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Weld Paddy's Mental Web
So, anybody want to open up an Elvis themed restaurant with these: Boothes & Tables - as pictured. Call Mario or Elain at (619) 282-9750 Could be fuuuuuunnn... Not Runer-Up AwardWorthy though. No surprise, that honor goes out to a ...
Particularly Rambunctious
The last line of this ad is actually pretty funny: ZHU ZHU PETS PIPSQUEAK! New in Box - $35 (San Diego) "Oh, hi, little Susie? Your mother bought you a Christmas present, but she doesn't want to give it to ...
Requiem for the Vampire
Had a fascinating job interview the other day out in the material world. The in-person part was quick and painless, took about ten minutes of my day. More fun was the "assignment" portion of the 'view. Basically, the nightclub in ...
Succinctly And Not Entirely Unfairly
So, uh, say this 3X fast, eh? Stokke Tripp Trapp KinderZeat High Chair Black - $180 (Escondido) Am I alone in thinking that is a ludicrous price for a high chair, which ought to be covered with stewed prunes and ...
Things Are Going To Get Ugly
Today I bring you a profoundly expensive item for the Runner-Up: 19th Century Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy - $6000 (Normal Heights) At first, I was a little skeptical. Six (6) grand for an ickle-bitty tea cozy box without a key? Sure, ...
Smiling, Unaware
This thing has been for sale forever and the price doesn't really get lowered or anything: Hannah Montana Stage with doll and box - $25 (San Diego) Runner-Up for tryin' hard! Never say die! I'm going to run with the ...
Poultry and Cosmology
Hey, anybody want to construct an impromptu college dorm room? Full over Full Bunkbed - $200 (Normal heights) Full Size Keg (empty) - $40 (Normal Heights) “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt art work - $20 (Downtown/Little Italy) Done and done. ...
But Now, The Truth Is Out!
Dunno why, but this seems legit: Single mom needs food today! (normal Heights) Probably because she doesn't overdo it with the laundry list of iniquities suffered at the hands of a cruel world. I tend to disapprove of the overzealous ...
HTML Test
Wondering if I can embed an object in the blog post. Best to find out when nothing's on the line. Wondering where Daniels has been lately--this one's for you, SD!
Impetus
These ought to come in real useful during the coming San Diego snowstorms! ALPINE PREMIER Tire Chains - $12 (Spring Valley) You know, help you survive the crushing, So-Cal winter! In other news, Sober No Tweeker Carpet Cleaning has risen ...
Something Like Flowers
What do we think of this? Easy Vape Digital Vaporizer - $60 (San Diego) It's like, "you know what could be a lot more complicated? Smoking weed! Let's make that harder than it already is." Either that, or stoners need ...
A Relentless Tide of Nausea
The world must be alerted to the presence of this tremendously sweet guitar: 1998 Gibson Blueshawk - $900 (Normal Heights) They didn't make a lot of them, and they didn't make them for long, but damn those 'Hawk guitars sounded ...
Seducing the Breakers and Sweet-Talking the Swell
Doing my usual craigslist spelunk on a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I cam across a prime Runner-Up for today's post: ROLEX WATCH 1500 Oyster Perpetual Date - $1600 (Normal Heigths) Hmmmmmmm...... Not at all suspicious, not even the teensy-tiniest, ickle-bitiest ...
Everything and Anything
Going out on a limb and saying that the following thingy is definitely among the Top 5 Most Useless Things on Craigslist: "Just the Right Shoe" Afternoon Tea - $10 (Normal Heights) Seriously, who needs a four-inch-long ceramic shoe? What ...
Fun, Fun Game
There is much in the way of unintentional hilarity in today's Runner-Up: Bulova watch, snakes, remote car - $1 (Mira Mesa) Such a weird trilogy of items for sale! Lions, tigers, and bears; or, alternatively; sex, drugs, and rock and ...
The Slightly Hodge-Podge Composition
First blog post from the new homestead. Bring on the super significance, eh? As epic as the new apartment is, I am still not 100% back in business. Having completely uprooted makes life all..turmoil-ish and it's proving rather difficult to ...
The Swift Justice Of Cosmetology
Irrelevant Personal Update: Moving out of the Lightless Torture Dungeon this weekend. Just down the block and around the corner, but still, I'll be in a house, with floors made of wood and windows that permit light into the home. ...
A Vital Part Of The Breakfast Pantheon
I just can't decide whither goest the Runner-Up award today. I mean, check the contenders out: Funny T-Shirt for the Ladies - $5 (Normal Heights) and BRAND NEW" I Love Edward Cullen Hoodie* - $35 (Normal Heights) Which of these ...
It's Better To Burn Out Than It Is To Fade
News, the First: fell off of bike today while doing twenty-mile ride and smashed up elbow. Pain intense, but isolated. News, the Second: wrote partial blog entry Tuesday afternoon, left said blog entry in browser without saving, returned home from ...
The Periodic Chumming of the Waters of Commerce
Well, the ad in question today is so good, so awe-inspiring, such a commanding virtual presence, such a work of art, that it necessitates, if not outright demands the full attention of the entire blog post. Unprecedented? Absolutely. Out of ...