October 14, 2008

Tuesday Teaser photo verification

My apologies for once again neglecting you all. I’ve been without power in my office all day. Right about the time the lights (and my cable modem) went off, Megan was posting the correct answer to the Tuesday Teaser once again. Congrats to Megan for knowing a hose-end sprayer when she sees one, and mahalo to all of you who played.

My buddy Paul came over this afternoon to see if he could get my office circuit breaker to flip back to “on” and stay there. I love Paul dearly, but he’s a hopeless alchoholic and was in bad shape when he arrived. He managed to pull the TV cable box down on his head while checkign the plug below the office work table. He was feeling no pain and his baseball cap kept him from getting a scalp cut, so that wasn’t a major problem (assuming that he box still works - haven’t checked it yet.) He argued with me when I brought him his shoes to wear while he was checking the breakers, but it’s a good thing he put them on anyway. He gave himself a serious jolt while testing circuits and I sent him home. Luckily, my friend Abe was able to come over this evening (just as House was coming on, darn it!) and he found that Paul had been testing the wrong circuit. It took him about a minute to have me up and running again. Ah, it’s good to have friends! I had called Randy (the real electrician) but he wasn’t going to be able to squeeze me in until (maybe) sometime late tomorrow. He would have charged me an arm and a leg just for walking in the door, so I’m super, extra grateful for both Paul and Abe tonight (okay - Abe a little more than Paul!)

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Tuesday Teaser for October 14, 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, “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 Hmmmm! PR2 again. 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.

3. Drawing for the monthly prize will be held on or about November 1, 2008, and will include all weekly winners for the month. There are four Tuesdays in October, 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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October 11, 2008

Tuesday Teaser gift card winner for September

If my count is correct I’ve left the house three times in the last two weeks. My count could be wrong because fatigue makes my brain fuzzy, but I think I remember running out of boxes and bread three times. I’ve been doing a good job of eating up the supplies I have on hand in the pantry and freezer, so I’m not making my usual two-to-three-times-per-week shopping trips. I’ve been a bit addled, what with packing for my move and trying to get the house ready to sell, so I’ve forgotten to take the magic mug and my camera when I’ve gone out. I thought of it today during the garage sale.

My friend Paul has been helping me out lately and he partnered with me on the garage sale. He has better stuff than me - power tools and Vargas prints and other fun stuff - so he did pretty well today. His friend Sherma showed up to help us out, too, so I put her to work.

Ta dah! Congratulations to Scott, who won the Tuesday Teaser the first time he played and now has won the monthly drawing the first time he was eligible. Scott has won a ten dollar gift card from Amazon or Starbucks, or a ten dollar payment through PayPal if he prefers. Scott is a total geek, so he’ll probably take the money and use it for something useful like computer cables or exit signs instead of something fun like sexy shoes, but it’s his option, so who am I to judge?

Congrats to all of the September winners and mahalo again for everyone who played my little game. You’re all winners in my book! I’ll see you again next Tuesday!

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October 9, 2008

Tuesday Teaser photo verification

I have three pair of vice grips in varying sizes. They’re the handiest tools to have around, and the most used in my house except for my standard pliers. I’m pretty sure most of you must have at least one around, so I was surprised that no one recognized them as the Tuesday Teaser this week. Are you kicking yourself right now for missing this one? I purposely allowed a bit of the spring clip to show even though I feared it would make the puzzle too easy. Our forty-eight hours is up and no one supplied the right answer, so there’s no winner this week. Check back next week to see if I can stump you again or if I’ll be the chump who doesn’t fool anyone! Mahalo to all of you who played and to all of the lurkers who visited but didn’t post (you know who you are!) Invite your friends and readers to play next time - the more the merrier!

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October 7, 2008

Tuesday Teaser for October 7, 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, “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 Hmmmm! PR2 again. 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.

3. Drawing for the monthly prize will be held on or about November 1, 2008, and will include all weekly winners for the month. There are four Tuesdays in October, 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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October 1, 2008

BlueEgg Photography gift pack winner

Mahalo to all of you who entered the BlueEgg Photography foodie gift pack giveaway. I put all of your names into a list and submitted it to Random.org. Randomness followed and a winner has been selected. Congratulations to Gianna! She’s won a gift pack of BlueEgg Photography culinary notecards, vanilla beans and extract. Gianna’s favorite Blue Egg notecard art is the orchids. Gianna, I’m sending you an email so we can get your prize pack to you ASAP. Mahalo again to everyone who played!

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September 30, 2008

Tuesday Teaser photo verification

Once again I failed to fool you guys. Cass was quickest off the mark and is this week’s winner. She’ll get a linky-love review of one of her many blogs, and will be entered in the monthly drawing for a $10.00 gift card (which will be held any day now.) Congratulations to Cass and mahalo to all who played. I hope you’ll all return next week and try again!

I’ve been doing Tuesday Teasers for over a year now and thought you might be interested in how I put them together.

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Each week I take several cuts of several different photos. What I’m looking for is a puzzle piece that will make you scratch your head for a while, but that you will definitely recognize as being exaqctly what it is … eventually. This week I worked with photos of three different items. I had six photos of the caulk gun from different angles. I selected the one that had the best focus and lighting, and, I thought, the best angle to allow me to “sample” several different areas. I made five different cuts of that photo. After I make the cuts I walk away from it all for a while, then come back for a fresh look and select the one that I think will make the best puzzle. Sometimes I succeed. Sometimes my logic and vision are a little off. Of the photos above, I thought that the two showing the tube of caulk and the one showing the spring were too obvious. That left me with the two photos of the angle where the trigger meets the stationary handle. One seemed too ambiguous, so I went with the other, which showed a smear of caulk to give you an extra clue. Turns out, of course, that y’all didn’t need any help at all - I think you’d all have gotten it just as easily from the other snippet which didn’t have a smear. Sorry - sometimes I’m pretty good at what I do. Sometimes, not so much. The biggest problem with putting the puzzle together is that I know what the item is. It’s hard to dismiss that knowledge and view the piece as you will see it, without foreknowledge. I guess what I’m saying is that it’s pretty much a crap shoot, so I try to be happy that it works out well as often as it does.

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Tuesday Teaser for September 30, 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 Hmmmm! PR2 again. 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.

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.

Technorati Tags: contests, photos, photo contest, photo puzzle

September 25, 2008

Another great giveaway - supporting Susan G. Koman for the Cure!

My pal Laurie will be walking in the Breast Cancer 3Day in the Dallas/Fort Worth area soon. She and co-captain Nikki have been working hard at getting ready for the walk and they’ve also invested their time in numerous fund-raising events. Their team has raised $11,993.00 towards their $20,000 goal. You can help them meet their goal by following the link and making a donation. Today they announced another way you can support the cause:

Every year Lean Cuisine offers lunch totes that benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The 2008 totes are now available! They are $9.95 each and $5 of the price goes to the charity.

Go to their 3Day site and enter for your chance to win one of these stylish and functional lunch totes. They’ve made it easy for you to buy a tote through a link on their site, but no purchase is neccessary to enter the giveaway. You’ve got nothing to lose and we all have so much to gain by supporting the important cause, so get on over there today while it’s on your mind!

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Contest reminder: BlueEgg Photography Gift Pack

There’s less than a week left to get your entries in for the BlueEgg Photography giveaway. The prize is a gift pack featuring a lovely set of BlueEgg foodie notecards plus vanilla beans and extract. Entering is easy! Go to the link above for the rules. Post a comment on that post telling me which BlueEgg Photography notecard is your favorite and why. Do not skip this step! The original post also tells you how you can earn extra entries, so go there for details. Only five days left - get it in gear!

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