OYS 4: culling the collection

As previously mentioned, I own a comic book collection that covers the early- to mid-90s fairly extensively. Today, I went through the eight filing cabinet drawers and pulled out about 350 (!) that could go. They're listed on Kijiji and craigslist, but if anyone knows anyone who might be interested, feel free to email me for a complete listing.

However, this means that the list of items for today is puny, since I spent most of the day hemming and hawing over old X-Men issues ;)

Speaking of which, I also have a number of trading card sets that can go (full sets of regular cards, no "special" cards):

• Evil Ernie
• Spider-Man - the Macfarlane era
• Spider-Man II - 30th anniversary
• Wolverine - From then 'til now II
• X-Men (1991)
• X-Force (1991)
• Adventures in Fantasy
• Boris 2
• WildC.A.T.S. 93
• WildC.A.T.S. 94
  

Other random items:

• X-Men: the Movie Prequel Edition comic (Toys R Us tie-in)
• Star Wars: the Phantom Menace movie program
• BOOK: The Complete Candlemaker, by Norma Coney, ISBN 1-887374-42-6

As always, there's more to come.

OYS 3: the return

All right, this evening I was doing other things, so this list isn't nearly as huge as I'd like or need it to be. Nonetheless, here are today's additions:

• Set of dominoes
• Clue game (old 60's edition)
• Frustration travel game (like Trouble, with a pop bubble...missing 1 blue and 1 yellow piece)
• WWF trivia game, 2nd. edition
• Memory foam-type contoured pillow (like new)
• Green Day Dookie-era black embroidered baseball cap
• 8" Double Bubble bubblegum machine
  
• BOOK: The Glorious Pool, by Thorne Smith
• BOOK: The Sizesaurus, by Stephen Strauss, ISBN 0-380-72849-4
• Lot of Magic: the Gathering cards (revised through to first Ice Age) - please ask for full listing

Coming soon: more books, and the culling of a comic book collection. Then, probably more books and smaller aquariums, followed by more books.

OYS: the sequel

I read something this afternoon about throwing twenty-seven things out in a bid to start decluttering a home. Now, I'm too eco-conscious to do that before at least trying to pawn things off to people. Here's another series of items for disposal:

MISCELLANEOUS

• Ikea Skaplig wooden wine rack (flat), blue
• Wrought-iron 10-bottle wine rack, black
• Tabletop (full-sized) cassette tape recorder (works with 4 D batteries or plugged in; I don't have the adaptor)
• Bialetti 4-cup stainless steel coffee maker
  

GAMES

• Springbok Twelve Days of Christmas 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle
• Springbok Miss Piggy 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle
• 750-piece Mordillo jigsaw puzzle
  
• Mille Bornes card game
  

ADULT BOOKS - ENGLISH

• The Unauthorized Anne Rice Companion, ed. by George Beahm, ISBN 0-8362-1036-0
  
• Call of the Wild, by Jack London, ISBN 0-7705-0557-0
• Memnoch the Devil, by Anne Rice, ISBN 0-679-44101-8
  
• Moon Magick, by D. J. Conway, ISBN 1-56718-167-8
• The Spiral Dance, by Starhawk, ISBN 0-06-250814-8
  
• Stonehenge Decoded, by Gerald S. Hawkins
• Twilight Hunters: Wolves, Coyotes & Foxes, by Gary Turbak, ISBN 0-87358-453-8
  

LIVRES POUR ADULTES - FRANÇAIS (ceux qui n'ont aucune mention ISBN sont pour la plupart, simplement trop vieux)

• Amour secret, de Barbara Cartland
• Angoissse, de Michael Halliday
• À nous deux, Manhattan, de Judith Krantz, ISBN 2-7242-3412-X
  
• Les bien-pensants, de Pierre Berton
• Les chasseurs de mammouths, de Jean M. Auel, ISBN 2-7242-3068-X
• Le coeur d'ivoire, de Max du Veuzit
• Le combat contre les ombres, de Georges Duhamel
  
• Comment soigner et éduquer son enfant, de Dr. Spock
  
• Courrier Sud, d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Des plaintes dans la nuit, de Delly
• Le désert de Bièvres, de Georges Duhamel
• Dictionnaire de poche latin-français
  
• Le drame de l'étang-aux-biches, par Delly
  
• La dynastie des Forsyte : Forsyte saga, de John Galsworthy
• La dynastie des Forsyte : une comédie moderne, de John Galsworthy
• La dynastie des Forsyte : la fin du chapitre, de John Galsworthy
  
• L'enfant des ruines, de Max du Veuzit
• L'été finit sous les tilleuls, de Kléber Haedens
• Frankenstein, de Mary Shelley
  
• Guide complet des travaux à l'aiguille, 0-88850-084-X
• Les Haudry, de Andrée Vertiol
• Histoire du Canada français, tome 2, de Lionel Groulx, ISBN 0-7755-0574-9
  
• Honneur pour honneur, de Marie Stéphane
  
• Hôpital de la montagne, de Henry Denker, ISBN 2-7242-3087-6
• J'ai mal à mon travail, de Monique Soucy, ISBN 2-7619-1804-5
• Le malade imaginaire, de Molière, ISBN 2-03-870107-5
  
• Le mystère de Castel-Flore, de Catherine Phrebert
  
• Nouvelles orientales, de Marguerite Yourcenar
  
• Les ombres, de Delly, ISBN 2-277-11889-3
  
• Ombres chinoises, de Simon Leys, ISBN 2-264-00868-7
• La passion de Joseph Pasquier, de Georges Duhamel
  
• Le portrait inachevé, de Magali
• Pour devenir lady, de Magali
• Pour une orchidée, de Magali
  
• Princesses de science, de Colette Yver
  
• Présumé innocent, de Scott Turow
  
• Red Fox, de Anthony Hyde, ISBN 2-7242-3281-X
• Rocambole 1 : l'héritage mystérieux, de Ponson du terrail
  
• Le roi des Andes, de Delly
  
• Le terrible secret de Giselda, de Barbara Cartland
  
• Tigre blanc, de Robert Stuart Nathan, ISBN 2-226-03096-4
• Un bateau part.., de Claire Maygnac

COLLECTION HARLEQUIN

• no 235f : L'infirmière de service, de Lucy Agnes Hancock
• no 606f : Le défi du médecin, de Marjorie Moore
• no 64 : Les survivants du evada, de Janet Dailey
• no 66 : La passagère de l'angoisse, d'Anne Hampson
• no 87 : La magie d'un été, de Robyn Donald
• no 88 : ...Et la jungle s'embrasa, de Violet Winspear
• no 100 : L'anse de l'espagnol, de Sara Craven
• no 109 : Alice s'éveille, de Violet Winspear
• no 110 : L'innocence aux yeux clairs, de Margaret Rome
• no 111 : À menteur, menteuse et demi, de Janet Dailey
• no 118 : La marque de Caïn, de Janet Dailey

Edit, 30/01/2009: 51 booka in this post, plus the 8 books in my post of January 18, plus one more I found as I kept going through the piles, were picked up by a freecycler today. Feels so good.

ONLINE YARD SALE - 2009: the year I declutter

Now that is saying something. As the packrat daughter of packrat parents, I have a house full of stuff. And it is time for it to go. So without further ado, here is the first part of what I hope will be recurring posts to list out the things I would like to get rid of.

Anything you'd like to see, or discuss, feel free! Everything is negotiable, from whatever you can afford, all the way down to free; whatever money I do make from any of this is most likely going to kiva.org (which I wholeheartedly encourage you to check out, regardless of this little virtual yard sale.)

So, here goes. I will try to categorize things as best I can, so it doesn't look quite so hopeless.

COMPUTER STUFF

• Brother HL1020 laser printer w/driver CD (needs new drum)
• La Cie external CD writer
• Canon CanoScan FB620P flatbed scanner
• Macintosh PowerBook 5300 Series - has battery but no charger - I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER IT WORKS AT ALL
  

OTHER ELECTRONICS

• Panasonic SL-SV570 portable CD/MP3 player

VHS TAPES

• Disney's Aladdin (English version)
• Disney's The Little Mermaid (English version)
  

ARTS & CRAFTS

• Vertical loom, approximately 24" across

COLLECTIBLES

• 2 KFC Col. Sanders coin banks from the mid 70's - one white, one yellow
  

PET SUPPLIES

• 87 gal. Aquarium, 48"l x 18"w x 24"h - purchased as terrarium (no lid) - HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER IT HOLDS WATER
• Large bucket of crushed coral gravel (bean-sized)
• Aboistop citronella spray bark-deterrent collar (needs battery and new can of citronella)
  
• ZooZone2 cage for small animals (e.g. guinea pigs, rats)
  

GAMES

• Scene It, original edition
• Monopoly, Star Wars edition
• Word Yahtzee
• Atmosfear, original edition
  

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

• The Garfield Trivia Book, by Jim Davis, ISBN 0-345-33771-9
  
• Jelly Belly, by Dennis Lee, ISBN 0-7715-9776-2
  
• Meet the Munch Bunch, by Giles Reed, illustrated by Angela Mitson, ISBN 0-904584-76-3
  
• The Munch Bunch Go Camping, by Giles Reed, illustrated by Angela Mitson, ISBN 0-904584-77-1
• The Peanuts Trivia and Reference Book, by Monte Schulz and Jody Millward, ISBN 0-8050-0072-0
  
• Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, ISBN 0-684-16611-9
  

ADULT BOOKS - ENGLISH (this will be the largest section, so it will be broken down over several posts - please bear with me)

• The Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec, ed. by Josh Freed and Jon Kalina, ISBN 0-920792-33-2
• Anglo 2: the Sequel, Mike Boone, Terry Di Monte, Bowser & Blue et al., ISBN 1-55054-008-5
• Culpeper Guides: How to Grow Herbs, by Ian Thomas, ISBN 1-85471-067-2
  
• Giles 49th Annual, by Peter Tory, ISBN 1-874507-49-X
  
• Giles 50th Annual, by Peter Tory, ISBN 1-874507-65-1
  
• Giles at War, by Peter Tory, ISBN 0-7472-7856-3
  
• Giles Family, by Peter Tory, ISBN 0-7472-7881-4
  
• Giles: a Life in Cartoons, by Peter Tory, ISBN 0-7472-7886-5
  
• Giles 39th Series Cartoons, by Peter Tory, ISBN 0-85079-152-9
  
• Giles 45th Series Cartoons, by Peter Tory, ISBN 0-85079-232-0
  
• Giles 48th Series Cartoons, by Peter Tory, ISBN 1-874507-29-5
  
• The Guinea Pig Handbook, by Sharon L. Vanderlip, ISBN 0-7641-2288-6
• Instant French, by Jo Ouellet, ISBN 0-7701-0117-8
  
• Problem-solving strategies for Writing in College and Community, by Linda Flower, ISBN 0-15-505496-1
• Quaint Signs of Olde Inns, by G. J. Monson-Fitzjohn, ISBN 1-85958-028-9
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey, ISBN 0-671-70863-5
  
• Wild Seasons Daybook: Alexa Karstad's Canadian Sketches, ISBN 0-458-99290-9
• The Write Track: How to Succeed as a Freelance Writer in Canada, by Betty Jane Wylie, ISBN 1-55002-444-2
  

On Armageddon

Overall, my predictions were totally shaky, but in most cases, boy was I happy to be wrong.

A few notes:

I should have figured that Kozlov's undefeated streak would not end quite yet. I wonder who'll they'll bestow the honor to. I really don't care, the man consistently fails to impress me.

I didn't think I'd be so...pardon the pun...right on the nose (I warned ya!) about CM Punk's difficulty in administering a GTS to five-foot-six Mysterio. Ouch. Still, that was one of the top matches of the year, entertaining as all get out.

I am thrilled to see Jeff Hardy win the belt, finally; then again, I gotta wonder whether the WWE isn't hedging its bets by giving it to him now, as opposed to WrestleMania. Just in case he should screw up again...I sure hope not, but now the field is waaaay-wide open for the Rumble. Unless something materializes in coming weeks, I'm seeing an already-top contender, maybe even a previous winner, taking the rumble match. Dave would be nice, but now it appears he's out with a torn hamstring. Really wishful thinking? Kennedy. There's a guy who deserves a push, if only he can stay healthy.

On a side note: the Tribute to the Troops show was down to one hour, and had all of two matches. Two. *sigh*

And lastly, man was it nice to see Trish again. Makes me realize just how much work lies ahead of our current slate of divas. Either that, or it sends me running to TNA, which I can never quite stand for very very long. Somehow, I knew Kelly Kelly would not main event, and being in Toronto, right before Xmas, they had me hoping against hope that we would see our Canadian bombshell (sorry Maryse, your official title is our Montreal sexpot.) for a one-night-only return. Besides, against Beth, it could only be good. And yummy goodness it was. She could still show Triple H how to throw a punch.

Armageddon picks

Here goes:

Finlay vs. Mark Henry (Belfast Brawl): I can't imagine ever rooting for Mark Henry, or ever understanding any push he may receive in his life. Finlay, all the way.

Matt Hardy vs. Kozlov: See above. Matt Hardy.

Rey Mysterio vs CM Punk, IC Tournament: I would have picked Rey, were it not for the recent developments concerning the Tag titles. With Miz and Morrison regaining the tag belts in a most unusual manner, in a house show in nowhere, Ontario, doesn't that just pave the way to new Slammy winner Punk to regaining the IC title? I'm not sure how Rey's height will affect the administration of a GTS, though. Punk for gold.

Eight Diva match: With Michelle McCool's recent heel turn, I doubt her team will work well together. Combine that with the talent resting squarely on the official heel side, and I see Maryse the hometown girl coming out on top.

Batista vs. Orton: Orton has been gearing up since his return, and Batista's only been used to put various heels over. I don't see this trend reversing anytime soon. Orton wins. (Sorry, Dave! You know I love you anyways, right? :-) )

Edge vs. Jeff Hardy vs. HHH: Hardy is looking more and more like a Rumble shoo-in. I see Trips and Jeffro going at each other mercilessly once more, with Edge sneaking in to eke out the win.

John Cena vs. Chris Jericho: They've been building Jericho so far up lately (Superstar of the Year? Really?), it can only be to have Cena fight the good fight and conquer the not-so-big but oh-so-nasty Y2J.

On a side note, I will begin writing again, I promise. I'll even explain why I haven't been writing, and hopefully, it won't sound too much like an excuse. We'll see. But for now, there's wrestling on.