Wine Cork Stratification

     Despite its previous life as a spaghetti holder, this glass cylindrical bottle has now been relegated, most likely spontaneously and therefore haphazardly, to the duty of wine cork receptacle.  In the event of a real deluge I can use all my many corks for extra flotation material but in all likelihood I probably saved them initially in anticipation of using them in some vague and arcane "project."  Evidence of many such "projects" in their primordial stages adorn, perhaps more appropriately, litter, my house and its outlying areas.  Upon inventory I am reminded of Borges' lament of realizing there are books he will never read and in the uncompromising face of mortality I lean toward a similar sentiment which then degrades to a lower level of negativity which provides ground too infertile to accomplish even the most accessible task.
     Or does it?  Impermanence is touted as the antidote to laziness and I am inclined to agree.  Perhaps not just laziness but apathy and indecision or any of those murky states of mind in which no clear plan emerges from the quagmire. 
     So what am I to do with these corks?  At present, they are merely serving a decorative purpose.  But then I considered them more closely and an interesting conclusion emerged: since they were placed there in the order used they form a sort of "strata" like the different layers archaeologists consider when dating artifacts, under the logical supposition that older stuff gets covered up over time and the newer stuff ends up on top.  A crude earthen pot might be found at the deepest layer followed by an elaborate clay vase, a plastic vase, and a Smart Vase, in that order.  So it seems with my wine selections: there are a variety of corks at the bottom including two from Louis Jadot's Beaujolais (the red that got me into other reds) but at the top they seem more uniform.  As I truncated my expenses to coincide with my truncated work hours, I found the most economical way to imbibe was Aldi's store brand wine called Winking Owl.  They carry another "brand" which is a slight upcharge of Winking Owl's $2.89/bottle; it's called Flirty Bird.  I can't tell much difference between the two so there are mostly winking owls on the top floor of my birdhouse.  Perhaps I can suggest to Aldi some corollary names...Cheap Chickadee Chardonnay, anyone?