http://thegripevine.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by The Gripe Vine en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:11:51 GMT 2010-01-03T13:11:51Z 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=281474977973510&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace For those that don't know history ... Here is a condensed version: Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer . . . Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:12:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973510&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Carolyn M. 2010-01-03T03:12:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973251&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace And hopefully, by the grace of God I never will.  Never before in the history of the internet have I ever seen a bunch of foul mouthed mean spirited pontificators as I have seen in this bastion of . . . Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:31:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977973251&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Christopher B. 2010-01-02T22:31:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971272&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace No matter how old you are you never forget your first love, that is what our society tell us, and yet some people hardly remember their first loves. The reason may be because a hundred years ago . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:44:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977971272&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2010-01-01T10:44:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970898&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace     Two winged smiles * Smile has two wings. It glides over the glade, wet. Now Mrs. Neighbor will come out. Fresh water will be sprinkled on her precious lawn, a patch, . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:51:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970898&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2010-01-01T00:51:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970375&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace It has turned out that the first two books of the WAKING GOD TRILOGY have become prophetic. With a plot set in the current time and near future, the books have plotted a course that exposes the seeds . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:47:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970375&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Philip Harris 2009-12-31T16:47:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969392&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Hi everyone, I hope your holidays are coming along real well. I hope Santa was good and you are all expecting to have a good new year. Santa came sooner than expected for me. I had to . . . Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:04:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977969392&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2009-12-31T00:04:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965788&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Published in Examiner.com The scare for the H1N1 virus has been felt globally. Despite the predicted shortages of the vaccine in the USA and late start for vaccinations across the USA and Canada, . . . Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:28:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977965788&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2009-12-28T17:28:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964007&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace i   On Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab of Nigeria, who claimed to be an agent of the terroirst group al-Qaida, attempted to ignite an exlposive device aboard   . . . Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:31:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977964007&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Timothy V. 2009-12-27T04:31:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961789&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Wow the way the point system has slowed down it seems like it has taken forever to get here and I have begun to lose interest, anyone else feel this way? I have to admit I've been looking around for . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:25:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961789&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Debra H. 2009-12-24T15:25:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961071&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace   Not belonging to one Noon belongs to no one; the shadows don’t wait; they rush, blend, mingle, finally evanesce.   Noon belongs to no one; no shadows. Brother . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:51:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961071&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-24T00:51:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959558&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace   Sundays of a Monday man A Monday man has Sundays behind him too when he lights a candle; kneels; pray for nothing.   A cat saunters through the time lying down . . . Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:13:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977959558&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-23T01:13:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955100&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Fragile messages A desolate window ablaze with twenty red lights is all this home has.   Still path slips away; body gives away; you return to a forlorn Christmas. . . . Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:58:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977955100&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-20T00:58:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953751&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Hubby took me out for lunch to a nice sit down restaurant. Our host was wonderful, a server brought us menus and water and asked what we would like to drink promptly. The place was nice and clean with . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:55:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977953751&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Debra H. 2009-12-18T22:55:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952216&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Columns I The white columns sweat the way I do though it is arid winter, weak sun. Sometimes we soak in salt and a sea wakes up on our palm. At any rate, the waves obliterate . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:54:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952216&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-18T00:54:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943626&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Published on Factoidz.com     It is that time of the year again. You got it; it is the Christmas holidays for Christians and non-Christians alike. I am told by some . . . Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:22:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943626&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2009-12-12T07:22:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939228&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace On Monday they took my cycle day 21 progesterone levels , Because they messed them up last month and took a prolactin.. ?? hmm ok.. well anyways,I completely forgot about taking the blood test and . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:02:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939228&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace **AngelEyez** a. 2009-12-09T18:02:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937918&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace   I, a thief Shades of a wrong lie on a still road. November clouds; the smoke of evening is a whisper you hears I scream, I have come across a famine, a flood and now . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:56:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937918&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-09T00:56:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937557&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace   I have talked to women throughout the years who felt that having a jealous boyfriend was cute. They defended this behavior by saying that it showed their boyfriend really loved them. . . . Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:59:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937557&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2009-12-08T20:59:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977935658&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace published in Factoidz   My friend and I were talking about how similar our past was. Yet, she was brought up the American South and I was brought up in Montreal, Quebec Canada. You see our . . . Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:17:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977935658&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Carol Roach 2009-12-07T20:17:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924222&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace The miracle of Christmas.   http://open.salon.com/blog/ronnierayjenkins/2009/11/30/the_christmas_whores_fresh_fish Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:53:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924222&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Ron Jenkins 2009-11-30T20:53:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923543&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace relationship Hate soaks a piece of cloth in water with love she applies it on my head.   Twitches her mouth. She says that I have made her face these trying times . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:13:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923543&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-11-30T12:13:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922609&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace http://open.salon.com/blog/ronnierayjenkins/2009/11/28/goodbye_momso_long_pop_when_walmartians_invade Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:40:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922609&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Ron Jenkins 2009-11-29T19:40:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920794&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace All I can say is OMG.haha,I first took a nap of like 2 hours then headed out around 245 to hit walmart and be there before 5 am when stores opened. It takes about 1hour to get there so I thought I was . . . Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:08:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920794&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace **AngelEyez** a. 2009-11-28T01:08:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912130&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace   Prime numbers It is always an early winter; I have math grades to show my father. Brown leaves fall on those sheets. I can say, it is not an effortless . . . Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:48:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977912130&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-11-22T01:48:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977911990&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace OR ELSE:   http://open.salon.com/blog/ronnierayjenkins/2009/11/21/piggy_fiction Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:45:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977911990&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Ron Jenkins 2009-11-21T22:45:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977911076&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace http://open.salon.com/blog/ronnierayjenkins/2009/11/20/a_silent_peace       Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:29:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977911076&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Ron Jenkins 2009-11-21T02:29:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977909314&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace How many times have you wondered what the author sounded like if he did his own reading? I have.   http://open.salon.com/blog/ronnierayjenkins/2009/11/19/close_your_eyes_and_click Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:33:44 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977909314&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Ron Jenkins 2009-11-19T23:33:44Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977907570&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace  (I'm going for g-rated here or it defeats the purpose of searchability, so bear with me)    I appear to have lost my mind today. I have commented on political content and have made . . . Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:07:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977907570&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Kerry (A tree, not a lemon) .. 2009-11-19T02:07:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977907464&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace At nine, little things mean a lot, at ninety, little changes. So, with the holiday season fast approaching, I leave you this. Peace and Goodwill to you all.   http://open.salon.com/blog/ronnierayjenkins/2009/11/18/the_walk_of_a_lifetime . . . Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:31:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977907464&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Ron Jenkins 2009-11-19T00:31:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977905844&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Anyone who has had their car towed can agree it's a pretty crappy thing to have happen. Listen in on this actual phone call made to a towing company after a woman gets her car back - Caution - some language. . . . Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:47:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977905844&grpId=3659174697243252&nav=Groupspace Debra H. 2009-11-18T03:47:59Z