The February elimae
is now posted.
OFFER: Nativity Jesus
Posted to Dubuque Freecycle list:
I have a 10″ infant Jesus from a large nativity set (approx 20-24″) if anyone is interested. It needs some work as it is broken/cracked in a few places, but it shouldn’t take too much to repair if you are handy with plaster and paint.
Stolen Instruments (Public Service Announcement)
This is of primarily local (Chicago) import and is not your typical clusterflock post, but what happened makes me so blistering mad that I want everyone I know to know about it and to keep their eyes and ears open.
STOLEN INSTRUMENTS alert! Violin and 2 guitars stolen from trunk of car outside The Whistler on Milwaukee on Sat night:
VIOLIN — Handmade, bears label: “Samuel Giovanni Casco in Örebro Anno 2010 For Ethan Adelsman”. The back has these measurements: 35.2 cm, 16.5 cm, 11.1 cm, 20.3 cm. The linseed oil-based varnish is a warm orange-brown color on a golden ground. The bow: Handmade by E. Herrmann of Brazilian pernambuco wood with silver mounted hardware. The bow bears inscription: E. HERRMANN *** Violin & bow were in a Bam Lotus case, black with grayish stripes on the top and black backpack-style straps.
Offer: Elmo toy
Posted to the Dubuque Freecycle list:
Chicken Dance Elmo. A little dirty, but works.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless smartphone
Apple’s New Authoring Platform
I’m a little slow on this this morning, but Andrew sent me the AllThingsD overview of Apple’s iBooks 2, iBooks Author, and Digital Textbooks announcement this morning. I’m particularly excited about iBooks Author.
Update: Tim has a good analysis of what it all means over at Wired:
Now both individual authors and trade and textbook presses can be drawn into a development and publishing ecosystem that begins and ends with Apple. Amazon may offer more eyeballs, but Apple offers an easier workflow. And the multimedia enhancements baked into the new iBooks will tempt everyone creating an e-book to add bits that will be specific to Apple’s platform — creating accidental exclusives.
offer: 12 boxes of hamburger helper
Posted to Dubuque Freecycle list:
I have 12 boxes of hamburger helper flavors we didn’t care for. If interested please send contact info and time available for pickup in Dubuque.
TO TOLLWAY
That is all.
headline of the day, II
Paula Deen confirms that she has type 2 diabetes, unveils partnership with drug company
Wanted tea pots of any kind
Posted to the Dubuque Freecycle list:
Wanted tea pots of any kind the odder they are the better I live in Maq. but am willing to drive to Dub but not on bad weather days thanks in advance.
There’s really one reason,
and one reason only, that I put this photo here on clusterflock.
Joel, I love you, man, but that photo out of context was beginning to make my tummy sad every time I stopped by.
Besides, I know you love Culver’s.
Captain Beefheart’s Ten Commandments of Guitar Playing
4. Walk with the devil
Old Delta blues players referred to guitar amplifiers as the “devil box.” And they were right. You have to be an equal opportunity employer in terms of who you’re bringing over from the other side. Electricity attracts devils and demons. Other instruments attract other spirits. An acoustic guitar attracts Casper. A mandolin attracts Wendy. But an electric guitar attracts Beelzebub.
(From WFMU’s Beware of the Blog. Via Brian Beatty.)
Wanted: T-Shirts you don’t wear
Posted to the Dubuque Freecycle list:
I am looking for your T-shirts you don’t wear anymore and they are just sitting in your closet collecting dust.
The January 2012 elimae
The January 2012 elimae is now posted. Happy new year!
Go Bury Money, Like Now
I’m sharing a New Year’s tradition aimed at drawing wealth to you. I have no idea about its origins.
Take a bill or some coins and put the money in a plastic bag. The amount does not matter. Bury it outside your front door while saying, “I am burying my poverty.” Mark it with a stone or something you can find the next day. Seriously, people have not been able to find their buried money the next day. Do this on New Year’s Eve, before midnight. Then, on January 1, dig up the money while saying, “I am uncovering my wealth.” Do this anytime during the 24-hour period on New Year’s Day.
If you don’t have ground outside your door, not to worry, take a pot and bury your money there and place it outside your door or on the balcony. If that doesn’t work, take a bowl and cover the money with a wash cloth and put it beside the door. This is about symbolism and intent. Do not spend the money, ever. Put it away. Some say that if you spend the buried money, you’ll lose money.
If you follow these instructions, unexpected money will show up for you in the next year. Maybe because I believe, this always happens for me. Always. At least in the years the Iowan has not found, and spent, my buried money. I have heard about people who eventually have taken stacks of buried money and donated it to a good cause. For instance, they have donated it to a church or favorite charity and report all is well.
Or you could leave it tucked away in its individual sandwich bags in a hope chest or drawer. And laugh to think about what your heirs will think to find it.
Brand new island rises from Red Sea depths
Throw away that shiny new atlas you got for Christmas — it’s already out of date.
Volcanic activity in the Red Sea is causing the formation of a new island in the Zubair archipelago as lava is cooled by the surrounding seawater and solidifies. The underwater volcano responsible is located on the Red Sea Rift, where the African and Arabian tectonic plates are slowly pulling apart.
Three chairs (free) and one Chevy van seat (free)
Posted to the Dubuque Freecycle list:
offer 2 Chairs – Okay Condition (East Dubuque)
I have two chairs in okay condition. One was a chair from a bank. It has an upholstered back and wood frame. Good condition. Good upholstery. The other is a wood chair that has been resupported with metal at the legs. Okay condition.
I live in East Dubuque near the Julien Dubuque bridge. Covered porch for easy pick up.
X-mas Eve Par-tay
I’m relaxed. I honestly am. I bought a set of Horrified B-Movie Victims for the X-tended family X-mas gift X-change. The Gift Grab amongst cousins and their partners et al.
As for my near and dear, this year I’m empty-handed. And I’m cool with saying, “Hey, when I see something I know you’ll love, it’s yours.” And I imagine my near and dear will be cool with that.
What I am not doing is scouring the Tri-State Region over the next three hours for timely gifts for my near and dear. Not for the sake of saving face in Chicago tomorrow night. Screw it. My near and dear know I love them, I hope, and I hope they love me.
“It’s been harder than usual this year,” I’m thinking to say. “How’s it been for you?”
And I’m cool with that.
I am posting this post
because to now I have posted 1964 posts. So this will be 1965. And that was a beautiful year. I was just old enough to know that I wanted to be a grown-up woman. In 1965.
At least one of those grown-up women in the movies. Or to have a hit record.
OFFER: 7′ Pre-lit Christmas Tree (partially working) :/
Posted to the Dubuque Freecycle list:
This tree is approximately 5-6 years old — it belonged to my parents — I set it up the other night and can’t seem to get one section of lights to work and a few other lights here and there don’t come on. It’s a beautiful tree (well flocked) but I don’t have the time to go through each bulb and figure out what’s wrong with it. It came in a box but the box is pretty non-functional.
It was not used since Christmas 2008. One of the most beautiful artificial trees I have ever seen (when all the lights work).
Please email me with contact information — It needs to be gone before Tuesday night or it’s going to the curb.
Wanted: Globe
Posted to Dubuque Freecycle list:
Just a plain old globe. Condition doesn’t really matter.
R.I.P. Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011)
The great guitarist Hubert Sumlin, best known for his work with Howlin’ Wolf: here with David Johansen (vocal), Bob Margolin (second guitar), and Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica). “Smokestack Lightning.” Memphis, 2002.
The December elimae
is now posted.
Wanted: Antlers
Posted to the Dubuque Freecycle list:
If anyone is going hunting, and has antlers that aren’t of ‘keeping’ size, I would greatly appreciate them. Deer, Elk, etc. Its the only thing that keeps the puppy from destroying the house with his teething.
thank you
from the moderated comments
Just to be clear, this comment was intended as a response to “Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing is the best thing since gravity”. Just so everyone’s clear: Gravity < Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing. That is all.
RIP Ken Russell (1927-2011)
It’s a trailer, so it is crude and brash and obvious and fails to convey the delicacy and elegiac tone of the film, but here it is: the trailer for Savage Messiah (1972), possibly my favorite of the late Ken Russell‘s theatrical releases.
