http://andrmadr.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Andrew Madrid en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:11:50 GMT 2009-12-31T15:11:50Z 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=281474977502502 Some times I write just to keep my brain working, kind of like jogging.  I really hate jogging, and in truth I don't really get excited about writing like this either.  However I've . . . Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:57:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977502502 Andrew Madrid 2008-11-10T03:57:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977003531      It's common knowlege that the coffee belt is also the cocaine belt.  In nearly every region that Starbucks (and every other coffee supplier) buys coffee, the two largest . . . Fri, 18 May 2007 18:02:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977003531 Andrew Madrid 2007-05-18T18:02:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976995209                 I’ve never met Kevin Bacon, and I’m pretty sure I don’t know anyone thats ever met Kevin Bacon.  . . . Tue, 08 May 2007 07:02:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976995209 Andrew Madrid 2007-05-08T07:02:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976728194      For the past ten years I've been writing and performing comedy in a number of different ways.  During that same time I've been a husband (married at 18) and father . . . Mon, 06 Feb 2006 04:48:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976728194 Andrew Madrid 2006-02-06T04:48:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976722857 Part Three             The view from Rudy's room was non-existent.  The space from his window to the building next door was a little . . . Sun, 15 Jan 2006 04:58:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976722857 Andrew Madrid 2006-01-15T04:58:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976721689     As a writer I like to have my work read, and I do it only for the feedback.  Gather.com is great because I can get critiqued by other authors, but I really like the work to voted . . . Mon, 09 Jan 2006 02:53:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976721689 Andrew Madrid 2006-01-09T02:53:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976721315       When my father, Earnest Froloid, or "Doc" Froloid as most people knew him, died in a horse racing accident, I was pretty glad.  I never liked him much.  . . . Thu, 05 Jan 2006 04:36:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976721315 Andrew Madrid 2006-01-05T04:36:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976721314       With the largest grossing film now under his belt, as well as the number one best selling book in the history of language, JC has to be riding pretty high about now.  . . . Thu, 05 Jan 2006 04:29:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976721314 Andrew Madrid 2006-01-05T04:29:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976721313             I've often thought about offing myself.  Pleather strap around my neck, lipstick smears on my face, a tube of hard caulk in my . . . Thu, 05 Jan 2006 04:19:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976721313 Andrew Madrid 2006-01-05T04:19:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976720408 This article is called: Four AM, Two Hours Till Deadline.             Middletown was never in the middle of anything.  In fact if ever one heard . . . Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:51:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976720408 Andrew Madrid 2005-12-24T04:51:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976720405 Day 17:  God, China sucks. My instructor is always pointing me out, and saying things, making me fight other people, people I don't even know. I don't want to fight anybody man. I just wanna . . . Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:47:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976720405 Andrew Madrid 2005-12-24T04:47:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976720404             I have to thank my dear parents for making sweet love, because I feel it's necessary to begin this piece.  "Hey, mom and . . . Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:44:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976720404 Andrew Madrid 2005-12-24T04:44:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976720403            It's rare that a person can speak of a topic passionately, and have grounds to do so.  In my work I often speak of things that seem important to me, . . . Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:41:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976720403 Andrew Madrid 2005-12-24T04:41:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976720402           Rudy Jones was 10 years old the day his father showed up at school early to pick him up.  Rudy's teacher spoke with Mr. Jones near the door, . . . Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:30:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976720402 Andrew Madrid 2005-12-24T04:30:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976719853      It feels pretentious to write about writing comedy, which is to say that I know something others don't.  Like all writers and performers I believe that nothing I do is . . . Mon, 19 Dec 2005 05:14:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976719853 Andrew Madrid 2005-12-19T05:14:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976719740      Remember those people that always came to your high school to give you a pep talk?  Some of them mentioned the danger of drugs, the atrocities of alcoholism, perils of pesticide . . . Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:21:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976719740 Andrew Madrid 2005-12-17T06:21:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976719739             I've never been keen on corporate rule, or the values of nine to five.  I'm the rare soul that doesn't look good in a . . . Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:16:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976719739 Andrew Madrid 2005-12-17T06:16:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976718892             It's difficult to sleep after putting a home run over the wall to win in the 9th.  It's even more difficult when you're . . . Mon, 05 Dec 2005 06:34:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976718892 Andrew Madrid 2005-12-05T06:34:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976718292             It's fifty-one minutes to war, Wednesday, March 19, 2003.  I'm in my living room, currently waiting on some nachos to cool . . . Sat, 26 Nov 2005 05:49:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976718292 Andrew Madrid 2005-11-26T05:49:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717508 Hey Everybody, I Met A Famous Guy             I've loved chess the way most guys love checkers, a ton.  My father bought me my first . . . Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:12:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717508 Andrew Madrid 2005-11-07T04:12:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717475 MY GAS STATION IN LIFE             I don't really look all that odd.  I don't have any tattoos, I've never dyed my hair, and . . . Sun, 06 Nov 2005 02:12:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717475 Andrew Madrid 2005-11-06T02:12:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717467             So there I was, in the middle of a raging sand storm, five hundred miles from the nearest border, in middle of the Belteshazzar Getty.  . . . Sat, 05 Nov 2005 06:28:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717467 Andrew Madrid 2005-11-05T06:28:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717438 The latino flash This article is in memory of the memory of Martin Luther King Memorial Day, that I missed last month.    So I've decided to learn Spanish.  Why?  I want . . . Fri, 04 Nov 2005 05:36:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717438 Andrew Madrid 2005-11-04T05:36:14Z