http://postinwhatever.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by The POSTING CENTER en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:26:43 GMT 2009-12-29T20:26:43Z 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=281474977967589&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Tylenol has issued a recall on their Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplet 100 count bottles with EZ-open caps.  There seem to be a musty odor that has been linked with nausea, stomache pain, vomitting, . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:57:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967589&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Sarah (I want points) 2009-12-29T19:57:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965703&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace I'm posting this to a lot of groups... partly because it covers more than just the rant itself. What I'm ranting about... what's going on with me and my family and our own little health care crisis . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:01:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965703&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace hannah "mighty mouth" wallen (Site Shite Stirrer) 2009-12-28T17:01:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965507&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace I kept waiting for the weather to get nice, so I could walk down Fifth Avenue and look at the Christmas lights.  Boy was it nice yesterday - highs in the 50's and bright sunshine... all the snow . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:22:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965507&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2009-12-28T12:22:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965095&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace I finally did it! Back in April when I was getting ready for yet another move, I thought that I would be smart and get a perm in my hair.  Not an easy task as my hair was down past my waist.  . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:54:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965095&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Esther IS Flesh and Blood S. 2009-12-28T02:54:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964837&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhall, Colin Farrell, and Robert Duvall. The story, about a well worn country singer on the road, is comparable to the Wrestler movie wtih Mickey Rourke - this time . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:02:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964837&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2009-12-27T22:02:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964572&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace These five books offer illuminating portraits of cities that are rich in vivid details and colorful anecdotes. Every great city has its own history, flavor and way of life-sometimes developed in . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:16:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964572&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace N. L. D. 2009-12-27T17:16:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964557&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace This 1963 debut novel is a masterpiece of claustrophobic obsession. The story is told both from the viewpoints of the collector and the collected (we get to read Miranda’s diary.) . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:01:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964557&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace N. L. D. 2009-12-27T17:01:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964043&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace ******* Ah! My Christmas rose, still on 26th you glow in satin sheet flows...   *******   . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:34:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964043&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Curt L. 2009-12-27T02:34:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963925&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace In this profound allegorical novel from a Portuguese writer and Nobel Laureate, a car sits at a traffic light that’s turned green. The driver shouts, “I am blind.” A “good” . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:44:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963925&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace N. L. D. 2009-12-26T23:44:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963923&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace The opening line of this novel introduces the reader to antique dealer Jim Williams. He lives alone in one of Savannah’s grand mansions, Mercer House (built by an ancestor of Johnny Mercer). . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:32:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963923&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace N. L. D. 2009-12-26T23:32:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963917&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace This popular novel with a heart as big as the Texas sky is no cliché myth of the American West. In it, a pair of aging antiheroes leads an 1870s cattle drive to Montana from the Texas town . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:24:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963917&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace N. L. D. 2009-12-26T23:24:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963709&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, Mary Steenburgen, Sam Elliot You know what you're getting... NYC (provincial) vs. the rest of the country (different kind of provincial). There are glossy NYC jokes . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:04:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963709&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2009-12-26T18:04:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963447&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin We've all seen the previews... this movie has been hyped to the hilt!! I was actually afraid the promoters had given it all away since I kept seeing different . . . Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:32:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977963447&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2009-12-26T12:32:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962764&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was the 18th President of the United States, elected on the strength of his service leading the Union forces to victory during the American Civil War. His was a two-term Republican . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:07:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962764&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Nick Howes 2009-12-25T16:07:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962664&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace MIAMI PSYCHIC: Confessions of a Confidante, Regina Milbourne, Yvonne Carey, Harper Collins, hardcover, 223pp An interesting book about a psychic of gypsy background operating in Miami, discovering . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:50:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962664&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Nick Howes 2009-12-25T13:50:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962653&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace LAST ACT OF PALMYRA, Lindsey David, Mysterious Press, paperback In 72 AD, Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman private informer, is dispatched by his client, Vespasian's chief spy, Anacrites, to Petra to . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:32:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962653&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Nick Howes 2009-12-25T13:32:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962643&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace I don't know where I came across this but Sprocle is a site that offers a couple new trivia contests a day where you work against the clock.  Some of the latest include a contest to identify holiday . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:17:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962643&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Nick Howes 2009-12-25T13:17:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961000&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace between a clutterer and a hoarder? My sense is that a hoarder is more intense and has such a strong attachment to the things that it's emotionally wrenching to divest - get rid of it. I am able to . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:23:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961000&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2009-12-23T23:23:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960286&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace The Judge Rotenberg Center , located in Canton Massachusetts, is notorious for this practice. If you did not know better, you might think this is a wonderful place full of light and cheer. Beautiful . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:49:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960286&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Lydia (part of the solution) Shelley 2009-12-23T15:49:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960303&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace I spend at least 2-3 hours at the library - every day but Sunday. I use their free wi-fi for my netbook computer.  There are about 10 of us who are there daily - some I greet, some I chat with, . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:59:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977960303&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2009-12-23T13:59:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959743&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Ok can I start by saying WOW but even that does not do the movie justice.  We saw it in 3D, which normally does not work the best on me.   But this movie was awesome, There was . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:09:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959743&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Matt L. 2009-12-23T04:09:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958927&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace My box of books arrived yesterday! <address>One James Patterson, The Lovely Bones , The Heretic Daughter , and something with Genius in the title.</address><address>(I'm in the library, . . . Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:46:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977958927&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2009-12-22T17:46:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957300&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Today is the Winter Solstice of 2009.  What is that exactly?  It's the first day of winter.  Some may have thought, by the weather, that winter was already here, but alas that's not the . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:20:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957300&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Sarah (I want points) 2009-12-21T18:20:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957250&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Number one state, by volume, in Christmas tree production, is Oregon which has 1,852 Christmas tree farms which turned out 6.8 million trees in 2007. Oregon is followed, in order, by North Carolina, . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:53:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957250&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Nick Howes 2009-12-21T17:53:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957170&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace In Riverfront Park, right next to the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, is a reconstruction of the wooden log structure of Fort Nashborough.  Typical of frontier fort settlements . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:57:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957170&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Nick Howes 2009-12-21T16:57:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956854&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace author: Geraldine Brooks The library book club was discussing this book the day I returned from vacation.  Although I'd had this on my wishlist, I ended up hearing the discussion BEFORE reading . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:59:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956854&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2009-12-21T12:59:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956630&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace *******     Here am I, then, simple cryman; taking care of folks... at times they know me   then, disown . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:24:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956630&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Curt L. 2009-12-21T09:24:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955766&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace ******* Which cat from the musical "Cats" is talking about himself, here?   "My disobliging ways are a matter of habit If you offer me fish then I always . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:06:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955766&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Curt L. 2009-12-20T18:06:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955565&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace I find I am less brave when it comes to weather. I could've gone out yesterday morning... to movies, library, market, etc. Yet... even with the threat of snow...and it didn't start in earnest for . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:31:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955565&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Leslie ~ from NYC ~ R. 2009-12-20T14:31:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953439&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Cincinnati Bengal player, Chris Henry's funeral is looking to take place on Tuesday in Gretna, LA which is near New Orleans.  The Bengals say that they are chartering a plane to attend the service.  . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:46:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953439&grpId=3659174697251090&nav=Groupspace Sarah (I want points) 2009-12-18T18:46:44Z