Marell Moore
CAUTION! This site is still under construction and will be changing constantly.
Who am I?
Good question.
I am a woman who lives in the Midwest. I was raised a Navy brat with all the bells and whistles. I read science fiction and books on mechanics when other girls were playing with dolls. I wanted to be Jungle Jim, Sky King, Flash Gordan, or Tarzan. I wanted to fly, dive and build things. I was born way too early to be all I actually wanted to be.
When I was twenty-one I wanted to be Quincy. They didn't have CSI's then, but I think that's the way I would have gone. I just love delving into some kind of mystery. I have to admit though the things people do to one another, constantly amazes me. Amazes me to the point I am glad the human race survives. We are capable of some really horrendous actions.
My parents were divorced, but I had a pretty good childhood. I was raised to be polite and generous. I was extremely lucky in having parents, though from fairly strict Baptist backgrounds, encouraged me to find my own way. The result being I went to every Protestant church my friends did, also Catholic, Jewish and Buddhist.
In the end I opted for Buddhist. Not for religious reasons, but because being Buddhist is a way of life. You don't live Catholic, Jewish, Baptist, Muslim, or Methodist. You live Buddhism, cause it's an aspiration, not a faith. Buddhism teaches that we can all be Buddha, because we are all One.
It's not about being right or wrong. It's about peace.
It's not about you and me. It's about us.
It's not about religion. It's about being.
We are ONE. This is truth in it's simplest form.
This is Not a website for any kind of religious or philosophic propaganda this is just a page to tell you who I am, why I am, and how I got this way. I got lucky. I have had my share of pain and heartache along with some great joy and laughter. I have loved and lived in one of the greatest times I think has ever occurred for human development. Then again, this is only an opinion and we all know what opinions are, right?
I got turned onto computers in 1992.
I started working at a manufacturing plant that made, guess what? Computer boards.
For seventeen years I worked in various phases of the process. I have worked with others to make, medical cards for mri and cat scan machines, wireless interfaces, server boards. Really big server cards, like the ones used by Yahoo and Google. For a while we made the cards that went into ATM's, Wall Street, big data transfers like the Social Security Dept. Ending up we were making the Oracle assemblies and boards for the wireless assemblies you see hanging up on phone poles.
In 1994 I bought my first computer, a Packard Bell, I've been hooked ever since. I joined AOL in 1994 and stayed with them for quite a while.. I got to admit, of all the plans I've used, AOL has the best chat rooms anywhere. More fun than a circus and almost as insane. I've been online now for sixteen years and I got to admit, it's freakin' great. In 2007 I discovered blogs and that I could buy my own website for pennies. So I jumped on the bandwagon.
My only regret in the last few years is that I've lost most of my hearing. I used to love listening to music while I worked online, in the car, at home, almost anywhere. I played drums, bass, keyboards and flute. Recently they have decided to allow people at work to use MP3 players, as long as they only use one earphone. Where the hell were they when I could hear. Damn, damn, and double damn. In a country that seems "SO" dedicated to helping the handicapped, hearing is at the bottom of the food chain. Not important to some, not enough of a disability to others.
Now for the new stuff.
In 2009, the plant I have worked in for seventeen years closed. We are in the Midwest, transportation sucks, it's expensive. I understand why they did this and I don't bear the company any ill will. My life however has taken a whole new turn.
Now I have the chance to do whatever I want. I can go to school, though the hearing thing is kind of difficult. I can write, create, and do all the things I have wanted to do, but felt I didn't have the time for. The problem is, now I don't have the money. Ironic isn't it? First I don't have time, now I got time and no money. It's a paradox.
This is a site that I own. I have owned it for a long time. The first thing I did when I started to get interested in the WWW was buy my name. This is all designed, coded and posted by me. This is a place I can put everything. I still keep one site as a Wordpress site so I can just dump on-going articles, bitches and reviews. It's here at Rambling Writer NOTE: Rambling writer is currently under going a redesign.
Another site of mine is Rowan Michaels. It's just a collection of stories I posted on several groups over ten years ago. I took a year off from work after my son David was killed in a car accident. It was the third death in our family in five years. It was hard on my two youngest, so I stayed home for a year and was just "there" for them. During that year I posted these stories. Most of them are either Highlander or Kung Fu. They were fun at the time and kept me sane. That's where I go when life gets to me. Into my fantasy worlds, I write fiction.
Troll around my site and see what's here. check out my other sites. My school work is at MhMoore Web Design . You can check out some of the stuff I have done. It's not complete, I'm not sure anything ever really is. I am still working on some of the links and trying to finish up school at the same time. for the moment, take it for what it is, an experiment into my life. You can email me at MHSpear. Any suggestions, kudos or comments are welcome. Just remember I have a delete button, and I am not afraid to use it.