<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>JoeUser Forums » RSS Feed » Life Journals Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/JoeUser/forum/94</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Life Journals</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 3:13:26 PM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 3:13:26 PM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>So Many Questions</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/356969</comments><description><![CDATA[Life is fantastic. It's beautiful and gorgeous and amazing and fragile yet deep and strong and moving and just...invaluable.  And people suck.  Isn't that how life kinda goes? I mean, sure you have some people who seem great. And you have some people who do good things and you feel like they deserve some credit. But all in all, people suck.  When I was little, I would say that I hated my life when I was upset. I grew up a little bit and started saying that I hated life when I was upset. Th...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/356969</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/356969</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2014 2:07:43 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-08-22T02:07:43-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Love Live Laugh</title></item><item><author>Boudica</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/327071</comments><description><![CDATA[Today I volunteered to face paint at the Libraryfest.&nbsp; Yes, I admit that it was a bit self-serving because I am hoping to get some paid jobs as a result of the business cards that I handed out.&nbsp; Still, I was there for four hours, using my own supplies, happily painting all of the kiddos I could.&nbsp;  The kids were wonderful.&nbsp; Most of them are so sweet and happy.&nbsp; The smiles when they look in the mirror are priceless.&nbsp; It just tickles me when they tell me how pretty t...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/327071</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/327071</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 5:10:16 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-06-12T17:10:16-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>I'm a volunteer - be nice to me!</title></item><item><author>willmtyler</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/450986</comments><description><![CDATA[After graduating I went to North Dakota then Houston to look for work. I didn&#39;t find anything so I am trying my luck in China. It is going well here. Just coping with the smog which means waking up feeling groggy/ with a sore throat. The situation is not getting better in the states-jobs available are for waiter and other jobs, a complete waste of time.&nbsp;  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/450986</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/450986</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 8:22:10 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-12-23T08:22:10-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>In the States</title></item><item><author>willmtyler</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/450927</comments><description><![CDATA[After nearly 2 years in China, I went back to America to get my MBA in International Business at the University of Toledo. I decided that I would be a lot more marketable for employment with China on my resume and a MBA. Besides, I was young and had the time and the money to go back to school now. Why wait when I am older and have more responsibility to go to school?&nbsp;  &nbsp;  I enjoyed my international business courses and learned a lot about money management. Not just for a business b...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/450927</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/450927</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2013 2:06:17 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-12-19T02:06:17-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Back to the states</title></item><item><author>willmtyler</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/450856</comments><description><![CDATA[This is my first blog for this site. I am a newly graduated MBA student starting my career in China. I am currently working for Kerlin, a Chinese managed German built green energy firm for the next few months at least until I find a job in logistics and supply chain management, a field I am more interested in.  &nbsp;  I am in the marketing department at Kerlin. My primary responsibility here is to focus on improving their website and finding other consulting firms in the west to work with u...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/450856</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/450856</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 8:53:36 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-12-17T20:53:36-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Greetings</title></item><item><author>willmtyler</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/450904</comments><description><![CDATA[Between my grad and undergrad year I went to Shanghai. My first time living in China. I realized living there and traveling there is completely different. My other first impression was that I was not the only one studying Chinese and interested in business. I know it sounds sheltered, I was sort of different for having such a major in college. But in truth is Europeans, Australians and Kiwis are all studying Chinese and are damn good at it.&nbsp;  &nbsp;  In 2010, I realized that the days of...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/450904</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/450904</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 8:40:19 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-12-17T20:40:19-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Me in Shanghai</title></item><item><author>willmtyler</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/450882</comments><description><![CDATA[ I began to learn Chinese from my early life. My baby sitters in were of Chinese decent. They did not know English so they spoke to me in Chinese. Just like how many children with Hispanic care takers learn Spanish.  &nbsp;  I learned and practiced Chinese with them my whole childhood even though I didn&#39;t want to. It was not until later on I did not see the possibilities available to me in both government and the private sector with this language ability. Though my accent will always be a fo...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/450882</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/450882</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 8:17:24 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-12-17T20:17:24-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>My Early Life</title></item><item><author>Tracy Givens</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/398686</comments><description><![CDATA[    This is a repost from another site I have.  Welcome to the very strange and dangerous world of Stalking and Electronic Harassment.  The things you read in my harassment logs might sound crazy and to be honest, if it was not happening to myself, I would have a hard time relating, but this is what I am being forced to deal with as a result of my divorce, and is complex to say the least.  My name is Tracy Givens. I am a victim of Gang Stalking and Electronic Harassment living in the Dalla...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/398686</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/398686</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 4:53:45 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-09-23T16:53:45-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>dangerous world of Stalking and Electronic Harassment</title></item><item><author>PoSmedley</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/314532</comments><description><![CDATA[Five years ago, this spring, I relocated from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. I was not informed that I would need a passport to make this move and have been paying for it ever since.&nbsp; There are very few conversations that I will get into with someone that don't take that turn. The one where they go completely off subject and flash me that slow grin. "You're not from around here, are you?"  &nbsp;My former pastors wife was a yankee. She tried to teach me how to fake the accent. She, and m...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/314532</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/314532</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 1:30:51 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-05-13T13:30:51-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>What's Your 'SIGN' ?</title></item><item><author>PoSmedley</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/403652</comments><description><![CDATA[   A  'friend' read this and thought, 'I'm not alone'. It changed quickly to  'I wasn't alone' and then back to 'I am alone...even more so.' And he  returned to the hole/circle he lives in and vowed again to keep his  mouth shut and put his happy face back on. Sometimes, you choose to live  with  and  in  the ' darkness'  because it's all you know...it's  comfortable, familiar, and  'it'  knows you so well.            The Agonizing Last Words of Programmer Bill Zeller    Bill Zeller  was a tal...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/403652</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/403652</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 8:20:26 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-09-03T08:20:26-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>The Agonizing Last Words Of Programmer Bill Zeller</title></item><item><author>Frogboy</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/408558</comments><description><![CDATA[It’s been an emotional month here at Stardock as many of our friends of many years get ready to move to Dallas (where Gamestop is relocating Impulse).&#160; It’s going to be a bit of a ghost town for awhile here with so many people going.&#160;     We’re a place where there’s virtually no turn over.&#160; So culturally, having even one person leave is a big deal. So you can imagine what it’s like to have a dozen+ leave all at once.&#160;     I myself am going to continue to lower my hours, p...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/408558</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/408558</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 9:07:57 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-12T09:07:57-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Changing times at Stardock</title></item><item><author>Draginol</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/404851</comments><description><![CDATA[When things are tough, what are your sources for coping? Here’s a brief list of mine.         My wife      My kids      My sister-in-law      The people I work with      Learning new “Tech”      Internet Communities      Learning new things      Helping others      Passing on skills to others      Reading a good book.   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/404851</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/404851</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 6:24:52 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-02-04T18:24:52-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Things that make me happy</title></item><item><author>PranayGupte</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/404792</comments><description><![CDATA[When I came to Dubai nearly four years ago to write a book, the great financial crisis that was to afflict much of the world had just begun to take shape. In the event, one of its most notable victims was this tiny Emirate, a city-state that had risen out of the Arabian littoral&rsquo;s unforgiving desert and become a global metropolis in barely two decades. Its economy was hit hard, and it is still recovering.  &nbsp;  Now another crisis is in full bloom &ndash; the popular revolt in Egypt ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/404792</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/404792</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 3:38:56 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-02-02T03:38:56-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Dubai Never Leaves You / By Pranay Gupte</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/404723</comments><description><![CDATA[Country singer Trace Adkins had a hit song in the last few years that was aptly titled  You're Gonna Miss This .  The lyrics in the chorus go something like this:    You're gonna miss this...   You're gonna want this back...   You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast...  I was thinking of these lyrics yesterday when my former father-in-law was getting ready to call up 911 to get carried to the hospital, unable to straighten his leg because he was in too much pain.  My son trie...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/404723</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/404723</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 4:02:33 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-31T16:02:33-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>You're gonna miss this...</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/404369</comments><description><![CDATA[I took my kids to go see the Gabriel Iglesias show: " Fluffy Shop Tour " tonite.&nbsp; Very funny guy and excellent show.&nbsp; How much of that show would show up in future tour stops, I'm not sure, as he seemed to react well to a few shoutouts from the audience that might otherwise have thrown him off his game.&nbsp; For such a big guy (he's not Fat, he's Fluffy!), he was rather nimble on his feet and quick to respond to and get himself back on track for whatever story he wanted to tell, or wh...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/404369</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/404369</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 1:24:36 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-23T13:24:36-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Fluffy and funny...</title></item><item><author>JoeDeafMama</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/404288</comments><description><![CDATA[  Snow in Arkanas! YUCH!      Always a hot mess here when there is snow! Arkansas roads dept are just not equipped to deal with winter wather! Snow day for school which royally pisses off my nerdy 15 yr old daughter who LOVES shool.       We have a boarder right now. I placed an ad several months ago for a room mate and wound up with a temporary boarder&nbsp;who travels for work. He stayed a few days a couple months back and he got another job wireing up the computer system for a new bank ne...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/404288</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/404288</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 9:12:54 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-20T09:12:54-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Drama Drama!</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/404269</comments><description><![CDATA[I've been back in a bit of a writing rut lately... every now and then I think of something I might want to comment on, then something else pops up and I wind up getting sidetracked completely and forget whatever it was that I was considering writing about.&nbsp; It isn't like there is nothing going on in the world and yet it seems that what is going on isn't all the impressive or thought provoking.&nbsp; Yet again, I hope things change though in a positive way as we really don't need more traged...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/404269</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/404269</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 1:17:40 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-20T13:17:40-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Back in a bit of a rut...</title></item><item><author>JoeDeafMama</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/404229</comments><description><![CDATA[  Today is the day!      I have been thinking about blogging for a long time now      I finally got started!!! YAY ME!!!!      I have to finish getting ready for work and start my day      I'll be baaaaaaaaack!        JoeDeafMama!   &nbsp;   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/404229</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/404229</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:47:30 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-19T09:47:30</pubDateParsed><title>Day #1 Blogging Starts</title></item><item><author>M-Post</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/403304</comments><description><![CDATA[Right now I am strait that, Miserable.  &nbsp;  Right now I feel like I am back in my old rut. &nbsp;I am stuck at home with the parents, and of course, now my brother is here. &nbsp;We have never really gotten along. &nbsp;Mostly every thing he does bothers the hell out of me. &nbsp;His condescending attitude, his way of talking/singing to himself at random times... and his common quirks.. &nbsp;they are all just damn annoying and I'm stuck here with it.  &nbsp;  At least in a week I ge...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/403304</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/403304</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:00:49 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-04T09:00:49</pubDateParsed><title>Miserable</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/403442</comments><description><![CDATA[Silly NBC... airing a repeat of Chuck tonite while CBS has new episodes of their Monday night comedies.&nbsp; My daughter will be happy watching the new shows there while I'll have to settle for watching repeats or hunting down something else in the guide since I can't watch a new episode of Chuck and have no real interest in watching a repeat of it.&nbsp; I really wish NBC would start airing Chuck "non-stop" in a similar manner as FOX had done with 24.&nbsp; No repeats during the season, just a...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/403442</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/403442</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 1:37:02 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-01-03T13:37:02-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Curse you NBC...</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/403061</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm sure I've written on this subject before, but given a deluge of mail that I went through over the last week (and more still stacked to go through), I'm back again to complain about charities that just won't let up on their begging.  Over the last few years I've gone out of my way to make some charitable contributions, mostly in memory of my wife, to causes she liked, or that I like, or that her parents like.&nbsp; Most have probably been good by me in not coming back to me with solicititat...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/403061</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/403061</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 1:21:45 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-12-26T13:21:45-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>As a matter of fact, NO, you can not count on me</title></item><item><author>M-Post</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/402984</comments><description><![CDATA[The title speaks words. &nbsp;I learned this phrase while reading comments on a social media sight. &nbsp;They have come to mean a lot to me honestly. &nbsp;  I don't know how many of you have heard of the site, but www.reddit.com &nbsp;is one of my favorite websites on the internet. &nbsp;It's a social media site, but has a very personal side with it's comments. &nbsp;It just depends on the 'subreddits' you join, and how you view the site I guess... &nbsp;but I digress.. &nbsp;  This mornin...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/402984</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/402984</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 8:17:47 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-12-23T08:17:47-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Today you, Tommorow Me.</title></item><item><author>terpfan1980</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/402849</comments><description><![CDATA[Rumors and predictions that my area could be seeing some snow showers for Christmas day this year.&nbsp; It's been years since we had snow falling on the day, at least by my memory.&nbsp; We had white stuff on the ground last year, but it was&nbsp;from a pre-Christmas day blizzard that left enough behind that it couldn't all melt off before&nbsp;Christmas day.  I like the idea of a white Christmas, provided the snow remains light and we don't get a lot of accumulation.&nbsp; I definitely don't...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/402849</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/402849</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 1:46:55 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-12-21T13:46:55-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Thinking of the possible White Christmas</title></item><item><author>annuliite</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/402706</comments><description><![CDATA[ My dearest A.,    Here I am writing you again. I must tell you that I don't have lots of things what to say to you and actually there is this one thought in my head.     In different times of my age I've had many best friends or so called ''best friends'' and I could talk to them about everything but when it had really mattered for them to be there for me, they were not. Like last night, my puppy was really sick with cough, sleeping all day, not eating, etc. and I was really sad and vulnera...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/402706</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/402706</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 7:49:23 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-12-19T07:49:23-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Letter nr. 4</title></item><item><author>annuliite</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/402454</comments><description><![CDATA[  My dearest A.,    I wrote you the last letter on Sunday but unfortunately exactly at the moment I wanted to ''send'' it to you, my internet connection stopped working so I am writing you now. Probably it is even better as more days have passed and I have more things to write to you.    It is a very early Thursday morning - 5am. You would ask - why I am up so early on Thursday morning when there is nobody at my place, I don't work and basically I am free all the time? Well... my little puppy is...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/402454</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/402454</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 7:56:17 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-12-15T07:56:17-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Letter nr. 3</title></item></channel></rss>