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10 Wishes I Want Granted When I Die

I lost my uncle recently. He died a rather tragic death, leaving behind a wife and four kids; the youngest was 5 months old. While at the hospital, he was on life support and it got me to thinking about how I’d want my family to handle a situation such as this. My father insists […]

That Lonely B*tch [Poetic Justice]

Lonely called And I answered Now I’m here Can’t remember why I came She overpowered me Let me think that men were dogs Who lie, cheat and steal Then, her words had much appeal But now I’m sick to death of being with lonely She’s always with me and she’s so phony Promises of fun […]

Poetic Justice: Pandora’s Love Songs

From the personal archives. Let me know what you think in the comments or on Twitter @stacyannhayles. Don’t be afraid to share it if you like it   His touch lingers I still feel his fingers My mind strays Off, in a daze A midnight haze Like past night I tried to fight To not […]

The Lost Art of Reading A Book

Each morning for the past few weeks I go to work, I clear off my morning to-do list and then curl up in a corner while having breakfast and reading a book. I keep the titles professional since I am at work and have a pretty decent backlog, the current read is Social Media ROI […]

Confession: I Suck

Jeff Esposito wrote a blog post entitled ‘What do you suck at?’ the other day and it prompted me to think about the things I think I suck at. Like Jeff, I try to not suck at these things so I tend not to talk about them too much. His list is a top ten […]

CONFESSION: Putting The Rumour To Rest

Sometime ago I had a client… Client was the brand manager for a very popular brand in Jamaica. Client was also energetic and vibrant and seemingly personable so we became fast friends. Fast friends, that is, until we started disagreeing on some matters professionally and it became personal. Our closing personal friendship strained our business […]

I’m Blogging on TechDasher

Hey guys! I haven’t been here for a while. If you follow me on Twitter, you’d know A LOT has been happening recently. Over the next few days I’m going to share info about all the great stuff that’s going on; starting right now: I am now a full-time blogger on TechDasher. TechDasher is a technology […]

My Letter to Cyber Bullies

My Letter to Cyber Bullies

Dear Cyberbully, Why on earth do you do it? See, I know you. I know your friends and your life and I know it has been ROUGH for you. You probably have laundry so dirty, that if aired in public it would leave a thick layer of black smoke. So why would you try to spread […]

Get Through That Long List of Books You Want to Read (But Never Had the Chance)

Do you really want to be that person on your deathbed who says, ‘ Oh, I wished I live a better life and did the things I wanted to do.’ Yeah, I thought so. Nobody does. Especially me… But a few days ago I realized that while I won’t be one my deathbed (or freak […]

The Journey to Agnosticism

There was a time I believed I was being brainwashed into becoming a Christian. I was born in Jamaica to a mother who was Christian but didn’t go to church and a father who really didn’t care either way. Nevertheless, they christened me in a Baptist church and sent me there every Sunday, hoping the […]