http://ibbleblibble.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Ibble B. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:58:48 GMT 2010-01-08T04:58:48Z 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=281474977474533   People who live in glass houses...seem bound and determined to throw stones at the windows of those who don't, especially Grampa and Mrs. Mooseburger... As our economic house collapses . . . Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:24:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977474533 Ibble B. 2008-10-11T16:24:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977387142 Ever will polite society need hard men (and women, of course) willing to break heads, and ever will the righteous and decent need oppositionally defiant, moral sociopaths willing to plunge the dagger . . . Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:52:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977387142 Ibble B. 2008-07-01T20:52:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977160376   So...when Islamic fundamentalist Al Qaeda attacked us we did the obvious thing...and attacked secular Arab nationalist Iraq (deadly enemy of those who attacked us).   Brilliant! . . . Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:28:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977160376 Ibble B. 2007-10-28T16:28:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977154249   BOO!   Scared?   I hope not, but as Halloween approaches I find myself in a definite political mood and not in a flight of whimsy... Sure, politics is pretty scary stuff, especially . . . Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:33:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977154249 Ibble B. 2007-10-22T05:33:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977149791   Man on beast, beast on land, rumble The marauders, the nomads clad in leather Who seek with hungry, dust pelted eyes The humble fruit, grain, and flocks of the settled.   Equine haunches . . . Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:02:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977149791 Ibble B. 2007-10-17T05:02:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977146421   "Boy, listen to me," croaks the old man, "I have more stories than time, I fear." And he coughs and spits dust brown phlegm That plops wetly in parched earth - . . . Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:57:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977146421 Ibble B. 2007-10-13T18:57:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977145893 Well, while stupid spoiled Americans wonder what Britney is up to or pay $3000 so their daughters can see "Hannah Montana", millions of little girls around the world are married off to grown . . . Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:36:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977145893 Ibble B. 2007-10-13T01:36:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977143887 The boy looks out on sun splashed fields Across from which rise blue mountains, Above which circle lazy buzzards and raptors Amid cottony clouds painted on blue eternity.   The heat of the day . . . Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:55:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977143887 Ibble B. 2007-10-11T03:55:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977141310 Although we remember Rome more as an empire, for almost half her history she was in fact a republic, and like us, an altogether imperfect, yet earnest, democracy.  This now rather obscure fact was . . . Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:59:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977141310 Ibble B. 2007-10-08T18:59:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125440 And then did Ibblethustra, who understood in reality the meaninglessness of both yesterday and tomorrow, wax musingly on the history and nature of his beloved homeland in these glorious degenerate days.  . . . Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:47:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125440 Ibble B. 2007-09-23T03:47:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125384 After a short pause in which he did something entirely forgettable, Ibblethustra decided it was time to rant mutely at a deaf universe some more, and so gathered his disciples and sort of continued his . . . Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:45:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125384 Ibble B. 2007-09-23T02:45:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125338 When Ibblethustra got bored and busy he took a little vacation, as he was like to do, for too long spent in one rut inevitably delays the gouging of a new one.  Then near the end of a long dark teatime . . . Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:52:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977125338 Ibble B. 2007-09-23T01:52:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977061914 Apologies for the bizarre triple posting of "Hillbilly Drill".  It was one of those deals when you try to post and smethin breaks down in the process, leading to the appearance of an untitled . . . Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:21:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977061914 Ibble B. 2007-07-20T19:21:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977060699 Friday, July 20 (uh…tomorrow, as of today) will see another Jericho episode.  CBS is running the second half of the season now and this may be a bit confusing for some who have not seen it . . . Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:55:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977060699 Ibble B. 2007-07-19T17:55:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977060057 I sit here tonight tapping out this short caveat on “Old Black Betty”.  She’s a now slightly archaic, allegedly portable Compaq lappy, who served my spastically clumsy butt for several . . . Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:45:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977060057 Ibble B. 2007-07-19T00:45:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977059994 According to the news tonight, one in five kids is overweight.  That’s up from one in twenty, some twenty years ago.  So, the junk food industry, fearing government regulation, is self . . . Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:30:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977059994 Ibble B. 2007-07-18T23:30:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977058809 I have an irritating habit of creating definitions and imputing my own meaning into words.  Its better than regurgitating talking points, like Rash Lungblow listening juju zombies, but nonetheless . . . Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:03:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977058809 Ibble B. 2007-07-17T19:03:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977058046 In 1989 a black man killed a white police officer in Savannah Georgia.  Tomorrow a black man dies by lethal injection convicted of this crime.  Is it the one who killed the officer?  You . . . Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:55:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977058046 Ibble B. 2007-07-16T23:55:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977056921 You know, George W. Bush never seemed like a genius.  He’s kind of mushmouthed, clumsy, and just never said anything on his own that I’ve heard or read that Homer J Simpson couldn’t . . . Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:50:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977056921 Ibble B. 2007-07-15T19:50:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977056876 Saddam was a very bad man.  He was responsible for the deaths of a hell of a lot of his own folks.  How many?  Lots.  Seriously, it’s hard to say.  Nobody really knows.  . . . Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:38:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977056876 Ibble B. 2007-07-15T18:38:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977049195 In the dawning years of a new millennium, as counted by some, we find ourselves living in interesting times. Barbarian nations seethe in anger while civilized people struggle to respond appropriately and . . . Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:53:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977049195 Ibble B. 2007-07-06T21:53:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977049068 Isn’t there something bone chillingly terrifying about those claxon sirens?  You know, the long, slowly ascending, mournfully frenetic, slowly descending ones you see on disaster movies or war . . . Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:52:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977049068 Ibble B. 2007-07-06T18:52:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977029004 I still can’t believe I’m doing this.  There have been a number of shows over the last couple or three decades that generated loyal fan support and efforts to save  these beloved . . . Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:41:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977029004 Ibble B. 2007-06-14T01:41:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977028093 I'm not a "tv person".  Mostly because in my not nearly as humble as it should be opinion, most of whats on the tube is still shit regardless of how many shit peddling channels there . . . Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:22:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977028093 Ibble B. 2007-06-13T03:22:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976973492 A few years ago the late Emmett Rufus Eddy, aka “Reverend E.X. Slave”, a colorful (no pun intended) local activist, decided one hot summer day, to take matters into his own hands... He had . . . Wed, 02 May 2007 14:20:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976973492 Ibble B. 2007-05-02T14:20:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976972122 I had the pleasure to read some Stanislaw Lem this Summer, The Cyberiad, about a couple of brilliantly insane robots building sometimes not quite perfect robots.  Like the big stupid one that tried . . . Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:49:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976972122 Ibble B. 2007-04-30T23:49:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976968435 A gift is given with the expectation of something in return   Thereby making it not a gift at all   But rather a payment for something rendered.    A holiday gift is given . . . Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:58:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976968435 Ibble B. 2007-04-25T23:58:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963629 I hope I'm not breaking any rules, but I just discovered a rare gem of a show on CBS...Jericho.  I had kinda sorta seen some episodes some months back, but I have a rough time commiting myself . . . Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:22:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963629 Ibble B. 2007-04-20T04:22:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963412 It Makes Me Feel Good: A War Story from the Wonderful World of Education   So many faces, so many names, so many stories.  How many stories do they remember that I do not? [1]   . . . Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:22:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976963412 Ibble B. 2007-04-19T23:22:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976957731 Dawn comes silently to my little strange world after talking all night to a pretty Chinese woman when just as I realize with a start how I have spent another lazy evening of my lazy summer hermitage . . . Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:51:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976957731 Ibble B. 2007-04-13T16:51:05Z