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About me - Machelle Williams

I knew when I was just nine years old that I wanted to be a writer. I spent my entire summer writing a mystery thriller entitled " The Bus Dump Mystery." I will spare you the details, but suffice it say...the butler didn't do it.

All these years later I find

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Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values 10 things I hate about the world we live in
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The hardest thing about this list is narrowing it down to ten. Many things in our society are a double-edged sword. The things that make me want to scream at the top of my lungs are the very things being lauded as the greatest achievements since sliced bread. With that in mind, I have narrowed my list down to things I absolut... More..

Business > Human Resources What ever happened to customer service?
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As a call center manager in charge of the customer experience, I have explored both sides of this question. I have heard customers ask " what every happened to customer service, and I have heard customer service agents ask " what is wrong with these customers?"It is my belief that both questions are a result of the changing a... More..

Relationships & Family > Dating (Other) How to gracefully end a bad blind date
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Blind dating is like the Day after Thanksgiving Sale. Every time you do it, you swear you will never do it again. The pain and suffering is hardly worth the reward, and somehow that portable dvd player just wasn't worth the crushing blow to your frozen toes as they are trampled under the hysteria of eager shoppers. Maybe I am... More..

Jobs & Careers > Employers The ten worst types of employees a boss can have
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I have had the pleasure of managing every group of employee imaginable from the Veteran Generation to generation Y and from white collar to blue collar, so generating a top ten list of the worst employees imaginable is not a difficult task.#10. The "I'm not feeling it today" employee thinks it is OK to walk into their manage... More..

Entertainment > Music (Other) Does hip hop contribute to violence in African Americans
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My knee jerk reaction is to say "No Way." I am a huge believer in personal accountability and I believe that the lives we currently possess are the culmination of the myriad of choices we have made during the course of lives. That being said, I recently welcomed my 19 year old nephew into my home, and the experience has shake... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Sports Archives 2007 Super Bowl predictions
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Here's the thing. I have been a football fan my entire life and I have never seen anything as crazy as the 2007 season has been. Was anyone watching while the Lions beat the Cowboys on Sunday? The Lions? Are you kidding me? Anyway, it has been said a million times, and we all know that the playoffs are a new season. A chance ... More..

Sports & Recreation > Football (Other) A woman's guide to enjoying football
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Every year in the month of December, I hear to cries of football widows everywhere asking "When will this torment end?" It saddens me really, because football is one of my great passions. When I was a little girl, the surest way for me to spend time with my father was to sit in the den with him on Sunday afternoon and watch p... More..

Business > Business Strategy What to do when the future of your business is unclear
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I am currently employed in the beleaguered automotive industry. Worse yet, I am working in and own a home in the Detroit metropolitan area. There is not one family in this region that has been affected by the massive layoffs and downsizing that have recently grabbed national headlines. To say that people are panicking is an u... More..

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