http://snarkness.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Army Of Snarkness en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:20:41 GMT 2010-01-03T02:20:41Z 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=281474977973235&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Ellen Goodman, newspaper columnist, has written her last column.  Carl Kassel, the voice of news on NPR, is retiring from that job to pursue new opportunities. I have great admiration for both journalists. . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:11:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973235&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2010-01-02T22:11:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973182&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace from CNN:  The September 16, 2007, bloodbath in Baghdad's Nusour Square, which left 15 dead and left two dozen wounded, led Iraq's government to place limits on security contractors hired by Blackwater . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:21:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973182&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2010-01-02T21:21:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972918&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace LEXINGTON, Mass.  Tom Sholes is a certified public accountant and a certifiable golf nut for whom the first week of April is a holy season.  "During the Masters, I don't want to be . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:26:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972918&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2010-01-02T17:26:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973105&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Do you have $35,000 bucks to spare?  If so, you can safely " say or publish anything "grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion, thereby causing outrage among . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:01:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973105&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2010-01-02T20:01:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972803&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace As you turn the page on 2009 and look ahead to the coming year, you may be asking yourself--what exactly do I get for all the taxes I'm going to owe come April 15th?  Where does my money go, . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:06:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972803&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2010-01-02T16:06:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972660&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Okay Rush, now you've done it. Since you were taken to hospital in Hawaii with chest pains, I had to try to be nice. I did point out that you are overweight and smoke cigars, but other than that I tried . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:09:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972660&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2010-01-02T14:09:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972077&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect.  I was sold on the event by the Rainy Day Books employee who said that he hadn’t seen such a buzz about a cooking personality since the . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:29:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972077&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace La Lady Lisa Westerfield 2010-01-02T04:29:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972027&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace I am a longtime Robert Rankin fan with some of the ones I have enjoyed the most being: Nostradamus Ate My Hamster ( 1996 ) The Fandom of the Operator ( 2001 ) The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:40:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977972027&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Kimber L. 2010-01-02T04:40:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971827&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace BOSTON.  Amy Linehan thinks the legal profession is boring, and doesn't want to be a lawyer.  So what's she doing in the library at Bay State School of Law, studying for mid-term exams? . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:23:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971827&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2010-01-01T22:23:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971517&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace I got taken recently by a report on Slate.com stating that Bernie Madoff had been beaten up by a fellow prisoner.  It was totally bogus apparently and I had to apologize later for being suckered . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:46:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971517&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2010-01-01T16:46:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970492&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace BRYN MAWR, Pa.  Doug Dickerman was a man who, until six months ago, seemed to have it all.  A good job, two high-achieving kids in college, and a wife--Meg--who tolerated his tendency to . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:38:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970492&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2009-12-31T18:38:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970362&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/opinion/29tue2.html The New York Times broke this story last week. I'll be interested to see how this plays out in the new year. In a nutshell, these banks are . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:32:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970362&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace J. McDole - Gather's Anti-Beck 2009-12-31T16:32:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970153&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace CHICAGO.  A multi-disciplinary team of academics has determined that the face that appears in the so-called "Shroud of Turin" is that of rock guitarist Eric Clapton, not Jesus of Nazareth as . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:47:28 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970153&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2009-12-31T13:47:28Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970095&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Thanks to a recent devaluation in the flemux, the national currency of Freedonia, there has never been a better time to visit the country known as “The Gateway to Several Other . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:54:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970095&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2009-12-31T12:54:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969586&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Rush Limbaugh, on vacation in Hawaii, was apparently golfing when he experienced chest pains and was rushed to a hospital today.  His condition is listed as serious. Limbaugh, age 58, has had some . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:48:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969586&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-31T03:48:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969560&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Hasn't it been a messy decade?  For me, it has seemed like wasted time in some ways. While watching our two daughters grow up into talented and intelligent young women, I have been dismayed to watch . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:19:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969560&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-31T03:19:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969262&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace (CNN) – In blistering new comments Wednesday, former Vice President Dick Cheney says President Obama's reaction to the botched terrorist attack on Christmas Day is proof the president "is trying . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:20:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969262&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-30T22:20:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969004&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_asteroid_encounter This is an odd news tidbit.  I watched the old Bruce Willis gung ho spce adventure movie back in the day, guilty pleasure, who hasn't. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:56:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969004&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-30T18:56:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968913&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Has anyone out there ever had a book published? I've been working on finding an agent the past several months but I'm only getting a few nibbles of interest. I'm curious to know how long and how many . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:39:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968913&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Scott M. 2009-12-30T17:39:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968740&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Karl Rove and wife are divorcing after 23 years. My initial inclination was to say something snide, like I suppose that is a direct consequence of our national failure to pass defense of marriage legislation. . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:32:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968740&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-30T15:32:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968607&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace The new health reform bill imposes a $2.7 billion tax on indoor tanning salons.                                                                                    . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:27:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968607&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2009-12-30T13:27:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968068&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Here's a list of scientists and people who have science heavily involved in their livelihoods.  Please review the list and think about it: are the people in this job area good, well intentioned, . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:28:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977968068&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-30T03:28:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967999&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Ok, I thought I heard it all. I have heard of the watermelon diet, atkins, cottage cheese, bean diet and other silly things...but the following is the grossiest, worse and utterly stupidiest diet I ever . . . Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:55:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967999&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Nellie (The Bad Santa of Gather) 2009-12-30T01:55:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967335&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace WATERTOWN, Mass.  European Motors, a garage here that specializes in the repair of the foreign cars favored by professors at local institutions of higher learning, is the scene of what must . . . Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:46:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977967335&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2009-12-29T16:46:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965945&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace GREEN RIDGE , Mo .   Eunice Holcomb has long been a valued employee at the Swift Poultry Processing plant in this idyllic town in central Missouri that features a horseshoe pit on the town . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:32:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965945&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2009-12-28T19:32:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965631&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace My local newspaper is a right wing rag, it must be admitted. Today's "Correspondent of the Day" letter to the editor patiently explains that: the notion that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:19:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965631&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-28T15:19:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964849&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace The protesters are claiming that the government killed several protesters today, and that one of them is the nephew of Moussavi, the political candidate who started the endless round of protests and punishments . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:13:10 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964849&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Chris W. 2009-12-27T22:13:10Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964585&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace As a boy, I was fascinated by tales of the necessity of certain mental and physical functions.  If a person didn't dream at night, I had read, he or she would go mad the next day.  If we . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:37:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964585&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace Con Chapman 2009-12-27T17:37:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964515&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace A video from TYT with calls about health care. Bunny took down her Christmas tree. She does not want to celebrate the birth of Jesus because the Senate passed health care. Bunny . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:30:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964515&grpId=3659174697247178&nav=Groupspace J. McDole - Gather's Anti-Beck 2009-12-27T16:30:59Z