New Blog Template!

May 26th. Got a new blog template that I envision to be the be-all and end-all of blog design, but there will be a gradual phasing in of links and whatnot. I could have done all this offline and popped it in when perfected, but I already accidentally burned that bridge (long story) It will be quite cool when done, but of course that will exceed my attention span several times over, so bear with me.

Obligatory links to our novelty store

The Restless Mouse Company is a mom & pop dealer of retail and wholesale novelties and pop culture artifacts. See us at ThatRestlessMouse.com and our new reseller's site; NoveltyTradingPost.com

Giant Knife and Fork going the way of the dodo bird??

giant plastic knife and fork set A popular item, we only have a few of these “Giant Knife and Fork” sets left.

The distributor tells me that the word on the street is that the machine is broken and the manufacturer is trying to scrounge up parts. I have the impression that it is a very old, one of a kind machine, perhaps with lots of cast iron, maybe some greasy old glass indicators you can’t hardly read anymore, only an old guy named Henry knows how to make the forks come out perfectly. Alas, Henry’s improvised repairs just aren’t enough to keep the old girl running.

But I digress. I hope they don’t go the way of Gheradelli Flicks candy, I loved those as a kid, but I read that the packaging machine they used finally broke, and wasn’t cost effective to fix. This puzzled me because Flicks were basically giant chocolate chips wrapped in a large cardboard tube with a foil wrapper. How hard is that? Gosh, now I’m hungry.

Anyway, we are in constant contact with the supply chain, utilizing our core competencies or whatever, we’ll keep you posted on new developments.

The eternal kitchen struggle

Clean dishes, dirty silverware? Dog licked it does not count.Our #BD1520 Clean or Dirty Magnet is right handy for the dishwasher, once you condition people to flip the stupid thing around right after putting away the clean dishes, and to flip it back to clean when running a load.

Otherwise it is handy to hold a note to the fridge, write your husband a John Deere letter and run off with a tractor salesman? That’s harsh.

Anyway…. The Dishwasher Magnet is one of our most popular items, and as low as 99 cents each, it’s no wonder.

I’m loving our new site

Our eternal quest for the perfect shopping cart continues- Now we are trying Volusion - a bit more pricey than our last effort but renting a storefront in a building would be a lot more, I reasoned…

We only have maybe a few dozen items up so far, but it looks good so far. I think the checkout could be a little more streamlined, and I don’t like it demanding customer emails AND phone numbers, but hey, you can’t have everything. We are planning to move more into mail order with a catalog and all anyway.

Have a look, this one is called NoveltyTradingPost.com

I had some better names in mind but domain name squatters were peddling them and I won’t do business with scalpers. That’s basically what they are, same as ticket scalpers, standing in the alley with your tickets to CATS or whatever at twice the price, and would you be interested in a Shmolex timepiece?

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