Clarketplace: The various wares of the enterprising Jeff Hickmott

I'll let Jeff say it all...

Hi, my name is Jeff Hickmott and I am a blogger, podcaster and sometime photographer. Please peruse the following items I have available for your pleasure this holiday season (and every other day of the year).

First I should mention that along with the esteemed Mr. Clark Brooks and Michael Noble, Esq., I co-write a humorous fiction blog entitled The Unbelievables. if you'd like to read about our exploits, head on over to  http://the-unbelievables.blogspot.com. If you read it and find you enjoy it, why not show off your neat sense of reading style by purchasing a T-shirt or two and either wearing them yourself or (and this is the festive holiday type part) giving them as gifts!

There are two styles to try:

https://teechip.com/theunbelievables This is the first design and a true classic. It's a unisex Fruit Of The Loom tee and it's a paltry $18.00.

I have this in purple - Clark

See? - Clark

https://teechip.com/moreunbelievable This second design has a different picture on the front, AND (!!) the original on the back! It's also a unisex tee and will set you back only $23.00.

I also pen a blog called The World Of Jeff! and one of the pictures I use as a background is a picture I took when in Brighton, of a spray-painted cassette design on a telephone junction box. I digitally tinkered with the picture till I just had the cassette in white on a purple background.  This design on a tee is available at
https://teechip.com/cassette
and is a mere $13.00.

I host a podcast called The Podcast Of Jeff (great title, eh?) and one of the regular shows I do is called Into The Unknown. It's a new music showcase and comes out three to four times a month. You can listen to it at

http://jeffhickmott.podomatic.com

You can also hear archived episodes at

https://www.mixcloud.com/jeff-hickmott/

You can also buy official Into The Unknown tees at

https://teechip.com/unknown

These are also a meagre $13.00.

Some of my photos are available on RedBubble as tees, pillows, mugs, etc... Find them at

http://www.redbubble.com/people/jeffie2k/shop

I hope you like these items and have a happy and healthy holiday season. Kooshti Sante!
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Clarketplace: Nature's Expression custom woodworking

Kirk Moss operates Nature's Expression from his shop in Seminole Heights where he offers custom woodworking. Check these examples out:

Natures Expression

Tampa Florida

Kirk Moss

NaturesExpression@Verizon.net

813-786-6765

There's no place like Clarketplace for the holidays

Hi there!
Are you looking for something different to give as gifts this holiday season? Something maybe created by not only a person's hands but with their heart and soul? Something that really symbolizes that you truly care for someone so much that you picked something that wasn't a box sitting on a shelf in some brightly-lit warehouse?
Good news! There are people out there, many of whom might be in your own neighborhood, making things exactly like that who will sell them to you!
Over the next month or so, I'm making space available to these people so you can see their offerings. They aren't paying me. I'm damn sure not paying them. I'm just using this space to introduce you to one another.

First up...

Small Saturday Pop-Up Shop

Brought to you by 8-Count Studios at the Rialto Theatre

1617 N. Franklin Street, Tampa, FL, 33602

http://www.rialtotampa.com/media/

Support local small businesses while doing your holiday shopping this year and have a direct impact on our local economy. Avoid the crowds, enjoy the extra time with your families, and shop hop for some great deals, right here in Tampa Heights. The historic Rialto will be the backdrop for some local favorites that you may only get to visit online, local markets, and various locations.

Vendor list and offers:

• Stay Humble clothing and accessories
• Transformation Yoga health products and services
• BooN seasonal product packages
• Mejia Handmade jewelry
• Inspire event planning, staging, and decor
• Rialto Theatre offering 10% off event bookings

Established in 2011, 8-Count Productions, LLC became a brick and mortar as 8-Count Studios in 2013 at the historic Rialto Theatre in downtown-adjacent Tampa Heights.  Both owners have worked within the arts and entertainment industry most of their lives and share a wealth of experience and expertise to offer creative consulting and choreographed solutions for a variety of arts, entertainment, production, and event needs.  8-Count Studios at the Rialto houses an art gallery, artist studios, dance and photography classes, event, rehearsal, and production space.

Other cool links for 8-Count Studios and the Rialto Theatre

https://8counttampa.wordpress.com/

http://8-countproductions.com/

https://twitter.com/8CountTampa

https://www.instagram.com/8counttampa/

https://www.pinterest.com/8CountTampa/

https://www.facebook.com/8CountProductions.Tampa/

https://www.facebook.com/RialtoTheatreTampa/

This week's Clarketplace item

Miraculous hash browns! - $10 (Tampa) Reply to: sale-ncj9s-1175965459@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-05-17, 9:33PM EDT

We've all seen miraculous religious imagery with various holy figures showing up in unexpected places. Well, check out this geographical phenomenon! I was making breakfast the other day and was whipping up some hash browns (with cheese...so good!) and I looked down and saw a nearly perfect potato-ey manifestation of the cradle of civilization, Africa. It wasn't something I set out to do, it "just happened". Except I don't believe in this kind of thing "just happening". I think it means something...something meaningful...something important...but I don't know what. So I'm selling it, hopefully, to someone who can figure it out.
Maybe you're a geography teacher looking for a way to stimulate your students imaginations. Maybe you're hosting a dinner party to celebrate Africa or something and you need a centerpiece. Maybe you just like continents and hash browns with cheese on them (delicious!). Who can say? Not me, that's for sure.
Cash, checks, money orders all ok. FREE DELIVERY!
Location: Tampa
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

LAST WEEK'S ITEM: Orange creme soda!

No response. Nobody in Tampa Bay was thirsty enough to drink this gunk. I don't mind though. My sincere hope is that nobody in Tampa Bay will EVER be thirsty enough to drink this gunk.

This week's Clarketplace item

Orange creme soda - $10 (Tampa)

Reply to: sale-r2evq-1165028725@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]Date: 2009-05-11, 11:12AM EDT
I bought this soda, thinking it would be good, but it's terrible. It tastes like carbonated liquid baby aspirin. It's easily the most disgusting I've ever had in my mouth and if you knew me, you'd know that is saying something. I mean, you might like it though. I only had one small sip. Cash, checks, money orders all ok. FREE DELIVERY!
Location: Tampa
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

LAST WEEK'S ITEM: Awesome Facebook updates!
Flagged and removed!!
"Your posting has been flagged for removal.
Approximately 98% of postings removed are in violation of craigslist posting guidelines.
Please make sure you are abiding by all posted site rules, including our terms of use:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/terms.of.use.html
If you need help figuring out why your posting was flagged, try asking in our flag help forum: http://forums.craigslist.org/?forumID=3. Include posting title, body, category, city, how often posted, any images, HTML markup, etc.
If your posting was wrongly flagged down (2% of flagged ads are) please accept our apologies and feel free to repost.
Sorry for the hassle, and thanks for your understanding."

This week's Clarketplace item

Awesome Facebook updates! - $10 (Tampa)

Reply to: sale-dgfy5-1153011030@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]Date: 2009-05-03, 9:46PM EDT
Facebook is the most popular social networking site on the internet. With over 2 billion new users signing up every single day, it's only a matter of time before most of the people you know will be online and checking you out. Unfortunately, far too many Facebook users have lame status updates: " is watching television", " is syncing a new iPod", " is selling a bucket of scalding hot water on Craigslist". B-O-O-O-R-ING!! Is that what you want the people you dated in high school to see when they find your page? How about the people you DIDN'T date? Yeah, I don't think so either. Wouldn't you rather have them see something like...THIS: " is backstage with the Rolling Stones...again", " is deciding which Ivy League university to turn down", " is getting tired of taking late night phone calls from Barack Obama".
This could be YOUR life!! For only $10, I will update your Facebook status once a day, every day for a full month, more than enough time to impress just about anybody. And since you're not writing these updates, you can truthfully lay the blame elsewhere if somebody figures out that they're not entirely factual. You can't lose!
So what are you waiting for? Start (virtually) living the life I've always dreamed of! Cash, checks, money orders all ok. FREE DELIVERY!
Location: Tampa
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

LAST WEEK'S ITEM: None
So, no responses (duh).

This week's Clarketplace item

The Clarketplace is closed today in observance of the holiday. I hope you are able to mark the occasion surrounded by loved ones. Please celebrate safely.

(Many of our previously listed items are still available. Perhaps it's not to late to pick up a holiday gift for that special someone?)

This week's Clarketplace item

Complete set of stadium cups - $10 (Tampa)
Reply to: sale-zyp5r-1130383755@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]Date: 2009-04-19, 8:32PM EDT
I have a whole set of cups from the St. Pete Times Forum, collected during the most recently completed hockey season. I don't mean four of one kind of cup, I mean one of each kind of cup in which beverages are served. There's a coffee, a small soda, a medium soda, a large soda, a small beer and a large beer (they call the small a medium but how can there be a medium if there's no small?). That's six cups, all different yet all the same in that none of them are dishwasher safe (you're going to want to remember that). All cups were collected by me, walking up and down the aisles after Lightning games. I then rinsed each of them out in the men's room and let them drip dry on the way home. What better souvenir to commemorate a season that made people want to drink? If you act now, I'll throw in a couple of popcorn tubs for free! Cash, checks, money orders all ok. FREE DELIVERY!
Location: Tampa
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
PostingID: 1130383755

LAST WEEK'S ITEM: Custom personal portraits
No responses. Sometimes, people just recognize crap for what it is...and still don't buy it.

This week's Clarketplace item

Here is this week's item:

Custom personal portraits - $10 (Tampa)

Reply to: mailto:sale-9kmqa-1118799135@craigslist.org?subject=Custom%20personal%20portraits%20-%20$10%20(Tampa) [Errors when replying to ads?]Date: 2009-04-12, 12:26PM EDT
Looking for a unique gift? I am amazing talented artist and I will make portrait for you, anybody you choose. Person, cat, dog. No matter. Graduations and weddings coming soon, so have you an appropriate present for such ocassions? No!!!!! So instead you give a gift that is unique and created by amazing talented artist. I work in computer media so very techno savvy and futuristic look and feel to my art (if you like The Matrix, you will enjoy). I don't need to see the subject, merely send me photograph and I will work from that, making subject look even better than in real life (very nice for elderly persons whose beauty has escaped with youth). Sample is here for you to know. Take advantage now as I expect to be very, very busy as result of this ad which could be too bad for you. Cash, checks, money orders all ok. FREE DELIVERY!
Location: Tampa
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests

LAST WEEK'S ITEM: Unique web site domains

No responses. I wonder if the bay area is home to a lot of former pets.com shareholders.

This week's Clarketplace item

Here is this week's item*:
Unique web site domains - $10 (Tampa)

Reply to: sale-zqtcx-1108795613@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]Date: 2009-04-05, 9:09PM EDT
Looking for a way out of this current economic mess? I have it for you: The Internet. While there are no sure things in life, this is one of them. Get yourself a web site, make yourself a fortune. Boom! It's just that easy. People have been doing it since the '90s. Isn't it your turn? Sure it is! Your problem is, all the good web site names are taken...or are they? I will think of a great name for your web site, sure to make a dynamic impression that will bring all kinds of money-spending customers to your door, for the low, low price of ONLY $10!! Check it out: www.iwishiwasmentallyill.com www.cancerisawesome.com www.leathompsonamericasgreatestactor.com KA-POW! Those are just off the top of my head, people! Just imagine what I could come up with if I actually thought about what I was doing! Jump on this gravy boat now, because it's leaving the dock and you don't want to be left behind! Cash, checks, money orders all ok. FREE DELIVERY!
Location: Tampa

(* Thanks, K)

LAST WEEK'S ITEM: A couple of shaving can caps
No responses. Apparently, people in Tampa Bay hate shaving, learning about safety and bargains.

This week's Clarketplace item

Here is this week's item:
A couple of shaving can caps - $10 (Tampa)


Reply to: sale-y4cdr-1098330762@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]Date: 2009-03-29, 10:06PM EDT

Here are a couple of caps from now-all-used-up cans of shaving cream. One is menthol (green) the other is regular flavor (red). These would be ideal if you and/or your child are making a display presentation about traffic lights for safety class and wanted to add a 3D kick to it! All you have to do is go out and find a yellow one (I don't even know what kind of shaving cream that would be...lemon or banana, I guess...or even if they make that kind). Could mean the difference between a B+ and an A-, which could mean the difference between USF and Princeton later in life. You never know! Or you could use them for the purpose that God intended in the first place: to safely cover the exposed tops of shaving cream cans from something heavy falling on them inadvertently from above, squirting shaving cream all over the place and creating a hazard in your bathroom, which is where most household accidents take place (except maybe the kitchen). In case you lost yours or already used them for a safety class project. Cash, checks, money orders all ok. FREE DELIVERY!


LAST WEEK'S ITEM: Amazing baseball card!
No responses. I guess too many investors went belly up in the great baseball card market crash that time their moms cleaned out the garage.

This week's Clarketplace item

Here is this week's item:

Amazing baseball card! - $10 (Tampa)
Reply to: mailto:sale-g9hwr-1087237882@craigslist.org?subject=Amazing%20baseball%20card!%20-%20$10%20(Tampa) [Errors when replying to ads?]Date: 2009-03-22, 8:17PM EDT
Thurman Munson, Rollie Fingers, Brooks Robinson, Fergie Jenkins, Dave Winfield, Mike Schmidt, Carlton Fisk, Willie Stargell, Phil Niekro and many, many more all on THE VERY SAME CARD! No pictures or stats but their names are all there. This card, labeled "Topps1975 Checklist" and numbered 126, is incredible! I don't know anything about baseball cards but I know baseball and this is a spectacular collection of hall of famers as well as some true all stars from back in the day (Tug McGraw, Dave Parker, Joe Rudi, Bobby Bonds...Barry's dad! among others). There are 131 bonafide major league baseball players listed here! If you want to read some of the great names to ever play America's pasttime (again: read, not read about, since there is no information beyond the list of names), then this is a one of a kind collectible keepsake for you! Treasure it for the rest of your life and then some day you could pass it along to a loved one as an heirloom that is sure to make them not as sad that you died. Cash, checks, money orders all ok. FREE DELIVERY!

LAST WEEK'S ITEM: Some crackers

No responses. Maybe this stuff isn't as stupid/weird/funny as I thought it would be.

This week's Clarketplace item

Here is this week's item:

Some crackers - $10 (Tampa)
Reply to: sale-cdcj4-1076389015@craigslist.org
Date: 2009-03-15, 5:33PM EDT
I have been subsisting on nothing but saltine crackers for the last seven months. It's not something I'm proud of and I don't go around telling people. Sometimes they find out anyway, and when they do I tell them it's because of the economy. But the truth is it's because I love (well, loveD) crackers. When I'd eat soup, I'd crumble so many crackers into it that it took on the consistency of paste. Not only would a spoon stand straight up in it, you could tip a bowl completely over and not spill any. Eventually I figured out that I didn't even care about the soup so I just started eating plain crackers. I ate them all the time, every meal, every day, and snacks in between. However, today during lunch, I had a cracker in my mouth and I couldn't swallow it. I couldn't even continue to chew it. It was like my body and psyche both decided simultaneously that they've reached their absolute limit (there is probably more sodium in my hair and fingernails than in most people's entire bodies) and now I can't even think about eating them without making myself naseous. The problem is I have boxes and cartons and cases of crackers everywhere and I have to get them out of here or I will go insane. I'm spending tonight in a hotel because of them and can't afford to keep doing that (in spite of all the money I've saved by not eating anything other than crackers for more than half a year, I'm not rich). This is an excellent opportunity for somebody who is starting a soup restaurant to bolster their inventory for not a lot of cash. Or for someone who just really likes crackers (and there's nothing wrong with that, until they take over your life). Cash, checks, money orders all ok. FREE DELIVERY!
Location: Tampa
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LAST WEEK'S ITEM: Bucket of scalding hot water
No responses. Apparently there were no babies born outside of hospitals (don't they always need hot water for some reason?) or any sudden Earl Grey or Lemon Zinger emergencies.

Introducing: Clarketplace

Welcome to a brand new feature on this blog, something I'm calling Clarketplace. Here's how it will work: Every week, I'll put some arbitrary, useless and completely stupid item up for sale on Craigslist. At the end of the week, I'll post the responses I get (if any). Hilarity may or may not ensue. Here is this week's item:

Bucket of scalding hot water - $10 (Tampa)
Reply to: sale-refxk-1065069035@craigslist.org

Date: 2009-03-07, 7:46PM EST
For sale: 1 large (approximately 5 gallon) yellow plastic bucket full of scalding hot water. I have no idea what you would use this for (NOTE: Seller does NOT condone scalding anybody!) but if you need it and you've been looking for it, here it is. The water IS clean, but not drinkable as it is scalding hot. You can see steam coming off of it and everything. I can't guarantee how long the water is going to be as scalding hot as it is right now (trust me: ouch!) but I suppose for an extra couple of bucks I could heat it up for you. If you'd just like a yellow plastic bucket full of lukewarm water, wait a while and if someone doesn't buy it, I'll sell it to you for $5, which is a bargain because the bucket alone is pretty nice. Cash, checks, money orders all ok. FREE DELIVERY!
Location: Tampa
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