http://cthiesen.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:40:51 GMT 2009-12-30T20:40:51Z 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=281474977677306 I generally steer away from these viral gather lists, but this one seems so judgmental on the face of it that I have to take it on. Share five to-do's you need to complete within the week: . . . Fri, 08 May 2009 14:59:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977677306 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-05-08T14:59:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977666786 This week's Saturday Writing Essentials exercise  is to write about writing including, possibly, our own experiences. It can be fiction. I leave it to you to decide whether I've fictionalized . . . Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:59:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977666786 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-04-27T00:59:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977660516   The Party is his life. He has no friends outside the party. He lives and works on the compound and his friends are party members who live near the compound so he never socializes with non-party . . . Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:35:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977660516 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-04-20T00:35:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977658223 I love my cat, though I don't think I should. I remember Sister Euthanasius explaining that we cannot love inanimate objects. This was when she overheard Joan Truheart tell me that she loved her cell . . . Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:38:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977658223 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-04-17T01:38:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977653867 This is in response to this week's Saturday WE assignment . I was inspired by some songs by Komitas, the great Armenian composer. I hasten to say that the narrator in my story is NOT Armenian. . . . Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:22:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977653867 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-04-12T16:22:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977651756   The assignment this week is to inject some conflict into the perfect life of a perfect guy. For a more accurate explanation and a picture of this perfect guy's life, see Joy's post Saturday . . . Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:44:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977651756 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-04-10T02:44:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977650306 I don't do these. Obviously Joy knew that when she said "ditto" on tagging me. Er, I mean when she said "Yeah, like that's gonna happen!" on tagging me. But it would be a . . . Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:01:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977650306 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-04-08T17:01:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977641833 I add at the top, a new version, edited to take into consideration the comment conversation about point of view. (I'll cite the changes below the new version.) The five words I selected completely . . . Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:00:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977641833 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-03-30T22:00:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977633093 "It's a treadle Singer sewing machine. Big deal. You've seen hundreds of treadle sewing machines by now." She sighs at me. But it's true. She's wandered around two hundred . . . Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:49:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977633093 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-03-21T19:49:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977622490 Over a span of many yeasrs (there is NO substitute for experience) I have observed that I am more likely to like a movie if my expectations were low going in. If people tell me it's not so hot, but . . . Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:46:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977622490 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-03-12T23:46:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595805 Helen Keller said, "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." Ever since I heard that, I've wondered about it. First of all, you'd think she could have spent just a few more . . . Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:46:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977595805 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-02-15T23:46:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977592338 It's Darwin's 200th birthday. Here's a link to a nice piece about him in today's Times Op Ed page: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/opinion/12thu4.html?_r=1 Remember, charlesians . . . Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:06:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977592338 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2009-02-12T16:06:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977303994 A front page headline in today's New York Times, above an article about foreign corporations buying American factories, read: When Foreigners by the Factory Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:01:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977303994 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2008-04-07T17:01:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261640 Disclaimer: no squaring of circles takes place in this article. If you feel you were misled and that this inconvenienced you to a litigious degree, contact our attorneys. Which one are you? . . . Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:48:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977261640 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2008-02-18T21:48:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977247656 As gather's only god (and humble success-wisdom guru) I declare  Ye Heyghoge Awakenen  to be a holy week for all charlesians.  As Dannielle S. . . . Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:17:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977247656 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2008-02-02T23:17:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977247618 The sexual preference slot on my gather profile is blank. I'm heterosexual. This doesn't thrill me because there are lots of people I'm emotionally attracted to that I just don't get turned . . . Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:12:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977247618 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2008-02-02T22:12:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977240093 (Click here for The First Day , here for The Second & Third Days , and here for The Fourth & Fifth Days . )  Day Six    And I said, Let the earth . . . Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:56:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977240093 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2008-01-25T18:56:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977239125 ( Click here for The First Day , and here for The Second & Third Day s .) Day Four    And I said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide . . . Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:35:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977239125 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2008-01-24T19:35:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977239055 (You can find  The First Day    here)   Day Two    And I said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the . . . Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:48:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977239055 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2008-01-24T17:48:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977238181 I've been reading scripture lately and getting jealous. What kind of a religion doesn't have scripture? So, since none of my believers seems to be inspired to write it (I admit, this may be my . . . Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:01:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977238181 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2008-01-23T21:01:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977229691 I love to use suspense in writing, but I didn't think it was fair this time, so the end of the story is in the title. As many of you know, my partner, Joanne, was to have surgery today. It was . . . Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:36:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977229691 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2008-01-14T20:36:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977216470 In 2008 I will:   Sleep more. Eat more but weigh less. Develop at least one new bad habit. Sell my novel for mid six figures. Be loved deeply by many for myself in spite of who . . . Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:20:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977216470 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2007-12-31T15:20:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977212197 What a strange holiday. It is nominally a birthday, but for a birth no one can possibly date. (Christians picked 25 December to coopt a pagan feast). How easy it is to forget that it celebrates . . . Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:50:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977212197 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2007-12-25T01:50:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192588 I've said it before. I'm an addict. Since I must buy CDs, I try to learn about ones I'm likely to enjoy. Recently I heard about a CD called tic toc choc , keyboard music of François . . . Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:14:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192588 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2007-12-02T23:14:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192456 Steve Reich The New England Conservatory just presented a set of four concerts of the music of Steve Reich. It was a fabulous reminder of the innovative and richly rewarding music of one of America's . . . Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:46:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192456 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2007-12-02T19:46:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192274 Other people's dreams are boring. I know this, so I'll keep this short. You should read it because there's a kicker at the end that might make you think. (And thinking is fun.) In my dream . . . Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:52:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977192274 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2007-12-02T15:52:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977178050 We all know how important a positive attitude is. Cheerful doctors say so. Norman's cousin says so. All of our happy friends say so. If we're dying of recalcitrant plebney (ewww gross) we know . . . Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:11:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977178050 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2007-11-15T17:11:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977174083 My father's father was a private in the Kaiser's Army in WWI. My father fought for the US in the Philippines in WWII. I was drafted and served in Vietnam for a year. This day, Veterans Day . . . Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:52:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977174083 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2007-11-11T16:52:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977170535 Become a Winner! This is your chance! You know you're a loser. I'm sure you'd like to stop being a loser. Now you can do that and help other losers just like yourself (only not quite as . . . Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:53:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977170535 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2007-11-07T21:53:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977169526 By Charles Thiesen ABC (You can't make this stuff up. Well I can, and do, but I had inspiration. You might check this out to see a master at work. My article is only a pale immitation. Or a . . . Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:20:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977169526 charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts 2007-11-06T22:20:35Z