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This was supposed to be mainly news about our novelty/oddity websites, and the novelty industry in general, but then I got way into novelty music and set up Restless Mouse Radio, so now there's links for that, plus I post the ocassional joke, and, well, it winds up like most blogs... a hodgepodge of nonsense.
Fortunately there are topic tags so you can find relevant posts easily.


Children's library rejects!

We have all seen these before, but they still crack me up. They are especially appealing when neighbor girl I call "Screamy McScreamerson" is playing in the street.

Children's books that didn't make the cut


  • You Are Different and That's Bad

  • The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables

  • Dad's New Wife Robert

  • Fun four-letter Words to Know and Share

  • Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An I-Can-Do-It Book

  • The Kid's Guide to Hitchhiking

  • Kathy Was So Bad Her Mum Stopped Loving Her

  • Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence

  • All Cats Go to Hell!

  • The Little Sissy Who Snitched

  • Some Kittens Can Fly.

  • That's it, I'm Putting You Up for Adoption

  • Grandpa Gets a Casket

  • The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator

  • Garfield Gets Feline Leukaemia

  • The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy

  • Strangers Have the Best Candy

  • Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way

  • You Were an Accident

  • Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will

  • Pop! Goes The Hamster; and Other Great Microwave Games

  • The Man in the Moon Is Actually Satan

  • Your Nightmares Are Real

  • Where Would You Like to Be Buried?

  • Eggs, Toilet Paper, and Your School

  • Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?

  • Places Where Mummy and Daddy Hide Neat Things

  • Daddy Drinks Because You Cry

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Life is a gas, that's why they call me an old fart

Gee, if I am going to post something about every little inventory change, why it's a fool time job.

Here we have the Life's a gas cartoon fart book back in stock by unpopular demand (Morbid curiousity drives sales). PS Please don't do that in here; (It attracts flies)

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Did I neglect to mention bookmooch?


Wasn't sure if I had ever gotten around to blogging about Bookmooch. Just noticed that between Teresa and myself we have "mooched" over fifty books! and given away three dozen to other moochers.

It's all free except for the outbound postage. I have found lots of treasures there, Teresa likes trashy romance novels and there's plenty of those too. You probably won't find books on the NYT best seller list right away, but later there will be plenty of copies, did I mention they are free? I know, the postage to send one is a bit more than you would pay at some thrift stores, but it's so convenient.

This guy has written a good article about how to use bookmooch. The one thing I disagree with is his assertation that you should get books from the free pile at library sales and post them (you get 1/10 point for every book posted) - excuse me, I don't want to wade through your garbage. I have also noticed that there are booksellers who try to cherry pick valuable books and post their unwanted books. That's not what it's all about.

Anyway, it's still a useful and fun site, check it out at BookMooch.com.

PS I guess this came out looking like a testimonial. I have never been compensated for blogging, it wouldn't behoove anyone to do that anyway, since hardly anyone reads it. I just really like Bookmooch, is that so wrong?

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