The Gods Are Good

Traversing the meridian and the space time continuum this morning landed me at AmVets, a favorite place to fulfill the hunting and gathering instinct and my sneaking innate megalomania. What? Someone has discarded this? Why, I can build an empire in a day with this plastic clamshell / papier mache egg from Germany / aluminum kitchen utensil from the fifties that probably has a lead core!

I found a mirror in a Balinese frame and a few long sleeve knit tops, then headed over to the line. A local grocery chain prints coupons on the back of its own receipts, and the cherry bomb of these coupons is the one giving three dollars off a ten dollar purchase at AmVets. I had several of these and busied myself by handing them out to qualified people in line. The only rule was that you didn't think I was trying to steal your stuff, sometimes an issue with the more sensitive shopper or recent immigrant from a non-English speaking country.

So I return the cart to the corral, and looked back at the items kept behind the counter. What!? What!? Is it is it is it? Whoa baby. There were a number of people crammed up at the register by this time, so I got back in line and held my breath for what I imagined was held in the box on the shelf. At my turn, I requested to examine the item and there it was, a Kit Cat Clock that I have coveted for ages!

Trying not to act excited, I wondered what the asking price was; the lady turned the box over and scribbled on the back in black grease pen was the amount of $3.48. $3.48!!! God's chickens, the going rate these days is a hefty $39.99 on Amazon, going up to $69.99 for the Genuine Austrian Rhinestone edition.

Getting home, the box produced all necessary parts and a pamphlet explaining the story of Kit Cat. There is a creed:

Put a smile on everyone's face,
Love in everyone's heart,
Energy in everyone's body.
And be a positive force in everyone's life!

I'm all for that. Available at what I think are exorbitant prices are sweatshirts, a Kit Cat watch, a couple of $199.99 cookie jars, and you can sign up for a smile message to be received by email.

Kit Cat is now keeping time on the wall, his tail wagging back and forth along with his eyeballs. Here is the website if you'd like a dose of Kit Cat yourself, or if you don't know what on earth it all means:
http://www.kit-cat.com/

My home is a tiny bit cozier now that there is a Kit Cat in the house. On the opposite wall are several wooden Indonesian dragon masks with those huge bulging eyeballs, made large to watch for evil. Between them and the observant moving eyes of Kit Cat, I'd say we're covered.