So it’s January. So it’s right after the New Years. So it’s time for our six weeks of attempting to fulfill our resolutions until life gets the best of us and we end up back in front of the TV watching reruns of the Vampire Diaries. So what if the…
On Creativity, Morality and Information Overload
Recently, I was at my writer’s group and we were talking about the barrage of information given to us by the media. I’m in an Artist’s Way workshop and I had taken my “artist date” at the local Barnes and Noble. I let my inner child artist free and we…
The Nature and Promise of Connection
I have been trapped in a maze of my own making. For several months now I’ve been contemplating what it means to be connected. What is connection? Is it possible for me to have it? Do other people have it? Can they, or anyone really, show me the way? And…
Art and The Art of Living
Yesterday, at my voice-over class, I asked my instructor about how she deals with just the mechanics of living while still pursuing her dream. You see, in the world of acting and voice-over, the actual job is to audition. We spend a lot of time trying to get the gig,…
Inclusion and Exclusion in Community
Recently, about 25 of us came together to discuss community, specifically, the issues of inclusion and exclusion. Our goal was to come together to learn more about the issue, witness the feelings and stories of each other and to come up with ideas about how to deal with it. Many…
Exploring… Community
You are invited to a dance community discussion about what it means to be in community. One of the challenges of our community is event planning. We all love to be together for events, however, many times space available dictates the number of people who can be invited. This can…
The Case for Manual Testers
Let me tell you a story…. Once upon a time there was a magical world named IT. It was a world of exploding ideas, technology, and of striving for excellence. And every day it grew and grew. Until one day, the demon EGO came in put a spell on all…
A Rabid Competence
I woke up this morning feeling great. Fabulous. So utterly awesome that I whipped through a third of the Microsoft C# training program, and that was after I spent time on the Liveedge Online documentation. That’s right. Karin, right in the Driver’s seat. Well straddling it actually. My ass was just not…
The Questions: Exploring Men and Women in the Context of Relationship
Here are the questions that were put forth by many of the participants of the event Exploring Men and Women in the Context of Relationship. It’s our hope that the dialog will continue. If you have questions to add, please use the comment function to add questions onto this list.…
Mirror, Mirror (Or how I trigger my OCD)
I don’t like to label myself so instead of saying that “I HAVE OCD”, I’m going to say that I exhibit OCD-like behaviors. Upon occasion. Under certain circumstances. Sometimes without even thinking about it. My OCD-like behavior is fairly mild. I watch the same movies or TV shows or I…