Tag: random musings
member name: Dame Ruth, Chief Executive Elitist D.
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October 31, 2006 05:34 PM EST --
I have recently become alarmed by the creeping disappearance of the "s" in American English. (I know.. too much time on my hands)...We've long been aware of the substitution of . . .
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November 10, 2006 06:30 PM EST --
"Dear Ruth,
On behalf of the editorial team here at Gather, I am very pleased to inform you that we are featuring grammarians on Gather, and you have been chosen to appear on the Gather homepage. . . .
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August 22, 2006 02:43 PM EDT --
As I've mentioned elsewhere, I have lived in and/or visited many countries, and have experienced virtually every popular (or unpopular) style of government adopted in . . .
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September 01, 2006 06:12 PM EDT --
<h2>I stopped carrying a handbag almost twenty years ago when I was mugged while waiting at a red light in Miami. The driver-side window was down and my handbag was on the passenger seat next to . . .
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September 30, 2006 02:36 PM EDT --
As promised, herewith an accounting of earnings on Day One of my point whore/call girl campaign:
Outcalls (meaningless comments placed): 62
In-house tricks (comments received): 57
Points . . .
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October 03, 2006 03:24 PM EDT --
I embarked upon my point whore campaign to demonstrate Gather's warped value system. I believe I have now proven this point beyond a doubt.
Yesterday, I published a thoughtful, well-written . . .
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November 19, 2006 05:21 PM EST --
Of all the hundreds of variations in Biblical content, there is one glaring mistranslation that has had the most profound effect on the most people over the longest period of time. . . .
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September 25, 2006 06:51 PM EDT --
Just checked my point count and discovered I've made it to the big three oh oh oh!! Thank you all for helping support my effort to reach this pinnacle of gathersuccess. I couldn't have done . . .
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October 02, 2006 03:04 PM EDT --
It suddenly occurred to me that I have been overlooking my primary purpose in joining Gather, which was to share what I have learned in almost a century living to the hilt. So, rather than spend . . .
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October 17, 2006 08:43 PM EDT --
Folded into a W in the hospital bed, sabers of pain slicing through my middle, I was now a Bone of Contention between Nurse Stoneface and Nurse Fatass, one on each side of the bed, firing . . .
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January 26, 2007 02:05 PM EST --
Recently, a spate of “you hurt my feelings, so I’m going to leave” articles have appeared here, instantly followed by long comment . . .
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August 16, 2006 04:54 PM EDT --
My son just called to tell me his father died yesterday. Had I not divorced him, we would have been married 60 years in two weeks. Sonofabitch slipped out on another anniversary!
My son and I discussed . . .
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October 29, 2006 04:04 PM EST --
KEO's article concerning the pregnant 17-year old has prompted me to publish this exerpt from my book LIFE, DEATH AND OTHER TRIVIA. I think it is a pertinent response. A discussion would . . .
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August 14, 2006 05:28 PM EDT --
The following is from a column by Robyn Blumner in the St. Petersburg Times yesterday.
"Thanks to President Bush and his plan to Christianize the nation's provision of social . . .
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August 20, 2006 03:04 PM EDT --
Among the many reactionary precepts encouraged by our current administration is the banal old Creationism vs. Evolution debate, which, despite its arrant salute to ignorance, amuses me for many reasons. . . .
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August 23, 2006 04:14 PM EDT --
(originally posted on August 1 on Blogster.com)
NEWS ITEM:
Miami, FL July 31, 2006
Officials tracking hurricane season told President Bush that data linking a series of devastating storms to global warming . . .
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October 18, 2006 03:31 PM EDT --
Sometime later (pain has a way of distorting time…it could have been minutes or hours) a portable computer was wheeled in by Nurse Robot. Without a glance in my direction, she stood at the . . .
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September 03, 2006 06:25 PM EDT --
This came to me via the UK, from an online friend who is more intelligently aware of what's going on here than most Americans. I'm sure all you NPR listeners have heard it, but for those . . .
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December 24, 2006 03:01 PM EST --
I remember the good old days
When I followed every fashion craze;
When four-inch heels adorned my feet
As I sashayed down the city street;
Haute couture was all I wore
Each time I stepped . . .
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January 02, 2007 12:22 PM EST --
Defense for a sexual harassment charge:
“I couldn’t hep it, Your Honor. The minute I seen them big brown eyes, I got inflatulated.”
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