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www.TheRestlessMouse.com NEW DEAL SALE Yes, I do think our NEW DEAL sale is quite clever. If we had a character like Teddy Roosevelt around now, who knows what grand schemes we could cook up. I figure with all the hullaballoo about privatizing social security and whatnow, a link under "Teddy Roosevelt and the New Deal" might lead some web surfers astray and into the clutches of The Restless Mouse. Anyway, it's better than having a "KALIFORNIA GIRLYMEN CLOSEOUT SALE" or some such nonsense.
THIS JUST IN... This just came across the newswire... breaking news... We interrupt our regular broadcast... Police in Germany are hunting pranksters who have been sticking miniature US flags into piles of dog poo in public parks.
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The free Google tools Blogger, Picasa and Hello.com (no kitty) combine to make a powerfully easy way to add pictures (some I forgot I had) to the "blog" for all the world to enjoy or be perplexed by. This was taken at a museum, I think in Bellingham, Wa, a few years ago, wherein Daphne appeared to have been a potential lunch for a mountain lion. Don't worry, he wasn't hungry. He was already stuffed. 
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This is how it is in most American workplaces, I imagine. A tense but usually non-violent co-existence. 
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Sometimes we hide from things that are ultimately good for us... In this case, a bath.
All you need is a big open area, a windy day, and a big tarp. Let's all go Tarping !
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I don't normally link to other people's products here, but all I have to say is "NUTS! Why didn't I think of that?" - It's a car safety kit for "girls" - some standard safety stuff plus chocolate and tampons and whatnot. AND check out the container these marketing geniuses came up with! Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kits: A great gift for the SafetyGirl in your life.
What am I worrying about today? The drop in the value of the US dollar on world markets may cause the price of items made in China for US consumption, such as our fake vomit, and smoke eating ashtrays, to skyrocket. Consumers, this is fair warning. Stock up on your Chinese novelty items!
As if I wasn't already paranoid enough... Modern Originals : Spy Calculator ... a calculator that's bugged.
It's cool looking now, but what will your skin look like when you're old like me? Not a good idea. My markings were all made by slipped wrenches and falling on things, I'm proud to say. ByBlair.com

Love that Freecycle mailing list

This just came in on the Freecycle Snohomish County Mailing List. If I had a little kid in the house I would have an excuse to run right over to her house and snag these. Apparently she lives near the Nuclear plant on the other side of town. Lots of little toy dinosaurs, bugs, snakes, and lizards. Some glow in the dark. Please email with a date and time you can pick up.
Sounds like an urban leg end but it's worth a shot dept.; This advice was sent by a retired State Farm agent! This system has been tried and it works in every state. If you get a speeding ticket or went through a red light or whatever the case may be, and you're going to get points on your license. This is a method to ensure that you DO NOT get the points. When you get your fine, send in a check to pay for it. If the fine is $79.00 make the check out for $82.00 or some small amount over the fine. The system will then have to send you back a check for the difference, however here is the trick. DO NOT CASH THE REFUND CHECK! Throw it away! Points are not assessed to your license until all financial transactions are complete. If you do not cash the check, then the transactions are NOT complete. The system has received it's money and is satisfied and will no longer bother you. This information comes from an unmentionable computer company that sets up the standar...
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YIKES - Eat at Burger King free for a whole year? What would that do to my already bloated and deteriorating torso? Is this some kind of government conspiracy? President Kennedy, that weird pyramid with the eye in it on the dollar, Elvis, John Lennon, Socks the cat and Bush's evil little black dog, crop circles, free Burger King food... It's all tied together
Everyone else is downstairs watching "Day after Tomorrow", but I don't care for those disaster movies. I was watching the first hour, counting all the things that are required in every disaster movie, like it's a law or something; 1. Helicopters or Horses 2. Sick Child 3. Someone going on a rescue mission of some sort, prompting someone else to say some variation of "I just wanted to say good luck. We're all counting on you." 4. Obnoxious character gets killed off. 5. Love triangle 6. Parent/ Child reconciliation There's probably more but there was a dog on the movie that Petey was barking at, so I brought him upstairs.
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 100 things we didn't know this time last year This article states that "An American girl aged between three and 11 has, on average, 10 Barbie dolls in her toy box." Many believe that Barbies are very fortunate, in fact I once saw a bumper sticker that said, "I HATE BARBIE - That bitch has everything! What they don't tell you is that of the average girl's 10 barbies, at least one has a missing limb and/or has been chewed on or otherwise tortured, and seven of them are so destitute as to not even have a stitch of clothing, she is left cold and naked, even in the presence of Ken and that gossipy Midge. Soon the entire box is cast into the driveway for the humiliating "yard sale". I don't think I want to be a toy.
Stinking Badges Home Page Video Clips? We don't need no steeenking video clips!!
Wow, Cellular, Mododular, Interactive-odular, Bananaphone . I didn't know I wanted a banana phone before now. Excuse while I bang my head against the table to try to dislodge the tune.