http://famousfirsts.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Famous and Not So Famous Firsts en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:42:34 GMT 2009-12-31T01:42:34Z 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=281474977969392&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Hi everyone, I hope your holidays are coming along real well. I hope Santa was good and you are all expecting to have a good new year. Santa came sooner than expected for me. I had to . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:04:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969392&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2009-12-31T00:04:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969041&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace James Hansen is the world's leading climate scientist fighting against global warming. Yesterday, Dr. Hansen told the Guardian: He is vehemently opposed to the carbon market schemes – . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:23:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969041&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Gary (aka: William Pinn) J. 2009-12-30T19:23:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966683&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace PHOTOS AND NEW YEAR'S EVE TRADITIONS AROUND THE WORLD.   London         Sydney         . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:39:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966683&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-30T18:39:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968751&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Spark Of Desire will be released by Lyrical on January 4th and that will mark the first time in over a year and a half that I don't have a book somewhere between contract and pub date. Eeep! I've been . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:45:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968751&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Charlotte McClain 2009-12-30T15:45:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968736&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Continuing with the second round of gift opening... Grandma got a collage of grandkids photos. "Wow," it looked like cousin A had never seen this before. He got off his mom's laps and walked over . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:34:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968736&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-30T15:34:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968658&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace In the evening, we headed to uncle J's house for a second round of gift opening. They had already done their own gifts, so Kyleigh got to play with some brand new toys cousin J had just received. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:38:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968658&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-30T14:38:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968500&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace   We all do it, female and males alike yet still in our society, flatulence, passing gas, or plain old farting as it is commonly called, is a normal function of life. It is a myth that ladies . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:41:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968500&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2009-12-30T11:41:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968134&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Today was such a wonderful day. I spent the day with my boyfriend, Christian. We wandered around the mall just talking and holding hands. We went shopping a bit in the stores and he bought me a beautiful . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:33:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968134&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace BellaTwine 23 2009-12-30T04:33:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968079&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Kyleigh was playing with Daddy's vocabulary cards from back when he was taking Chinese class.  The vocabulary she pulled out was "Boy", so we started asking her whether someone is a boy or a girl. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:41:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968079&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-30T03:41:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967881&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace http://shuharilegacy.com/blog Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:40:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967881&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Gary J. 2009-12-29T23:40:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967628&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:21:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967628&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Andre W. 2009-12-29T20:21:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967299&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace The stars twinkling reflect off of everything The smile on your face spreads across to mine Away from the madness the holidays can bring Finally everything is fine Presents wrapped around our Christmas . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:15:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967299&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace BellaTwine 23 2009-12-29T16:15:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966496&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Continuing with the gift opening...    I got a set of Cold Stone ice cream flavored lip balms. Grandpa got something but I can't remember what it was. Now this.  It . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:59:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966496&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-29T04:59:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966434&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Continuing with the gift opening...    "Wow! What's this?" The next gift Kyleigh got was a construction worker's hat and tool set. Now Kyleigh has her own . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:47:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966434&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-29T03:47:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966410&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Continuing with the gift opening...  Aunt R got a set of cute Snowman salt and pepper shakers.  I got a similar set as well. It's Daddy's turn again and he got a tomato planter. . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:01:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966410&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-29T03:01:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966334&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Finally it was Christmas Day for the presents everyone had been waiting for. After breakfast, Aunt R called out the names on the tags and Kyleigh distributed them to the recipients. (See related video.)  . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:04:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966334&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2009-12-29T02:04:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966218&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Where North Meets South and East Meets West by Timothy Louis Baker PublishAmerica In the approximately four years I spent in the backwoods I have walked more than 10,000 miles. On a typical . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:24:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966218&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Timothy Louis Baker 2009-12-28T23:24:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966204&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace OK, so you're a climatologist and some whistler blower published your emails on the internet for all to see. What can you do? Well, you might take a cue from a lying, cheating scumbag whose wife walked . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:10:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966204&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Gary (aka: William Pinn) J. 2009-12-28T23:10:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966086&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Crime and Drugs on Trip City Street by Timothy Louis Baker Strategic Book Publishing CHAPTER 4 Kevin’s problem was that he couldn’t understand that you could only have so much . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:17:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977966086&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Timothy Louis Baker 2009-12-28T21:17:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965788&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Published in Examiner.com The scare for the H1N1 virus has been felt globally. Despite the predicted shortages of the vaccine in the USA and late start for vaccinations across the USA and Canada, . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:28:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965788&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2009-12-28T17:28:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947653&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Outside, a cloud cover blankets our world. It looks like even more snow in the not too distant future. That brings back memories of last year, when my daughter and I populated our miniature . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:27:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977947653&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Kathryn E. 2009-12-28T13:27:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965301&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace The impoverished nation of Yemen, Osama bin Laden's ancestral home, keeps popping up in the news, and not in a good way.  Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian terrorist who tried to ignite a destructive . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:10:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965301&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Dave McGill 2009-12-28T07:10:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965165&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace This movie allegedly cost half a billion dollars to both produce and market…and it was worth every penny.  What I envision for the moment is that a young generation of film fans are watching . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:42:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965165&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2009-12-28T04:42:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965178&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace 1. Learn Guitar 2. Learn French 3. Finish a book 4. Lose weight (goal: 140) 5. Save money   This year's hopes: 1. I hope to complete all my tasks for year one of my five year plan . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:01:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965178&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace BellaTwine 23 2009-12-28T05:01:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964615&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace     Google Wave is the next generation of browsing. Not just a traditional html browser it whole lot more. It actually is communication and collaboration tool. You can chat through google . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:10:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964615&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Faiza I. 2009-12-27T18:10:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964376&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace                                                  . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:50:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964376&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Jivan l 2009-12-27T13:50:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964371&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace   Democracy and middle East                             By . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:33:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964371&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Jivan l 2009-12-27T13:33:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964365&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace                        Democracy                                                                                    . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:27:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964365&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Jivan l 2009-12-27T13:27:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964361&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace              Religion & politics                                                        By . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:18:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964361&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Jivan l 2009-12-27T13:18:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964358&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace   Miscellaneous Items!   Dear Readers, To understand “Universal Love” The New Religion you need to read                                          . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:11:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964358&grpId=3659174697240055&nav=Groupspace Jivan l 2009-12-27T13:11:52Z