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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 . . . more
August 18, 2006 03:56 PM EDT -- (this was first published in March, the day after the Acadamy Awards)   but I have to say what must be said.... I've been trying for years to be politically correct about certain things, but . . . more
August 20, 2006 07:06 PM EDT -- After fourscore years of deliberate avoidance, I have seen my first corpse. The new dock directly across the canal from me, the one I have been bitching about because it partially blocks my view of the . . . more
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 . . . more
6 billion miracles is enough
by Elyse S.
views: 27 | rating: 10 | comments: 13
September 28, 2006 08:53 PM EDT -- We live in a fishbowl. Essentially swimming around in our own excrements, however, other things that live in that fish bowl with us clean up after us and let us reuse everything, free of charge. The ecosystem . . . more
Extraterrestrials
by Justin W.
views: 12 | rating: 5.5 | comments: 5
May 08, 2007 05:18 PM EDT -- Have you wondered what would happen if aliens arrived in full view on earth. I've always hoped that they would be benign and willing to help us. I also hope that they would be godless, whether formerly . . . more
Depression, What is It?
by Howard M.
views: 70 | rating: 9.8 | comments: 27
February 10, 2007 05:35 AM EST --   Depression is endemic in the United States. But what does that statement, albeit true, actually mean? What is depression? How do we know that someone is depressed? How do we measure this condition . . . more
Christmas among the Jews
by Howard M.
views: 29 | rating: 10 | comments: 10
December 10, 2006 07:08 AM EST -- We're Jewish or, sort of Jewish. I guess the most accurate statement would be that I am Jewish, though not observant, and the rest of the family joins me in some identification with the tribe. For . . . more
February 12, 2007 06:55 AM EST -- The first part of this article comprised definitions and a little epidemiology, pretty much factual and inarguable. It was easy to write. This part is hard. The facts are not as solid or well defined. . . . more
March 04, 2007 12:12 PM EST -- Anxiety was defined in the Acute Anxiety article and will not be dealt with in detail in this one. Remember, however, that it is a physical response mediated, primarily, by the sympathetic branch of the . . . more
Acute anxiety
by Howard M.
views: 33 | rating: 8.2 | comments: 11
March 02, 2007 05:03 AM EST --  What happened to all of the neurotics? Nothing except a name change. Now, they have anxiety disorders. Actually, they all had anxiety before, called, neurotic anxiety and they were named for the . . . more
Like Nothing
by Ed Twist
views: 21 | rating: 9.8 | comments: 6
December 10, 2006 02:32 AM EST -- Our side of the island had been alerted of a super-typhoon.   Instantly we all got into some sort of momentary melee among the ear-splitting sounds of hacksaws and hammers and nails and bolts . . . more
If you package it right...
by Howard M.
views: 43 | rating: 9.7 | comments: 15
February 01, 2007 05:22 AM EST -- Earlier today, my wife found a few chunks of memory. These 'chunks' recalled to mind the most entertaining enterprise in which we ever engaged (business wise). It was a business . . . more
October 17, 2006 10:58 PM EDT -- I am excited to let everyone know that "Conversations with God", the movie, opens everywhere on October 27th, 2006! I have read Neale Donald Walsch's books and have found them to be amazing. . . . more
 
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