Tag: gather
group name: oddinsights
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May 11, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
My mother thought that Mother's Day was a fraud perpetrated by greeting card companies. When I looked up the history of the holiday I found that it started in the US in the nineteenth century . . .
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October 05, 2007 10:54 PM EDT --
Something funny happened to me today. I got a text message from a friend saying that she and some friends would be gathering at 10pm and was hoping we could join her. For a good 40 seconds I thought, Oh . . .
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February 25, 2008 03:43 PM EST --
I've been busy all morning, so not posting, reading, or commenting. I just came back on to check my points for the day, and I'm one point shy of getting a $25 card. I'm sure that . . .
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October 06, 2007 05:33 AM EDT --
You know, you never notice how much you are used to somthing until you stop it. Thats how I feel about Gather! Wether I'm sneaking on to chat at night with my buddies, or stopping by Norma's cafe . . .
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July 23, 2008 12:00 AM EDT --
Thought~Byte No. 111
(This seemed particularly appropriate given Gather's recent "change.")
Concept and words by John Philipp. Drawings by Phil Frank.
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October 06, 2007 08:57 AM EDT --
It's Texas-OU weekend, baby!! And I bleed burnt orange.
I used to be in the Texas Longhorn Band and the OU game was one of my favorite traditions. It's a blast -- the stadium is in . . .
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November 27, 2007 05:21 PM EST --
A recurring theme on Gather is the anonymous low rating, the DB1. Some people find the low ratings disconcerting. I don't care. Maybe because I went to high school in the early 60s, . . .
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December 21, 2007 05:18 PM EST --
Tuesday morning I was getting dressed. My job requires that I wear clothing. I had put on my underwear (optional under the dress code but convenient) and was starting with my socks (also optional . . .
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March 04, 2008 01:00 PM EST --
It seems obvious to me that two of the three candidates are completely insulated from voting population in our nation. The American people are tired of orange alerts, weary of our "fearmongers" . . .
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March 07, 2008 02:12 PM EST --
The pretty picture pretty much says it all. The title is, of course:
"Ceci N'est Pas une Marque de Controle ou une Pointe."
I should point out . . .
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October 09, 2007 03:17 PM EDT --
I posted an article a while back (before my alphabet series) on how I learned that you could have emails sent to you whenever a contact has posted an article/image/video etc... This has been so extremely . . .
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November 19, 2007 01:49 PM EST --
Here are the titles of the 21 most discussed articles. As you can see, games and chat are the members' choice today.
Articles published within the past . . .
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October 03, 2007 10:45 PM EDT --
Growing up, I was always told that I was shy. I admit that I was not a talkative one. To this day I am not the talkative one in a group. I used to believe that I was shy. When people . . .
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September 05, 2008 03:42 PM EDT --
An aside here: I am sorry I have not been able to keep with with what you all have been publishing. I am sorry. Its a rather long explanation, the short one is I have been really tired and sleep deprived. . . .
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July 01, 2008 09:52 AM EDT --
As those of you who read my articles know, I have a pet peeve when it comes to the spreading of false e-mails and urban legends. In the age of Google, it takes all of 5 seconds to disprove . . .
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December 07, 2007 06:27 PM EST --
One of my guilty pleasures is participating in the comment threads on political articles. My pleasure increases with the synergy of politics and religion. I know you're not supposed to . . .
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March 31, 2008 03:09 PM EDT --
Another bountiful day on Humor Monday - twenty plus of articles to tickle your funny bone.
WARNING: Reading ALL these humor articles at one sitting . . .
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April 01, 2008 09:52 AM EDT --
After posting Writing Essentials: Humor Monday Update 3/31 the humor kept flowing in. I'm adding some of those here so they don't get missed by you who read the last Update and . . .
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December 12, 2007 01:05 AM EST --
Ok, Gather ate my first attempt here. So I will put down simply a quick thankyou to my friends who gave me the courage to go for the brass ring and who so wholy believe in me. Between a month . . .
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May 26, 2008 05:17 PM EDT --
This Monday the Humor Gang slowed down a little probably because it's
Memorial Day and a holiday — and possibly because I didn't remind them. We are . . .
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