http://timstate.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Timothy State en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:10:12 GMT 2010-01-02T15:10:12Z 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=281474976931071 Best Gay Blog Review Originally uploaded by Timothy State. I woke up this morning to a totally flattering review of my Balancing Boyfriends blog. Best Gay Blogs featured me in their daily review. Best . . . Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:42:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976931071 Timothy State 2007-03-14T03:42:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976928451 I am here to testify on the morning after an abdominal workout that has left me moving around as if every rib in my torso has been kicked by a kangaroo. I am here to testify I am a victim held hostage . . . Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:07:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976928451 Timothy State 2007-03-10T22:07:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976896649 "How many for dinner," the host asked. The restaurant overlooked the Pacific Ocean. The sun had slipped below the horizon, gentle glows of pink and amber filter through the sky, ending the evening . . . Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:29:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976896649 Timothy State 2007-01-28T18:29:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976895763 Our final day in La For Tuna, the skies opened up, and as the sun rose higher, nothing but blue sky emerged behind the silhouette of the two conical peaks of Volcano Arenal. While we couldn't see the . . . Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:24:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976895763 Timothy State 2007-01-27T14:24:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976892376 "The animals, they don't like the rain," Alexander told us. "They stay home when it rain and don't come to greet the tourist." While it rains in the rainforest, it generally . . . Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:48:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976892376 Timothy State 2007-01-23T04:48:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976891476 The top of the volcano exploded like a firecracker. Even from our distance of a couple kilometers, we could hear the lava popping out of Volcano Arenal as it belched glowing flows of lava cascading down . . . Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:57:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976891476 Timothy State 2007-01-22T03:57:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976890964 This language barrier is much more challenging than I ever anticipated. As we sped into San Jose City on the freeway, we'd pass a sign before I could fully comprehend it. The taxi drivers here, as . . . Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:34:30 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976890964 Timothy State 2007-01-21T15:34:30Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976890811 It is a great honor that two of my stories have been included in a new anthology celebrating the surviving spirit of a city devastated. Love, Bourbon Street: Reflections of New Orleans, a collection of . . . Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:45:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976890811 Timothy State 2007-01-21T06:45:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976890786 The stupid American in me is easily overwhelmed in a foreign country. It started with the immigration and customs paperwork that we completed on the airplane as we began to descend into Valle Central where . . . Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:03:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976890786 Timothy State 2007-01-21T06:03:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976890756 "So are you going into the jungle, or are you going into the juuung-le?" the REI sales associate asked. We were looking at jungle clothes, and the skater dude sales associate we had been speaking . . . Sun, 21 Jan 2007 05:11:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976890756 Timothy State 2007-01-21T05:11:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976890593 "I'm kind of nervous," I said, turning to Misty Dawn, on the first night of our weekly Lake Forest Citizen's Police Academy class. Misty is a thin, fashion-conscious divorced mother of . . . Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:21:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976890593 Timothy State 2007-01-21T01:21:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976752847 Our dogs have the personalities of perpetual toddlers who are eternally experimenting with defying authority, asserting their independence, and putting everything not tied down into their mouths. As a . . . Wed, 17 May 2006 12:33:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976752847 Timothy State 2006-05-17T12:33:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731176 By intermission, it was painfully obvious something had to be done. "I told you so," Andrew said, kicking the granite curb that defines the line between street and sidewalk. He took a drag on . . . Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:13:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731176 Timothy State 2006-02-20T02:13:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731175 I could be sleeping in a feather bed with 300-thread-count cotton sheets at the W Hotel in Chicago's loop. But I'm not. I'm on a gurney in the hallway of Northwestern Memorial Hospital's . . . Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:11:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731175 Timothy State 2006-02-20T02:11:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731171 It was a completely different crowd than I expected. Although, to say that, is to imply that I had some preconceived notion as to what might happen. That at this particular moment, standing in the pit . . . Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:02:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731171 Timothy State 2006-02-20T02:02:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731170 Only one type of injury was sustained during Saturday's Foam Party at the Bourbon Street Pub in New Orleans. While this statement is true it is not the whole of it. 'Injury' does not accurately . . . Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:00:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731170 Timothy State 2006-02-20T02:00:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731168 Our dogs have the personalities of perpetual toddlers who are eternally experimenting with defying authority, asserting their independence, and putting everything not tied down into their mouths. As a . . . Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:58:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731168 Timothy State 2006-02-20T01:58:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731167 I remember the first time a girl kissed me. I was a late-bloomer, a junior in high school, able to drive. My mother was convinced that my dating dry spell to this point was simply an issue of finding the . . . Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:52:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731167 Timothy State 2006-02-20T01:52:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731165 When I was in eighth grade, I would go to developmental dances and stand there, clinging to the wall. These social mixers were designed to allow boys and girls to mingle in a positive, supervised manner . . . Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:48:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731165 Timothy State 2006-02-20T01:48:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731163 Rob and I are sitting at Hamburger Mary's, having a conversation we should have had 12 years ago. We're talking about dating and love, breakups and heartache, trust and betrayal. It's part . . . Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:44:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976731163 Timothy State 2006-02-20T01:44:59Z