Once upon a time: a lesson in authentic charity…
Once upon a time, there lived a man named Marvin whose home was a cardboard box deep in the city park that existed in the middle of a very busy part of the downtown business district. Many homeless people lived deep in the park, because they knew that all the busy people going to and […]
George Zimmerman…acting as an agent of the police?
There’s not a whole lot that needs to be said on why George Zimmerman should have been found guilty of the murder of Trayvon Martin. The six-panel jury found Zimmerman not guilty because of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Because of this, they decided that a crime was not committed when Zimmerman shot and killed […]
When did I say I was better than you?
Have you ever noticed that it is the people who feel they are inferior to you who will tell you not to act like you’re better than them? I have never said to anyone “I’m better than you, so listen to my advice,” but the person who feels inferior will usually accuse me of “believing” […]
Giveaway of Kindle eBooks by Faydra D. Fields (800 winners will be chosen)
Giveaway of Kindle eBooks by Faydra D. Fields (800 winners will be chosen) http://ndx.im/cldp
Happy Mother’s Day, Tyrone!
Back on Father’s Day 2011 I wrote an article entitled, “Mother’s Day doesn’t come with a disclaimer, so STOP doing it on Father’s Day,” and now I’m back this Mother’s Day to acknowledge three fathers who have raised and/or are raising their child(ren) and have provided and/or are providing the majority of care for their […]
Twitter Conversation: Access to the tools does not equal proficiency…
This Twitter conversation started with the following tweet: Students and teachers can purchase Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 for less than $150: bit.ly/aChcoe #examiner — Faydra Deon (@faydra_deon) May 2, 2013 In reply to it, @dioninfinite tweeted me the following:
Oh, no! I’ve forgotten how to read!!!
OK, I’m being melodramatic, and I didn’t complete the title. It should say… Oh, no! I’ve forgotten how to read physical books. So here’s what happened…
Are you a designer/developer or just an activator?
I started doing web design/development back in 1999 when I was in the Army. At my first duty station, they made me a Webmaster and sent me to my first HTML-coding class. Since then, I’ve graduated from an application called FirstPage to Microsoft FrontPage to Macromedia Dreamweaver to Adobe Dreamweaver to WordPress/JOOMLA!/Drupal to using Dreamweaver […]
I’m featured on RolloutOut.com
I’ve been featured on RollingOut.com. Check me out: http://v1s.it/fayonRO. I got a chance to talk about what I do, why I do it and what inspires me to do it. I also talk about the future of publishing. Let me know what you think of it.
Why do we give up “simple pleasures” when we get older?
You know, I could be totally wrong, and I’m definitely not an expert on the subject, but I’m going to venture to assert that the reason our levels of stress increase as we get older is because we give up so many of the things that gave us simple pleasures when we were younger. I […]