Interesting sale site: WOOT!

I present: w00t

The word itself dates from the archaic era of the early 1990's but a throughly modern website has taken this moniker as its own and is selling remaindered items.

One item per day and when it is sold out, you are S.O.L.

Caveat: I have not bought anything from them -- there has been no bad press and they have an online forum so this seems to be legit. Their product descriptions are quite fun -- here is the one for today's sale -- a seemingly nice little DVD player for $134.99 with $5 shipping:

Unless your mortgage is paid off and you can somehow draw nourishment from little clumps of dust and hair, sometimes you have to pierce the nurturing womb of your home and venture into the terrifying world outside. Did those two teenage girls just snicker at me? Shouldn't that slobbering Rottweiler be on a leash? What is the guy in the next subway seat doing under his coat? Was that cop trying to stare me down? What did I just step in? 

Instead of throwing your fists over your ears and collapsing to the sidewalk, replace the threatening cacophony of the outside world with the gentle balm of the Hollywood dream factory. "What's that you say, sonny? Give you ten bucks or you'll cut me? Hang on a minute - the School of Rock kids are just about to get their big break." This Liquid Video Portable DVD system erects an impenetrable 6.2" LCD wall between you and the scary, hostile Others, in widescreen 16:9 format. Eschew the stereo speakers and use headphones (not included) for up to 5 hours of cord free, total social disengagement - Liquid Video style!

Not into movies? Fed up with the entertainment industry's unhealthy beauty standards? Blind? It can also play audio CDs or mp3s, so neh. And we didn't forget the pimply, sociopathic gamer types who have taken over half of our movie store floor space: plug in your favorite game console and BAM! You'll be murdering scores of pitiful innocents in lifelike color, not to mention freaking out the old lady in the next booth at Denny's. Yeah, that's right! Someday you'll make them all afraid! Someday! Some copy editor is having too much fun -- needs more Pointy-Haired-Boss management.

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