Merry Farmer's Blog, page 60
February 17, 2012
The Naked Daniel Radcliffe Picture Story
It's Fun Friday, and since work continues to be stressful this month I thought I would take a moment to tell one of my favorite stories of the workplace. That and I just told it to someone live and in … Continue reading →
February 16, 2012
Normal Isn't Normal
As a writer I tend to observe people. You never know when someone is going to start acting like a character in a novel. A novelist's job is to portray characters as three-dimensionally as possible, right? So you have to … Continue reading →
February 14, 2012
What's the Point of Pets?
Millions of us have pets. I have two adorable cats myself and love them to pieces. But why? Why do urban humans feel the need to keep animals in the house? Continue reading →
February 13, 2012
How I Became A Writer
Here it is, folks! In honor of ORIGINS Blogfest (a fabulous idea created by DL Hammons which hundreds of writer/bloggers are participating in today) I present you with my origins story – how I became a writer. Or rather how … Continue reading →
February 10, 2012
New Girl
Okay, it's Friday, it's been a rotten week, and I want to blog about something FUN! So here it is, my other new favorite show (Smash being the first)…. New Girl! Kristine has been telling me about this delightful little … Continue reading →
February 9, 2012
Friends Break-Up
So yeah, this hasn't been a good month for me so far. Not only were there layoffs at the company I work for, I've been going through a slightly messy friends break-up. It started when I wished her happy birthday … Continue reading →
February 7, 2012
Mass Layoffs – A Modern Rite of Passage
On Wednesday morning, February 2, 2012, at 9:45am the company I work for laid off a third of its workforce. This included half of my department and everyone on my team except for me. Within 15 minutes the people who … Continue reading →
February 6, 2012
Medieval Monday – The Carolingian Renaissance
So the Roman Empire fell and Europe was an ignorant backwater in which nothing of any cultural note happened for about a thousand years until the Italian Renaissance brought about a renewed interest in the Classics of Greece and Rome, … Continue reading →
February 4, 2012
Nicole Jordan Book Winner
The winner of a signed copy of Nicole Jordan's book To Pleasure A Lady is… *drumroll please* Sonya Weiss! Sonya, please email me at merryfarmer20@yahoo.com with your snail mail address so that I can pass that along to Nicole, who … Continue reading →
February 3, 2012
Smash
Ladies and gentlemen, this may be a first. I am utterly and completely obsessed with a tv show … before it has even aired! That show? NBC's Smash. So why, you might ask, would I go completely nuts over this … Continue reading →
