A totem is any entity which watches over or assists a group of people, such as a family, clan or tribe
(Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition).

Me:

Suppose it's the big glitterball

the anti-protector who watches all small and stupid scaredy-cats and then does nothing

lª m°°n's aureole, seen from my window

scar on my left ankle from my encounter 17 years ago, and permanent damage to joint/nerves in that foot

doesn't bother me much, but my three middle toes have a tendency to go numb and bloodless, and the ankle lets me know 12 hours before a change in the weather

never thought of it as a totem til recently, but I'm marked so what the hell - all that pain (PAIN), might as well be psychologically useful :p

¿ question of the day ?

what, if anything, have you ever hoarded (or currently hoard)?

funny y9u should ask because i'm currently hoarding pineapples

o and i have an ongoing hoard of copies of moby dick

Books, but I've stopped recently because I ran out of space. :o