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Basically Little Dinosaurs
Saturday is Awesome Day. What this means is that, before I go to work on Saturday night at the much-hated job, Pat (my roommate/best friend) and I go do something Awesome. Today it involved driving all the way to Julian, …
Pause For Dramatic Effect
A brief, material world reflection: Twigg's on Adams gets bonus points for serving a macaroni salad as the side dish to their sandwich. It's not as good as L&L mac salad, but it's much more interesting than chips or nothing. …
Alkalinity And Color Theory
When you just don't have time to hang out on the shoeblog, you can stop by my blog for an update on The Most KickA$$ Pair Of Used Shoes In San Diego. They are here. With these shoes, you are …
I Ask Not For Literary Greatness
Quick entry today as I am writin' my face off in the world of fiction, working on a short story and trying to be Mr. Super Discipline guy. Here's a Runner-Up: TAMIYA RC CARS - $65 (normal h. SD) Remote …
The Hozan Exists!
Observe the radness which is today's Runner-Up: Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues Picture Disc - $100 (Normal Heights) Who's cooler than David Byrne?1 The big Winner of the Day, however, has to be: Mitutoyo Machinists Tool Kit - $550 …
Way To Bridge The Generation Gap
Seeing as I've been slacking lately1, I'll throw a few bonus listing up. For starters, I really love how >>>TECHNiCAL ViRGiN--A SEXi LADiES BOOk<< - $7 (Normal Heights) "answers all questions you may be afraid to ask" in a mere …
What'll You Think Of Next?
Runner-Up award for the day goes to the wildly inappropriate, yet thoroughly entertaining: Going to London soon? - $150 I believe in the versatility of the craig. Use it for everything, I say to you! But use the categories, people, …
What's Of What With My Magic What?
Starting the day off with a Barnacle: Knotts Berry Farm - $40 (Normal Heights) Been seeing this one up for at least a month now. Kind of ironic that the guy goes out of his way to let people know …
I Actually Wanted To Have The Runner-Up Be The Winner And Vice-Versa, But There Was So Very Little To Say About The Runner-Up (Beyond It's Obvious Awesomeness) That I Have Reversed Their Roles. Everybody Will Deal Just Fine, Thank You Very Much!
Turns out the Flagger Brigade got to my Runner-Up before I could get my blog post posted. Whatever shall we do? Good thing I saved the HTML file and can reproduce the ad here in a totally unprecedented display of …
Highly Desirable
First thing's first, BARNACLE ALERT: INSULIN NOVOLIN 70/30 (NPH/REG) (NORMAL HEIGHTS ) The insulin ad has been up for months. Frankly, I'm amazed that it hasn't been snatched up an uninsured diabetic or by a doping athlete, either party having …
Sneakers, Mullets, and Tom Selleck Moustaches
The Close-But-No-Cigar Award goes out to: Barbie Dolls Collectible - $80 (Normal Heights) Considering my proven lack of knowledge when it comes to collectibles, I am unqualified to say whether or not $80 is a far price for three Barbie …
The Sordid, Grisly Details
New feature today (may be sporadic): the BARNACLE ALERT. Barnacle Alert: DOUBLE BLADE SLIDING SWORD - $45 (VISTA) This was a featured Runner-Up of a very early blog of mine! As for today's featured Runner-Up: Really Old Laptop - $30 …
Robin Leach, You've Sunk So Low...
WooHoo! First NHTBW post of November! Such thrills, chills, and craigslisting skills as the eleventh month of the Julian calendar has never before seen. For the benefit of, let's just call him "Mister K," I present the first of the …
Fare Thee Well, Sweet October, With Your Pumpkins, Brisk Days, And Costumed Ne'erdowells!
Cutting to the chase, how about a Runner-Up: Roor, Hvy, Zong, Custom glass, Mini (San Diego) Bong, anyone? A word for any law enforcement types: people smoke tobacco out of huge bongs all the time, don't worry 'bout it! And …
An Almost Existential Love And Valuing
Right to the Runner-Up: . (.) Any takers? Going once...going twice...sold to * for }!>' Big, bad voodoo working Best of the Best for 10/30: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Dolls - $10 (Normal Heights) Best show ever? Obvi. Not even …
Guaranteed To Still Be Around In 100 Years
Today's Runner-Up provides heavy doses of unintentional hilarity: 2 Bottles of Slim Xtreme, By Anabolic Xtreme - $40 (Lemon Grove) "DO NOT TAKE MORE THAN ONE PILL! I made the mistake of doing this and was WIDE AWAKE for 41 …
Pursuit!
There's certainly a touch of deseperation to the Runner-Up for today: TRANSFORMERS MONOPOLY COLLECTOR'S EDITION - $40 (NORMAL HEIGHTS) How does one get saddled with an unwanted board. Especially one which is apparently so offensive that THE AD MUST BE …
Worst Feeling Imaginable
Almost won a bike race tonight! WooHoo! This ad... Metal rack/shelves - $28 (Normal Heights) ...gets a Runner-Up accolade for knowing that Metro shelving is the best! No better way to hold stuff off the floor, period. Industrial grade kitchen …
A cause de SDaniels, I have finally Discovered the Object Cause of my Desire...And there It goes again.
I sit, enraged, and stare at the madness that stands before me! Why must this continue? Must I remain so sorely vexed by the craigslist costume scandal of twenty-aught-nine (2009)? I just want answers. Moving on. Runner-Up incoming: STOLEN: VW …
Is There Some Mistake?
Pre Runner-Up Disclaimer: Best Vampire Movie Based on a (Comic) Book Of All Time: Blade, hands down. That said, check the radness of today's Runner-Up Ann Rice Autograph - $45 (Normal Heights) Five bucks says this ad ties to Lestat's …