Do you remember that skit from Sesame Street? There was always some sinister-looking muppet in a trench coat who looked like a drug dealer, and he was trying to sell people illicit letters. Dastardly!

That’s what I feel like whenever I post the Overstock weekend promotion. I’m predictable and not quite as cutting edge as I pretend to be, but nevertheless, it may be information you want.

So if you’re shopping Overstock this weekend, take $15 off of $150+ through this here link (good through July 16th, 2007 at noon).

(It’s not quite as good as a black market Q, I suppose, but it’ll have to do.)

Do you know why? Do you do you?

It’s partly because this has been a very long week around here, and next week the kids are going to Vacation Bible School. Yay! Five blissful mornings of peace for me! Erm, I mean, invaluable moral teachings for my children. Of course. Ahem.

And also I guess it’s partly because of the Amazon Friday Sale. Because, really, you can’t be unhappy during that.

I absolutely love this silverware, and not just because I saw the name and wondered when the World Wrestling Federation started making tableware. Whoops. Gotta go clean my glasses.

I’m guessing that this backboard would be overkill for a friendly neighborhood game of HORSE, but I’m always tickled by super-expensive items on Amazon. Do people really browse around there and then decide on a whim that sure, why not, I’ll just drop a thousand bucks on something for the driveway?

It’s been a while since they had a Dyson in the Friday Sale. Snap this one up if you’ve been looking! Bright shiny yellow!

I can’t decide if this is a scale or just modern art.

Give these barbecue tools to someone you love. “You, man! You cook with fire!”

(And then while he does that, you can hang out in your gazebo. I am brilliant!)

Some people think tomorrow (Friday the 13th) is an unlucky day. But not me! I love Friday the 13th. And I love Friday, July 13th especially, because it’s Cow Appreciation Day.

Wear any sort of “cow accessory” and get a free entree at Chick-fil-A. Wear a whole cow outfit and get an entire meal for free. It’s silly, it’s weird, and it’s free food.

Last year I dressed the kids up and they got free meals. They had a blast and the three of us ate lunch that day for the cost of my soda.

I’m letting you know the day before so that you have time to go get your cow garb on. You know you want to.

I just got an email from someone this morning asking for magazine deals, and then I thought to myself, “Huh, I guess it’s been a while since I posted any of those.” I was mid-poking-around when someone else mailed me a deal, and so in general I conclude that today is the day I’m supposed to post about magazines. So.

First: If you go to this page you can choose a year of up to 4 magazines for just a $2 processing fee, each. They do “automatically” renew after the first year at the regular price, but they will send you a subscription reminder (at which point you can cancel).

Second: Always check out the BestDealMagazines Deal of the Day. You have to wait for something you want to come around, but the price is always right. You can also use coupon code EDEALINFO15 for an additional 15% off through the end of 2007.

Third: Thanks to Kailani for point out that right now Parents Magazine is offering 3 years for the price of 1. $12 gets you three full years!

My rule of thumb is that I will never pay more than $4 for a year of a magazine. All of my current subscriptions were absolutely free, actually, because magazines make their money off of advertisers, not subscribers. That means that they periodically offer subscriptions for free just to keep their circulation numbers up and the ad dollars rolling in.

And I can’t justify spending real money on stuff I hardly ever have time to read, anyway. Sigh.

I’m pretty sure I’ve posted about the Jelly Belly Outlet before. But today I see that there’s plenty of Fruit Gems at deep discount available.

What’s a fruit gem? I have no idea. Looks good, though. Heh.