we're all about balance here at bitter/books LLC, you people should know that by now.įor many years i did not believe that the road runner was an actual creature that existed in nature. I'd now like to follow up that halfway lucid, cogent argument for the value of exploring the secondhand market with this silly, pointless picture of my good friend mk holding a ceramic unicorn. you're talking about basically a lifetime supply of REALLY high quality stoneware for less than 1/4 of the total cost from the manufacturer, MUCH less if you factor in shipping. i hope regular readers of this internet thrift focused blogging space (if there are any of you left) will have figured out by now that for every profoundly successful and rewarding trip out into the great secondhand unknown, there are at least as many times when you come home empty handed, having seen nothing but a bunch of ill-fitting clothes, sniveling toddlers, and yanni-centric mixtapes, but with time, dedication, and patience, you will inevitably come across a few gold mines every now and then, provided you have eyes to see. I don't want to make it seem like finds like this are an everyday occurrence. total cost from the good people at salvation army? about 32 bucks. total cost, shipping NOT included, from the pampered chef website: 149.50. so i'm gawking at it, throwing it in my cart, taking pictures and basically having a little shit fit over on my own when my goodly wife calls over to me from a few feet away: "hey, holy shit, check this out." i, interrupted mid-geek out, respond with my usual snarky impatience "HANG ON THIS IS AMAZING AND I'M TAKING PICTURES OF IT, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU HAVE OVER THERE THAT'S SO COOL AND IMPORTANT WILL HAVE TO WAIT" (i talk in all caps when i'm annoyed) and when i finally catch my breath again what i do see over yonder but this:įor those of you keeping score at home, that's two of these, one of these, and one of these, all new, untouched, never used, for no more than like five or six bucks a piece, i think. i came across one of these exact guys a couple years ago for extremely cheap, and have used the crap out of it ever since, so i was super pumped to see another one. all this pampered chef shit is pretty high-end, quality stoneware that will last the rest of your life if you take care of it. here's a pretty remarkable find, in and of itself. the symmetric nature of the composition? the fact that they're touching horns in front of what appears to be a heart shaped black hole? that people feel compelled to SIGN pieces like this with their own personal names? i just can't decide. i don't honestly know what my favorite part of this picture is. magical outer space love unicorns, you are a soothing balm to me, as always. I wish this was happening in the street outside my apartment RIGHT FUCKING NOWĪhhh. this captures all the drama, passion, intensity, and butt cheek shape of a real actual bullfight, i imagine, without the whole hideous depressing spectacle of a bunch of assholes in ugly outfits spearing a fucking defenseless animal before basically taunting it and killing it in front of several thousand cheering other assholes. His hair is shaped the same as his butt cheeks. you want to show me another store, anywhere, where you could buy that, for any price? it cost, oh, i don't know, a buck, maybe. this is a skull coffee cup named wayne gay 8. this is kind of the epitome of the type of thing that makes me wonder if people who don't shop at thrift stores have any idea what they're missing. regardless, wayne gay 8 is a fantastic coffee cup. AND! it says "GAY 8" on the bottom, for reasons which are happily unbeknownst to all involved. my wife drinks coffee out of it at work now. hell, even vice admiral (not actually) of the lord's own fucking army! now, granted, you can't drink, smoke, gamble, or marry anyone outside of the organization (creepy?), but you know. I may have mentioned this before at some point, but did you know they have rankings and titles in the salvation army, just like in the actual military army? that's right, with time, patience, dedication, and training, you can rise to the rank of major, lieutenant, colonel.
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