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December 14, 2009 07:18 PM EST -- Raise your hand if you have ever changed a flat tire. Okay, put your hands down. Now, who has waged that battle with the emergency equipment found in the typical trunk? Okay, you can stop . . . more
February 03, 2007 09:05 AM EST -- I woke this morning to the crackle of a window frame; outside, it is -15F. The cold compresses the windows in its grip. I scramble out of bed, pull on some sweats and shiver until my body heat reflects . . . more
May 01, 2007 08:42 AM EDT -- Critique welcome    Somewhere East of Elko Nevada, Allen and Meg turned off the interstate to glide under the concrete canopy of a Philips 66 station.  The canopy cast a deep blue pool . . . more
April 21, 2008 06:58 AM EDT -- I have yet to visit the eHarmony website, but I am curious. Can anyone tell me if the following items appear on their compatibility questionnaire? - Which is louder: a pile driver or your snoring? . . . more
May 19, 2008 02:08 PM EDT -- After four hours of touring the flat expanses of Eastern North Dakota, I told my buddy I'd seen empty parking lots with more scenery. At least parking lots have interesting stuff like white . . . more
July 07, 2008 12:35 PM EDT -- Obviously the Humor Gang has recovered from the long July 4th weekend. (For those living at latitudes and longitudes not tormented by American electoral politics, there is less of an excuse, for instance . . . more
July 14, 2008 12:40 PM EDT -- The happiest man in the world is a pink little guy I used to care for at the Faribault State Hospital in Minnesota. "The Colonel" was born with severe Down's Syndrome, yet he enjoyed . . . more
October 22, 2006 11:35 AM EDT -- Morning is feeding time for traffic in Australia. With the fresh light of a rising sun behind them, vehicles in downtown Sydney prowl for pedestrians. One rarely sees the old, the young or the weak . . . more
December 14, 2009 06:01 AM EST --               The forecast says, "cold with snow", it's the sort of . . . more
January 19, 2007 01:32 PM EST -- I know of a man handicapped by intelligence; he is in every sense of the word, a nerd. Eluded by social and physical grace, as well as success, he still remains undeniably breathtakingly brilliant. . . . more
February 18, 2006 09:51 AM EST -- Reading through comments on Gather.com is often an exercise in the worst of politics.  It is not that people at Gather are merely are polarized – it is that the polarization is an active process.  . . . more
January 21, 2007 11:26 AM EST -- I hit two deer in three days at the same spot in the road. To be precise, I hit one, the other hit me. The first accident occurred while commuting one crisp moonless morning on a road slicked black with . . . more
June 23, 2007 08:16 AM EDT -- Critique Welcome    A short story told in dialogue:    I need to be with her when she is put down. Of course, but let me warn you that death does not always come peacefully . . . more
April 28, 2008 08:24 AM EDT -- There was a time when almost everyone in Minnesota lived in a tent. The equipment in those days was pretty basic stuff: buffalo hide shelter, wicker backpacks, wooden utensils and maybe a clay vessel . . . more
May 05, 2008 06:59 AM EDT -- I remember my son's coach ticking his way through the roll-call before the soccer games: "Joshua, Jeremiah, Jason, Joshua, Joshua, Joshua".  You get the idea. To . . . more
May 13, 2008 10:09 AM EDT -- I don't believe in "Global Warming". No, not at all. I've read some interesting studies about carbon forcing and others that suggest the whole thing is overblown, but at least . . . more
August 11, 2008 12:48 PM EDT -- Good Morning Gathered, First, allow me to thank John Philipp for filling in last week as Gather Essentials: Writing Member Editor. He did a fine job (as you may have noticed by the uptick in the quality . . . more
April 14, 2008 07:17 AM EDT -- I have been told by experts in such matters that on a golf course I am a clear and present danger to all living things as well as any inanimate object within the range of half a mile. Much of this . . . more
January 12, 2006 10:20 AM EST -- Yesterday I crossed the street to Walgreen's.  As I wandered through the aisles a twenty-something boy began shrieking his sexual tension and social angst at me.  After he concluded, another . . . more
January 24, 2006 05:19 PM EST -- The world of American Arts and Letters is not a friendly place for voices hailing from right of center. Most English Departments have marched in lockstep with a far-left world view for more . . . more
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