http://bookman.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:42:12 GMT 2009-12-30T11:42:12Z 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=281474977962837 A few goodies from people who like me, made a big difference under the little tree. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:51:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962837 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-12-25T17:51:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959462 Gone now two years??? I'd thank you for it.   Lloyd Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:01:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959462 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-12-23T00:01:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957816 ~NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. ~ "NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. – Denounced as "evil" and "despicable," three young friends who plotted the killing of a developmentally disabled Walmart cashier who had been . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:40:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957816 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-12-22T00:40:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947533 we went to the Wolf preserve this weekend and got rained out. Coming back I stopped in a Goodwill store and found a nice used Bread machine for $9.95. I've been wanting one for quite awhile as I'm . . . Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:37:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947533 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-12-15T05:37:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934082 Small this year.                           Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:01:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977934082 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-12-07T02:01:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933902 but it's tight!~ Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:28:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977933902 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-12-06T22:28:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977928134 Many of the folks that still check in now and then suffered with me thru the loss of Mom at the end of '07. Dad had been gone since '82. It was no fun but I survived it alone. Tonight I felt that I . . . Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:14:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977928134 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-12-03T02:14:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977926580 I found it on another site and thought to share.   Mission: To help boys become men and help men talk about their experiences. Products:  A forthcoming book, DVD, tour, and web discussion . . . Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:54:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977926580 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-12-02T04:54:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922913 on the holidays... says Miss Kitty! who KNOWS what could HAPPEN!   My new door wreath...         AND.. Bob Dylans' take on the season..     . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:46:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922913 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-30T01:46:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922051 Tonight, dawg duty, teevee on. William Shatner now and then, bad eyebrows. Melancholy time of year to be alone. Same old two's, three's... 1957's. All stories are one, in the last reel, but Jude stood . . . Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:07:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922051 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-29T05:07:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920830 one kitten, two kittens...                       Mary found homes for both, aren't they sweet!     . . . Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:17:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920830 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-28T02:17:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918172 sent me this.. REALLY fun stuff. MUCH better full screen with the sound turned up!     Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:25:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918172 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-26T00:25:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918101 I have been a computer geek for over a dozen years. I have worked for NCR/AT&T, had my own consulting business around the turn of the millennium and worked full time as a regular employee for four . . . Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:26:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977918101 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-25T23:26:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977903596 Gawd I wanna go!   This is a nice clip of today's launch.   Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:06:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977903596 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-16T21:06:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977901901 Deer-11-09 Marianna, Florida     Coming home yesterday after a very successful Community sale in Marianna I stopped by the local Wal-Mart. The store is very near Interstate . . . Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:23:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977901901 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-15T19:23:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898230 Recently Lou Dobbs announced without fanfare and unexpectedly during his show that THAT show would be his last at CNN. He was gracious, complementary, and upbeat about it but could it be yet another case . . . Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:20:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977898230 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-12T21:20:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977893088 It was 1983, and I was living over a Polish restaurant.   (re-posted from March 28, 2007)     It was 1983, and I was living over a Polish restaurant. Eschewing my . . . Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:11:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977893088 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-09T23:11:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977893086 mantra for a small soul.   Never defend, ALWAYS attack... Because if you defend you might be caught having to admit something.   BUT YOU! ! ! Works every time because their . . . Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:08:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977893086 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-09T23:08:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977892908   In the quiet of the living room. Stands an old schoolchair.. On it a glowing lantern... Made ready for what.... Is to come, if not now,... then. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:09:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977892908 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-09T21:09:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977892563 I love it here, there is a hurricane, no... Tropical Storm, no... wait it's a hurricane again on the way. There are Oak and Grape vine leaves on the ground, at seventy degrees and a storm on the way. . . . Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:23:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977892563 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-09T17:23:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977885125   "The New Yankee Workshop" wraps after 20 years on PBS!   Click here to hear the announcement from Norm.   My Dad was a Master carpenter, the kind of guy who could run . . . Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:55:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977885125 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-04T18:55:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884789 More from the 'Peanutty' folks. It really was great to wander before the crowds got there, unescorted, getting in behind the scenes. I'm keeping most of these in thumbnail size in the post to keep them . . . Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:50:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977884789 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-04T15:50:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977883076 Last weekend at the National Peanut Festival I saw Randy Price, a coin jeweler .               He takes vintage American and foreign coins and . . . Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:39:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977883076 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-03T16:39:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977882371     Hey Rube! Hey Rube! Hey Rube! c'mon down, join the boiz, Al-A-Ga-Zam   Hey Rube! Hey Rube! Hey Rube! Never lost a duster, never left broke.   Hey Rube! . . . Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:11:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977882371 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-03T03:11:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977881796 The weekend of Halloween I went for my first time THE NATIONAL PEANUT FESTIVAL near Dothan Alabama. Check out my other posts on the Sugar Gliders, the Midway and other things. More than just a . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:18:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977881796 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-02T19:18:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977880825 Last weekend I saw these little guys while I wandered the exhibition halls before opening of the National Peanut Festival outside Dothan Alabama. I'd arranged to get in a bit early to see things . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:46:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977880825 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-11-02T04:46:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977879197 Friday I went to the NATIONAL PEANUT FESTIVAL! I had arranged with the festival promoters to get in just before opening and shot the midway in daylight.     The only other . . . Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:48:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977879197 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-10-31T16:48:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977875090 I have been a working photographer for over 30 years. I've shot for myself, newspapers, wire services, online services, done weddings till I developed the guts to say NO! AND MANY ANOTHER UGLY JOB going . . . Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:46:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977875090 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-10-29T01:46:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977858169 The phone rang this morning, at a reasonable hour, carrying the sound of a voice I had not heard in forty years. and my first comment was, 'I thought you were dead'.   In August of 1969, . . . Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:48:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977858169 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-10-17T21:48:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977849664   It was fifty years ago today.     It was fifty years ago today. The folks said 'I do' in Phoenix after having trouble finding a magistrate on a holiday. . . . Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:10:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977849664 Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. 2009-10-12T14:10:08Z