What reading this site will do to you:

July 17th, 2010

So now that you’ve been reading the site and telling all of your friends about waringis.com, you want something tangible to put on your coffee table. Something that says, “I live in Orlando, and I love/hate the people that live here!” In other words, you want to buy my book, except for you’re so excited [...]

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Mixed Tape

March 1st, 2010

It’s been years since I listened to radio. Lately, I don’t even listen to XM. Instead, I make a mix and then play it to death. Literally. I play it so much that I have to break the CD and bury it in the trash because I’m sick of it. But when the new mix [...]

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Becoming the Dreaded Cat Lady

November 19th, 2009

Because I’ve voiced the fact that I’m not an animal lover, it’s often assumed then that I’m an animal hater.  This isn’t necessarily true.  I’m just not like most people. When most women see a dog being walking on the sidewalk, they stop and squeal things like,  “Oooohhhh look … he/she is so precious. Yes [...]

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Friend Requests

September 21st, 2009

Recently, I discovered that someone deleted me from Facebook. I found out because when I had typed this person’s name into the search box to spell-check it, nothing showed up…

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My guest appearance on WPRK

September 15th, 2009

Did you miss my guest appearance on WPRK? No worries. DJ Discharge, aka Megan Flocken, has uploaded it to her blog…

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September Jams

September 7th, 2009

My pals, Malia and Mandy, always ask me to burn them a CD of what I’ve been listening to lately. I neglected them all summer but decided to go for it this month. Here’s what they got …

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The Collector

August 29th, 2009

I recently set sail for the Bahamas from Cape Canaveral. This was my third cruise and second time on Royal Caribbean’s Monarch of the Seas. The first cruise I took was aboard Freedom of the Seas, which is literally a moving, floating city …

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Stalking Augusten Burroughs

August 4th, 2009

I like Twitter. When I’m sitting, and staring at my computer screen in a tizzy of which shameless self-promotion site to update, I find myself wanting to tweet. Unlike my Facebook account, not many people follow me there and so I feel more comfortable updating my status. In Tweetville, I also don’t have to …

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Defying Death

July 2nd, 2009

Recently, I learned some tragic news. I didn’t exactly discover it for myself, but rather a friend of mine sent me one of those obligatory “I’m sorry to be the one to have to tell you” e-mails. My lawyer died. He dropped to the ground one day while jogging and died of cardiac failure. My friend …

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Page 15 Young Writer’s Camp

June 25th, 2009

Each summer I volunteer at the Page 15 Young Writer’s Summer Camp. This means each morning after I wake up and get ready, I mosey on over to the Urban Think! Bookstore to spend a few hours helping kids write their stories. The goal is to inspire and encourage little creative minds, but the truth [...]

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