This article about my corkscrew business was recently featured in my college's magazine.

The article is titled CORKSCREW KING and says, "Ah, Paris. The city for lovers, artists...and corkscrew collectors. The parents of James Zalaznik '12 were on their honeymoon when they picked up a couple of corkscrews in a quaint kitchen supply store. Cut to several years later. Their son, James, is buying corkscrews on Ebay to build on the family collection, which now stands at more than 900 corkscrews. (Seeing is believing at www.corkscrewcollectors.com.) Zalaznik keeps a humble perspective on the family hobby, pointing out that some collections out there weigh in at more than 9,000 corkscrews. "Corkscrews are a very popular collectable," he says. Still, it's not every collector who's scored an 18th-century prosthetic arm with hand, fork, hook and corkscrew attachments. "Unfortunately, I don't know much about the arm other than it is French, very old and one of a kind," says Zalaznik. "I can say that it's our most unique corkscrew." So is there a limit to the number of corkscrews he plans to own? "Nope," says Zalaznik, "The only limit is price."