Selling My Junk

I want to begin by making it perfectly clear that this post has nothing to do with drugs or prostitution. (Let's just wait while those people leave, okay?)

Alright, I'm talking about our neighborhood yard sale this weekend. The 'hood has a couple of these a year but we've never participated. After being home all winter in this house with all this crap, I want to off-load oodles of it.

There's a little bit of everything: books, dvds, a printer, a nice computer monitor, lamps, dust-collectors, a whole set of corelle plates/cups/casserole dishes, glass vases, garage junk. I've also decided having two cats around the house is a bit extravagant so I've threatened them both that whoever pisses me off the most between now and Saturday is getting a "free" sticker.

I have no idea what to put on any of this stuff for prices. I'm planning on grouping things - all paperbacks the same price, all dvds the same price, etc. But what price IS that? And how do you determine the price on a lamp? My goal is to get as much as possible out of the house while still bringing in a bit of cash. I'm not looking to get rich or fund a huge project, but at the same time I'm not so desperate to be rid of it that I'll just put a "free" sign on the whole lot (donating to Goodwill would at least get us a tax deduction in that case).

Any tips? Any great resources? I've already made sure my xanax is in good supply because I hate dealing with people and I hate talking prices and I really hate dealing with people who are talking prices. Also, don't judge me based on my stuff!

Your witness, counselor

Rusty and Tonya are preparing their post for First Fursday but they'd like your help.

Do you have any questions for the fuzzbutts? Something you're just dying to know about their daily life? Favorite color? Their view on world peace? What would they do for a Klondike bar? Boxers or briefs?

You can leave your questions in the comments here, email me, tweet me, whatever you like. Just please send them by Friday night because they need to write the post this weekend.

(Maybe one of you can convince Rusty to spill the beans on why he keeps running across the kitchen counter even though he knows better?)

Let the interrogation begin...

I had a plan...

Unfortunately, my plan went to hell about the same time this crud decided to take hold of my body. Yes, wah, poor me. So instead you get Plan B, which is where I ask you to formulate my plan for me. I've actually been thinking about doing this for awhile so I suppose today isn't a total loss.

The idea is this. Look up, under the banner at the top of the page. See the "Suggestion Box" link? Clicky clicky. (I'm working on that link area in general, bear with me.)

In short, I'm looking for suggestions for blog entries. Anything you'd like to see me write about, I will consider. I'm even trying to work out some kind of prize situation.

Tomorrow's post is all set so I can indulge in my bubonic plague or whatever is going on. Think Pinot Noir would help kill the germs?

Accents: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

This topic brought to you by SomeMonkey. Note to self: it may actually be dangerous to agree to write on an undisclosed topic provided by SomeMonkey.

She chose Accents: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. Also, she specified that these are vocal accents, not decorative. Which sucks because I would've loved to see the look on her face when she read my blog and read my complaints about lace doilies.

The Good:

• Simon Baker
• Phil Keoghan
• Gordon Ramsay
• Sting
• Sean Connery
• Joe says Claire from Lost (Emily De Ravin) but I'm pretty sure when I said "hot accent" he heard "hot breasts"

In general, British, Irish and Australian accents are good stuff. Any of those men could read me the phonebook and I'd be a puddle of drool.

The Bad:

• Me

Not so much my own accent (I was raised in Upstate NY and have picked up a bit of Southern twang over the past 8 years) but my complete and utter failure to understand a lot of accents when others are speaking to me. Especially if they're speaking quickly. And hot.

Also bad - Britney Spears' British accent. What was that?!?!

The Ugly:

I'm not going to name names but some of my least favorite accents belong to folks I've met since moving to the South. Now, don't get me wrong, there are some lovely southern accents out there. Matthew McConaughey comes to mind.

But I'm talking about the ones from the "real" south. The ones that have lived here for generations, practically speaking their own language because their accents are so thick. They say things like:

• Ahm havin' bolled taters fer dinner.
• Ah done got a flat tar.
• Mash me the two on the elyvator.
• Ah reckon yer axin' the wrong feller.
• Git er done!

It just drives me bonkers. I have one coworker in particular that I can hardly understand. Though since he's on the phone literally 10 times a day with his wife and kids (but that's for another post), I get a lot of practice listening to his voice.

What and who are your good, bad and ugly accents?

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I'm working on a prize of some sort but I haven't figured that out yet.