Blurring of the Lines

A funny thing happens when you become involved in the social networks. After a while those strangers you’ve networked with start to feel like friends. A few even begin to feel like family.
I recently took a break from Twitter and Facebook for a week or so while some stresses in my real world were getting [...]

Merlene’s “Fukkit List” 2008

A few days ago inspired by Jeff Pulver’s Bucket List meme I wrote a “Bucket List” for 2008. A list of things I want to accomplish.
Today I give you my “Fukkit List”. All of the things that aren’t working that I’m working to remove from my life:
- Naysayers - You know… those negative “glass [...]

Merlene’s “Bucket List” 2008

In response to being tagged in Jeff Pulver’s “Bucket List” 2008 note on Facebook I’ve spent a day thinking about what should be on my own list. In 2007 I made the decision to end my marriage. A relationship that I’d been in since I was 14 years old. This means that pretty much [...]

At A Standstill

Autumn of 2005 I had reached a point in my life where nothing was working. I’m sure to outsiders my life was looking just fine but it just wasn’t working. I looked back at all of the things I disliked about my life 10 years before and most things hadn’t changed. It was time to [...]

RSS Feeding Frenzy

Every morning I wake up around 6am. I make my coffee, check my email/Facebook/Twitter for messages and then I open my Google Reader to catch up on my RSS feeds.
I tend to spend much of the first hour of my day scanning through the hundreds of posts while I sip my coffee and tweet with [...]