http://angelauric.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Laura Cushing en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:14:24 GMT 2010-01-06T13:14:24Z 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=281474977535395   Soundtracking Presents: Stop Motion Christmas! Welcome to the first in a new series of Soundtracking articles! In case you didn't notice, I've . . . Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:53:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977535395 Laura Cushing 2008-12-14T22:53:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977497611 I live in a quiet little town called Collings Lakes in South Jersey - we're probably not very important in the grand scheme of things, but every vote counts, right? Our voting place is at a local . . . Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:58:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977497611 Laura Cushing 2008-11-04T17:58:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977488105 In the latest 'if television says so, it must be true!' news, there's apparently a marketing campaign to get people to believe that high fructose corn syrup is fine and dandy. It even has . . . Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:41:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977488105 Laura Cushing 2008-10-25T03:41:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977465049 We just want to eat tasty Teddy Grahams. Scrumptious bunch of bite sized bears, full of golden graham. Oh let them be your Teddy Grahams. (Delicious graham snacks in honey, cinnamon and chocolate.) Just . . . Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:35:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977465049 Laura Cushing 2008-10-02T00:35:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977462351 To top it off, our hermit crabs also died. Granted, all our pets were old for their species, but what is this - dead pet month? Original article Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:12:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977462351 Laura Cushing 2008-09-29T12:12:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977461478 I need a new hobby. I can't seem to keep the online RPGs I create running, and I can't get into playing in these 'crack' games that everyone seems so fond of these days. Nor can I stand . . . Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:00:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977461478 Laura Cushing 2008-09-28T12:00:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977461477 In bad news (though good news for Bev!) Bev got in to grad school, and won't have time to do the rest of the comic series after the mini-comic. I'm sad about this because I really love her art . . . Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:00:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977461477 Laura Cushing 2008-09-28T12:00:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977460818 To give you some idea about how much I enjoy the Civil War era of history, let me tell you up front that I was once one of those folks who dressed up and did battlefield re-enactments. I've always . . . Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:39:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977460818 Laura Cushing 2008-09-27T17:39:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977460666 Well, if the debate was about My Time as a POW and Rambling About My Pen, McCain won hands down!* Otherwise, I'd say Obama was the clear winner. * To be fair, I think there might have . . . Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:48:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977460666 Laura Cushing 2008-09-27T11:48:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977458714 In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair . . . Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:24:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977458714 Laura Cushing 2008-09-25T11:24:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977458712 I bought a lot of canvas shoes last year when they were on sale for three bucks, in assorted colors. I have the urge to dig a pair out (possibly the black ones) and decorate them (possibly with a silver . . . Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:24:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977458712 Laura Cushing 2008-09-25T11:24:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977458711 [01] Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey? OMG, no. Well, I'm answering it now so what do you think? [02] Would you do meth if it was legalized? . . . Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:24:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977458711 Laura Cushing 2008-09-25T11:24:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977457032 Quiddler: A Short Word Game We picked up this card/word game used, for fifty cents at Goodwill. It had never been played before as the card were all still wrapped up.  The cards are very pretty, . . . Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:56:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977457032 Laura Cushing 2008-09-23T19:56:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977456630 Original article Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:12:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977456630 Laura Cushing 2008-09-23T11:12:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977454795 Today we went around to Hammonton where they were having town-wide yard sales. I set out with a pocket full of dollars (okay, really, about twenty dollars) a map of the town with the location of the sales . . . Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:00:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977454795 Laura Cushing 2008-09-21T11:00:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977453164 Well, our poor old betta fish died today. I changed his water and he flipped out and had a fishie seizure and died. I feel guilty, like I somehow caused his death by stressing him out - but at the same . . . Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:48:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977453164 Laura Cushing 2008-09-19T10:48:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977452195 16:55 Aus has a job! Yay. A temp job, but a job none the less. I'm too tired to update Gather or LJ, so I am making a rare Twitter visit here. # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter . . . Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:36:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977452195 Laura Cushing 2008-09-18T10:36:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977449276 Dammit... I hate when I'm only half paying attention to things and I miss the important details. I was watching a documentary on the Gestapo during WWII tonight and I was kind of zoning out and playing . . . Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:00:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977449276 Laura Cushing 2008-09-15T10:00:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977448551 I have an adapter for the laptop again, yay! That means it'll be a lot easier for me to work on things again. Now if I could just kick this depression, I'd be back to full steam. I'm listening . . . Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:48:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977448551 Laura Cushing 2008-09-14T09:48:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977448415 I've just created a new gather group called Card Games ( cardgames.gather.com ) for those of us who love to play cards! I enjoy card games myself - my favorites are pinochle , canasta, and . . . Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:45:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977448415 Laura Cushing 2008-09-14T04:45:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977445916 "John McCain says he's about change, too -- except for economic policy, health care policy, tax policy, education policy, foreign policy and Karl Rove-style politics," Mr. Obama told his . . . Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:12:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977445916 Laura Cushing 2008-09-11T09:12:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977443974 View Poll: My nano project... Original article Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:48:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977443974 Laura Cushing 2008-09-09T08:48:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977443096 I put up a preliminary little website for Michael's Story, the comic here . It needs some design help and more features, but it's a start. I have so much web work that I need to do , and I'm . . . Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:36:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977443096 Laura Cushing 2008-09-08T08:36:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977437864 I had a dream that I woke up and went to feed the fish to find that the tank was cracked, and someone had moved it so that it was balanced in a bad way. I tipped the tank over by accident while I was trying . . . Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:00:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977437864 Laura Cushing 2008-09-03T08:00:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977437863 Today is my hubby's birthday, yay. Happy Birthday Aus! We went to Batsto to walk around and have a nice picnic lunch. They put in a new audio tour by cell phone- pretty neat. We also learned . . . Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:00:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977437863 Laura Cushing 2008-09-03T08:00:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977437862 A blonde woman with long hair, and her friends (another woman and the man that might be her boyfriend) were looking for a historical site, where there was a grave that was important. They wound up at a . . . Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:00:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977437862 Laura Cushing 2008-09-03T08:00:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977437861 I have been feeling less and less social lately, and less and less like writing anything at all. When I am feeling blah, I tend to lose the creativity with the written word. Right now, it is difficult . . . Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:00:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977437861 Laura Cushing 2008-09-03T08:00:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977436292 In Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, you assume the role of Antoinette Marceau, a railroad employee and amature detective. Under the guidance of the actual detective, Hercule Poirot, . . . Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:35:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977436292 Laura Cushing 2008-09-01T21:35:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977426330 Well, the doctor's visit yesterday went mostly okay - the kids were kind of impatient and really difficult to deal with in the waiting room, but at least we got seen. The doctor increased my anxiety . . . Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:48:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977426330 Laura Cushing 2008-08-21T02:48:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977425436 If you take a look at his own site, you can see where he stands on the issues. Want women to go back to dying in back alleys with coat hangers up their wombs? Mc Cain's your man! Want someone . . . Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:39:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977425436 Laura Cushing 2008-08-20T02:39:30Z