http://jakescott2.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Jake S. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:26:20 GMT 2010-01-06T08:26:20Z 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=281474977035682 I'm leaving.  Actually, I already left.  And then I was thinking about coming back but then I checked stuff out and it looked like nothing was really different from when I left before so . . . Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:25:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977035682 Jake S. 2007-06-21T19:25:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976926893 Continuing on this season's theme, the ladies blew the guys away.  Melinda is simply phenomenal.  Lakisha is too, but Melinda has an extra layer of polish.  Stephanie, Jordin, Sabrina . . . Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:06:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976926893 Jake S. 2007-03-08T22:06:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976925933 Overall, horrible again. The two hip hoppy guys (Blake and Chris) were both good, as usual, but the rest were lame at best and a few of them were downright awful. One thing I'm really surprised about . . . Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:07:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976925933 Jake S. 2007-03-07T21:07:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976922024 I've been busy so I didn't get to do my reviews of the performances or make any predictions.  What I would have said (I guess I'm saying it now) is as follows. For the guys, the performances . . . Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:25:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976922024 Jake S. 2007-03-02T19:25:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976916347 The chicks absolutely blew the dudes out of the water. Based on what we've seen so far, the guys will be lucky to get one person into the top 6.  Randy said if the top 12 wasn't split evenly . . . Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:20:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976916347 Jake S. 2007-02-22T20:20:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976915666 Sorry, Sandy.  This is going to be brief.  It seems like too much to report on at this point. Sundance and Nick Pedro were awful last night.  Too bad.  I like Sundance and I think . . . Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:55:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976915666 Jake S. 2007-02-21T23:55:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976863920 NY Jets at Minnesota Jets       Washington at New Orleans Saints       Houston at New England Pats       Pittsburgh at Carolina Steelers . . . Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:53:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976863920 Jake S. 2006-12-17T06:53:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976862370 49'ers at Seattle = Seattle Dallas at Atlanta = Atlanta Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:39:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976862370 Jake S. 2006-12-15T01:39:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976858405 Atlanta at Tampa Bay Atlanta       Philadelphia at Washington Eagles       NY Giants at Carolina Giants       Indianapolis at Jacksonville . . . Sun, 10 Dec 2006 17:39:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976858405 Jake S. 2006-12-10T17:39:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976855915 cleveland at pittsburgh = pittsburgh Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:49:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976855915 Jake S. 2006-12-07T05:49:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976852241 Minnesota at Chicago Bears       Kansas City at Cleveland KC       San Diego at Buffalo Chargers       Indianapolis at Tennessee Colts . . . Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:58:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976852241 Jake S. 2006-12-02T20:58:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976849815 Ravens at Bengals = Ravens   This is a tough one.  Bengals look like they might be getting back to where people thought they should be in the first place, but the Ravens have been very strong . . . Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:24:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976849815 Jake S. 2006-11-29T20:24:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976847064 Cincinnati at Cleveland =Bengals       Jacksonville at Buffalo =Jags       Pittsburgh at Baltimore =Ravens       New Orleans at Atlanta =Saints . . . Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:07:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976847064 Jake S. 2006-11-26T09:07:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976844724 THU, NOV 23 Miami at Detroit = Miami Tampa Bay at Dallas = Dallas Denver at Kansas City = K.C.   Detroit could win, but probably won't.  Dallas is on a roll.  Romo is playing well.  . . . Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:53:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976844724 Jake S. 2006-11-22T18:53:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976841826 I hope someone appreciates the bravery I am showing by continuing to post my picks .  Here they are for this week. St. Louis at Carolina  =  St. Louis  Washington at Tampa Bay = Tampa . . . Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:26:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976841826 Jake S. 2006-11-19T02:26:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976836522 hhj NY Jets at New England = New England Washington at Philadelphia  = Philadelphia Cleveland at Atlanta  = Atlanta Kansas City at Miami  = Kansas City Green Bay at Minnesota = Minnesota . . . Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:54:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976836522 Jake S. 2006-11-12T00:54:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976831468 ff Week 9 SUN, NOV 5     Kansas City at St. Louis = K.C. Houston at NY Giants = Giants Tennessee at Jacksonville = Jacksonville New Orleans at Tampa Bay = Saints Dallas at Washington . . . Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:12:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976831468 Jake S. 2006-11-05T00:12:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976826180 Very late this week.   Sorry. Here are the picks: Week 8 San Francisco at Chicago = Chicago Atlanta at Cincinnati     = Cincinnati Seattle at Kansas City = K.C.   Houston . . . Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:03:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976826180 Jake S. 2006-10-29T02:03:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976820240 I hate Gather.  I just finished writing a very nice piece for this week and it was inexplicably munched by the Gather editor. I'm not going to re-write it. Bottom line was that I didn't . . . Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:42:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976820240 Jake S. 2006-10-20T23:42:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976815145 11 of 14 last week.  Not bad.   Not so much going on in the world of NFL gossip this week.   Dallas continues to be mildly entertaining on the soap opera front.  T.O. hasn't . . . Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:53:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976815145 Jake S. 2006-10-13T21:53:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976810789 The Perils of Fall. This would have been up much earlier today (Saturday) except we had to go get a pumpkin.  A simple task you think but that's 'cuz you're not married to my wife.  . . . Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:36:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976810789 Jake S. 2006-10-08T00:36:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976805170 More to come later.  Here are the picks: Week 4 SUN, OCT 1 Indianapolis at NY Jets  = Indy New Orleans at Carolina = Saints Minnesota at Buffalo = Vikings Arizona at Atlanta = Atlanta San . . . Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:10:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976805170 Jake S. 2006-09-30T17:10:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976798434 14 of 16 correct last week, which is damn good.  A good thing, too, because this week brings a lot of tough calls -- and several good games! Following up on last week's stories, the Raiders and . . . Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:55:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976798434 Jake S. 2006-09-21T22:55:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976793558 So I went 11/16 last week.  Not bad. Stories from last week's games: 1.  The Packers suck. 2.  The Raiders suck more. 3.  Daunte Culpepper (Miami) might suck. 4.  Drew . . . Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:18:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976793558 Jake S. 2006-09-14T21:18:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976789878 Maybe these will be in Vista (the next version of Windows) -- if it ever comes out. Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:59:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976789878 Jake S. 2006-09-09T06:59:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976788870 It is finally here!  Football season at last.  Much to the chagrin of Football Widows everywhere, there is all kinds of new TV coverage this year.  The season kicks off tonight at 8:30 . . . Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:47:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976788870 Jake S. 2006-09-07T18:47:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976781164 Let's see how those PETA folks like this fly powered matchstick airplane. There are step-by-step instructions (and more wonderful sketches) here .   Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:37:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976781164 Jake S. 2006-08-24T19:37:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976781054 Just curious if anyone has any scoop on how Gather is doing business-wise. Subscriber numbers? revenues? anything like that. I can't really tell if it is growing in any meaningful way or not. It . . . Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:12:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976781054 Jake S. 2006-08-24T16:12:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976781047 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter has dug a little deeper into this week's "firing" of Tom Cruise's production company by Paramount . The juiciest quote about Tom (which I must have missed . . . Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:06:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976781047 Jake S. 2006-08-24T16:06:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976780359     I haven't done any entertainment reporting in awhile so here's one hot off the presses. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Paramount chose note to continue its 14 year . . . Wed, 23 Aug 2006 03:10:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976780359 Jake S. 2006-08-23T03:10:55Z