How Do You Keep Track...

Of all the pipes you own and all the blends you've tried? I mean...I will use the illustrious fishnbanjo as an example. The man, the myth, the legend, has more pipes than anyone could count, yet knows who made each and every one of them, when they bought it, what it's made of and all sorts of other details special to each pipe. Now, counting my cobs, I have like 15. I know when I bought them all and with a couple, special memories are attached to their purchase. I don't imagine that if I had as many as banjo that I could ever in a million years remember all that info about each one. He does impress me greatly.
I have this same problem already with tobaccos I have and what I have smoked. I know out of what I have, what I like, but how do you recall it one day down the road? A lot of tobaccos taste very similar, but a few stand out in my mind. I already have a few that I can't remember for sure how I liked them or how they tasted and if I even want it again or not. How do you keep track?
I'm considering buying myself a journal to use as my tobacco journal. Sort of a journey, if you will. A journey through discovery of blends I love, blends I don't, blends I want to buy more of, and those that aren't worth the baggie they're stored in. I want to keep track of the pipes that I pass by and may want someday, as well as what blends or types of blends work best with each pipe. I want to keep track of all the details of every blend out there that I want to smoke.
I think that without some way to keep track, I'll lose it all and be back at square one. So how do you keep track?

Ha, well, yours is better than mine, then, I'll give you that!
I've considered using a spreadsheet, but I work at a computer on a daily basis and it's the last thing I feel like looking at when I get home, but it's a good idea.

I'm the same way when it comes to history. I can remember what happened in specific moments throughout history and I can pretty much re-state it moment by moment. I'm a sponge for history, but I can read about that in down time at work, I can't look over my tobaccos and pipes the same way. I have some time at home in the evenings, but not much. Mostly I'm helping the wife or mulling about doing things I need to do at home. If I had more time to be able to go through all of them and do that, then I might be able to remember them all myself, but I'm thinking I'm going to need to write this stuff down, and make a handsome little project out of it while I'm at it.
Thinking of buying a leather journal kit from my local craft store and tooling the leather myself, then putting it together and creating my record of the blends I've had and pipes I want, and pretty much everything pipe smoking.