...shoOOonya...

Selling your used stuff has been around for ages and selling it online has also been around for some time. It is not that I haven't sold my used stuff online before, but I was always wary of it. Putting your phone number online and then getting harassed by a barrage of phone calls during your work day and office hours is not exactly a good idea. It's irritating. So I kind of kept away from selling stuff except a few chance occasions. Also, I was never comfortable putting my phone number out in the open on website which anyone can access … I am sure tele-marketeers do regular rounds of these websites to scourge for email ids and mobile numbers. My 2-3 initial experiences about selling online were good initially when the calls started coming in but soon irritation crept in simply bcos of those callers who would not read the ad completely, ask for info that is already stated and even negotiate when clearly I had clearly stated a non-negotiable price and men...

Well, its not that I haven't posted for months but at the same time, I haven't posted as much as I want to.    This was a personal blog. I used to write my thoughts and feelings.    A couple of years ago, I started  recording what I was reading. From a simple list, it expanded to writing a paragraph for each story/book I read and then came the book reviews.   Then I got busy with office work and travel and the personal posts were the first to take the hit followed by my regular posts on reading log.   At some point in time, I was only posting book reviews and then it began to hit that too. I was able to read due to all the travel I was doing but the moment I would sit in front of the laptop to write the review, work would pop up and take priority.   Over the past 8 months, I have (sadly) slipped badly on my book review postings. I currently have a back-log of over 20 book reviews :(    Yes ... there are books that I read last June-July, who review has not yet reached my blog. I...