September 16, 2008

Tuesday Teaser photo verification

I was nervous when I got up this morning and there were only two guesses posted for the Tuesday Teaser answer. Guess it was just a false start, because interest picked up as the day progressed. We have a winner! Once again, Megan figured it out. Maybe she and I see thing the same way, ya think? Megan has won a linky love post and will be entered in the gift card drawing for September. She won the gift card for August. Is it luck or talent? I’m thinking it’s a bit of both. Hey Megan? Just a reminder: Starbucks doesn’t do cyber cards, so I’m still waiting for your mailing address so I can send you a Hawaii Starbucks card with some lovely local art adorning it!

Mahalo to you all for playing Tuesday Teaser. I’ve been snapping pictures everywhere I go and have started to rebuild my supply of available stock. I’ve already got a doozy picked for next week, so don’t forget to come back!

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Tuesday Teaser for September 16, 2008

Can you identify the item depicted above? Take your best guess and post it in the comments below. If your guess wins, you’ll get a nifty prize. Here’s how it works:

1. Write a comment giving your guess as to what the item is. Be as specific as you can. For instance, indoor “lamp” would be too general as an answer if you needed to identify a lava lamp. Sometimes the brand will need to be specific, as when you identified the Enregizer Bunny and auto company logos. Guess as many times as you want, but put each answer in a separate comment, please!
2. First person to identify the item wins. If more than one person provides the correct answer, time and date stamp will determine who was first.
3. The author of this blog will be the sole judge as to what constitutes a correct answer. Sorry - no hints will be given. I will attempt to respond to your answers at least every few hours, but I am not continuously at the keyboard so please be patient.
4. The contest will end in forty-eight hours, whether or not a correct guess has been submitted.
5. Skeet’s Stuff is a do-follow blog, so you get some link value just for commenting.

What will you win?

1. The author of this blog will write a LINKY LOVE POST (review) about the winner’s blog (commercial sites ineligible.) The LLP will contain the url for your blog plus at least two deep links and will be posted here on Skeet’s Stuff, a PR4 PR2 PR0 (bah google!) Ha! PR3 blog. Skeet writes good reviews.

2. The weekly winners will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $10.00 gift card from Starbucks or Amazon or a ten dollar payment through PayPal so they can start saving for those sexy new shoes or a gallon of gas.

3. Drawing for the monthly prize will be held on or about October 1, 2008, and will include all weekly winners for the month. There are five Tuesdays in September, thus the maximum number of people who will be eligble is five.

Comments submitted with commercial links will be deleted. If you would like to market your product, service or website through skeet’s stuff I’ll be happy to discuss your needs and my prices. Please submit your request via email.

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September 12, 2008

Tuesday Teaser gift card drawing for August

There were three Tuesday Teaser winners in August. Y’all did notice, didn’t you, that I no longer carry the prize over to the next week when we have no winner? I’m constantly backlogged on linky-love posts, so this move has eased that burden a bit.

I’m not a Starbucks fanatic like some folks I could name (yeah, I’m talking about you!) There’s been a Stabucks on our coast for about a year now and I’ve been there maybe three times. I went there today because I figured I could try out my laptop in wireless mode (didn’t work - I’ll figure that out later) and because it seemed like a good place to release some books and to find someone to help with the prize drawing.

Barrista Blossom did the honors this month. Congratulations to Megan! She’s won a $10.00 gift card (from Starbucks or Amazon) or ten dollars in spending cash from PayPal. Mahalo to all of my players from August. You bring a lot of fun to my blog!

Since I was there anyway I decided to try the seasonal special - Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino. Meh! It was okay, but didn’t excite me much. I probably won’t buy one again.

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September 9, 2008

Tuesday Teaser photo verification

Well,well! Either Jennifer is a pretty smart gal or she’s just a lot quicker than the rest of the Tuesday Teaser players. Since a.) She’s won the contest many times before and b.) No one else posted the right answer, I think she’s won again because she’s one sharp cookie. Congrats Jen on yet another Tuesday Teaser win. She’s won a linky love post (I think that makes a dozen or so!) and will be entered into the monthly drawing for a ten dollar gift card. Before you ask - no, I haven’t forgotten to draw a winner for August. I haven’t had the magic mug with me when I was around someone who could do the drawing for me, but I promise I’ll get to that soon! Mahalo to you all for playing. I hope you’ll come visit me every day. I know you’ll all be back next Tuesday!

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Tuesday Teaser for September 9, 2008

Can you identify the item depicted above? Take your best guess and post it in the comments below. If your guess wins, you’ll get a nifty prize. Here’s how it works:

1. Write a comment giving your guess as to what the item is. Be as specific as you can. For instance, indoor “lamp” would be too general as an answer if you needed to identify a lava lamp. Sometimes the brand will need to be specific, as when you identified the Enregizer Bunny and auto company logos. Guess as many times as you want, but put each answer in a separate comment, please!
2. First person to identify the item wins. If more than one person provides the correct answer, time and date stamp will determine who was first.
3. The author of this blog will be the sole judge as to what constitutes a correct answer. Sorry - no hints will be given. I will attempt to respond to your answers at least every few hours, but I am not continuously at the keyboard so please be patient.
4. The contest will end in forty-eight hours, whether or not a correct guess has been submitted.
5. Skeet’s Stuff is a do-follow blog, so you get some link value just for commenting.

What will you win?

1. The author of this blog will write a LINKY LOVE POST (review) about the winner’s blog (commercial sites ineligible.) The LLP will contain the url for your blog plus at least two deep links and will be posted here on Skeet’s Stuff, a PR4 PR2 PR0 (bah google!) Ha! PR3 blog. Skeet writes good reviews.

2. The weekly winners will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $10.00 gift card from Starbucks or Amazon or a ten dollar payment through PayPal so they can start saving for those sexy new shoes or a gallon of gas.

3. Drawing for the monthly prize will be held on or about October 1, 2008, and will include all weekly winners for the month. There are five Tuesdays in September, thus the maximum number of people who will be eligble is five.

Comments submitted with commercial links will be deleted. If you would like to market your product, service or website through skeet’s stuff I’ll be happy to discuss your needs and my prices. Please submit your request via email.

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September 5, 2008

Tuesday Teaser photo verification

Sorry folks - no winner this week. Silly me, I thought the photo snippet was a little too obvious & that the puzzle would be solved quickly. If you haven’t been keeping up with my blog (except on Tuesdays,) here’s how we got to Tuesday Teaser this week: A couple of weeks ago I opened a link on what I thought was a “trusted site” & got badly burned. The virus that downloaded kept replicating until, at one point, there were over 2700 “infections” in my system. My poor hard drive couldn’t take it. I managed to reboot several times last week, then on Sunday everything went kablooey. I lost everything: photos, documents, address books - everything. I had taken twenty or thirty photos last week of garden decor and harbor scenes and a few other things among which I had hoped to find our puzzle. With all of them gone I had to select a photo that I already had on Flickr - one that I used in a Four Foods on Friday post a few months ago. The current version of the photo editor I use is quite different from the one I had, so I had a heck of time doing a photo cut & finally just had to go with what I considered the best of several edits. Every time I looked at it I could clearly see that it was the crimped edge of a microwave popcorn bag, but I guess it wasn’t really that obvious. I can only tell you that I gave you my best effort and will try even harder next time. I hope you’ll give me another chance. I’ve got an agenda for the weekend that includes a few fun places that might yield your next challenge! Oh, and I’ll work on improving my skill-set with the new computer and new programs, too. Wouldn’t want to make things too easy for you, ya know?

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September 2, 2008

Tuesday Teaser for September 2, 2008

Can you identify the item depicted above? Take your best guess and post it in the comments below. If your guess wins, you’ll get a nifty prize. Here’s how it works:

1. Write a comment giving your guess as to what the item is. Be as specific as you can. For instance, indoor “lamp” would be too general as an answer if you needed to identify a lava lamp. Sometimes the brand will need to be specific, as when you identified the Enregizer Bunny and auto company logos. Guess as many times as you want, but put each answer in a separate comment, please!
2. First person to identify the item wins. If more than one person provides the correct answer, time and date stamp will determine who was first.
3. The author of this blog will be the sole judge as to what constitutes a correct answer. Sorry - no hints will be given. I will attempt to respond to your answers at least every few hours, but I am not continuously at the keyboard so please be patient.
4. The contest will end in forty-eight hours, whether or not a correct guess has been submitted.
5. Skeet’s Stuff is a do-follow blog, so you get some link value just for commenting.

What will you win?

1. The author of this blog will write a LINKY LOVE POST (review) about the winner’s blog (commercial sites ineligible.) The LLP will contain the url for your blog plus at least two deep links and will be posted here on Skeet’s Stuff, a PR4 PR2 PR0 (bah google!) Ha! PR3 blog. Skeet writes good reviews.

2. The weekly winners will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $10.00 gift card from Starbucks or Amazon or a ten dollar payment through PayPal so they can start saving for those sexy new shoes or a gallon of gas.

3. Drawing for the monthly prize will be held on or about September 1, 2008, and will include all weekly winners for the month. There are four Tuesdays in August, thus the maximum number of people who will be eligble is four.

Comments submitted with commercial links will be deleted. If you would like to market your product, service or website through skeet’s stuff I’ll be happy to discuss your needs and my prices. Please submit your request via email.

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August 26, 2008

Tuesday Teaser photo verification

We have a winner! Megan has been bombarding me with answers each week lately, totally getting into the spirit of Tuesday Teasers. This week she made one guess that was off the mark and then had a moment of enlightenment. Reading her comment, there can be no doubt that she absolutely knows she’s guessed the correct answer. It made me chuckle and grin to read it!

Congratulations to Megan, who has won a linky love post for her blog. Mahalo to all of you who stopped by and especially those of you who posted answers. To the other three hundred or so visitors - don’t be shy next time! Wrong answers are as much fun as the final, correct answer and you’ll get some some do-follow love just for posting. We’d love to know who you are and have you throw yourself into the wild race for an answer next time!

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Tuesday Teaser for August 26, 2008

Can you identify the item depicted above? Take your best guess and post it in the comments below. If your guess wins, you’ll get a nifty prize. Here’s how it works:

1. Write a comment giving your guess as to what the item is. Be as specific as you can. For instance, indoor lighting would be too general as an answer if you needed to identify a lava lamp. Sometimes the brand will need to be specific, as when you identified the Enregizer Bunny and auto company logos. Guess as many times as you want, but put each answer in a separate comment, please!
2. First person to identify the item wins. If more than one person provides the correct answer, time and date stamp will determine who was first.
3. The author of this blog will be the sole judge as to what constitutes a correct answer. Sorry - no hints will be given. I will attempt to respond to your answers at least every few hours, but I am not continuously at the keyboard so please be patient.
4. The contest will end in forty-eight hours, whether or not a correct guess has been submitted.
5. Skeet’s Stuff is a do-follow blog, so you get some link value just for commenting.

What will you win?

1. The author of this blog will write a LINKY LOVE POST (review) about the winner’s blog (commercial sites ineligible.) The LLP will contain the url for your blog plus at least two deep links and will be posted here on Skeet’s Stuff, a PR4 PR2 PR0 (bah google!) Ha! PR3 blog. Skeet writes good reviews.

2. The weekly winners will be entered into a monthly drawing for a $10.00 gift card from Starbucks or Amazon or a ten dollar payment through PayPal so they can start saving for those sexy new shoes or a gallon of gas.

3. Drawing for the monthly prize will be held on or about September 1, 2008, and will include all weekly winners for the month. There are four Tuesdays in August, thus the maximum number of people who will be eligble is four.

Comments submitted with commercial links will be deleted. If you would like to market your product, service or website through skeet’s stuff I’ll be happy to discuss your needs and my prices. Please submit your request via email.

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August 21, 2008

Tuesday Teaser photo verification

Sorry folks - no winner this week. I’m always a little fearful when I do my photo cuts to put together the Tuesday Teaser puzzles. It’s difficult to know if I’ve chosen the right item, the best view of the item, the right crop to create an image that is tough but ultimately solvable. Somone that I spoke to about this one (waving hello to you-know-who-you-are-down-in-Texas) took a look at it for me and we realized that he was looking at the negative space instead of the positive space - he was trying to decide what the light-colored area was instead of seeing it as ” just space” between the items that actaully define the photo. I know from the types of things you posted as guesses that many of you were doing the same thing. That pretty much defines the difficulties I face when putting the Tuesday Teaser together each week. What I see is not necessarily what you will see. The end result is that there are no promotional items or giveaways this week, but make sure you return next Tuesday when we’ll do it all over again!

My computer is very, very sick today. The problem started last night and made it impossible for me to post. I’m working around it now, but with great difficulty. As soon as I finish this post I’ll put up some screen shots. If you’re the helpful sort I hope you’ll come back in a half an hour or so and see what you can tell me about what’s going on.

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