Dorsi Diaz: SF Climate Change Examiner
My new position as reporter on Climate Change over at the SF Examiner online paper. Come over and check out the real scoop on climate change: the good, the bad and the ugly.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Dorsi Diaz: SF Climate Change Examiner
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Want to be a Reporter? Here's Your Chance!
Want to be a Reporter? Here's Your Chance!
My latest article about writing for the Examiner. If you like to write you'll want to check this out. I just started my new position as SF Climate Change reporter, and they have many more positions to fill around the country.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
How to Vaccinate a Puppy
How to Vaccinate a Puppy
This is a step by step article on how to give your own puppy vaccinations. It's possible to do yourself but you need to learn the steps on how to give dog shots.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
What Is The Nigerian Scam?
What Is The Nigerian Scam?
My latest article about the "Nigerian" or 419 scam. Don't fall victim to online scammers who will wipe out your life savings. Read and let all your friends know this scam is still going strong, and people are still falling victim to it, with no recourse. If something seems to be good to be true on the internet, it probably is!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
One Life Giver One Life Provider !
THUS SPOKE THE WATER 
TO MAN...................
I am water I am a truth
Pure seem pure my stature
Transparent as Truth
Life I am to live nature
'Ekk Onkar Satnam' means
God is One His name is Truth
He gives life
He is heart of life
They call Him God
His name is The Truth
Soil my habitat I live in greens
I live in him I live in her
Provide him life provide her life
Provider of life to every living being
Whilst purest seem my purest stature.
Food is no food taste no taste
Air is no air breath no breath
Its me You drink its me You eat
Whatever the form your intake
Bared off me life is no life
bared off me nothing lives
Absorbeth me dust absorbeth me stone
Shape result shape alive
In him I live in her I live
Life I live is destiny all around
They call Him God
They call Him The truth
I am no God I am a truth
He gives life I provide life
He lives up there so is spelt
Upheld always is Him up there
I live down below
Down I flow the shortest way
Yes humblest of humble me the water
My unltimate habitat the bottomest bottom
You gave Him name then gave Him names
Then broke His names and distorted His names
Satyug to treta then dwapar to kalyug
Maligned You life maligned You live nature
Maligning you are now Me The Water
Maligning You are life your own
Maligning You are yes life all around.
My lone identity my lone desire
My lone life is life your own
Humblest of humble me the water
Asketh I of You begeth me of You
Call me neer may You call me jal
Let me please live pure
Or as You distorted ; God mine God yours
Bring You shall Death unto me unto You.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Fire Proof Your Marriage
Fire Proof Your Marriage
Is your marriage in trouble? Are you facing insurmountable problems within your marriage? This is a must read and must see movie for married people......and those considering marriage. Great family movie. FIREPROOF YOUR MARRIAGE!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The Chihuahua Puppy Chronicles
The Chihuahua Puppy Chronicles
My latest article on my new adventures with 2 chihuahua puppies. How would have thought???
Monday, November 3, 2008
SOOKHI MERI KALAM UDAAS
Sooni sooni O bagiya meri !
Na bhaaye moye chitt na patt
Soone bhaye mere jeewat haath
Mann bhi soona tann bhi soona
Bhaye soone mere hosh hawaas .
Aisee sookhi aankhein meri
Sookha jyon pathhar bin payaas
Sookhi dwaat mai syahi yaaro
Sookh gayi meri Kalam udaas.
Some translation :
sooni bagia : lonesome , aloof habitat
sookhi aankhein : dry eyes
pathar bin pyas : stone has no thirst
dwaat : ink pot
sookhi syahi : dry ink
udaas : sad and aloof
kalam : a sharpened bamboo stick to dip in ink pot to write .
Poem summerised :
aloof lonesome habitat
head or tails lost meaning
dry aloof hands , lonely heart
no feelings within ;
numb body stature , numb intellect
eyes dried ( as after tears )
as dry as stone is without thirst
so did dry the ink pot
so dried to aloofness the sad lonely kalam .
Monday, October 27, 2008
Ribbit
Ribbit
A man made of dust, a rib-bitch,
a “smart” apple, and a singing serpent…
Holy shit!
Sounds like the makings of a Carroll
or a Dickens, but it isn’t…
It’s the beginning of us, folks.
This is the opening salvo of the Word,
the Holy Bible, for which,
whether you believe it or not,
we are all partly liable…
Honestly now, who in good faith
can subscribe to a Way that flatly condemns
four billion non-believers to Hell in a handbag,
no questions asked, to say nothing
of at least another billion hypocrites?
How presumptuous is that? And inane!
No wonder the Muslims are pissed!
Oh, ribbit! Ribbit, ribbit!
The frogs are calling. Can’t you hear them?
Come join in this “sing-along” and become a part
of first sub-par soap opera in human history.
All you have to do is confess your sins,
swear allegiance to JC and give, give, give,
until it hurts so good
that you can’t possibly feel bad anymore–
or much of anything else, for that matter,
including your pocket book!
There’s just no arguing the lunacy of this plot:
give everything you’ve got
for the promise of a mansion in Paradise
(They don’t have any down here.)
and the deal is done! –
the Lexus deal, that is, for Brother Bob,
who’s currently shooting your wad
on a double-bogie on the back nine
at Marina Del Ray, where they say
the “fishing” is really good!
But, of course, the “plot” is good…
How could two billion people be wrong?
Right. Put another way:
how could two billion strong be so stupid?
Ignorance helps a lot, and it doesn’t take long
to master what is arguably the oldest con game
“to the end of the world.”
Copyright © 2008 Richard David Kennedy: Guilt, By Association: Collected Short Stories & Incidental Music. All rights reserved under international copyright conventions. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written consent of the author.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
FIVE horror anthologies for Halloween consumption - by Tamara Wilhite and co-authors!
Five new horror anthologies co-written by Tamara Wilhite - in print, eBook, AND Amazon Kindle!
“Deadly Dolls” anthology
On Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Dolls-New-Horror-Anthology/dp/B001HBI6G6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223326439&sr=8-1
With a print edition coming out soon on Lulu.com.“Genres” Anthology
In PRINT: http://www.lulu.com/content/2992777
Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Genres/dp/B001C7DHQE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1223326630&sr=1-4
New Voices In Horror Anthology - Volume 1 (New Voices In Horror Anthology)
eBook PDF: http://www.lulu.com/content/4140670
Kindle Edition: http://www.amazon.com/New-Voices-Horror-Anthology/dp/B001FOQXS8/ref=pd_rhf_f_t_k2a_3
“The
Download PDF: http://www.lulu.com/content/2488055
On Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/The-Dead-City-Chronicles/dp/B00192IDUM/ref=pd_rhf_f_t_k2a_2
Fiction Prodigies And Legends Volume 1 -Interviews with the New Voices In Horror
IN PRINT: http://www.lulu.com/content/3937785
Amazon Kindle edition:
Monday, September 29, 2008
"Bonded by Blood" out in time for Halloween
Saturday, September 20, 2008
On Being Me
I am 46 years old but just a kid at heart. I have imaginative yet attainalbe goals. I live a modest lifestyle in a rented home with my husband and middle child. I have gratitude for everything bestowed upon me, the friendships developed over my years that have never left me as well as those that have flickered for a while then moved on. I feel that every day is an adventurous learning experience, even when I've done nothing at all.
That I can be this way after living the first 32 years of my life is a testament to the power one holds within oneself. I could have become an introvert, one who lived only for my children without caring for myself. Okay, so I did for a few years before realizing that the only one making me that way was ME.
Today, I can look back on all the negatives in my life and be thankful for them. Had I not gone through much of what I did, I would not be where I am. I would not know how fortunate I really have been for having lived the life I have. I know who I am and despite my faults, I am a pretty great person. To be able to know I am exactly where I should be is in itself an awesome feeling.
I don't dream of being more than I am right now: Me.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Fiction Prodigies And Legends Volume 1 - Interviews with the New Voices In Horror
I write science fiction as a passion and software and industrial engineering articles for a living. However, the collision of evolving technology and devolving human ethics often leads to very dark science fiction.
I am honored to have been included with Anne Rice and Ralan Conley in a new book of interviews with current and rising horror authors:
“Fiction Prodigies And Legends Volume 1 - Interviews with the New Voices In Horror "
Available in Amazon Kindle at:
http://www.amazon.com/New-Voices-Fiction-Interviews-Horror/dp/B001FOQV9O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221322933&sr=1-1
And available in print form at:
http://www.lulu.com/content/3937785
The accompanying short story anthology is:
New Voices In Horror Anthology - Volume 1 (New Voices In Horror Anthology)
Amazon Kindle form:
Soon to be available in print from www.lulu.com
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Book signings for Tamara Wilhite Nov. 29th
Tamara Wilhite will be signing copies of "Humanity's Edge", "Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" and "Genres".
Also featuring Donette Smith, author of "Lady Gabriella"
When: Satur
at 1:00 PM to 5 PM
AKA - Black Saturday, busiest shopping day of the year
Where Hasti
2311 Color
Dento
near the mall, short hop from UNT campus and loop 288
Saturday, August 23, 2008
How most internet marketing gurus are ripping off writers
How most internet marketing gurus are ripping off writers
By Tamara Wilhite
“If you just get it on the internet, it’ll get it sold!” That’s the promise of many internet marketing gurus, but it is rarely the result. How most internet marketing gurus are ripping off people is by charging exorbitant fees for services and tasks many people can do themselves. And often, can do for themselves for a much lower price.
1. Internet marketing gurus rip offs include listing your products or books or services on free bulletin boards or cheap auction sites. This is something you can do yourself. Some sites even let you list events such as product demonstrations, book signings, and meet the inventor night. If someone offers to promote your product or service, be sure to ask “Where?”
2. If your product is listed on most mainstream retailers, even general users can add keywords and indexing phrases. If you hit the limit on index words or key words to the listing, ask a few friends to help. It’s cheaper than paying a marketing guru to hire people to do it for you. Don’t get charged for indexing your product on your website or on listings where the product or service is for sale.
3. They may create a website using the same software packages that those most people can set up themselves. The even greater rip-offs are when they also charge for uploading the site or hosting it, when free web hosting services already exist.
4. If they are charging for adding content to your website to increase hits, you would be better off creating your own content. This can include a “blog by the product inventor”, “words by the company president”, or “how it’s made” segments. You might even want to consider doing your own podcasts for any of the above blogs or interviews.
5. Before you get charged for putting product ads on some of the popular video sites, create your own account on those same video sharing sites. Then upload your own “great new product” or “super service now out” ads. It may not be marketing gold, but it doesn’t cost a fortune, either. And who knows? It may start a word of mouth firestorm on your product or service, without costing some cool cash.
6. Internet marketing rip offs include charging you for distributing “promotional samples” or “product demonstrations”. You can promote your own products and services by offering free product samples and demonstrations without an internet marketing guru’s help. Consider any public gathering that will let you attend, or offering your services or products to a charity in return for publicity. For a greater return on effort, get video of the product and by-stander comments for free promotional tidbits and testimonials.
How most internet marketing gurus are ripping off people is by charging for services and actions that you don’t have to be a computer guru to do. Try a few do-it-yourself marketing tricks like those above to save some money. There are legitimate web marketing services out there, from creating a professional website to polished web banner ads. However, if the service offers to charge you for things you can do for free or cheap, go somewhere else.
For more tips on marketing, writing, and publishing, read more by Tamara Wilhite at:
Marketing Your Writing, an Amazon Short
by Eric Enck And Tamara Wilhite
Successful Book Signing Tips by Eric Enck and Tamara Wilhite (Kindle Edition)
http://www.amazon.com/Successful-Book-Signing-Tamara-Wilhite/dp/B0011MSA7G
About the author:
Tamara Wilhite is the author of "Humanity's Edge", "Geronimo Reduex", “Natural Talent” and “Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell”, all available on amazon.com. She is also an engineer, the “IE in IT” blogger for the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and regular contributor to http://rdkpf.blogspot.com/.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
My Light Side
One of the marvelous things I’ve noticed about my life these days is an awareness of the approach of darker moods. I’ll have periods of light and joy that can last for days or weeks, followed by a more contracted period during which I feel heavy and burdened, moody and even haunted. The marvelous thing, the true miracle, is that I’m actually aware of the dark period and cognizant that it, too, shall pass.
- Each day I do a form of yoga for an hour. I say “form of yoga” because – to date – I have no formal training and merely utilize my own intuition to do “poses” that my body enjoys, desires, or needs. In addition to “yoga” I also throw in some push-ups and crunches.
- When I remember to – or when I am stressed that I am driven to – I meditate. I practice Transcendental Meditation because that is the method in which I was initiated (in the early 1970s).
- Though I don’t really pray, I do use affirmative thinking and shamanistic techniques to assert a fine reality (and/or to accept the reality I find myself blessed with on a given day).
- I try to remember that “bad things” don’t happen to me. Rather, they are offered up to me by Spirit (God, Goddess et al.) as opportunities to learn. Practice makes perfect. Okay, a
- For my diet, I rely on the Atkins/South Beach approach. This is a good diet for me because I tend to be compulsive with sweets (e.g. I can’t eat one Pepperidge Farm cookie – I have to eat the entire box in one sitting!). So if I cut out the carbs (noodles, potatoes, rice, pies, etc.) I do much better. (And for those who are wondering, the cravings for those items actually go aware more or less completely after about two weeks into the diet.)
- I make a concerted effort to constantly practice staying focused on the joy of living. I do this by staying aware (conscious) (hint: read the Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Higher Purpose by Eckhart Tolle) and by watching the more upbeat movies and reading the more upbeat books.
- I try not to watch the news or read the newspapers. Like sugar, I have a tendency to over-indulge in the media circus. I’m better off laying off the junk altogether. (Plus it’s kind of fun in a wicked way to see all the chaos you missed during a one period away from the “news.” People die, get thrown out of office, scandalize themselves and, what’s worse, this stuff gets dragged out day after day after day for human consumption. I remember one time I found out the Pope had died, then died again (they only thought he had died the first time!). When you step away from the “news” – you realize just how much madness it contains, how much negativity it reinforces, and how unimportant most of it truly is in the long run.
- Alcohol is a plant medicine that has a negative spin for me. Though, in general, I'm not entirely opposed to imbibing once in a while, it tends to leave me feeling darker in mood and spirit than when I avoid it. I'm not obsessed with its use or non-use, but I am extremely aware that it opens up portals to darker places in me.
I know that a lot of these items make me look and sound like a prude or just plain dull. So be it. I know that I’m not – and I also know that I lived a non-prudish, exciting life in my “past.” Given the choice between the two, knowing what I know now, I’ll take prudish and dull anyway.
And so it is.
Monday, August 11, 2008
SOOTHING SHADOWS
Chand ko chhuaa maine chandni rooth gayi
Nihaara Sooraj ko toa thandak naseeb huyi !
Means
Reached for The Moon : moonlight shy......eed away !
The Sun I looked at and Soothing coolness blessed me.
A poets' feel and thought is not like that of the common logical thinker . The philospher thinks yet again different . Some analytical thinkers in scientific mind too like common intellectuals feel , poets - philosphers as of a wierd class , at times freaks and or a sort abnormal genere .Where as physical intellectuals' intellect is limited to common rationality , a different thinking mind from another commonly unknown perspective is an additional intellect domain of poets and philosphers . Their feel comes into picture more often and more distinctly than the material mind ( brain ) as defined in a scientific manner . So is The Adhyatmic...................The Spiritual Thinker.
Some loners some lonely them all with Him .We dont know Him .
Of the deep thinkers a close observance of each gives a sense as each was one by oneself ; one is either a loner or an individual lonely .
Now at core in common definition humans are made of a well defined matter .What makes them ( this matter ) tick on , what keeps this mass together , what keeps man going , and what is it that escapes* and the retained mass of that human decays into some nonliving mass . Here I am going to talk about living and nonliving in terms of matter , a mass and try to see what makes the two distinctly different .
In a scientific rational way the elite intellectual scientist has after searching and researching , analysed human body , anatomy and psysiology of each part trying to assign an essence picture of each , reaching inner core of living cell , dissecting cell further into cromosomes , each of which in biological sense contains hundreds of thousands of various genes . The attempt to assess living matter ; Cell is in a way as deeply dissected ( studied ) and sensed in a rational logical way as is core of Atom of the non living matter , spectroscopically unearthed by another domain of scientists .
Living matter is further deeply gone into by structuring and destructuring of the cell via a via genetics pure and genetic engineering . More minutely The Brain , the head office , an all important manager-analyser instructing each part to core levels of human . Scientists have in their own way framed theories concerning brain , left side balanced brain and right side balanced brain . So to say scientific reasoning with respect to intellect of humans is limited to the style and functional frame of brain in terms of left side and right side brain .Another important partner to brain is heart which until kept ticking and performing its functional role allows the human to live . At best as known to intelligent rational scientist , life that human lives is the life that Heart and Brain lives . As in science there is nothing else ascribed in addition to physically living mass controllers of which are predominently heart and brain . So to say as in science apart from life of heart and brain ( duration domain ) no figurative additional charctristic is assigned to human life . So if a human is rational or irrational , intellectual or not , reasons ascribed to such of traits of human beings must be confined to left side and right side brain via a via genes , so opines our science .
In nonliving frame of matter its atom -- not cell . Atom is further analysed into nuclear and extra nuclear part the electron . Nuclear part is further designed as a bunch protons and neutrons . It is also said that neutron is a combination of an electron and a proton . Neutrons and protons further dissociate into mesons and perhaps mesons into quarks ; quarks -ve quark +ve etc etc etc .Where does this story lead to . More basic particles ? YES though not established yet , it is now argued among physicists that photon is the most basic particle .
Now let us come back to human cell of a living . What happens to this cell after there is no life left in human . Not going into details of cells left in a dead body ; as what would happen to them if left alone ; whether they would they form other living matter ( may be temporarily ) minus heart minus brain , let us reasonably presume that the cells would ultimately decay into a non living matter . We can rationally , logically presume yes . So what is left in this non living matter : well well well ! same atoms and so on and so forth may be...yes should be .
Now let us think what is most basic in living and non living . Doesnt it appear as same basic particle ! Yes it does as far as I can reach and see .Then between two entities , A nonliving solid mass and A human , a living mass : what is the Difference* !
Now let us think again .Is human being too same matter as is the non living matter ! Obviously NOT . So what makes the two Different* ?
Obviously there is Something* not pronounced by science . Since science is governed by matter and space and time and inter related theories and basic scientific principles and laws , this Something* obviously is not solid matter ; neither human cells nor most basic particles . No science in existing rational analytical form could ever touch , leave apart explain on this Something*
Now let us come back again to the scientifically assigned , left side and right side brain , so to say in a rational scientific way . Do they both contain same -- ok similar living cells . hahaahha ? my funny expression is coz I think they are same physically as delebrated above , though as in scientifically assigned logic they are not same , yes they should not be same because they both play a different role . Now even if we take it for granted that scientific assertion regarding a difference is right , it means There Is A thing Unknown In Between Two !
Give it any name Yes there is some such Unknown Something* , which is not material , not matter ( cells ) living or matter nonliving . A thing that makes an all important difference between any two sets of left side and right side brains ; so too between any two humans .
That Difference* itself is The Individual Man . That Difference* each thinks different , behaves and acts different . That Difference* each ( human ) has a life span each and a power each and it is That* which escapes human when human is conclusively dead .
In existing scientific norms it may be temporarily argued that power ( physical strength ) can not be assigned to the pronounced unknown* entity , because power is again physical as per science , be it muscular , be it intellectual .
We have heard of a single man pulling / dragging a whole train , yes there have been such men . Even logically analytical muscle power assigned in a normal human body is not enough to handle this magnitude of pulling , towing by a single human . To me this power too rare is due to that Difference*.
I have personally seen human beings whose backside upper skin ( just below shoulder blades ) sewn through in strong thick thread and two ends of thread are tied to a big goods carrier which is towed ( pulled ) for miles in a procession watched by thousands of people . It means the complete weight of the goods carrier falls on that memberane of the living human which takes the brunt without any other mechanised support . Where as if even one twentieth or one fiftieth of the weight of the same towed trawler , was suspended by the same skin detached off a living human body OR even by a metal wire of an equivalent tensile strength , the weight in reference will not remain suspended , the skin will break , the wire will break instantly . Then how does the same skin of the very rare few enables pull such a heavy goods carrier when the skin is a part of the rare human . Strange but true yes it does and it is obviously due to that Difference* only .
Call it Life* within non living matter that makes living matter , call it Soul* Yes Call It Whatever You Wish to Call . Each life is different from each other and they are all Different* from one another be it on count of intellect , be it physical power and it is not at all due to a physical difference in terms of making of brain and heart , though heart and brain do have a physical difference which is limited to rationale within known science .
This is the Difference* that makes a set of left and right side brains of each human different from another set each .This is the Difference* that one may assign to saying , no two opinions are same , no two intellectuals are same or for that matter no two dumb are dumbs of the same magnitude .
Now by our analysis above , have we arrived at a safe conclusion ?
So it seems , to me : yes it seems so , this* Different * Something* is nothing but the difference between nonliving and living . and this is Different* in each human I repeat .
This Difference* is what escapes a human being when a human being is pronounced dead . This Difference* is the Thing* that escapes any living being , be it human , be it an animal , a bird , an insect , so too any , the minutest living being whatever . How small or how big is not the question , since it is observed in our above discussion , this Notional Entity ( let us say ) Difference* is not Matter .
Now where does This* come from ???
It is said , once great scientists , yes noble laureates of an already established fame each thoughtfully decided between themselves to confer in a meeting for consultations and deleberations to assess as to what extent , they had individually or collectively contributed , unearthed , discovered and invented . Albert Einstein whom I consider , and am sure most of his own contemporaries felt too as probably the elitest of all as a rational thinker ; a philospher within among scientists was also one among them .
Most of the issues conclusively tackled already : for which them each was respectively confered on and pronounced Noble Laureate , were discussed . Each one was infered , tackled in a hard reasoned manner and questioned by each , since great them each was and none was shy of contemporary each during the whole process . Each one found difficulty in reasoning out within deliberation each though point of discussion was already assertained fairly conclusively . There were moments / times when one could not convincingly rationalise ones' own opinion , one was questioned about and one thoughtfully felt that one was left -- mumm..... with no further explanation . It was a sort of resigning off the already established point in question . Albert Einstein faced this situation too , so was in a manner similar was asked Albert Einstein too .
" Then who knows "
He said , " God knows "
Now let us repeat our question ," Where does this Difference* come from and where does this escapes to "
" God Knows "
Well !
What I mean here is that within known rationale , I can not assertain where That* comes from OR where That* Escapes to--what I described as : The Difference* I observed between Living and Nonliving .
I would neither claim that I know , nor guess ; call That* Aatma* , call That* Soul* or Whatever* you prefer to ; though in past innumerous Adhyatmics and saintly Spirituals in various Domains of human races have proclaimed so , I shall confine myself to known Rationale .
And I repeat on my rational observation : The Differnce* Soul* or Aatma* exists and This* Difference* is not physical matter .
Monday, July 21, 2008
Things To Consider When Renting Out A Room
If you are considering renting out a room in your home, here are some tips and advice for things to consider. Renting out a room can be helpful in these economically stressing times, but there are things you should know about first.
Things To Consider When Renting Out A Room
Sunday, July 20, 2008
"Genres" - a new horror anthology by Tamara Wilhite
new horror anthology "Genres"!
Mutants - check
Vampires - check
Zombies - check
End of the world - check!
Forward your address and number of copies (and paypal payments, if you will not mailing payment) to TAMARAWILHITE@HOTMAIL.COM, and you'll be sent your signed copy of "Genres"!
Sincerely,
Tamara Wilhite
Author of "Humanity's Edge" and "Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell", available on Amazon.com
Friday, July 11, 2008
I would let my heart go - and never look back,
a cloud in the sky moving ever so slow
the sun rising above the mountain's
with such a beautiful glow ;
I would laugh till tears fell from my eyes,
and cry with a smile on face
If I could ever let go;
I would fly my way to you,
never wanting to go home
only you on my mind
others would know;
I would be me and that you know,
the love is ture
distance will show;
I do love you in this you see,
time makes a path
only God can view
for you and me;
Now, I see~
I can love you,
but I have to be free;
FW
We are so much more beneath the skin
However, that snippet of conversation between us, during a quick snack break in the office cafeteria, really made me do a double take. I guess, like everyone, I have my own ideas of how things are and aren't, and often think people can be neatly categorized into neatly labeled packages. I have to remind myself now and then that just because a person waitresses at a restaurant or shines shoes for a living -- that doesn't mean that what we see is the total sum of who they are.
I don't believe I'm the only one who makes snap judgments in this way. I'm kind of ashamed that I do. I just assume that a person working in the auto parts store never went to college or even dreamed of it. I really can't talk, at 35 years old, with no degree to speak of. It just never happened for me. The timing was never right when I was young and wanted it so badly I could taste it. By the time the opportunities were more available to me I was making a good living and needed the full-time salary to survive; so I couldn't just quit to attend school. I tried more than once to attend evening classes, and it interfered with so many other things I wanted to do in life -- which was, well...to have a life. I wasn't able to make that commitment that many other working adults do for years in order to have the honor of a degree bestowed upon them. I don't know if I ever will. I have no energy, willpower, much less mental acuity left at the end of the working day. I jumped in with the best intentions at a few different schools, many times. I've had to put that dream on the backburner. You can't live in this society without working full-time, and going to classes late into the night and trying to rise early is not an option for me.
Anyway...maybe these hardworking people I see in restaurants, or working on construction projects by the side of a busy highway, are more dedicated than I am. Maybe they do what they do just to bide their time as they struggle through long hours of college courses that will, in the long run, send them into careers more to their liking. We can't know everything by the skin on the outside of one another. So I know that I need to work on not assuming I know everything about other people from what I see on the outside.
My friend's mention of this competition really brought this home for me. Maybe some people have menial jobs or quiet, simple lives. But deep inside of some of them, as in everyone, something surprising lives and breathes that might astonish us if we better took the time to know them.
Let's make this improved perception of those around us something that we take to heart, and not be so quick to throw away the chance to meet amazing people
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Amazon Kindle's Embers
By Tamara Wilhite
I’ve had articles, short stories, and now Kindle versions of both of my books “Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell” and “Humanity’s Edge” published in Kindle format. There have been trials and errors and learning experiences (and a best selling Amazon Kindle “Amazon Kindle Publishing for Idiots”) along the way.
As the fire dims and the warm glow of the accomplishments linger, a few remaining embers glow, warnings for other would be Kindle authors.
- Make sure you retain the rights to the works BEFORE publishing them. If the contract does not mention digital rights, it may still be restricted by the publisher under “retaining ALL rights”. Read your contract before you Amazon Kindle it.
- PDF files and Microsoft Word files do not convert the same to Amazon Kindle. Just because the PDF came back great from the printer doesn’t mean it looks great on Kindle. Always, always preview. If you can’t edit the PDF file, get an editor. Or convert the PDF back to Microsoft word and convert to Amazon Kindle compatible format per my Amazon Kindle article “Amazon Kindle Publishing for Idiots”.
- Page lengths aren’t the same between print and digital. Make sure your Kindle work doesn’t retain old page numbers in a condensed format.
- Amazon is great at processing payments and sending them to you once you sell copies. However, it is up to you to market and sell, sell, sell.
- Just because you list a price doesn’t mean it sells at that price. Amazon reserves the right to put stuff on sale – and does, sometimes within hours of your listing or price increase. On one hand, lowering the price can improve sales. And Amazon does not reduce your royalty rate on that sales price.
More tips to come as the learning curve becomes less steep.
About the author:
Tamara Wilhite is the author of “Humanity’s Edge”, Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell”, and “SETI in Reverse”; all are available through www.amazon.com. Her new anthology “Genres” is available on www.lulu.com.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
TWO more book signings for author Tamara Wilhite
At "His Folk, Books and More" book store, Tamara Wilhite will be signing her science fiction anthology "Humanity's Edge" and new novel "Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" from 1 - 4 PM.
"His Folk, Books and More"
7801 Brandi Place, Suite A
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Saturday, August 16th, 2 - 4 PM
Tamara Wilhite is returning to the Lone Star Books and Comics Dallas Flagship store
Lone Star Books and Comics - Dallas Flagship Store |
How I Saw You !
Gentle 'soul' drawforth flowers
Heavenly instinct Godly stature
Righteous thought off manly womb
Reflect 'Act' kalyug Absorbers.
See I did
Yet you ask me
How I saw you !
That you ask me
There is a thought within you
You saw something
There is an Eye within you
Not the eyes
Not eyes you see with
Its an Eye within
Given you by Him
That use you can
Yes use I too
Now use That Eye
And see me through
You will see
The Eye That Saw You !
Kalyug : A period of Satanic Prominence.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Hot Sexy Cat Pics
Hot Sexy Cat Pics
The latest Sex and the Kitty pictures- straight from HubPages- a writers community. Cute pics of sexy kitties and great links. Comical and fun for a laugh break!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Next book signing for Tamara Wilhite
She will be signing copies of "Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" and "Humanity's Edge".
She will also be signing "SETI in Reverse", co-written with Kent Britain, WA5VJB.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
LIFE
Friendship....Companionship....Joy.....Laughter....Sadness....Despair....Confidences....Empathy....Trust....Caring....Sharing....Love....
Life is a progression through stages and cycles. Birth, life and death-then rebirth. As a plant emerges from the seed, so too are we born. The cycles of life progress through seasons...birth, growth, maturity and a waning....only to be born again in the spring.
I have had many instances in which I took time to ponder these wondrous things. I am amazed that these cycles of birth, death and rebirth play out from the most minuscule of matter to the most grandiose of stellar galaxies. It is always the same.....
Can it be that this is happenstance? I think a process this complex can only be played out by design.
On a waning moonlit night, with stars in their full glory; stand in a clearing and gaze at the vastness. A humbling experience at the very least. Technology has brought this to us on a much grander scale, with the advent of the Hubble. We are reaching out to touch the very essence of life and the questions that have haunted mankind since we first became aware......are we alone? Is this all there is? How far does the universe extend? It is a one plane existence, or is this, too, a cycle? Are there other galaxies like ours that support ‘life’? Can we dare hope they are not hostile?
Our world, our lives are no more than a speck in the great vastness.....Yet we matter. If life on Earth were to suddenly disappear, would anyone or anything ever KNOW that we lived? Would they care that we felt all the emotions that make us human? Would they take the time to discover this world’s processes, and would they be that much different from their own?
Our physical existence would be apparent in the evidence left behind....But what of the true essences that make us human? Our emotions...Would they know how it feels to have a friend, a companion or a lover? Would they even know how to relate to the concept of love? Would they know the joy of two people who have discovered love? Would they know the utter bliss in lovemaking? Would they feel the elation of a woman as she delivers her newborn? Would they know the tears she sheds are for Joy? Would they understand the concept of compassion? Would they understand that we mourn when one of us passes from this life into the next? Do they share our knowledge of something beyond this life? Or do they know?
So, the more we discover about our existence, the more questions we ask. We are a curious species, we push for knowledge, and we strive with all our entire essence to Understand the incomprehensible, and in that understanding we are truly human.
-----------------------------------------AFTERMATH>>>>>>>>........__________
Atop seventh moon
Seventh heaven The Feel
A state too heavenly
Delicate Numb Heart .
The notional reasons
Feels numb d' heart
Blind is the Mind
Thinks she not .
Visualises colours
Colours lovely bright
Blue green purple
And pink voilet white .
Too pretty and lovely
Fragrant as fragrance
As pure as nector
As pious and saintly.
Colours bright of Love
Shall see her all
Until day shall see
The Colour of colours .
A deep RED that
As A Hill Atop
Do what , would mind silt
When milk is spilt !
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