of this, my blog, is an item in our household ... so now she's playing 20 questions, trying to identify that item...

20. Is it in the room that I am in?

A: No.

19. Is it in the room that you are in?

A: No

18. Is it in the bedroom?

A: No

17: Is it in the kitchen?

A: Yes

16: Was it something that was here when we moved in?

A: No

15: Was it something that - was it one of your belongings?

A: Yes

14: The kitchen table?

A: No

13: Is it that chair that was in the fire?

A: No

12: Was it that painting that Will did...that scary painting?

A: No

11: Is it the box that has "formaldehyde" stamped on it? [incidentally, the item in question is a crate with "EMBALMING FLUID" printed on it]

A: No

10: Is it bigger than a bread box?

A: No

9: Is it an ashtray?

A: No

[...very long pause...]

8. Is it an item that would kept in the pantry?

A: No

7. Is it an item that would be kept on the kitchen counter, I mean the island...on the end?

A: No

6. Is it something that would be kept in the bar area, including the cabinets above and below (we call this space "the hutch", but so much for brevity)?

A: No

5. I'm tired of this game

A: 'I'm tired of this game' isn't a question.
- This is taking forever. I'm going to read about eggs. You're typing all this so it's going really slow and it's not fun. How many questions are left?
- Five. Well, four, but I'll give you an extra question. We'll call it 'Question Zero.'
- Alright, I'll give you five minutes to type everything out.
- Okay, six questions cause I've typed all this stuff under Question Five but you didn't actually ask a question.

[five minutes later]

5 (Again). Is it something soft?

A: Yes...but that's subjective?
- I don't see how something could be subjectively soft. Is it something that changes shape and density?
- I'll just say 'yes', it's soft.

4. Is it an oven mitt?

A: No...but (stammering) that guess is warm.

3. Is it the squeaky nun toy?

A: No.

2. Is it the hand towel?

A: No

[She's getting frustrated so I interject and say that the oven mitt is close...not physically, it's on the other side of the kitchen.]

1. Is it green...wait...is it brown?

A: Yes, it's brown.

Zero: Is it on the kitchen table?

A: Yes.
- Oh, it's your baseball mitt.
- Right, but you were out of questions.
- God, those were the most protracted 20 questions ever.
- And to be specific, it's not my baseball glove, it's my father's baseball mitt.

Zernial's glove is a MacGregor baseball mitt, dating from about 1950, with the facsimile autograph of one Gus Zernial stamped on it. Ironically, Mr. Zernial was not known as a good defensive outfielder. It's sort of like owning a Richard Nixon home lie-detector kit. A modern equivalent might be glove with Adam Dunn's name stamped on it. Dunn is a useful player and all but he's surely not the "finest in the field." The Zernial glove originally belonged to my now deceased father and I cherish the weatherbeaten thing.