As Free As The Wind Blows

Did you know that people give things away for free on Craigslist?  I don't know, maybe I'm the only person who hasn't heard about this.  But it's awesome.

Today I had my first successful foray into the land of the free, and I must say that I am quite pleased with my initial find:

Now on to the bigger stuff.  I may be crazy, but I seriously plan on furnishing my new apartment entirely with this free stuff.  This could get addicting.

But wait.  Not all free things are created equal.  There are some things posted on Craigslist which are not so desirable as these lovely serving dishes.  Some are downright comical, which is why I feel that they simply must be shared here.

Let's see, we've got:

Hot Pockets (5 boxes, to be exact)

Sterile catheters (ew)

A bedside commode (double ew)

Dirt ("free dirt," to give a full & exact quote)

125 bricks (count 'em)

Landline phones (these still exist?)

Austin Powers VHS tape (people who'd watch this still exist?)

2 scrapbooks full of Paulina Porizkova magazine clippings (who is this?.. and why?) 

Blessings (guaranteed to bring about positive change in your life, provided you just believe)

I also find some of the titles particularly funny if you only read the beginning.  For example: "Cute little girls pink bag with Hello Kitty"  And I'm telling you, if I had a record player I would be all over this Fraggle Rock record.

So as you can see, people here really don't like to throw things away.  And I appreciate that, I really do.  I mean, I'm sure that No Impact Man would support it.  

That one post about blessings also has a catchy little ending: "Jesus is Lord. Please be with you always."  I think I might make that my trademark signoff.

Jesus is Lord.  Please be with you always.