http://bobdawg65.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Robert D. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:57:25 GMT 2010-01-03T11:57:25Z 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=281474977638587 Thank you all that let me know they were thinking about me and praying for me.  The hernia surgery went well (Monday 3/16) and I've had a week and a half to recover.  I haven't had any . . . Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:03:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977638587 Robert D. 2009-03-27T04:03:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977624032 Hey, I need your prayers.  I'm going to go in for inguinal hernia repair surgery on Monday, 03-16-09.  I've already had 2 inguinal hernia repairs; one on the right in '88, and one . . . Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:12:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977624032 Robert D. 2009-03-14T05:12:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977473350 Autumnal Requiem  (Poetry Please single word prompt)   That particular blue, the darkling sky, Not yet pierced by the evening star, Briefly captured a single moment Before . . . Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:36:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977473350 Robert D. 2008-10-10T05:36:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977447699 I just want to share observations I made while watching coverage of Hurricane Ike.  Friday afternoon, September 12, 2008, and Ike is still several hours offshore, but gas price rumors started flying . . . Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:33:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977447699 Robert D. 2008-09-13T05:33:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977416556 OK, I was reading a post from Sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j. in which she claims her husband didn't know how to change the air filter on their home's A/C.  Funny stuff, but it also got . . . Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:34:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977416556 Robert D. 2008-08-08T05:34:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977415677 the smell of dead mouse                 from the corner of the room i toss and turn between                 . . . Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:06:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977415677 Robert D. 2008-08-07T04:06:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977406675 Dawn splits the sky with vivid hues Revealing him as he wanders among His friends, watering.     From 5:00 to 10:00 he feeds the masses Phlox and foxglove, rose and daisy; . . . Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:41:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977406675 Robert D. 2008-07-26T01:41:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977253744 Signs that I probably have ADD/ADHD: I have actually written long comments to people and gotten distracted by a "shiny object" and forgotten to click on the post button. My oldest son . . . Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:00:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977253744 Robert D. 2008-02-09T07:00:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977242235 Lest We Forget - Two Views (Reflections on Pompeii & Dachau)   The clatter of stones on the roof tiles giving way to the creak and groan of beams. Still she sat, praying, waiting, . . . Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:29:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977242235 Robert D. 2008-01-28T07:29:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977240612 Today's "featured conversation" on the Gather homepage, Are we ready for President Obama? by Martin Solomon is a very good article. Everyone on Gather should read it. And it made me think . . . Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:40:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977240612 Robert D. 2008-01-26T06:40:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977234807 Force of Habit   I sit here with my mind as blank as this page, Listening intently for the next scrunch, scrunch, Scrunch to tell me a new group of ladies is Speed-walking past . . . Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:24:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977234807 Robert D. 2008-01-20T07:24:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977234799 dublin bed and breakfast the smell of dead mouse            from the corner of the room i toss and turn between            . . . Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:16:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977234799 Robert D. 2008-01-20T07:16:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977208566 Unto us a child is born, Unto us a son is given. Now fed and swaddled, Held close by his mother As her blood pressure drops And her monitor screams. Nurse appears, then leaves, Then . . . Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:53:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977208566 Robert D. 2007-12-20T05:53:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977207648 I know that everyone has different tastes, that's why there's pistachio ice cream. But there are just some movies that it seems everyone else on the planet loves that I just CAN'T STAND! . . . Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:57:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977207648 Robert D. 2007-12-19T05:57:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977207627 On October 5 th of this year I slipped and fell on the stairs at work. It was 5:15 pm and I was a little late leaving the office. It as a typical day and I had a briefcase in one hand and a coffee mug . . . Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:36:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977207627 Robert D. 2007-12-19T05:36:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977197814 A man of sorrows He was acquainted with grief We esteemed him not   This is a "found" haiku from Isaiah 53:3 that I wanted to share with you at Christmas-time. Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:58:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977197814 Robert D. 2007-12-08T06:58:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977197803 A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself . . . Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:26:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977197803 Robert D. 2007-12-08T06:26:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977194757 Well Don Imus returned to the airwaves on Monday.  He reiterated his apologies to the Rutgers women's basketball team.  He spoke to John McCain, James Carville, and Mary Matalin.  And . . . Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:50:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977194757 Robert D. 2007-12-05T06:50:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192875 On vacation in Dauphin Island, Alabama, I stepped out of my van in a parking lot and found a broken and rusted flat file in the gravel.   I remembered reading an article in a woodworking magazine . . . Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:52:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192875 Robert D. 2007-12-03T06:52:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192869 Judean star rise Where is the king to be born? Bethlehem’s the place. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:33:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192869 Robert D. 2007-12-03T06:33:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192159 I just watched a video posted by Margaret C. (http://weemam.gather.com/ ) of bagpipers playing near Loch Lomond in Scotland.  It was beautiful and stirring but it got me thinking.  Scotland . . . Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:33:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192159 Robert D. 2007-12-02T08:33:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977190449 This is a carved wooden chain and ball-in-a-cage that I carved last year.  The attached photos show the finished work and an instructional graphic that shows how to layout the design on a piece of . . . Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:33:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977190449 Robert D. 2007-11-30T06:33:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189517 This is the only clean limerick I can ever remember: There once was a man from Peru who decided to build a canoe, but once in the river, he found with a shiver, he hadn't used . . . Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:58:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189517 Robert D. 2007-11-29T06:58:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189509 T S S Eliot   Jellical jollical T S S Eliot Once wrote a book about Fat cats he knew.   Highly illogical, Inconsequentially Eliot said it was Aimed at the few. . . . Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:44:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189509 Robert D. 2007-11-29T06:44:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189487 William Faulkner   Simmery summery William C Faulkner said Yoknapatawpha is Postage stamp small.   So philatelically Incontrovertible, Found only at the book- . . . Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:20:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189487 Robert D. 2007-11-29T06:20:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189472 Although some responses are bound to be excellent poems, I found “Eyeglasses” to be an odd prompt and an odd subject for a poem, so I went with an odd light-verse form for mine.   The . . . Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:49:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977189472 Robert D. 2007-11-29T05:49:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977187643 Well, I believe that I have just about heard it all.  I read an article on foxnews.com today about a woman from England named Toni Vernelli who had an abortion ten years ago and a subsequent sterilization . . . Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:19:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977187643 Robert D. 2007-11-27T07:19:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977184556 Would you allow automakers to advertise on your car in exchange for a free car?     How about for a discount?   If so, how much discount would you need?   What about . . . Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:50:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977184556 Robert D. 2007-11-23T06:50:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183734 We Are      (single word challenge on “Entropy”)        (Entropy – a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder. . . . Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:17:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183734 Robert D. 2007-11-22T00:17:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183726 I’m tired of all the talk of Global Warming, like it is a given fact or something, even if it might be.   I’m tired of humanity being arrogant enough to think that they can change the . . . Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:04:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977183726 Robert D. 2007-11-22T00:04:55Z