Well, dear readers, I must write these notes with haste because she of the Evil Eye will be here at any moment. Did you know that haste makes waste? So, I give you fair warning, there may be waste in these here notes on account of the haste. I hope that the haste and the odd waste is to everybody’s taste. In any case, she of the Evil Eye will be a knock-knockin’ at my door within mere moments. I like mere moments, don’t you, dear readers. I like the word mere, and I find we don’t use it nearly enough. Let us hear more mere or do you find it queer to use more mere or do you simply use less mere out of fear. Oh, dear. Perhaps we’d use more mere if we had a beer or ate a steer on the pier. Will everyone here kindly step to the rear if they don’t wish more mere? What the hell am I talking about?
I will say one thing: One thing. There, I’ve said it and I’m glad. The new water regulator that was installed as part of the hugely expensive goings on at my home earlier in the week has made all the difference in the world and environs. I suddenly have really good water pressure – I’ve had less water pressure than I care for ever since I moved in – I had a plumber out before, but he said nothing could be done about it. He was a poseur, I tell you, a poseur. A plumbing poseur, which is the worst kind of poseur. I know that because this new water regulator has made all the difference in the world and environs and I have splendidly splendid water pressure now. Bowl me over with a tuna if I wasn’t pleased as all get out. Do you know that the only thing that separates “bowl” from “bowel” is an “e”? That little “e” makes all the difference in the world and environs, doesn’t it?
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because she of the Evil Eye will be here shortly, in mere minutes as a matter of fact.
Have I mentioned that the cleaning lady, she of the Evil Eye, will be here in mere moments? Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, she will be here in mere moments and I must amscray but quick, lest I am looked upon with the Evil Eye.
Tonight I shall be seeing an actual Technicolor print of The Wizard of Oz, a classic motion picture. It’s not one of my all-time favorites, but I do like it very much.
Apparently, the Duel DVD madness has begun on eBay, with several copies already having bids over $50.00. I was smart enough to get an extra copy while the getting was good, but not smart enough to put it on eBay – I told a friend they could have it for what I paid. Then again, I don’t really like to take advantage, so I’m happy to make my friend happy.
This week’s Unseemly Live Chat will be on Monday at six o’clock Pacific Mean Daylight Savings Time. Be there or be round. Also, Donald will have a brand spanking new Broadway Radio Show up tomorrow, and since it’s his first new show in a month, you simply must tune in, mustn’t you?
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must go hither and thither and also yon, I must do errands and whatnot, and I must write until the cows come home. Now, let’s not have too much errant and truant behavior this weekend – let’s keep the posts flying or, at the very least, keep the apidastra flying. Today’s topic of discussion: For eBay devotees – what is the best thing you ever got on eBay – the best bargain, and the best thing no matter what the cost. For non eBay devotees – what is the best thing you ever found at a garage sale or swap meet? I’ll start – on one of my early forays on eBay (I was there right at the start) I bought what was purported to be a painting by J.C. Leyendecker. It was the first piece of illustration art I ever bought. It turned out not to be a real Leyendecker (it actually looks nothing like his work) but it is still one of the most stunning illustration art paintings I’ve ever seen and while I’ve had to sell other things from my collection (including a real Leyendecker) I have never considered selling that painting. A dealer I showed it to said it definitely was worth what I paid, and probably a good deal more, even though it wasn’t a real Leyendecker. I also got a nifty keen Godzilla bubble machine, and I’ve found many items with the name “Kimmel” on them – from old phonograph records to pens to trays from a Kimmel Dairy. I also got one of those recording phonographs that I talk about in Benjamin Kritzer – the kind where you put on a blank record and record your own voice. It’s in perfect working order and I was able to get quite a few of the blank discs, too. Your turn.