http://californians.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Californians on Gather en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:25:13 GMT 2009-12-30T04:25:13Z 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=281474977968058&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Hey... I don't make this stuff up, ya know! I got all of the following entries from the Wednesday, December 23 rd , 2009 issue of our small, local, weekly newspaper, The Cloverdale Reveille . (Don't . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:37:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968058&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-30T03:37:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967873&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Given the latest airplane terrorist attempt, there is a new call for more Walk-Through Scanners in airports.  Many object to them, because they are a little too accurate in showing what is under . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:28:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967873&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Poliwonk USA 2009-12-29T23:28:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924126&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Thanks Dan H. This challenge is a quick free-writing sentence prompt. I want you to use these 3 words in a sentence or two. Use any form of these words. Dim . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:33:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924126&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Lady of Lake Merritt =P 2009-12-29T19:33:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924029&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Man I love the holidays! Nothing like visiting family, boozing, and presents! Anyhow, during my family's annual X-mas party, we had a white elephant gift exchange and I feel jipped. I got stuck w/ the . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:50:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924029&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Lady of Lake Merritt =P 2009-12-29T10:50:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966552&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace  They must not even know what they are!!   It may come as a surprise, but most Americans, when asked about specific questions, agree with clearly liberal political positions, even though . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:26:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966552&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Georgiana S. 2009-12-29T05:26:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966209&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace How Is Everyone Today? Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:14:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966209&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Dan H. 2009-12-28T23:14:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966108&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace It's almost that time of year when we make New Year's resolutions. It is a time when we make apologies for what we haven't done with our lives and make promises to remedy our shortcomings in the . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:58:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966108&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace John Philipp 2009-12-28T21:58:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964724&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace How Is Everyone Today? Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:10:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964724&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Dan H. 2009-12-27T20:10:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964400&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Bruised by the health care debate and worried about what 2010 will bring, moderate Senate Democrats, such as Mary Landriey and Ben Nelson, are urging the White House to give up now on any effort to pass . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:27:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964400&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Poliwonk USA 2009-12-27T14:27:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964161&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace   Just 6 years short of a century ago, only nine years after the devastating earthquake that leveled an entire city,  San Francisco's 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition which . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:02:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964161&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Gerald_Waving my Freak-flag High Brewster 2009-12-27T08:02:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963671&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Easy system to instantly start losing weight and fat without fad diets or effort. 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Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:38:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962457&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Dan H. 2009-12-25T06:38:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962454&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace   loosen your belts after your holiday meal, sit back and bathe in the warmth and glow of a toasty Yuletide fire, please remember families like mine that lie in scattered pieces separated by distance . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:35:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962454&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-25T06:35:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962174&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace My 2010 calendar is now available for purchase.  All the photographs in this calendar were done by me.  Many of you have told me that I needed to publish a calendar.  I listened and it . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:21:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962174&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Trudy P. 2009-12-24T22:21:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961350&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there’ll be any fruit. . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:05:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961350&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Wanda H. 2009-12-24T07:05:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961281&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Present this certifcate Print here  to a Smart Center and test drive a Smart Car and get a $25 Target gift card.  Expires 12/31/09. There's a dealer a few hours from me. I'm thinking of stopping . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:47:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961281&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Rhonda W. 2009-12-24T05:47:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961001&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace My brother somehow managed to get this spectacular shot of his gorgeous cat Leo flying through the air. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:52:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961001&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Mugg Muggles, "The Man With the Jive" 2009-12-23T23:52:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959633&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Mcdonald's has an ad about a one buck coupon, cheapo, for marginal friends, I would call those acquaintances, wouldn't you?  I know this should not go to some of these groups but I still haven't . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:27:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959633&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Lionel LaVergne 2009-12-23T02:27:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959498&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace I ended up taking home my Santa Suit last week, so I took advantage of the opportunity and had my friend BB Simmons shoot some video.  Here are two Holiday Favorites. First:  "Rudolph, . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:28:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959498&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Mugg Muggles, "The Man With the Jive" 2009-12-23T00:28:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959369&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Well, the second weekend of Santa Duty on San Francisco's Union Street,  I forgot my camera. It also rained, so it's probably for the best. The final two days are presented here . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:06:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959369&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Mugg Muggles, "The Man With the Jive" 2009-12-23T00:06:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959402&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Republican efforts to interview a former top aide to Michelle Obama in the controversial case of a fired inspector general have been stymied by the White House, the top Republican looking into the case . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:04:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959402&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Poliwonk USA 2009-12-22T23:04:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959017&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace How Is Everyone Today? Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:32:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959017&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Dan H. 2009-12-22T18:32:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958881&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace I'd set a hectic schedule for myself yesterday... Along with a delivery of Christmas cookies to a friend in another town that I hadn't had a chance to do up 'til then, Mom is going home from the convalescent . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:40:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958881&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-12-22T17:40:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949001&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Thought~Byte No.192     Concept and words by John Philipp. Drawings by Phil Frank. (The comments below are where the wisdom is found.) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:35:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977949001&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace John Philipp 2009-12-22T14:35:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948994&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Thought~Byte No.191     Concept and words by John Philipp. Drawings by Phil Frank. (The comments below are where the wisdom is found.) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:31:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977948994&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace John Philipp 2009-12-22T14:31:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958187&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Rings of smoke Circle ever upwards Rings of Saturn Circle round infinity People leave and pass away But things pile up in Your garage forever! Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:43:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958187&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Georgiana S. 2009-12-22T06:43:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958182&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Reminicenses of someone else's past You were there, but it went by so fast To think, after all the years between That you'd be someone else's figment of dreams Things are not always what they . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:36:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958182&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Georgiana S. 2009-12-22T06:36:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958173&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace It seems those who take the most offense Are not of the Right or Left Conservative or Liberal Democrat or Republican Rich or poor Educated or illiterate Black or white or any other colour . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:28:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958173&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Georgiana S. 2009-12-22T06:28:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957658&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace With todays 1:00 AM Vote for cloture in the U.S. Senate, we move ever so closer to passing a health care bill.  Now, almost every piece of legislation has some sort of deal making and compromise.  . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:26:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957658&grpId=3659174697252768&nav=Groupspace Poliwonk USA 2009-12-21T22:26:56Z