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.
It's a new day, baby.
We at The Restless Mouse are very excited about our latest adventure, we have purchased the remaining inventory and website of Lakeside Novelty Co. - I first bought from them when I was like, 12, back when they were running full page magazine ads all over. So naturally when we started this online venture I went back to the well.
I still need to get the website transfer and design done, but you can see the kind of products we will be adding HERE - We will be selling items at wholesale there, I know a lot of you buy in quantity for school events, ebay, or what have you- This is a splendid opportunity to get some hot prices on items that we can offer really cheap, this is stuff we will be importing or buying in large quantities (truckloads!) from first-tier US suppliers.
The items listed there now - Novelty licenses, funny money, etc. - will be arriving here toward the end of November. Please let us know if you are looking for ANY novelty product, we thought we "knew where the bones were buried" before, but the guy who owned this business has given us scads of new supplier information, plus great stories about the novelty industry, as you might imagine, I am in "hog heaven" (I think I saw a pig with a halo in here somewhere)
I hope whoever is trying to call us the last day or two doesn't hate us forever- It seems that the incoming calls just aren't getting through, I see some calls on the log but the phone number is cut off! And, no name of course.
Anyway, whoever you are, if you read this- please LEAVE A MESSAGE or send an email, so I can find out what it is that prompts you to try so hard to reach us.
ITS TOO BAD NO MORE TELEGRAMS STOP BUT ANYWAY IT WOULD BE LIKE A NICKEL A WORD STOP I WOULD GO BROKE STOP BECAUSE I NEVER STOP STOP TALKING STOP
You will probably WANT to shoot your eye out, kid.
How do you like our, umm, seasonal logo? I wanted something that would subconsciously remind you folks, it's getting to be that time of year, without getting all pre-halloween Christmassy like at the department stores already. Hey, I have an excuse, mail order takes a little longer to get to your house.
At least WE aren't shoving a Christmas Tree down your throat until you choke on the tinsel.
...We just added the FreeFind SiteSearch to this site (TheRestlessMouse.com); The search results aren't all prettied up and citified, but like the workhorse, it gets the job done with a minimum of fuss; Gets you to the products you came to see quickly, and generated keyword reports so I can see what the fickle folks out there in web-browser-land are looking for today. Google makes a similar free product, but it it doesn't tell what people are looking for. Give freefind a try, I think you will agree, it's a good tool.
We started the pages with the buy-now buttons on TheRestlessMouse.com because we needed Google Checkout capability.
When you get to the cart, either the PAYPAL or GOOGLE checkout buttons can handle your Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express card, safely and securely. HOWEVER- Google Checkout orders get 3% off (for a limited time). Use the coupon code "restless"
We can do this because Google doesn't currently charge credit card transaction fees. You would think that the big banks would have stomped them flat for doing that by now, but meanwhile, let's save some money.
Comments, suggestions, ideas, complaints, rants, raves, snarks, musings, propositions, and other email missives are most welcome here. Here's a handy email link:
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We started the pages with the buy-now buttons on TheRestlessMouse.com because we needed Google Checkout capability. 
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