Sparky doesn’t mean to mislead people who are shopping on Craigslist. He simply forgets to look closely at the item for which he is posting the ad. Lucky for us, he has it listed as free. Continue reading
Category Archives: Free is good
Post 391: I Feel Your Propane
Lots and lots of Americans held outdoor cooking events yesterday to celebrate their Independence from kitchens and Spotted Dick. Still, some of them were using really old equipment that maybe continues to work but looks like crap. Continue reading
Post 366: I’ll Roll My Own
Just like everyone else, I was wondering what people in Palm Springs were giving away free on Craigslist. Surprise! Boats are given away for free! And no wonder. There aren’t any bodies of water except on golf courses and those are hardly big enough for one boat to cross. Continue reading
Post 364: This Doesn’t Suck
You know what? Sometimes, things suck. Sometimes finding the time to do everything and being too tired to do it when you have time sucks. Raising kids who are ungrateful brats sucks. Getting fat when you eat donuts and mac and cheese sucks. Being a wage slave sucks. Being a retired wage slave sucks. Well, okay, not as much as being not retired. Continue reading
Post 353: Polly Wants a Swizzle Stick
In which we see that Sparky had a few too many cocktails before trying to rehome his cockatiel. Or is he asking for a free cockatiel or a free cocktail? Does he want his cockatoo? Continue reading
Post 352: Thy Odd and Thy Staf
I’m open to suggestions on this one. Sparky lives in the mountains of New Hampshire and managed to avoid that new-fangled learnin’. Or he took the state motto of Live Free or Die to heart and is totally free of books and computers. NH is The Granite State because of folks like this whose heads are, apparently, made from stone. Continue reading
Post 349: Can You Dig It?
A tree grows in Sparkyville. Right in the center of this Sparky’s property, apparently. But there’s something about the tree that Sparky just doesn’t like. Is it the fronds that dry up and fall down? Is it the rats and bats that possibly nest in the dried fronds that haven’t fallen down? Or is it that Sparky wants to put in a pool? Continue reading
