Harry Potter , WNYX NewsRadio , "Hunting" for the good stuff

So we have celebrated Abraham Lincoln’s 205^th birthday, celebrated Valentine’s Day over the weekend, good ol’ President’s Day to extend things into Monday…but now the work week begins again. But is that really enough “relaxation” time? While hanging back this weekend I found that my favorite online salesperson, Keene/FX, has some interesting items besides the Stained & Hand-painted Harry Potter steamer trunks! There are also some very grimy-looking, padlocked LOTR Troll Trunks perfect for ANY Hobbit or LOTR fan out there. A moss-covered treasure chest to pack away “my preciouussss”…or just some books and DVDs, it’s whatever.

Some “known affiliates” that I have come to find some equally cool products are JobstCo (for the hunter in you) and ChooChoo8MitMit. While the current product counts are low on their ETSY sites I did find that the overall quality of the products is high…which for me is what I am looking for –quality not quantity. No point in having a crapload of movies if they all suck. For the hunters that go to JobstCo there are extensive hunting vinyl decal designs, and while there is currently only one on display a quick query from the shop owner revealed that many, many more original designs will be available in the very near future. On a side note, I was informed that the shop owner has quite the musical talent, so might just want to pick some of his tunes while you’re there or ask him other places they are available!(Update: JobstCo has quite the catalog of vinyl designs these days, as well as beard oils)

ChooChoo8MitMit is very much lacking in the product area at this date. However, the product is not a cheap piece of cardboard. It is a quadfold actual board for board games (as one would hope for the price) and it holds up well as I have WNYX the game as does one of my siblings(and they have kids!)! It is definitely a MUST HAVE for all NewsRadio fans, very fun to play with your friends and get a little trashcan basketball going on everytime you hit the Poker Night square…it can definitely get competitive! I recall the first game I played earlier this year; it was with one of my sisters, her husband, and two of my nieces. My nieces have a pretty short attention span so after about 15 minutes the 10 year old quit and played video games…20 minutes later the 12 year old quits and plays on her dad’s phone. It makes me wonder how they get through instructions in P.E. and then games! So needless to say that caused a small bump, but after we fixed it, things got going. One of the big portions of the games involves Trivia, which can be very bad for those who know nothing about NewsRadio…especially if you have changed the rules to add different penalties! My brother-in-law was beginning to run low on money and beginning to realize things were not good for him…until someone landed on the “Poker Night” square. This involved a sort of gambling aspect in the game, as well as paper basketball…the money in the middle of the board started piling up and it was down to just the my sister and her husband, as things got more and more competitive the air of tension in the room was palpable…I swear I saw a tumbleweed roll on by. We had made things so crazy, it was down to the 15^th shot! ………and of course she makes it in, he shoots…it looks like it’s going in…BAM shot blocked by the 6 year old!! Nobody ever saw it coming.