http://unguru.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by esteban g. en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:38:58 GMT 2010-01-02T12:38:58Z 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=281474977843291   If you’re like me you might kinda think that “Dancing With the Stars” and “American Idol” are produced by some shallow, thought-sucking group of savages with blandly . . . Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:57:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977843291 esteban g. 2009-10-07T22:57:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977788596     How would you prefer to treat each of the following? They each have caused a car wreck that kills a family of four.   1. A 50 year old male with a history of alcohol use. . . . Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:31:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977788596 esteban g. 2009-08-26T14:31:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768729 Can one pursue a career in such a discipline? What have been the most/least successful cases of emergence from European colonialism? US/Canada taken as given. Why is South America famous for military . . . Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:15:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768729 esteban g. 2009-08-10T13:15:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768715 In the US, is it useful to consider the public educational system as an analogue for a potential public health care system?   How would you change the former to make it more "capitalist"? How . . . Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:41:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977768715 esteban g. 2009-08-10T12:41:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977676180   Quite a few people nearby keep a firearm mounted above their door. Maybe just a .22 rifle or a small shotgun. I reckon it gives them some peace . But, by my reckoning, by the time they see it . . . Thu, 07 May 2009 13:38:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977676180 esteban g. 2009-05-07T13:38:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977635691     After working in academia for many years, I find it difficult to completely divorce myself from aiding learning in others. However, as far as I can tell, technology in learning has . . . Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:12:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977635691 esteban g. 2009-03-24T16:12:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977615130 How would someone in 1918 interperet the words "gay hatred" in a newspaper?  I just found it a little weird on the radio this morning. Happy mad? Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:15:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977615130 esteban g. 2009-03-05T16:15:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977577306   Many folks are losing their jobs. Many folks have houses that can’t sell for enough to pay off the loan. Many folks don’t have houses or jobs. Free time lets you think, if you let it. . . . Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:32:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977577306 esteban g. 2009-01-28T14:32:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977575399 I think there are many other things to be said for seasonal eating. But I've had a craving for stewed cabbage for a few days. I think it is a winter time thing. Not the kind of stewed cabbage that . . . Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:57:04 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977575399 esteban g. 2009-01-26T18:57:04Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977572632 What is the difference? Is it as simple as it is a cult if it is yours and a religion if it is mine? Or is it a matter of scale? If you have 2 million adherents is it no longer a cult? Or is . . . Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:53:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977572632 esteban g. 2009-01-23T18:53:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977560052 Is tolerance an integer quantity?   Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:55:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977560052 esteban g. 2009-01-11T16:55:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977552805   I stopped at the gas station this morning. Went inside to get some 2-cycle oil in hopes of being productive later in the day. I saw something in the store that piqued my curiosity…a 4lb bag . . . Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:33:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977552805 esteban g. 2009-01-04T14:33:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977550608 I may delete this whole thread if the answers are too embarrassingly obivious, BUT...   How is it that we reconcile the Senate/HR seniority systems with the constitutional concept of equal . . . Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:42:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977550608 esteban g. 2009-01-01T23:42:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977543598 Just curious. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:14:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977543598 esteban g. 2008-12-23T18:14:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977511003 I'm struck by the bounty of collard greens this time of year. So I've experimented. Even made collard green pizza. But I wandered into this concoction that I really like. Many may not have . . . Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:45:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977511003 esteban g. 2008-11-19T15:45:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977498635   I woke with full intention. Get to the poll early. I arrived having reviewed my sample ballot. In a rural county, I was the 54 th voter. There was one other voter in place and five poll workers. . . . Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:59:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977498635 esteban g. 2008-11-05T16:59:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977497774 Perhaps most folks have already reasearched this topic. If you haven't, look into Al Qaida and Reagan's Mujahideen. Make your own conclusions and report. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:45:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977497774 esteban g. 2008-11-04T20:45:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977468438 I feel silly writing down things like this, because grandma's from years past would grimace that I would write down something so self-evident. But here it goes. I've always enjoyed making yeast . . . Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:17:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977468438 esteban g. 2008-10-05T15:17:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977453084 I've done a little internet research to try to find the origins of the song "He Was a Friend of Mine" with little success. I've been asked to play this for a likely event, but I'd . . . Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:21:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977453084 esteban g. 2008-09-19T06:21:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977394947 After some internet research, I think perhaps the following topic is often used as a project in middle school science and nature classes; but I never had it. I'm growing some pole beans this summer. . . . Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:05:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977394947 esteban g. 2008-07-10T23:05:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977381713 When I was a child, the elite was something you strove towards. Be a Marine, a physician, an author, a scholar…just be the best that of which you were possible.Today, it is something different. . . . Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:31:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977381713 esteban g. 2008-06-25T00:31:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977379079 First off, you've got to have some cantaloupe, or honeydew melon. Then you put a young chicken in a three gallon pot with black pepper, celery leaves, and a few cayenne pods. Bubble for 40 minutes. . . . Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:54:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977379079 esteban g. 2008-06-21T15:54:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977378739 Few things in the world are worse than canned chilli. Mystery meat enveloped with a mystery sauce. But, few things are as nice as coming home on a cool evening to a big pot of homemade chilli. I . . . Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:24:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977378739 esteban g. 2008-06-21T01:24:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977378005 At least to your congressmen. http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news;_ylt=Ah13F3THUqNKAwTo9gh6LTnZn414?slug=ap-congress-horsesafety&prov=ap&type=lgns Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:56:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977378005 esteban g. 2008-06-20T04:56:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977377326 I had to stop and get gasoline this morning. I suppose that is a bad enough start to anybody's day. At the pump next to me was a younger guy in an 80's vintage Chevy pickup. The pickup was . . . Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:07:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977377326 esteban g. 2008-06-19T14:07:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977375647 I had a summer job long ago doing surveying in Logan County Kentucky. Lasted for two summers. Mostly we did sewer line planning. Just mapping elevations. I didn't live nearby, so it was an hour in . . . Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:58:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977375647 esteban g. 2008-06-17T16:58:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977374838 My spouse and I had been living together for about two years. I bought a place in the country that could accommodate many critters. I lost my favorite, my soul, to an Eastern Diamondback. My spouse did . . . Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:59:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977374838 esteban g. 2008-06-16T19:59:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977370398 I live in the country, and so we seldom here the beep beep beep   backup sound of garbage trucks or delivery vehicles. But early this morning, the sound came on the television and chaos broke loose . . . Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:09:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977370398 esteban g. 2008-06-12T10:09:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977369077   You might be one of those people, or you might have a friend, that often says "I only like the classics." Be it classical music, visual art, literature, religion, there is much to . . . Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:30:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977369077 esteban g. 2008-06-11T13:30:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977358282 One thing that gets my attention is that folks Don't know how to do everything anymore. They make money and they can afford to pay specialists. But only the manual laborers know the . . . Sat, 31 May 2008 18:14:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977358282 esteban g. 2008-05-31T18:14:05Z