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October 01, 2007 04:09 PM EDT --
FREE
Deleted Comment Makeovers
For A Limited Time Only!
Deleted - Again? Nothing is as embarrassing as spending precious time getting ready for a Big Comment only to be rejected! Well let me tell you . . .
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September 30, 2007 06:20 PM EDT --
The Original Gather: A Trip In The Internet WayBack Machine
Gather, October 24, 2005
Look at the topics list from 2005:
Browse By Topic
World Events
US Events
US Regions
US . . .
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September 18, 2007 07:11 PM EDT --
(Earlier posted as a comment)
As has been discussed in many places, including some recent Gather posts, the mindless gaming you and your friends so love has drained the system.
Real content increases . . .
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September 18, 2007 08:02 AM EDT --
Mysterious Ransom Note Left At GNN Correspondent's Desk
Late yesterday evening this correspondent found a mysterious cut and paste ransom note in the pile of GNN tips that had accumulated since her . . .
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September 13, 2007 10:07 PM EDT --
How Many Words Can You Make From "Subaheim-Wurbizer"?
One answer per comment.
Only real words count.
You can never be tooerudite or too creative.
Ironic, yes?
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September 08, 2007 10:05 PM EDT --
Dateline: Sept 8, 2007
This correspondent has learned through unnamed sources that Osama bin Laden, contrary to his very public fundamentalist Muslim agenda, has a taste for designer clothes - clothes . . .
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September 06, 2007 10:46 PM EDT --
Describe What You Do As A Palindrome
To play this game, you must describe what you do for a living as a palindrome using real words in English that are spelled correctly.
One answer per post.
You must . . .
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September 03, 2007 06:00 PM EDT --
from the Kevin Hemingsway Journals
Today it was hot. I was sweaty, and it was good.
I spent the morning planning how to poison the pigeons. When I am old, I will shoot the pigeons, or I will poison . . .
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August 31, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
The Kevin Hemingsway Journals: The Woman
"She was a fine pony, a strong pony. She was wild and unbroken. She was a fine strong blond pony. She made me think of a woman. Her flank felt like a fine . . .
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August 26, 2007 02:01 PM EDT --
Huzzah! I finally got a taste of tomato that I grew myself. A rescue tomato - one that had split because of the erratic rainfall - was almost ripe and a temptation to bugs, so I brought it in to finish. . . .
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August 24, 2007 09:47 PM EDT --
My fifth grader wants to know if there are any word pairs where one word ending with "H" makes a second real word if the "H" is removed. The words must be in English and spelled correctly. . . .
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August 21, 2007 09:03 PM EDT --
Today on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, Lynn Neary covered the "First Chapters" contest put on by Gather.Com & Borders Books. After a brief overview of the publishing . . .
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August 20, 2007 01:48 PM EDT --
Inspired by Nippy's Game: The Easiest Game Ever
The Surrealithread Game
How to play:
Take a noun or adjective from the comment before yours and make a new sentence that has nothing to do with . . .
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August 20, 2007 11:41 AM EDT --
This morning I made my very first batch of fried green tomatoes. More precisely, fried green tomato. I found it on the ground last night with an incriminating squirrel bite and didn't want it to go . . .
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August 16, 2007 01:57 PM EDT --
(August 2, 2007, Abingdon Virginia Premier)
The Stardust movie, based on a book by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, has finally come to theaters. I've not read the book, so my opinion is not colored . . .
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July 24, 2007 10:19 AM EDT --
I've done some more research on Bookwise, and decided to look for information from people who are with the Bookwise company:
The Blue xB (blog) . . .
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July 23, 2007 05:29 PM EDT --
I received this gathermail today:
Hey J,
I just wanted to let all promising writers know about the writers contest. You seem like you would really appreciate a contest like this. So here it is:
ANNOUNCING . . .
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July 15, 2007 02:49 PM EDT --
One of the most useful mnemonic devices in my life is the "I Before E" rule. I often have trouble with transposed letters, and sometimes neither "ei" nor "ie" looks right . . .
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July 14, 2007 07:33 PM EDT --
Their, There, They're, Little Writer
They're over there with their homophones on, little writer, and they can't hear you pounding the keys over here. No, I know how frustrating it is to have . . .
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July 14, 2007 02:08 PM EDT --
A few years back I wrote an literary criticism of "Violent Cases" by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean called Pay Attention: There May Or May Not Be A Man Behind The Curtain. My essay appears in . . .
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