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.
Taking my business elsewhere!
I recently switched one of our cars from getting oil changes at "Jiffy Lube" to "Oil Can Henry's" - the final straw was when I overheard the snotty lady who was managing the Jiffy Lube making a snarky comment about the dead bees in the back window (So I leave the windows rolled down. So sue me.)
The new Oil Can Henry store in Smokey Point is run much more efficiently, although I don't care for the fact that there is no waiting room- They give you a free USA Today and you are trapped in your car for the whole procedure, of course it's the same as all oil change places, they will "recommend" various dubious procedures and manufacturer recommended changes of this and that, My Ford Exploder has almost 300 thousand miles on it, It's like a cut-rate aquarium under there (My seals are old and brittle) huh? nevermind...
One thing I like about Oil Can Henry's is their costumes, I guess supposed to evoke the early days of automobiles, but it seems vaguely Cockney British to me... I expect them to say something like " 'ow about we 'ave a go at a new air filter under the bonnet, guv? Else the road dust could get in 'er, a nasty bit o' business to be sure!"
This would be a pleasant change from my last Jiffy Lube trip - "Dude! Your air filter is like, totally thrashed!" (I bought one at Schucks, bad enough I let them install a stupid brake light bulb, it's just that it seems we have more cops than crooks, so honest citizens must walk the line)
Just ran our site against greatfirewallofchina.org and discovered it is not blocked by the authorities there. I don't know if they just overlooked our puny site, or decided to give us a pass because half the crap we sell is made there, or exactly what the deal is. I guess one of our goals for the website is to be blocked by some totalitarian regime- US Corporate websites don't count.
PS Why do they get to be called "authorities" when they are often responsible for banning certain authors? Whoever "they" are.
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