http://saje.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Saje W. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:31:43 GMT 2010-01-07T19:31:43Z 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=281474977338466 Hollywood has gone and caught the comic book bug.  Big time.  These days there seem to be at least two big budget comic book movies coming out every year.  Some are obviously better than . . . Sun, 04 May 2008 18:54:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977338466 Saje W. 2008-05-04T18:54:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977283123 Since I was a   young boy, first exposed to the works of Tolkein and other high fantasy authors, I found myself confronted by a philosophical conundrum.   I wondered at the motivations of . . . Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:54:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977283123 Saje W. 2008-03-13T02:54:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977097019 We're hearing cries for "unity" and "an end to partisan bickering." "Bickering" can be defined as "pointless" arguments with no purpose behind them. The American . . . Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:46:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977097019 Saje W. 2007-08-25T20:46:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977089506 When I was a small child, I lived in Northern California, San Jose to be exact. It was the early seventies and many of my dad's friends were hippies. We traveled to Santa Cruz and Big Sur and generally . . . Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:45:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977089506 Saje W. 2007-08-18T00:45:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977087120 OP: Crater Lake, OR As of late Tuesday evening, a new Democatic candidate for the Presidential nomination has tossed his hat into the ring. Rabid Squirrel, a virtual unknown from a rustic part of Oregon, . . . Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:23:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977087120 Saje W. 2007-08-15T20:23:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977078336 Thom Hartmann likes to say that democracy is in the American DNA now and that we'll never tolerate anything less. I like to think he's right. My faith in us, not only as Americans, but as humans, . . . Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:26:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977078336 Saje W. 2007-08-07T09:26:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977072057 I am now throwing my hat into the ring as a self-proclaimed "dark horse" Democratic candidate for President of the United States.  I have no "experience," domestically or with . . . Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:18:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977072057 Saje W. 2007-07-31T16:18:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977051963   Honestly, how many of us are really happy with the way the Dem leadership seems to be handling Bushco's obstinancy and obvious disdain not only for we, the People, but the branch of government . . . Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:57:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977051963 Saje W. 2007-07-10T08:57:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977044160 The Right Wing, particularly the representatives of the religious sort, are always telling us what to do and what to think. They make being gay a moral choice, and attack such wide-ranging things as Harry . . . Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:52:24 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977044160 Saje W. 2007-06-30T19:52:24Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977041925 Let's imagine a world in which a man, an intelligent, clever, and cunning man, managed to convince his neighbors that aliens from another world had come down and shared the secrets of the universe . . . Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:38:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977041925 Saje W. 2007-06-28T08:38:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977035854 I'm not superstitious. I don't hold the 2012 ending date of the Mayan calender in any particular awe, nor do I have any faith in Nostradamus's or Edgar Cayce's predictions. I discuss these . . . Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:25:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977035854 Saje W. 2007-06-21T22:25:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977035805 I was on Wikipedia last night looking up fantasy sub-genres and came to the conclusion that my stuff is "Low, Hard, Dark, Urban, Alternate History, Science Fantasy." It's not "Slipstream" . . . Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:38:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977035805 Saje W. 2007-06-21T21:38:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977024633 Some of us are driven by the need to claim the spotlight, to be the center of attention.  People will go on TV and tolerate the damnedest things for their promised fifteen minutes of fame.  They'll . . . Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:25:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977024633 Saje W. 2007-06-09T14:25:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976884010 Not only have I been working on my next novel, I've also been doing some remodeling work on my house.  So far I've painted the bathroom and installed about half the floor's worth of some . . . Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:58:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976884010 Saje W. 2007-01-13T07:58:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976838853 There is some debate as to how much trouble our education system is in. The RW has used it to leverage certain things like the No Child Left Behind law, which, in my opinion, not only teaches to the lowest . . . Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:42:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976838853 Saje W. 2006-11-15T01:42:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976838736 I've touched on this before but I think it's time to try another round. Most Dems HERE, at least, seem to get it. The Republican/Conservative ideology when it comes to economics is morally and . . . Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:27:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976838736 Saje W. 2006-11-14T22:27:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976837437 This Democratic Congress will face a challenge no Democratic Congress has ever before faced. Unlike the last predominately Democratic Congress, this one will stand naked before the people and have to answer . . . Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:04:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976837437 Saje W. 2006-11-13T10:04:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976835894 I mean, we all know how little the last Congress worked. They made 1800 dollars a day polishing the President's shoes, after all. Let's go for a Congress that works HALF the year, at least. That . . . Sat, 11 Nov 2006 01:36:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976835894 Saje W. 2006-11-11T01:36:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976834942 For the past six years the Republican Party that controlled Congress and the Presidency did very little to help the average American. No surprise there. Instead, they seemed to focus on things that would . . . Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:11:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976834942 Saje W. 2006-11-09T22:11:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976833006 Our house was built in 1910 and subsequently remodeled in or around the 1970s by a team of what I can only assume to be drunken apes.  One look around this place and you'd have to wonder too. . . . Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:34:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976833006 Saje W. 2006-11-07T04:34:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976823144 This year when the spooky goblins and monsters show up at your door, it might not just be your neighborhood kids looking for handouts of Snickers and Reeses candy. Nope. This bunch of ruffians will be . . . Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:27:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976823144 Saje W. 2006-10-24T22:27:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976811588   In case you haven't heard the news,                  The Infinity Project     It's a hit!   . . . Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:15:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976811588 Saje W. 2006-10-09T10:15:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976810654 The Republican smear machine is gearing up to try to bury the filthy stench of their most recent scandal, the one scandal that has proved to be of more interest to the American people than so many that . . . Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:57:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976810654 Saje W. 2006-10-07T19:57:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976788629 I've been recently re-reading (for the fifth or sixth time) Eric Flint's alternate history novel, 1632. It's a book about whole West Virginia town that is catapulted back in time to Germany . . . Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:00:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976788629 Saje W. 2006-09-07T08:00:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976787894 We can argue until the end of time what the founding fathers meant when they erected the wall between Church and State. Whether it was just to protect the Christian sects from one another, or if they actually . . . Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:50:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976787894 Saje W. 2006-09-06T07:50:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976787235 Saturday, April 5, 2008 Central Oregon Another Earth   Detective Rachel Flynn squatted next to the body and pulled the latex glove over her right hand with a sharp 'snap.'   . . . Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:45:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976787235 Saje W. 2006-09-05T07:45:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976787173 I remember the first time I set eyes on him.  I think he was dragging a timber rattler out of its hole by its tail.  "Crikey!  Ain't she a beaut?!" he exclaimed, holding the . . . Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:15:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976787173 Saje W. 2006-09-05T03:15:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976787099 there existed a great nation that believed in justice for all men and women. Its leaders labored long and hard to see that every child received a decent education, had enough to eat, and learned how to . . . Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:09:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976787099 Saje W. 2006-09-05T00:09:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976786132 You know what sets us apart from our regressive opponents? We believe in America. They don't. The simple fact is that they're afraid of what America represents. They're afraid of freedom. . . . Sun, 03 Sep 2006 02:07:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976786132 Saje W. 2006-09-03T02:07:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976776281 Where do these idiots get this idea? They fling it off the cuff as if it means something. "Liberals hate America." Uh...no. We hate some of the shortsighted, wrongheaded, callous strategies . . . Mon, 14 Aug 2006 05:19:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976776281 Saje W. 2006-08-14T05:19:42Z