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Re: Scribophile NaNoWriMo 2009 Contest

isabella mori — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:48:38 -0000

thanks, great tip!

Re: What did you drink this weekend?

isabella mori — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:32:48 -0000

ah, pernod! i have to say i never got the hang of it until i spent a very memorable new years in france. i will never forget that little pub up in the normandie where we spent hours playing pool - nay, billiard - and drinking glass after glass of pernod.

Re: 27 Million Reasons to Love Me

isabella mori — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:25:39 -0000

what a great idea! i'm in for

NUMBER 24 !!!

Re: The Journey of Hope, Healing, Recovery, Empowerment, Growth, Personal Development & Positive Change - Recovery & Empowerment - Choosing Hope

isabella mori — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:04:38 -0000

the thought that "this, too, shall pass" has often been very useful for me, for example, when i am in a depressive episode. the intellectual part of my brain that is still intact can repeat this sentence over and over again, and i find that to be something very important to hang on to. finding beauty in everything is also wonderful. again, i'm thinking back to two years ago when i was in a nasty depression. the highlight of my day was to go out and shovel snow and to just be in the presence of its blinding whiteness.

thank you for sharing this story. you have gone through great hardship, and your experience really highlights how we do have some control over what is happening to us. the victor frankl quote was poignant.

Re: Richard

isabella mori — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:59:29 -0000

i'm not given much to quoting the bible but these words come to mind:

the father's house has many rooms. john 14:2

Re: Blog Action Day: Methane vs. Cars vs. Communication

isabella mori — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:45:39 -0000

hello, just surfing a few of the blog action bloggers. your comment on livestock is very interesting. i'd be interested to find out whether that applies to all forms of livestock husbandry or only to the bigger, more "efficient" ones.

Re: Are there psychological disorders with us early adopters?

isabella mori — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:16:16 -0000

i love this question, "And for those of us involved in building the Facebooks and Twitters of the future, is it possible that our own disorders get coded into the very design of the products we release, further propagating the possible problems?"

is it possible? no, it is inevitable. the question is not whether but how.

at northern voice, there was a whole workshop about techies with ADD.

and as you mention, the question is not only about the connection between being a techie and having ADD or some such three-letter thingy but also between being an early adopter and ADD. i myself have to say that i am a sucker for anything new and out there (surprise, surprise, i also like science fiction). i score high on an ADD diagnosis as well as on bipolar scales, and i know i'm not alone with that here on the web.

normal? do you want to be normal?

Re: Our haiju challenge

isabella mori — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:33:35 -0000

what is the challenge?
i am confused, as always.
and the old frog smiles.

Re: Facebook - Word Games by zynga

isabella mori — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:15:10 -0000

wow, that's quite the post, todd.

i'll have to try pathwords.

right now the only attraction that facebook holds for me is scrabulous - among other things, it's a nice way to do something online with my friends and family. my husband just discovered it. he doesn't do too well in f2f scrabble but he beats the living daylight out of me in scrabulous!

Re: Kinder Surprise

isabella mori — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:50:54 -0000

you were here and i missed you????

i love kinder surprises. i buy one for everyone every easter. i like putting the little toys up on the ledge over the stove.

Re: Offline Reading - Alive in my book

isabella mori — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:41:48 -0000

and there is a certain feel and look to print that will take a long time to be equalled by online.

portability is HUGE for me. i read everywhere.

Re: Tell me something to change the world…

isabella mori — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:57:10 -0000

awesome post, tojosan. plus you helped me find a few more choice twitter friends.

Re: Cheers for Nanna J

isabella mori — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:28:07 -0000

yay! you look like such a happy couple!

Re: NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month

isabella mori — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:49:33 -0000

woot! a fellow nanowrimoer!

Re: Bloggers MeetUp Alliance

isabella mori — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:03:28 -0000

hello there - just got your message re the bloggers alliance. i am/was the vancouver bloggers meetup organizer - passed on the "blogging sword" to a friend a few weeks ago; unfortunately he had to leave the country for a while, and when he's back, we'll make it official on meetup. let's talk! i'm moritherapy on twitter, and raul, my friend, is hummingbird504

Re: I like print media just fine thanks | Broadcasting Brain

isabella mori — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:12:29 -0000

fascinating! i love posts like these. i always like to point out that communication, online or offline, is so much more than just shuttling bits and of information back and forth.

my grandparents' generation often didn't want to have telephone conversations - so little chance for expression! then we used to say that we can't express emotions or subtleties in email. i hear that less and less now. once everyone is used to twitter, facebook messages, etc., will that change, too?

don't have an answer. just wondering.

Re: Happy International No Diet Day!

isabella mori — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:15:53 -0000

international no diet day? what a cool idea. sorry i missed it; would have been perfect for my blog ...

Re: kath.A.rine

isabella mori — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:04:58 -0000

oh gawd oh gawd oh gawd!!!

( i don't swoon easily bu RDJ... )

Re: kath.A.rine

isabella mori — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:50:29 -0000

oh! cruel and unusual punishment! but that's what you get for eating your fish and chips on the $10,000 mahogany table.

Re: kath.A.rine

isabella mori — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:13:19 -0000

hm, interesting info. i was kinda wondering why he called mental illness "brain disease". that might explain it ...

Re: Hate Spammers? Want them to die? Be careful what you wish for…

isabella mori — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:33:38 -0000

hey patrick - THAT's where you are hanging out now! was wondering where you were ... good post. i'm quite interested in spammers, and of course it's a tragedy that this happened.

tried "tweet this" for this post - interesting tool but a) it didn't lead back to your post and b) can't find more about tweet this - what's their URL?

Re: Alice Walker blasted in essay by her daughter.

isabella mori — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:41:32 -0000

mother-daughter relationships are, more often than not, complicated. so this one is complicated, too. as is typical with daughters (and sons) of famous and groundbreaking mothers (and fathers), she has had anything but an easy life. and because her mother is alice walker, not jane doe, talking about it publicly is a temptation she can't resist - i understand that.

the other thing is that childbearing, birth and childrearing comes easily and joyfully to some of us and not to others, for reasons that are probably both environmental and inborn. pregnancy and birth were ridiculously easy for me - childrearing, which i have done for 36 years and am now repeating in small ways with my grandchildren, is something that i still have to work very hard on.

now imagine someone like alice walker, who maybe found childrearing alien to her nature, combine that with the fact that she DID have something in her life that WAS close to her nature (writing and activism), add the fact that these things were reinforced by her peers - is it surprising that her parenting fell by the wayside?

i don't want to excuse her lack of (and, the way rebecca makes it look, commitment to) parenting - but what i just said is likely part of the explanation. i do hear rebecca's confusion, outrage and bitterness, and from what she said, it's totally understandable.

however, rather than implying that we must all be perfect mommies, i propose that as a community of parents and children, we need to look at what can be done. birth control and sex education are still in a sorry shape in most places of the world. adequate, culturally sensitive daycare, parenting education and parenting support are sadly lacking. most mothers, alice walker including, i am sure, would rather reach out for good and easily given help than neglecting their children.

i am a big fan of alice walker, and this post will not diminish my admiration for her books. it just underscores the human imperfection in everyone. alice walker does not hide this imperfection in her books, so i don't feel "betrayed". i had never put her on a pedestal, so she can't fall off it.

Re: Thursday Thrust: Giving Up

isabella mori — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:51:34 -0000

really? maslow said that? hmmm ... it's a little too type A for my taste ...

Re: Re-purposing Northern Voice Swag

isabella mori — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:47:58 -0000

preloved sounds like a great store, i'd be tempted to spend quite a bit of money there, too.

looking forward to the pillows!

Re: MentalHealthCamp - breaking the stigma of mental health through online tools

isabella mori — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:36:22 -0000

karen, thank you so much for thinking about this in so much depth!

i must say that i find the third topic terribly interesting. without much reflection, i'm thinking how this could touch on the topic of internet addiction. it may also be a good time to talk about something like 2nd life (something that i have stayed away from precisely because i'm already skirting internet addiction - don't want to tempt myself too much!)

the first topic is interesting to me, as well - diversity is something that is never talked about enough, and there is no question that most mental health services are used and provided by caucasians. (btw, are you aware of the chinese mental health group at the CMHA - which just got cut by 30%?)

actually, all three topics are interesting :)

Re: How To Follow More People Without Losing Your Friends

isabella mori — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:11:34 -0000

following all these people is becoming a bigger and bigger thing to manage for me.

the reason why i don't used tweetdeck?

one is that it doesn't get along with my laptop. i keep my laptop intentionally slow and memory-poor - otherwise i go berserk with it and start doing things like going on second life, which my family would kill me for.

the other is that i LOVE the visual part of twitter. the avatars, the backgrounds - yum. tweetdeck does away with it all. twitter is my online living room. i don't want a generic looking living room!

if you can think of a solution to these two problems, i'd be very very grateful!

Re: The Sound of One Man Tweeting

isabella mori — Mon, 14 May 2007 02:03:55 -0000

good thoughts! except for kathy sierra, i have yet to see an anti-twitter post that doesn't miss the point. having a good list of friends makes for interesting reading, and helps build community. my twitter friends were wonderful during my daughter's protracted birth-giving experience. see you on twitter!

Re: Backlink Contest: Enter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift certificate!

isabella mori — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:13:30 -0000

very timely, my friend. i'm about to write a post on contests.

Re: Heath Ledger And Why Women Are Evil

isabella mori — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:45:18 -0000

linc, i don't get it. do you really mean this, is this supposed to be funny, or are you frustrated like heck?

Re: 1and1.com down… that sux…

isabella mori — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:33:30 -0000

yeah, my site has been down on and off the last two days, too. i'm glad that things like that don't faze me much anymore but still, it's a bummer.

Re: Geranium delivery

isabella mori — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:36:02 -0000

i like your images! thanks for visiting my blog.

Re: The secret to Twitter

isabella mori — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:42:20 -0000

just finished writing a post on twitter :)

to me, the conversation is important. i feel most comfortable having a good balance of followers and follwing-ers (followees?)

a few people seem to follow me for reasons that are utterly unclear to me or suspiciously look like spam. not interested in adding their spam or silence to my day; that's why i have a few more followers than followees.

overall it works well: every day i marvel and smile at my twitter circle.

Re: The TGI Friday’s Experience

isabella mori — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:09:26 -0000

my daughter and i used to have a standing date, every last wednesday of the month we'd go out for dinner. one of those was at TGIF. i have to say that it was so awful that we now avoid TGIF like the plague. the place was ice cold, the food was below mediocre, and the service was arrogant. maybe it was just that particular location, at metrotown in burnaby (a satellite city to vancouver, canada)? i'm glad you liked your experience!

Re: Northern Voice – Day #2

isabella mori — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:52:55 -0000

i just want to thank everyone for trying to be civilized about this.

let's not forget that in many ways, we're all trying to learn this stuff as we go. and we're trying to learn multiple things. how to have/be/promote community online. that in itself is a huge can of worms (or vase of flowers, whichever way you want to look at it). what is community? who is community? what does it mean, what does it look like to participate in it? what does it mean to be community based? it's not as if we have rules around it, so what can we do but interpret it for ourselves and hopefully negotiate some meaning around it?

the same with advertising on blogs. it's not as if this is an established practice. yes, people have been doing it for a few years (although most of them only for a few months) but that's not enough time to have solid agreements in place.

this is all frontier stuff. it's the wild west. we can shoot each other or we can raise barns together.

Re: Mental Health Camp 2009

isabella mori — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:00:40 -0000

thanks so much for the shoutout!

<abbr>isabella mori’s last blog post..MentalHealthCamp - a whole conference about mental health and blogging</abbr>

Re: You Can Do Anything in Just 15 Minutes

isabella mori — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:12:04 -0000

funny - as soon as i saw your headline i thought: flylady!

timers are absolutely awesome.

here's something that i do and recommend to clients: when it gets real tough, get a friend to help. call a friend, say, "i need to work on X for 15 (20, 30, 5 - whatever) minutes, i just need to tell someone about it. i'll start right now - can i call you back when i'm done?"

i have some friends with whom i do this regularly but sometimes i call someone up out of the blue and they're almost always delighted and come up with something of their own.

thanks for a great post!

oh, and lisa, i love the idea of using a timer for conversations!

Re: You Can Do Anything in Just 15 Minutes

isabella mori — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:08:53 -0000

this is funny - i thought i'd visit your blog, look around a bit and then saw this post: oh, how interesting, this is something i'll comment on! and then i saw that i had done that already :)

now we could say i'm getting senile. or we could say that you wrote a post that REALLY speaks to me :)

Re: You Can Do Anything in Just 15 Minutes

isabella mori — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:12:04 -0000

Re: You Can Do Anything in Just 15 Minutes

isabella mori — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:08:53 -0000

Re: Twitter: Ultimate Time Waster or Great Tool?

isabella mori — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:45:59 -0000

as a committed twitter enthusiast, i must say this is one of the best twitter posts i've ever seen. thank you!!!!

Re: Musical Acts Who Used the Internet and Social Media to Get Popular

isabella mori — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:14:32 -0000

very interesting! liked the bathtub and the guitar story.

Re: kath.A.rine

isabella mori — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:03:18 -0000

and i'd add, it goes for mental health recovery in the broadest sense, e.g. in job search, day to day relationships, etc.

Re: Old School Friday...Work (it) Out!

isabella mori — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:38:50 -0000

hey! you have your own dot com! congratulations!

Re: A Little Girl called me a 'Nigger' Today...

isabella mori — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:20:06 -0000

can you do anything but follow your gut in such situations? of course, all kinds of possibilities occur to me but they're all theoretical.

when guys would talk or look at me in a way that wasn't respectful (doesn't happen that much anymore, partly because i'm getting older and older :) i'd stare at them and pointedly look them up and down. it sounds like that would be the wrong thing to do but i'm feeling that the intent you displayed is similar. it's something like "i know what you're doing and we both know it ain't right".

how does one do that with compassion? because i got the sense that that's what you wanted to do: show compassion to a child that has been indoctrinated.

reminds me of this story http://www.nationalpost.com/m/story.html?id=162...

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