http://etceteraetcetera.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Etcetera, Etcetera, Etcetera en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:21:31 GMT 2010-01-06T01:21:31Z 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=281474977978697&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Heart out on a fight My shirt is torn by your acid, your hatred. I bow before the allegations, the rage; feeling insignificant, inadequate.   An owl hoots to a metropolitan . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:01:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978697&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-06T01:01:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978686&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace I'm a mark. rep , and I'll be donating 10% of jewelry sales from February to a lucky someone. If anyone has a nomination, please let me know in a comment or a message. Please add if you or this person . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:58:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978686&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace cadi w. 2010-01-06T00:58:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978385&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Hello Gather friends, Many of you are familiar with my posts and photos and have been respectful and helpful in this forum and others, for this I would like to start by saying thank you. I appreciate . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:50:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978385&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Lilith Dorsey 2010-01-05T21:50:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978342&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace   My Representative, Candice Miller, a very nice person who is, inexplicably, a Republican, sent me her newsletter. In addition to the usual Republican reasons why we can’t do anything . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:15:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978342&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Chuck L. 2010-01-05T21:15:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977961&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Analogies and Metaphors These came from the annual "Dark and Stormy Night" competition. Actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays: 1. Her . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:33:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977961&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Leo Lemmer 2010-01-05T17:33:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977865&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace hoping to get some interesting comments. go ahead everybodyyy:) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:50:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977865&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace ashish j. 2010-01-05T16:50:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977711&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Yesterday morning I went to the post office to pick up the package of goodies that I won from RobbinLynn.  Yesterday my son and I enjoyed a variety of home-made goodies and sweets.  Thanks so . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:55:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977711&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Tiffany v. 2010-01-05T15:55:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977659&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Hi!  This is my entry for the Gather "Sleeping Pets" photo contest for January.  These pics are of our sweet Gabby taking a nap in different spots around the house.  Here lately she really . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:59:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977659&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Tiffany v. 2010-01-05T14:59:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977608&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Yes, it's winter and the weather is frosty.  But the chill I speak of is not the air temperature but rather how we human beings treat each other these days. It seems to me that over the years we . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:01:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977608&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Nancy * ♥ Self-Proclaimed Site Tigger ♥ 2010-01-05T14:01:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977560&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace There will be 2 winners for this giveaway! The It Kit by mark , which costs $20, is a great quality gift for yourself or someone who's close to you. It's a new product that won't be available . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:24:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977560&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace cadi w. 2010-01-05T13:24:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976872&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace  Beijing winters are normally cold but dry and usually with only a a light dusting of snow. But Sunday, the city recorded up to 33 centimetres (almost 13 inches) of snow, the most since 1951. . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:51:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976872&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Dan (Cowboy Up) V. 2010-01-05T12:51:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976903&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace In today's mail, there is an ad from Wachovia Bank.  It says as long as I open a new checking account with at least $100 by 2/28/2010, I can get a $50 cash bonus!  I am definitely going to take . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:43:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976903&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T04:43:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976882&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace It wasn't pre-planned but tonight turned into Round Two of Kyleigh's 3-Year-Old Birthday Party. First of all, I had a coupon for a free birthday scoop of ice cream from Baskin Robbins for Kyleigh. . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:30:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976882&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T04:30:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976879&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace I just looked through the coupon inserts from this Sunday's Washington Post and The Examiner, and both of them have a $3 coupon for Ensure nutritional drink. That's something we buy regularly, so I will . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:16:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976879&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T04:16:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976836&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Published in Factoidz   Valentines Day is just around the corner and what better time to start a discussion about love. There are many factors, which attribute to the feelings of love. . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:47:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976836&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2010-01-05T03:47:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976825&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace After several more phone calls, Kyleigh's primary pediatrician's office finally located Kyleigh's urine culture and sensitivity results, and faxed (twice) over to the urologist's office.  The good . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:42:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976825&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T03:42:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976817&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Today Kyleigh went back to school for the first time after the long Christmas vacation. She wasn't thrilled to have to get up early this morning. Once we got to the classroom, she clammed on my legs and . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:36:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976817&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T03:36:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976794&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace I am a computer nerd, and proud of it!  I can build a computer, and my friends and collegues always call me for help.  I had always thought highly of Hewlett-Packard, as I had great experience . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:25:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976794&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Baylee C. 2010-01-05T03:25:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976759&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace The IRS doesn't delay, does it!?  Today I got my 1040 booklet.  I can't believe it's tax time again. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:56:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976759&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T02:56:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976703&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Monday was my first Drama class of the current semester. It appears I am the only male in the class. We started Yasimina Reza’s Life x 3 . The play was in New York in 2003 with Helen Hunt and . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:02:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976703&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2010-01-05T02:02:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976687&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Joe Klein, in the current Time Magazine, has and interesting column about the left wing blogosphere and the health care debate. "In the end, the sillier left-village practitioners are stoking the . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:39:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976687&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2010-01-05T01:39:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976681&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace I am an occasional visitor to a blog called FARK.com.  People search the internet for stories about which they can craft clever headlines.  A story in the Huffington Post entitled " Teach Idiotic . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:35:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976681&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Chuck L. 2010-01-05T01:35:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976631&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Black outs I breathe mist. The tunnel of winter spreads for fallen leaves, wintry angels, fading vagrants. I breathe mist while everything blackens; evanesces. Here, at this . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:53:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976631&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-05T00:53:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976629&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace My boiled eggs never peel easily, and I end up with ugly eggs! I'd love to hear how you boil your eggs so the shells don't stick. Thanks! Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:52:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976629&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace RJ H. 2010-01-05T00:52:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976576&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace I created a blog ( The Itinerant Lib'rul ), and then I published a post that said, "I have a Blog" (I know - not very inventive.), with a link.  That post was answered, via Gather e-mail, by an . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:28:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976576&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Chuck L. 2010-01-05T00:28:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976552&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Tonight my family is having chili! It's been so cold here in NC (barely reaching above 30 and temps dipping in to the low teens, and that's not factoring in the wind chill!) I thought chili would be the . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:09:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976552&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Sharon M. 2010-01-05T00:09:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976474&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Hi everyone!  I ust wanted to brag on mine and my husband's Christmas present to each other, from each other.  We didn't have any money to get each other anything this year; just barely enough . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:41:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976474&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Sharon M. 2010-01-04T23:41:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976248&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace I had a friend who was murdered by six high school students a few years ago--only because he was in a gay neighbor. One of the students was the son of a school principal. I have two friends in wheelchairs . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:21:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976248&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Leo Lemmer 2010-01-04T21:21:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976110&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace It's time for another contest for the Views R Us group. There will be 2 RANDOM winners, and each will recieve 100 comments from me as a prize. Here are the rules and the links to participate ... 1.) . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:33:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976110&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Amy just hangin' out M. 2010-01-04T19:33:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976101&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Spark Of Desire releases today! Jessica dreams of putting out fires but can she cope with fanning the flames of Kevin’s smoldering heart? When she turns thirty, Jessica realizes time . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:26:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976101&grpId=3659174697244149&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2010-01-04T19:26:13Z