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SDGQ
I call on everyone to do his or her service to the 'list and flag this post for "Best of Craiglist." There should be a little flagger's box in the upper right corner. Thank you. As far as the daily …
Wicked Costly
While I realize there's nothing particularly compelling about the following ad (which doesn't even fall in my neighborhood), I feel obliged to award it the Runner-Up: Lots of Stuff, Small Table, Big Table Drawer etc(Steal Deal) - $20 (mira mesa) …
FFP channels BTO, urges you to TCOB
Need to take care of a few things before getting down to business today. I still want to know just exactly what is with all this crazy nonsense? It never ends. On a lighter note, isn't it funny how the …
In which Pike, in a stroke of Genius, attempts to reconcile Linguistics, Biology, History, and Math in one Swell Foop
Not quite righteous enough for the win, but still bringing the heavy PWNage for a Runner-Up position: Air conditioner - evaporative type - $33 (Normal Heights) Does it get the nod for the nonchalant "yeah, we suppose this is the …
Terror Twilight
And we're back! Let's cut to the chase and hook up a Runner-Up on the fly: Fisher-Price Fun To Learn Musical Potty Chair - $28 (Normal Heights) How weird is it that, at some point in all of our lives, …
Wereswans of London
First off, a few unorthodox props to this guy for putting "hip, happening, cool, PBR, boobs" in his irritating little keyword section. Seriously, dude. C'mon now... Puts me in mind of this dude from the Official Best Of Craigslist section. …
True Freedom: A Political Blog
Happy Sunday! Worked all day and then got to craigin.' Found a pretty sweet Runner-Up right away: SWINE FLU Vaccine Not Needed- Safe Alternative! - $20 (Normal Heights). How terrible is it that the wonder drug proves itself during "the …
"I KNOW you gonna dig this"
Took the day off yesterday and wrote some fiction. It had been too long. The plan had/has been/is to do both--blog and antiquated print narrative alike. It's not easy, sometimes, being Graham Greene.1 Anyways, hither, thither and yon the candidate …
Too Sweet For a Price
Today's Runner-Up gets to be so for two reasons: 1: The use of graveyard industry lingo ("double-depth" burial, anyone?) 2: The insistence that the deal be done cash only, cartel style. It's not creepy, it's business! Moving on from six …
No Amount of Candy in the World
Cooling off with a can of Fat Tire after a hard night's racing, I have identified the Runner-Up for the day. Coming as I do form a land where rust never sleeps, seeing old cars with rust free bodies is …
Low-Res
Due to her ability to pull on my heart strings, "Giselle" gets a Runner-Up No-Prize for the day. This is a great example of how to sell: make it personal and seemingly urgent that you "MUST get rid of" your …
Good Stuff for Burning
All sorts of amazing things happen when I turn my back on the interwebs: this guy learned how to spell "Fender;" maybe he read my blog wherein I pointed out his literary shortcoming? Somebody down the road from me is …
Serial Blogger
Today's Runner-Up is most definitely a worthy contender. The double oven is something that you almost never really need, but when you need it, you really need it. Look at me, I can bake bread and pie at the same …
Shiver Me Timbers!
First off: Check it out! I suppose I sort of owe this tramp a holler for all the good she did me in September! Now that that's out of the way, I'll throw a Runner-Up out there that we might …
I Like Lists
Anybody curious as to how I spent my day can take a look at the chess game I finally won today after sixty moves. My opponent played well, making only one blunder, and I had to stay razor sharp to …
Such Gravity
Big night at the races for me tonight in that I did not come in last! I was actually fast(ish); placing in the burnout and nearly (like, eight inches nearly!) making it into the winners heat for a series of …
Deep Blue Sea
It's not in my neighborhood, so I can't really hand it the grand prix for the day, but here's a pretty awesome Runner-Up for the day's postings. Anyone who buys this does NOT know what he is getting into. Sure, …
Save the Date
There's only like eight new things for sale in Normal Heights since I last posted. The rest is stuff I've already seen and passed over. Isn't Sunday the Universal Day of Yard Sales? Is it not written, somewhere, by some …
Now I'm wicked hungry and it's 2:30 in the morning. Sweet!
Personal anecdote: attended the Tour de Fat today and had a super time! Lots of great bike stuff and great beers to be drunk. Grammar snobs will take note that I am aware of the difference between "lots of great …
The palindrome of Bolton would be notloB!
Today's Runner-Up is just plain super-sweet. Want. So. Badly. Throwing out the No-Prize today to the following: Beige Coach very good condition - $10 (Normal Heights) Cinderella--A 21st-Century Fairy Tale Once upon a Friday afternoon, there was a UCSD sophomore …