http://asktheblank.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Ask the _________ en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:42:55 GMT 2010-01-08T16:42:55Z 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=281474977022723&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace On Wednesday, June 27 from 1PM-2PM (ET) we will welcome Another Day in the Frontal Lobe's Katrina Firlik for a live chat as an Ask The Author guest on Gather.com Katrina Firlik is a neurosurgeon, . . . Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:11:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977022723&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Michele F. 2007-06-07T14:11:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977012008&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Yep, I am a true GRIT, Girl Raised In The South. So, if any of ya'll got any questions for lil' ol' me, have at it.  If I can't think of an answer today, like Scarlet O'Hara, I'll . . . Mon, 28 May 2007 15:35:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977012008&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Karen E. 2007-05-28T15:35:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977010947&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Sooner or later, whether we're in fifth grade or grad school, we will be assigned to do a research paper for someone.  Perhaps it is the authority we have attached to the term "research" . . . Sun, 27 May 2007 12:41:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977010947&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Dannielle S. 2007-05-27T12:41:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977005462&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace If you are wondering what a Word Geek is, it's a person with an obscene amount of verbal intelligence. For an idea about the kinds of things they think about and know, see my article, Confessions of . . . Mon, 21 May 2007 16:02:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977005462&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Ann Weaver Hart 2007-05-21T16:02:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977003112&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace I defy category! Really, I sat here for quite some time staring at the blank page, trying to think of what I would consider myself as for the purpose of Racheline's Ask the ___  group. Really, . . . Fri, 18 May 2007 04:11:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977003112&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Laura Cushing 2007-05-18T04:11:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977003415&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace I've been hearing voices since 1996. I've been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but am not really schizophrenic. No medication has helped. Ask anything you want. I'll answer as best I can. Fri, 18 May 2007 15:52:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977003415&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Arlene H. 2007-05-18T15:52:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977001577&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace I see there's an article titled "Ask the Polyamorous Man" so I thought I'd chime in. I'm a poly woman living in the South and I currently have a wife and a boyfriend.  Any . . . Wed, 16 May 2007 14:16:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977001577&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Deedra Dee 2007-05-16T14:16:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977000103&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Hey guys--thanks for the invite, Racheline. This is a fun group. I thought about my qualifications, saw that many of them (life-long student, actor) were already covered, and realized the one thing that . . . Mon, 14 May 2007 17:44:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977000103&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace sarah e. 2007-05-14T17:44:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998306&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace This subject is almost tongue in cheek because I'm actually going through some difficult issues with some employees at work right now.  The truth is that when I was not a supervisor, I often thought . . . Fri, 11 May 2007 20:25:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998306&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Jennifer St.Antoine 2007-05-11T20:25:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998733&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace I have worked in special education classes for almost 25 years. I worked on elementary and high school level. I've been a classroom teacher, a second teacher in the room - to help special ed. kids . . . Sat, 12 May 2007 15:19:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998733&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2007-05-12T15:19:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998145&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Next in the series - I am 51 years old, married and divorced, learned to be single again in my 40's, and am currently in a long term (3 1/2 years) committed relationship with a man 13 years younger . . . Fri, 11 May 2007 17:42:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998145&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Cindy D. 2007-05-11T17:42:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998134&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace While I've written more than a few snarky advice articles for people visiting New York, I thought I'd open up my life in my city to questions.  After all, most people only see New York through . . . Fri, 11 May 2007 17:27:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998134&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Racheline Maltese 2007-05-11T17:27:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998118&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Although I don't speak for the entire race, in the effort to correct any misconceptions or dispel rumors you may have heard, I'll try to answer your questions from the average African-American . . . Fri, 11 May 2007 17:13:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998118&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Stacey "Yeah, I Said It" H. 2007-05-11T17:13:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998030&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace I will be 33 this summer; I have been in school for 29 of those 33 years. 3-4-- Pre-school 5-18-- Primary/Secondary School 19-22-- Drew University (BA, Psychobiology and English) 22-23-- No School . . . Fri, 11 May 2007 15:27:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976998030&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace John M. 2007-05-11T15:27:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976997787&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace       As a child, I did not plan to be a nun, teacher, nurse, or secretary (the four career choices for women in the fifties) when I grew up. That might be because I had a touch . . . Fri, 11 May 2007 08:05:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976997787&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer 2007-05-11T08:05:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996861&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace I've concluded that Racheline has an excellent idea here.  Open dialogue can only promote greater understanding. Disclaimer: I don't speak for "the poly community", just my own . . . Thu, 10 May 2007 01:09:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996861&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Marc H. 2007-05-10T01:09:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976997341&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace I'm just a regular old person with a little knowledge about everything and not much knowledge about anything in particular.  I'm great with the internet, love gaming, love to sing, love to . . . Thu, 10 May 2007 18:10:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976997341&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Sarah (I want points) 2007-05-10T18:10:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976997443&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace A new group, "Ask The _____" has appeared on Gather so I thought that I would join the group to see what different things I could learn.  Not only am I able to ask questions to open minded . . . Thu, 10 May 2007 19:50:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976997443&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Ava's Mom (formerly known as Robiyah) 2007-05-10T19:50:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996701&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace I get questions about my decision to go back to school all the time so I figured I'd give you guys a chance to ask about it too! Wed, 09 May 2007 21:35:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996701&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Rita G. 2007-05-09T21:35:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996876&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Alcoholism has been a problem in my family on both of my parents sides for at least 3 generations.  Both of my maternal grandparents were, my mother certainly is (and always has been), my brother . . . Thu, 10 May 2007 01:29:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996876&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Thomas McGrath 2007-05-10T01:29:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996660&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace People say the weirdest things to me because I'm an only child, which is a condition that never particularly struck me as peculiar.   So, once again, there are no dumb questions. Have . . . Wed, 09 May 2007 20:53:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996660&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Racheline Maltese 2007-05-09T20:53:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996271&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Racheline's article "Ask the Queer Woman" gave me the idea for this article.  I chose the specific title because the words White Male Heterosexual are descriptive of me, but also suggest . . . Wed, 09 May 2007 13:00:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996271&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Thomas McGrath 2007-05-09T13:00:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996456&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace I am a member of one of the most reviled and abused groups of Americans. I'm fat. I wasn't always fat. As a teen I was well above average height (5'8" in the 7th grade), so my weight, . . . Wed, 09 May 2007 16:44:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976996456&grpId=3659174697247088&nav=Groupspace Carolyn G. 2007-05-09T16:44:55Z