This site occasionally features paid posts -- even so, they are 100% my honest opinion. I endeavor to promote only products I have used, or am willing to use, myself.
Quilly | July 31, 2009
One of the reasons sponsors pay bloggers to blog, is to create “buzz”. Sponsored Conversations bring people’s attention to the featured products or brands, and hopefully even start people talking about them. I recently wrote a paid post for a storage outfit. Some of my readers were interested and asked questions. A couple were curious [...]
Quilly | July 30, 2009
Now installed — you will find the comment feed in the Meta box to your right. You may now subscribe to the comments. Warning: Thom claims that subscribing to the comments on my blog is what made him crazy. (I find Thom’s claim highly suspect, but I wanted you to have all available — albeit [...]
Quilly | July 30, 2009
My long time readers will know that when I moved to Hawaii, I pretty much sold and or gave away everything I owned. The stuff I couldn’t bear to part with, I boxed and mailed. The boxes I sent to my sister and she kept them in her garage until I went home a few [...]
Quilly | July 29, 2009
Welcome to Three Word Thursday #21. This week, joining the quondam word-list, we have sevidical; morsicant; & veteratorian. We also have a whole list of perspicacious writers. If you enjoy reading my story, leave a comment then click on the names of the other players and go see how they used the words. You’ll be [...]
Quilly | July 29, 2009
I stopped at the grocery store on my way home from work and bought one lemon and some cocktail toothpicks. There were few clerks and long lines. The cashier was working as fast as she could and surviving by rote. “Hello did you find everything today? Debit or credit? Thank you for shopping at Safeway. [...]
Quilly | July 28, 2009
Stem Cell Research is one of the more controversial topics in the Blogosphere. There are those that welcome the potential for new medical break throughs, and those that scream “baby-killers!” And there are some — like me — who are somewhere in the middle. I think stem cell research is a good thing — but [...]
Quilly | July 27, 2009
It’s hot here on Oahu — hot and humid and exhausting. Most private homes in Hawaii aren’t air conditioned. Usually the wind blows and provides all the air conditioning we need, but lately the breeze doesn’t blow in until sundown. I guess it’s spending its summer out on the ocean with the tourists. Sunday [...]
Quilly | July 27, 2009
Do you suffer from an inexplicable back pain? Do you take medication for the symptoms which does nothing to address the problem? If so, then keep reading: When you go to the doctor suffering back pain, tests are run to eliminate possibilities rather than to identify causes. If you don’t have something wrong with your [...]
Quilly | July 27, 2009
What noun does this photo represent? EMAIL your answers and leave a comment designed to either help or confuse your fellow game players. The first contestant to EMAIL me the right answer wins a featured link in my blog which will display until next Monday when we’ll play this little game again. Enjoy. PLEASE, do [...]
Quilly | July 26, 2009
He said, “You know, some of those little fish-shaped snack crackers would be nice.” She reached over and grabbed the package sitting in the middle of the dining room table — where they’d left it after lunch yesterday. She opened the package and discovered, much to her surprise, that there were very few fish left. [...]
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Best Gloves Ever!
I use mine for yard work.
Thistles don't penetrate them!
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O’Ceallaigh & The Quill
