Santa arrived early at Case de Navarino and for the 2nd year in a row he brought a bunch of Garbage Xmas™ Goodies. Early. The only difference this time around is he brought over the trashy treats personally; last year I had to do the dumpster diving. Yes, that’s right folks, this year if it’s garbage, Jolly Ole St. Nick delivers!

And what cool refuse did he bring in his Xmas Hefty Bag of Bounty?

1. A cool mini-stereo w/tape, cdplayer, 2 nice speakers and darned good sound for it’s size. Works great!

2. A Radio Shack MD-1210 MIDI Keyboard/Synthesizer. Rated pretty good on the web. It powers up then turns off, probably a fried resistor on the board. Should be easily fixable for someone that’s knows electronics and loves music; might make a cool gift to someone like that. If only I knew someone that loves to fix broken things and knows how to play a keyboard and was coming to town in the next week or so. Nope. Can’t think of anyone. Drat. I gotta get out more…

3. An Epson Stylus C62 Inkjet Printer w/the software and everything. Either needs a cartridge or a head cleaning. Probably just a gunked up printhead. Either way, score!

Oh and there’s the Creme de le Creme: A banged up HUGE Viewsonic PT810 21″ Computer Monitor a guy tossed in trash. There are some cracks but the screen is intact. I can’t tell if it works or not yet because I don’t have a Male/Male VGA cable so I can hook it up. The LED light turns green, you can hear the thing power up but the LED goes quickly to red. It could be because it’s not receiving a video signal. It’s specs are pretty darned good so I hope it works or I can find someone that knows someone that knows someone that might be able to fix it. We’ll see. Either way, it’s free and has total awesome potential for being an totally awesome find. Or an impressive geek Jack-O-Lantern come Halloween! Double score!

See kids, if you’re really really really good (or especially rotten) Santa might toss you some trashy Xmas cheer this year. So close those eyes, kick your sister, shave the dog, wish really hard and spike them cookies! Jolly Red Clown Boy has a Hefty Bag with your name on it. Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! The! %^$#@! Stole! My! #$%^@!ing Cookies!