http://mcbyrne.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Monica Byrne en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:44:42 GMT 2010-01-02T14:44:42Z 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=281474976727785 (originally published in The Internationalist)   In northeastern Oklahoma, Laurette Willis lives with her husband on a beautiful ranch in the Ozark foothills. She is a well-known stage actor, motivational . . . Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:46:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976727785 Monica Byrne 2006-02-03T21:46:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717856 (Originally published in the MIT Tech.) During the spring of my senior year at Wellesley, I got a yen for men. I'd spent four years in the ivory tower, enjoying the luxury of snuggly sisterhood. But . . . Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:57:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717856 Monica Byrne 2005-11-16T22:57:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717854 (Originally published in the MIT Tech.) I have a confession to make. I collect dresses. And when I say "collect," I mean I hoard dozens in my closet where I carefully arrange them by color. . . . Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:50:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717854 Monica Byrne 2005-11-16T22:50:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717853 (Originally published in the MIT Tech.) Come on, admit it. Haven't you, the MIT reader, secularist and determinist, ever wondered about psychic phenomena? After all, it's been argued that there's . . . Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:42:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717853 Monica Byrne 2005-11-16T22:42:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717852 (Originally published in the MIT Tech.) For two weeks, I was chained to an irGCMS (isotope ratio gas chromatograph mass spectrometer) for the sake of my research on ancient plant biomolecules. It's . . . Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:27:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717852 Monica Byrne 2005-11-16T22:27:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717851 (Originally published in Atomica magazine.) Erik Demaine loves burnt caramel ice cream. He was born on the last day of February, making him a Pisces. He wears a size 13 in men's platform heels. . . . Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:23:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717851 Monica Byrne 2005-11-16T22:23:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717849 (originally published for The Internationalist) To me, the first sign of fall is that smell of damp leaves beginning to cool and brown at the edges. Inevitably, the second sign is football games, which . . . Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:08:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976717849 Monica Byrne 2005-11-16T22:08:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976714925 Thu, 25 Aug 2005 02:16:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976714925 Monica Byrne 2005-08-25T02:16:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976714819 Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:12:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976714819 Monica Byrne 2005-08-23T16:12:39Z