http://bobcat.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:48:40 GMT 2009-12-30T10:48:40Z 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=281474977236402 "Investors were carrying through from last week's concern that a fiscal stimulus proposed by President George W. Bush would not be enough to stop the U.S. economy from falling into recession . . . Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:14:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977236402 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2008-01-22T01:14:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977231758 We've taken some hits lately, but the markets still finished up in 2007. More recently, we are down about 6 percent in just the first few weeks of 2008. I have moved into more conservative . . . Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:52:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977231758 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2008-01-17T00:52:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977217822 Absolve, Domine, animas omnium fidelium defunctorum ab omno vinculo delictorum et gratia tua illis succurente mereantur evadere iudicium ultionis, et lucis æterne beatitudine perfrui.   . . . Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:06:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977217822 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2008-01-02T03:06:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977143768 It seems that ever since Michael Jackson dangled a child from a hotel window, everybody else has discovered that kids can be exploited for almost any reason to get attention. Democrats brought out . . . Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:35:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977143768 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-10-11T02:35:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977077089 Jim Cramer made a rather passionate plea to the Federal Reserve on Friday for them to reduce rates quickly, like next week, to provide some liquidity to our troubled credit markets. Although I tend to . . . Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:06:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977077089 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-08-06T01:06:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977042788 Last night I was witness to the common event of a fly caught in a spiders web. With camera in hand I worked against low light, an incorrect lense, no tripod and two highly uncooperative subjects. . . . Fri, 29 Jun 2007 03:43:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977042788 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-06-29T03:43:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977037699   Not much is known about the rapture. The rapture is the name given to an event in which all Christians living on earth are simultaneously transported to Heaven to be with Jesus Christ. . . . Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:42:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977037699 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-06-24T00:42:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977032143 There is not a yearning of the soul Which my meat cannot fill There is not a pleasure I would seek But to submit to my meats will From hour to hour meat fills my soul With peace and perfect love My meat . . . Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:09:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977032143 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-06-17T20:09:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977019144 Woo Hoo! I get to pop the cork on this group. Yo ho, yo ho, an elitist's life for me. We pillage, we plunder, we banks, and we loots, Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho. We look down on peasants with . . . Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:51:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977019144 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-06-03T22:51:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977014934 Is this real? - a Clinton/Gore ticket in 2008. Or a Gore/Clinton ticket. Am I dreaming? Maybe. It does have some possibilities and probably has a good chance for success. We don't hear . . . Wed, 30 May 2007 22:09:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977014934 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-05-30T22:09:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977014765 SAN FRANCISCO - Two humpback whales that swam from the Pacific Ocean far up into central California's inland waterways are within miles from open ocean, a U.S. government spokesman said today. . . . Wed, 30 May 2007 19:33:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977014765 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-05-30T19:33:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977009797 Some old jokes I decided were in need of an update. How many European Socialists does it take to change a light bulb? One to petition the Ministry of Light for a bulb, forty government planners . . . Sat, 26 May 2007 21:54:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977009797 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-05-26T21:54:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977002992   There was a simple man Who led a simple life He was fond of simple pleasures With his simple-minded wife Fri, 18 May 2007 01:58:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977002992 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-05-18T01:58:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976999454 Sung To The Tune Of: Camptown Races Original Written By: Stephen Foster, 1850 (The original nappy-headed dialect has been removed to make the song easier for Democrats to sing and still maintain political . . . Sun, 13 May 2007 17:59:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976999454 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-05-13T17:59:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976991692 Intelligent Designs Of Forgotten Yesterdays Winning Moments In A Thick Creationist Haze Brownbacks and Silverbacks Swing From Trees While Desmond Morris Grooms Tarzan's Fleas Our Common Trait . . . Sun, 06 May 2007 01:51:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976991692 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-05-06T01:51:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976971162 I heard about this on a radio show today and just had to verify it. It seems that when Fidel Castro was 12 years old, he wrote this letter to Franklin D Roosevelt asking him for 10 dollars. Imagine . . . Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:18:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976971162 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-04-29T19:18:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976971130 Hello all, I've been asked to post the following article and petition. It doesn't need to be rated, and I did not write it but discussion or comments are welcome. You may distribute this . . . Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:47:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976971130 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-04-29T17:47:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976965663 Memories, Like the dust balls in my mind Misty selectively edited memories Of the way we weren't Retouched pictures, Of the dentured smiles we left behind Photoshop takes . . . Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:31:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976965663 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-04-22T21:31:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963477 A young niece is in her final year of high school and is beginning to learn what a "liberal" education is all about. Her instructor has persuaded her that capitalism is analogous with vampirism, . . . Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:08:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963477 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-04-20T01:08:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976946163 Circuit City to Cut More Than 3,500 Store employees. "RICHMOND, Va., March 28, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ The company has completed a wage management initiative that will result in the . . . Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:58:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976946163 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-03-30T20:58:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976938253 But she has a great personality.   Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:51:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976938253 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-03-28T16:51:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976938236 Gore blames. Mom's burritos. Global warming. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:35:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976938236 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-03-22T02:35:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976938215 Government lied. Secrets hide. Rats fried. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:55:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976938215 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-03-22T01:55:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976934677 Last night I watched "Capote." Perhaps the most poignant moment of the film was the very end when Capote, in the early stages of drug and alcohol addiction, was speaking to Nelle Harper Lee. . . . Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:29:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976934677 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-03-18T03:29:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976931884 Being from Sacramento, California, I have learned that practically any idea, no matter how strange and obscure the reasoning, has a chance to make it to the legislature.   So I have composed . . . Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:42:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976931884 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-03-15T01:42:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976926379 "PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- An unknown number of new George Washington dollar coins were mistakenly struck without their edge inscriptions, including "In God We Trust," and made it past inspectors . . . Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:29:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976926379 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-03-08T08:29:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976919896 I'm glad those damned "Oscars" are done with. Now we can get down some serious business. The most coveted award of all... The Golden Penguin Awards The annual Golden Penguin Awards Competition . . . Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:56:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976919896 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-02-27T23:56:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976905329 Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching. What new expression of love can we purchase this year? Nothing says "I Love You" quite like a fine piece of meat. My local Albertson's Supermarket . . . Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:06:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976905329 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-02-07T22:06:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976883528       I'm giving you a ten for having the nerve to publish this to "creative minds" when you didn't actually create it yourself. (Did you? Are you Care2?) . . . Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:34:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976883528 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2007-01-12T21:34:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976829331 A few days ago, Senator John Kerry created a controversy when he told an assembly of  students that people who don't study hard and do their homework would likely "get stuck in . . . Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:44:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976829331 Carl, Prince of Prose, Villain of Verse 2006-11-02T05:44:14Z