http://jazilla.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:23:12 GMT 2009-12-30T21:23:12Z 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=281474977134104 FREE Deleted Comment Makeovers For A Limited Time Only! Deleted - Again? Nothing is as embarrassing as spending precious time getting ready for a Big Comment only to be rejected! Well let me tell you . . . Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:09:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977134104 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-10-01T20:09:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977133005 The Original Gather: A Trip In The Internet WayBack Machine Gather, October 24, 2005  Look at the topics list from 2005:  Browse By Topic World Events US Events US Regions US . . . Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:20:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977133005 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-09-30T22:20:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977121129 (Earlier posted as a comment) As has been discussed in many places, including some recent Gather posts, the mindless gaming you and your friends so love has drained the system. Real content increases . . . Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:11:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977121129 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-09-18T23:11:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977120439 Mysterious Ransom Note Left At GNN Correspondent's Desk Late yesterday evening this correspondent found a mysterious cut and paste ransom note in the pile of GNN tips that had accumulated since her . . . Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:02:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977120439 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-09-18T12:02:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977116507 How Many Words Can You Make From "Subaheim-Wurbizer"? One answer per comment. Only real words count. You can never be tooerudite or too creative.    Ironic, yes? Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:07:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977116507 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-09-14T02:07:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977111056 Dateline: Sept 8, 2007 This correspondent has learned through unnamed sources that Osama bin Laden, contrary to his very public fundamentalist Muslim agenda, has a taste for designer clothes - clothes . . . Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:05:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977111056 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-09-09T02:05:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977109156 Describe What You Do As A Palindrome To play this game, you must describe what you do for a living as a palindrome using real words in English that are spelled correctly. One answer per post. You must . . . Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:46:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977109156 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-09-07T02:46:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977105631 from the Kevin Hemingsway Journals Today it was hot. I was sweaty, and it was good. I spent the morning planning how to poison the pigeons. When I am old, I will shoot the pigeons, or I will poison . . . Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:00:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977105631 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-09-03T22:00:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977102925 The Kevin Hemingsway Journals: The Woman "She was a fine pony, a strong pony. She was wild and unbroken. She was a fine strong blond pony. She made me think of a woman. Her flank felt like a fine . . . Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:28:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977102925 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-08-31T17:28:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977097731 Huzzah! I finally got a taste of tomato that I grew myself. A rescue tomato - one that had split because of the erratic rainfall - was almost ripe and a temptation to bugs, so I brought it in to finish. . . . Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:01:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977097731 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-08-26T18:01:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977096433 My fifth grader wants to know if there are any word pairs where one word ending with "H" makes a second real word if the "H" is removed. The words must be in English and spelled correctly. . . . Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:47:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977096433 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-08-25T01:47:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977093241 Today on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, Lynn Neary covered the "First Chapters" contest put on by Gather.Com & Borders Books. After a brief overview of the publishing . . . Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:03:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977093241 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-08-22T01:03:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977091745 Inspired by Nippy's Game: The Easiest Game Ever The Surrealithread Game  How to play: Take a noun or adjective from the comment before yours and make a new sentence that has nothing to do with . . . Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:48:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977091745 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-08-20T17:48:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977091617 This morning I made my very first batch of fried green tomatoes. More precisely, fried green tomato. I found it on the ground last night with an incriminating squirrel bite and didn't want it to go . . . Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:41:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977091617 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-08-20T15:41:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977088106 (August 2, 2007, Abingdon Virginia Premier) The Stardust movie, based on a book by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, has finally come to theaters. I've not read the book, so my opinion is not colored . . . Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:57:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977088106 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-08-16T17:57:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977064991 I've done some more research on Bookwise, and decided to look for information from people who are with the Bookwise company:  The Blue xB (blog)           . . . Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:19:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977064991 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-07-24T14:19:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977064399 I received this gathermail today: Hey J, I just wanted to let all promising writers know about the writers contest. You seem like you would really appreciate a contest like this. So here it is: ANNOUNCING . . . Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:29:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977064399 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-07-23T21:29:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977056885 One of the most useful mnemonic devices in my life is the "I Before E" rule. I often have trouble with transposed letters, and sometimes neither "ei" nor "ie" looks right . . . Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:49:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977056885 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-07-15T18:49:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977056313 Their, There, They're, Little Writer They're over there with their homophones on, little writer, and they can't hear you pounding the keys over here. No, I know how frustrating it is to have . . . Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:33:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977056313 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-07-14T23:33:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977056114 A few years back I wrote an literary criticism of "Violent Cases" by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean called Pay Attention: There May Or May Not Be A Man Behind The Curtain. My essay appears in . . . Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:08:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977056114 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-07-14T18:08:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977046683 Prime Numbers Between 0 And 100 ~ inspired by Dame Ruth's inspiration of Bongo Mirror ~  2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97 A prime . . . Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:41:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977046683 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-07-03T19:41:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977045566 Correspondent Avoids Housework By Writing Non-Depth Article On Her Love Of Raw Peanuts Breaking Non-News: Just a few lines ago this correspondent announced her intention to waste time by publishing a . . . Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:50:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977045566 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-07-02T15:50:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977045479 Tagged by Andrea R., who makes her kid continue standing in a toilet while she takes a picture, which is OK by me because the child obviously wanted to be there or they'd never have stepped into it . . . Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:28:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977045479 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-07-02T14:28:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977018201 The Interrobang WTF Is That I was innocently eating watermelon while listening the NPR one afternoon earlier this month when Says You! informed me that there is a punctuation mark for grammatical situations . . . Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:31:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977018201 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-06-29T18:31:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977031940 Onomatopœia, words which sound like the sound they're describing, are fun, and I enjoy using them in casual writing. Common onomatopœia include zip, click, and tap. Non-word utterances . . . Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:37:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977031940 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-06-24T01:37:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977036024 Originally posted in October, 2001  Dead In Three Minutes; Or, I Met Harlan Ellison & Survived A few minutes after arriving at MadCon this weekend, Neil Gaiman introduced me to Harlan Ellison. . . . Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:18:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977036024 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-06-22T02:18:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977035587 Early this afternoon my current avatar, known on the street as Frightening Icon, or F'con, demanded it be given net time or it would get its own namespace. Switching hats from namespace owner to Gather . . . Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:06:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977035587 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-06-21T18:06:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977035302 Ten Reasons That Make Leaving Gather Sound Reasonable To Me There aren't enough Paris Hilton articles. Orange reminds me of "Football Time in Tennessee". There aren't enough people . . . Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:30:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977035302 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-06-21T13:30:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977033559 Avril Lavigne has been touted as some sort of new punk performer... But only by people who don't know what punk is. Simplistic lyrics and melody do not make a punk song. They do make great parody fodder, . . . Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:49:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977033559 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-06-19T13:49:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977020060 Generated by the Bad Poetry Generator ~~~  I eat possums in the sad morning And I think this is all very tiring Dave's not here, man. So don't bother to ring. Or is it Eris, peering up . . . Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:41:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977020060 Frightening Icon, Official Varmint of The State of Franklin 2007-06-04T20:41:52Z