August 2008
2 posts
Here be dragons
This week we have a truly magical collection of items:
The Silmarillion by Tolkien, in Spanish. Of course, its accompanied by an plastic alligator/crocodile… a color of which probably does not exist in nature.
ID, Id and Some Talking Bears
This week we have:
1. One dream dictonary, written by one Betty Bethards a self help guru from Peteluma who, according to her awesome website, is “Still A Force.”
2. An ID bracelet, engraved for Mike. A great find, but only if your name happens to be Mike.
3. And finally the Berenstain Bears “Messy Room” Board Game. I barely remember these characters from...
July 2008
1 post
From the X Files
What is this? Some kind of alien technology…?
More than likely, its a piece of trim that fell off someone’s car. A space car.
June 2008
1 post
A Filter, Fine English Tea, Fir Mulch and Fancy...
This month’s Free Table offering is brought to you by the letter F:
Some kind of air filter (perhaps a from a vacuum cleaner?), a small can of “English tea”, a pair of chunky white lady’s shoes, and of course…
a slightly used bag of fir mulch. 2 cubic feet!
May 2008
1 post
Spent Spirits plus one Sultry Sprite
A very festive offering this month on the Free Table: three bottles of half-empty infused vodka thingies, one half-empty bottle of strawberry daquiri mix, and one fairy poster. Sounds like a party to me! If you drink all of that stuff in one setting, you will definitely see some fairies… or at leasta gnome or two.
April 2008
1 post
Piggie, Purse, Pandas and... Mills?
There was a cornucopia of mildly useful oddities on the table this week, but here are the highlights, brought to you by the letter P (mostly): a Plastic Pig, a gold lame’ Purse, a board game called Panda Picnic Party… and an admission letter from Mills. Something tells me the person who put the sassy gold purse on the Table is not the same person who put the piggie and the...
March 2008
3 posts
Blow-up Green Grid and some Dutch books
Okay. This week’s offerings are pretty nutty. First, a giant inflatable green… grid (I guess). If thats not loopy enough for you, then please know it was accompanied by a whole mess of books about Christianity in Dutch and German: If the books were Swedish, then I could definitely see some kind of retro-simplistic-IKEA-art kind of connection there. The mysteries continue…
Brokedown granite
This week: some towing paperwork and a half empty bottle of granite cleaner from Method. The mind boggles. I can see the usefulness of the granite cleaner, but… the towing papers?
Irish Stout and some Brillo pads
A lone bottle of D`Arcy’s Irish Stout. Google searches reveal that the brewery, Dublin Brewing Company, closed up shop in 2005. That means this beer is at least 3 years old. Yum! If that offer doesn’t entice you, how about this: A bag of slightly rusted generic Brillo pads! Perfectly useful.
February 2008
2 posts
Red shirt Snoopy
This week, we have: a plastic bag full of glass candle holders one miniature plastic soccer ball 2 rhino figurines one dinosaur figurine (a parasaurolophus, to be exact) one Snoopy Uh oh. Looks like Snoopy is in a precarious situation here. The fact that he’s wearing a red shirt probably doesn’t improves his chances.
Irie mon
This weekend’s free table offerings: one slightly used Bob Marley poster one possibly broken purple rope light one pencil drawing of a married couple The rope light and Marley poster are probably a set. I’m guessing this was a wedding gift? The ribbon reads “For better or for worse, for messy or for clean”. Touching.
January 2008
2 posts
Prime Cut!
This week’s offerings: one old cordless phone one grocery store paperback murder mystery some dollar store plastic ivy Now I have to confess, I was the one who donated the plastic ivy. It was used as decoration for a LOST viewing party we recently held. I bought 8 strands of the stuff - it really gave our condo that jungle-vibe. I put them on the table last week. Now, only 3 strands...
Giant freak head
I’ve decided to start documenting all the nutty stuff that is left on the free table in my building. At first, it seemed like a really thoughtful, gesture of community and togetherness, but most of the stuff is just too wacky or useless. And yet, these things disappear within a day’s time. One man’s trash, yadda yadda… The first time I noticed these cast away oddities, it was an economy sized,...