http://pointology.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Pointology en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:26:06 GMT 2010-01-05T11:26:06Z 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=281474977977282&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace THE BURKA “She’ll be the beginning of the end,” whispered Purdy, pointing at the black-shrouded figure in the bus . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:48:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977282&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Peter R. 2010-01-05T09:48:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977134&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace I haven't been active with gather because I was taking care of my ailing father. He has passed on the day after Christmas and I am now trying to pick up the pieces. I carry with me the love my parents . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:40:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977977134&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Kat Centeno 2010-01-05T07:40:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976955&grpId=3659174697258095&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=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Debbie W. 2010-01-05T05:29:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976903&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace In today's mail, there is an ad from Wachovia Bank.  It says as long as I open a new checking account with at least $100 by 2/28/2010, I can get a $50 cash bonus!  I am definitely going to take . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:43:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976903&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T04:43:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976882&grpId=3659174697258095&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=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T04:30:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976879&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace I just looked through the coupon inserts from this Sunday's Washington Post and The Examiner, and both of them have a $3 coupon for Ensure nutritional drink. That's something we buy regularly, so I will . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:16:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976879&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T04:16:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976825&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace After several more phone calls, Kyleigh's primary pediatrician's office finally located Kyleigh's urine culture and sensitivity results, and faxed (twice) over to the urologist's office.  The good . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:42:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976825&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T03:42:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976817&grpId=3659174697258095&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=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T03:36:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976787&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace I'm really late getting this posted today, but here is your reminder email to please help clear content in ~3,000 Here We Come!~ Once content in the group reaches a minimum of 25 comments it . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:16:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976787&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Marsha S. 2010-01-05T03:16:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976759&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace The IRS doesn't delay, does it!?  Today I got my 1040 booklet.  I can't believe it's tax time again. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:56:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976759&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Selene N. 2010-01-05T02:56:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976706&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Previously published in Examiner Montreal has a new bylaw banning the purchasing and new installations of fireplaces and wood burning stoves. These fireplaces and stoves keep you warm . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:52:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976706&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2010-01-05T01:52:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976681&grpId=3659174697258095&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=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Chuck L. 2010-01-05T01:35:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976576&grpId=3659174697258095&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 alleged . . . Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:28:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976576&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Chuck L. 2010-01-05T00:28:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975934&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace I had just finished doing laundry and I walked upstairs to Get ready for bed. I take my Ambien and it should kick in, in an hour. I get on the computer to finish writing gather things and check my email. . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:52:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975934&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Thomas E. 2010-01-04T17:52:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976388&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace This link is to a blog by one of the most knowledgeable commentators on world affairs. George http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24322.htm Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:58:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976388&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace George Shaw 2010-01-04T22:58:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976381&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Aung San Suu Kyi is the lady who is under "house arrest" in Burma for her democratic views and actions.   "The net poses a fundamental threat not only to the authority of the government, . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:52:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976381&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace George Shaw 2010-01-04T22:52:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976114&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace This paints a bleak but realistic picture for the economy in the near future. Now is the time to get out of fiat dollars while you can. No matter how much faith we place in our leaders they cannot . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:39:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976114&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Matthew M. 2010-01-04T19:39:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976069&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace I thought I would start sharing some quips and quotes each day.  The secretary at church posts them in the bulletin each Sunday when there is room for them.  I've enjoyed reading them so want . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:07:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977976069&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Marsha S. 2010-01-04T19:07:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830937&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Do you wear baseball hats? If so, which one is your favorite? Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:00:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830937&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Adelaide M. 2010-01-04T19:00:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975986&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Saw this on my way to work one morning:     Notice that the same warning is written correctly in large print on the mud guard? Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:13:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975986&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Dennis Gilman 2010-01-04T18:13:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975919&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace God said, "Adam, I want you to do something for Me." Adam said, "Gladly, Lord, what do you want me to do?" God said, "Go down into that valley." Adam said, "What's a Valley?" God explained . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:40:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975919&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace George Shaw 2010-01-04T17:40:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972015&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Ingredients 2 eggs 1 (14.75 ounce) can cream-style corn 2/3 cup milk 1/2 cup crushed saltines 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted 1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt pepper to . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:38:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972015&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Adelaide M. 2010-01-04T16:38:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975830&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace The premise of Julie and Julia is that one girl decides to cook her way through Julia Child's cookbook. While I think this is a cool idea, one thing comes to mind. Julia Child was not known for using . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:30:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975830&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Adelaide M. 2010-01-04T16:30:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975826&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Having cooked most of the day Saturday, I was ready to unwind with some Wii time.  I took the disk out of the wii, and put a new one in, or so I thought.  Thought the CD was stuck cuz it kept . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:29:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975826&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Mooch -. 2010-01-04T16:29:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975824&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace It seems as though many of us having goals of saving more in 2010 and I am no different. I don't have a set goal to save, just more than I did last year(and seeing as how I didn't keep track, I have no . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:26:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975824&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Adelaide M. 2010-01-04T16:26:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975792&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace It occurs to me that global warming is a misnomer, and that climate change is a more accurate depiction of what we see occurring. However, we know that throughout history our planet has undergone numerous . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:09:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975792&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Lydia (part of the solution) Shelley 2010-01-04T16:09:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975746&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace This is yet another incredibly busy week including unpacking at my new place and going out of town for business/semi-vacation. The first order of business at my new apartment (and at the top of my to-do . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:39:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975746&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Adelaide M. 2010-01-04T15:39:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975687&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace So Thrusday morning (New Years Eve)  I bounded down stairs ... ok I don't bound I waddle... for breakfast.  At the bottom of the stairs *SPLASH*  I hit a puddle of water!  OH NO!!  . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:59:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975687&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Nancy * ♥ Self-Proclaimed Site Tigger ♥ 2010-01-04T14:59:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956895&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Introduction   This is another attempt at humor. ******************************************************************   I have been picking up pennies off of the street and spending . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:58:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956895&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Craig Olson 2010-01-04T14:58:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975482&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace For the past year, we've been in the process of compiling an inventory of everything we own. From furniture, books, collectibles and jewelry, to coins, rugs, tools and art ...it all gets recorded! . . . Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:00:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977975482&grpId=3659174697258095&nav=Groupspace Tim T. 2010-01-04T12:00:17Z