http://amusingmusings.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Amusing Musings en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:55:39 GMT 2009-12-31T08:55:39Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969788&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Another of my stories that landed in a Heartland publication. Click the link. Also while there click on the Big Rapids ' Entertainment ' section link to read a few more of my short shorts. (They are . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:03:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969788&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace James s F. 2009-12-31T07:03:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969689&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace As you gather in front of the tube with family and friends to await the dropping of the ball, try recalling some stories from times past. Maybe you recall the time you saw Auntie trip and do a "preacher . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:36:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969689&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace James s F. 2009-12-31T05:36:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969202&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace I Seem To Be Doing Everything Wrong Today.   Today is my sister's birthday. I began the day by playing Trivial Pursuit on the Wii with her and I even let her end with her favorite category (for . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:41:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969202&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Dan H. 2009-12-30T21:41:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969141&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace How Is Everyone Today? Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:53:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969141&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Dan H. 2009-12-30T20:53:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969041&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace James Hansen is the world's leading climate scientist fighting against global warming. Yesterday, Dr. Hansen told the Guardian: He is vehemently opposed to the carbon market schemes – . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:23:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969041&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Gary (aka: William Pinn) J. 2009-12-30T19:23:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968913&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Has anyone out there ever had a book published? I've been working on finding an agent the past several months but I'm only getting a few nibbles of interest. I'm curious to know how long and how many . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:39:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968913&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Scott M. 2009-12-30T17:39:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967887&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace   Once upon a midnight dreary , a poet said "Oh, stop that! you must not 'borrow' from sir Poe; not even in a top hat." I said, "Hey, wait a minute, bub-- I've got a right . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:50:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967887&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Tracy Fabre 2009-12-30T14:50:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968607&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace The new health reform bill imposes a $2.7 billion tax on indoor tanning salons.                                                                                    . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:27:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968607&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2009-12-30T13:27:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963772&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace He toppled over the bin.   The December wind entered under his torn clothes and under his skin and penetrated his heart. He felt it moving slower and slower. . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:45:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963772&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-26T19:45:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967393&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace   He decided to take this day easy.   He woke as usual at seven am but lay in bed and read the newspaper. Then he watched the news, yawning as they reminded . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:42:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967393&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-29T17:42:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967335&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace WATERTOWN, Mass.  European Motors, a garage here that specializes in the repair of the foreign cars favored by professors at local institutions of higher learning, is the scene of what must . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:46:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967335&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2009-12-29T16:46:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967059&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace You know, Ben Franklin said "Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." , but old Ben didn't have Buddy to contend with... We racked out somewhere around two-thirty, I . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:31:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967059&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Ron (in complete sheeple overload) W. 2009-12-29T15:31:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966037&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace     I invited my father, behavioral science professor in UCLA, to our school career day.   He told about his profession and about some interesting . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:44:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966037&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-28T20:44:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965643&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace     You are awoken by a kiss on your neck . You stretch yourself out, shoving him away, then catch him and pull him close to you and put your lips to . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:34:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965643&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-28T15:34:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965626&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace First, I recommend you decide what you want to do. Let's say, you decided to open a coffee shop. Why this business? How should I know? It was your decision, not mine.   . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:11:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965626&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-28T15:11:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964321&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace "Chad, come on. Michael is waiting. Stop playing with wings." "I am not playing. I have to wax them, otherwise too much dust will stick to them." "Yeh, yeh. That's exactly . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:52:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964321&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Jack Kuperman 2009-12-27T11:52:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966433&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace We visited our oldest son and his Significant Other in Bellingham last week for Christmas. A trip to Bellingham from Port Townsend is not complete without a stop at Frank's Place for a meal. It made it . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:18:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966433&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Alison H. 2009-12-29T07:18:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966209&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace How Is Everyone Today? Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:14:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966209&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Dan H. 2009-12-28T23:14:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966204&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace OK, so you're a climatologist and some whistler blower published your emails on the internet for all to see. What can you do? Well, you might take a cue from a lying, cheating scumbag whose wife walked . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:10:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966204&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Gary (aka: William Pinn) J. 2009-12-28T23:10:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966108&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace It's almost that time of year when we make New Year's resolutions. It is a time when we make apologies for what we haven't done with our lives and make promises to remedy our shortcomings in the . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:58:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966108&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace John Philipp 2009-12-28T21:58:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966008&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace He was one of the many notables who died in 2009. Soupy was a comedian who perfected a hilarious pie-in-the-face routine back in the '60's. There were the shocking deaths-Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:46:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966008&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace August Lady 2009-12-28T20:46:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965945&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace GREEN RIDGE , Mo .   Eunice Holcomb has long been a valued employee at the Swift Poultry Processing plant in this idyllic town in central Missouri that features a horseshoe pit on the town . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:32:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965945&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2009-12-28T19:32:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965496&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Happy New Year! May free from fear, Far away from tear, Here, there and every where! The whole world is one family And we all are it's member. So make love, not war, Keep it remember. . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:04:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965496&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace rajendra singh s. 2009-12-28T12:04:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965471&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace this is what happened 6 months after the JK Wedding Entrance Dance. If you are unhappy with your spouse and want out of your marriage, here's the hip way to do divorcing.  You started your . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:28:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965471&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Joyce ("Site Cheshire Kitteh") L. 2009-12-28T11:28:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965103&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace               I spent last week off the grid. We don't have internet access down in Almost Iowa and that is a good thing.  It leaves time for books . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:07:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965103&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Greg Schiller 2009-12-28T05:07:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965074&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace By Christmas Eve, the weather service had distilled a full week's worth of storm warnings into a single word: Snowageddon . It's a word you have to take seriously; so we did.  . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:01:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965074&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Greg Schiller 2009-12-28T05:01:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964724&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace How Is Everyone Today? Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:10:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964724&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Dan H. 2009-12-27T20:10:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964585&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace As a boy, I was fascinated by tales of the necessity of certain mental and physical functions.  If a person didn't dream at night, I had read, he or she would go mad the next day.  If we . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:37:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964585&grpId=3659174697238644&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2009-12-27T17:37:48Z