http://gatherersgallery.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by *~~~Gatherers Gallery~~~* en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:37:52 GMT 2010-01-06T04:37:52Z 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=281474977978911&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace About 8:30 a.m., I overheard a store manager complaining about how much she hated her job while I was at the register checking out. I patiently explained to her and her staff member who stood around . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:58:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978911&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Joan G. 2010-01-06T03:58:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978636&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace It really is upsetting me that people are pushing that if we had health care reform that Brittany Murphy wouldn't have died. Maybe, Maybe not. From everything I have read about the actress's death, . . . Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:15:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978636&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Mooch -. 2010-01-06T00:15:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978342&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Chuck L. 2010-01-05T21:15:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978238&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Since I have become more active in the last couple of months, I have started reading and commenting on a lot of various posts that I found to be interesting.  Well...  Just now I decided . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:19:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978238&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Teresa T. 2010-01-05T20:19:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978161&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace It's another frigid day in Kentucky.  I'm lucky to not have to go outside.  Our dog Belle is staying snuggled next to me.  I'm not complaining because she is like my very own heating . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:35:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977978161&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Trish A. 2010-01-05T19:35:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977961&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Leo Lemmer 2010-01-05T17:33:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977725&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace  Everywhere are signs. These are not blocking the scenery though. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:56:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977725&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace DIANE D. 2010-01-05T15:56:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977711&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Tiffany v. 2010-01-05T15:55:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977659&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Tiffany v. 2010-01-05T14:59:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976955&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace A lady bought two of my recycled plarn bags today. She is presenting a session on environmental issues at a teachers' conference in Nicaragua, and will show my bags for a reuse project! How cool is . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:29:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976955&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Debbie W. 2010-01-05T05:29:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976882&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T04:30:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976817&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T03:36:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976795&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Just dropping a note to say hi real quick. I am not feeling very well. Starting this past weekend I started to have a cough, as of last night I started to cough up blood.  Nothing big, just a bit . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:27:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976795&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Nellie (The Bad Santa of Gather) 2010-01-05T03:27:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976794&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Baylee C. 2010-01-05T03:25:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976747&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Ivan Mog's Gourmet Caramel Apples have set the standard for gourmet apple treats, with our homemade kettle caramel, our use if all-natural ingredients and no preservatives, our jumbo firm and slightly . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:38:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976747&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Debra H. 2010-01-05T02:38:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976703&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2010-01-05T02:02:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976687&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace The Militant Moderate 2010-01-05T01:39:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976681&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Chuck L. 2010-01-05T01:35:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976629&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace RJ H. 2010-01-05T00:52:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976576&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Chuck L. 2010-01-05T00:28:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976568&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Ladies, you must see Tiger Woods on the cover of this 2006 Vanity Fair February 2010.  The photo was taken in 2006, but is just coming out now.  The photo depicts the sex symbol sid e of Tiger . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:21:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976568&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Kent Douglas 2010-01-05T00:21:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976552&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Sharon M. 2010-01-05T00:09:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976503&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace I saw this on TMZ.  A side by side of Angela Lansbury seen in NYC over the weekend, and a comparison shot of Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia.  TMZ is naughter than I. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:54:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976503&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace *Carol ~Bronx Southern Belle D. 2010-01-04T23:54:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976475&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Global warming where are you?  Where are the trolls?  Why am I so alone on Gather?  I am alone because the trolls are gone.  Gone back to their bridges and caverns to sulk and freeze . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:47:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976475&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace *Carol ~Bronx Southern Belle D. 2010-01-04T23:47:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976474&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Sharon M. 2010-01-04T23:41:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976429&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Crystal notes: This was a post from my friend Fred Rain Man was one of my favorite movies, I always wanted to be smart like that........lol..... http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_14043625 . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:13:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976429&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Crystal T. 2010-01-04T23:13:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976419&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed weapons and manslaughter indictments last week against four employees of defense contractor Xe (formerly Blackwater). The employees engaged in a shooting spree that killed . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:11:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976419&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Ann Weaver Hart 2010-01-04T23:11:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976417&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Senate Democrats, House Democrats and the White House. No Republicans involved. That's the report from the AP. This nation is now going to be saddled with WHATEVER Democrats want. . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:05:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976417&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Ivan N. 2010-01-04T23:05:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976248&grpId=3659174697247723&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=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace Leo Lemmer 2010-01-04T21:21:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976119&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace The lights are out at Reagan Airport, insurance companies are down, and doctors offices are all askew.  I went to the doctor this morning and found out I have no insurance.  When the doctor's . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:44:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976119&grpId=3659174697247723&nav=Groupspace *Carol ~Bronx Southern Belle D. 2010-01-04T19:44:43Z