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If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it did it really make a sound? If i post a blog and nobody reads it was there really any point? You have entered the random thinking space of Morgan Bell . . . These are my musings . . . things about my life written off the top of my head . . . written in an informal disjointed style almost completely devoid of punctuation, this is where i flesh out writing ideas, discuss my life, and generally be self indulgent . . . it is also the bargain bin for articles which do not fit in with the film or arts themes of my other blogs . . . so have a wander around my mind, have a laugh, have a think, be nice, and humour me!

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Carnival of Aces

February 4th 2012 14:52

Asexuality blog Shades of Gray currently has a call for submissions for articles on "Sexual Exploration" as part of the ongoing Carnival of Aces.

If you want to participate simply write an article on the nominated topic and email the link to grasexuality [at] gmail.com by 3 March 2012.

The nominated topic this month is "Sexual Exploration" which includes Asexuals who have sex (why, when, with who), Gray Asexuals and Demisexuals, sex education and cultural curiousity for Asexuals

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The Mayonnaise Jar and Coffee

January 6th 2012 09:17

OK so I just wanted to see what the new "Repost" feature did on here, because I haven't had a good proper look around Orble in a long while.

I did actually enjoy reading this little story so check it out.

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Newcastle Writers Group

May 18th 2011 13:16

What have I been up to lately?

Well I joined a local creative writing group called Newcastle Writers Group, and I feel all the better for it.

I will give a little shout-out to my co-groupie Allyson Seaborn and her little fire-cracker of a blog Eat Your Heart Out Martha Stewart. If you like domestic depravity and self deprecating humour you will sure find a tale or two to tickle your fancy.

Check it out. Subscribe. Comment.

You all know the drill.

Anyway she reminded me that I have been neglecting my own little blog.

Eat Your Heart Out

Here I'll play Soundgarden word association, and you can listen to some tunes.

So . . .

Eat your heart out. Bleed your heart out. There's no more rides for free. I shot my love today. Would you cry for me. Just an anchor on my heart. Dies in shyness. Light a cigarette before the execution.

Chris Cornell, still the best writer I know.

I have always wondered where that expression comes from: "eat your heart out". A quick consultation of the trusty old wiki tells us what it means:

Verb
to eat one's heart out
(idiomatic) To feel overwhelming sorrow, jealousy or longing, to grieve

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I found this explanation of the origins of the expression on Carly Googles:

The ancients believed that sorrow and envy silently "ate away" at the heart, "each sigh draining blood from the organ." In Henry VI, Shakespeare wrote:

Might liquid tears, of heart-offending groans,
Or blood-consuming sighs recall his life,
I would be blind with weeping, sick with groans,
Look pale as primrose with blood-drinking sighs
We still say someone who is grieving is "broken-hearted."

By the beginning of the 20th century, "to eat your heart out" meant to pine, but you can yell it out as a cry of triumph if you give someone else a reason to envy you, like if you make a better ballgown as a drag queen than he ever did designing for a real lady (or a Cher).

And ending on a note of drag I do believe this is a perfectly rounded post.

From the queer glossary:

Drag: Originally used in Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre to mean DRessed As Girl (or Dress Resembling A Girl) referring to male actors who played female roles.

Ladies and gentlemen, she's back

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Orble Writers on Facebook group

April 7th 2010 18:08

This is not a Jon thing, this is a Morgan thing.

For almost a year we have had a Facebook group dedicated to the writers on Orble. I created the group because I had so many of my Orble buddies as friends on Facebook and I wanted to develop a space where we could all talk about blogging and the network.

Because, really, Orble has always felt like a special club. We all speak the same language, and navigating the site is akin to a secret handshake.

If you are on Facebook and want to be a member of the group CLICKHERE.

It is a public group, open to everyone, and all members are welcome to become Group Admin or Group Officers. I bestow my organisational powers liberally.

So come join the (unofficial) "Orble Writers on Facebook" group and mingle with the other kids. We have over 100 members so far, and pretty active discussion boards and wall postings. You can promote your posts or ask questions. I often post current Orble News and help people with technical queries. the more the merrier.

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Study, study, study

April 6th 2010 21:25

What has happened to my beautiful blogs?

I have abandoned them, chasing after scholarly things, and now they call me back like abandoned dirty-faced children.

I have still been popping in to comment the bloggers I subscribe to, but for one reason or another I never seem to have time to squeeze an article out myself. This must change!

You may notice I am writing a tad more professionally, a capital letter here, a full stop there. Well. I've been doing a Post-Graduate course in Technical Communications @ Swinburne University of Technology, online.

I did a TAFE course in News Media a couple of years ago. Then I did a TAFE course in Small Business Management where I researched free-lancing as a career. Then I considered teaching journalism and did a TAFE course in Training & Assessment. I like to keep all my options open.

So it's been study, study, study for me.

I'm doing Civil Construction Design at TAFE concurrently with my PostGrad studies, just to make sure I am completely occupied at all times.

Facebook has made me lazy. It is so much quicker to post a link to an existing article or video on Facebook than it is to construct a blog post myself. I've been taking the cheats way out. But I do miss my blogs, And I miss my little blogging community.

I feel very encouraged by all these new changes to homepage, and the new systems of having "followers" and "editor stars". It's a brave new world here on Orble.

I think I should set one day a week aside to cue up some fresh material, and use the forward dating system to stagger them out over the week. I need to get more organised and get publishing. I need to do it. I want to do it. I will do it.

I could probably prepare some educational posts on all the stuff I'm learning. Plus there's a never-ending stream of news and events from the queer community that really needs to be shared with the inter-webs.

To all my subscribers: thanks for sticking around, and expect some fresh new content soon.

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A Model Scorned: Landmark Blogging Ruling

August 19th 2009 19:13

Liskula Cohen, a former Vogue cover girl and supermodel, has won a landmark court battle to reveal the identity of an anonymous blogger who called her a "skank".

Cohen sued Google in January, forcing the company to reveal the person responsible for writing a blog called Skanks in NYC, which was hosted by Google's Blogger service

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You CAN Make Money on Orble

June 29th 2009 05:58

"The ox is slow but the earth is patient."
Chinese proverb

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Come back to my room . . .

June 23rd 2009 02:58

I have been inspired by Natalina to take a few snaps of random things from my room.

To see Natalina's house CLICKHERE
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Silence. You can't say that.

June 3rd 2009 23:51

In an unprecedented move, today The Vatican has announced nuns will no longer be permitted to study for diplomas of midwifery or perform the tasks of a midwife. The Pope received a message from God on Facebook instructing all Catholics to no longer speak on topics they have no personal experience in.

Only women who have had children can speak about childbirth. Nuns, the childless variety, have been disqualified from discussing, advising, or explaining any aspect of human reproduction

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The Difference Between Blogging and Death

May 20th 2009 19:11

As any old, burned out hermit and part-time e-lawyer would know, blogging is very different to death.

An internet persona is virtual, not real. When an internet persona "dies" they can resurrect themselves an unlimited amount of times by re-registering. When a real person dies, thats it, lights out, the end, no second (third, forth, fifth, or sixth) chances. It is the difference between fact and fiction. To claim a closed internet account is the same as a real human death cheapens the value of life

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