Tag: random musings
member name: Yvette F.
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January 16, 2007 05:00 AM EST --
Sandy Knauer can be sour
But I think it gives her power.
Me? I'm just an old point whore
With this article I hope to score.
That's a clerihew
That's right... I'm self-promoting . . .
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January 06, 2007 10:10 AM EST --
My son is home for the holidays. He's a student at UC Berkeley and I'm a single Mom in Colorado. In the past 3 years I've lost my husband, had two children go off to college, and lost . . .
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December 24, 2006 08:35 AM EST --
This is day 2 of an experiment to see how many points are gained with 1-hour a day of Gathering.
Purpose: Have fun, learn, connect, read, write, but get back to my life in an hour!
Dec. 23 . . .
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October 26, 2006 10:01 PM EDT --
I was in love. I was a 43-year-old, newly divorced, petrified, exhilarated, infatuated, obsessive lunatic. I had fantasized for two months about my friend, Jim, a 43-year-old single Dad, who . . .
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November 02, 2006 02:00 AM EST --
I should have known something was wrong in childhood. My first big purchase was an electric typewriter. Something about the feel of those keys beneath my virgin fingers. It just felt so right. . . .
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November 13, 2006 08:28 AM EST --
In Confessions of a Cybersexual /viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474976829374 I admit to my Cybersexuality...my relationships first with Blog, then Forum, and now Gather-Boy. The points are what lured . . .
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November 18, 2006 09:33 AM EST --
In my youth, I most assuredly was an introvert. I was about as shy as they come. When I grew into a young adult (and found alcohol) I became more confident and more comfortable around people. Over . . .
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November 30, 2006 08:18 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for November 30 is:
poikilotherm \poi-KEE-luh-therm\ noun
: an organism (as a frog) with a variable body temperature that tends to fluctuate with and is similar to or . . .
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December 23, 2006 11:21 AM EST --
Dec.23, 2006 Current Points: 3033 / Current people: 112 / Current Groups: Lots
OK, Gatheraholics, I'm on a mission. I'm going to spend 1 hour (I hope I can limit myself to that) . . .
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December 28, 2006 10:23 AM EST --
Day 6: 3324 points (+66) 132 people
Ah ha! Up 66 points, 9 people, and 20 comments yesterday (on various articles) which is a personal record since starting this experiment. . . .
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January 20, 2007 09:49 AM EST --
I was browsing through my content wanting to find a previous article I'd written and it's gone! I suppose I should have known that they couldn't keep everything around forever, but often . . .
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November 26, 2006 08:42 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for November 26 is:
steganography \steg-uh-NAH-gruh-fee\ noun
: the art or practice of concealing a message, image, or file within another message, image, or file
Example . . .
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December 29, 2006 04:41 PM EST --
Day 7 of my experiment to see how many points I can gain by spending 1 hour a day on gather (even though I stopped paying attention to the 1 hour part by the 3rd day.)
3342 points . . .
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December 31, 2006 09:55 AM EST --
Laptop Guy: 3 points; 6 people; 1 group with 4 members; 1 image with 4 comments
Yesterday I had fun with Laptop Guy. I stroked his keys while he read and commented and enjoyed his fan club.
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January 03, 2007 08:36 AM EST --
After spending most of my winter break with an in depth analysis of gather points here are some of my conclusions:
1) My guess is that the point values are something like this:
Points for inviting someone . . .
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January 05, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
When I was a kid I used to collect fingernails and toenails. Every time I clipped them, I saved them in a box. I wanted to see how full I could get the box. I figured some day there'd . . .
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February 01, 2007 02:58 AM EST --
Here I sit, with 15 minutes to go in the month. What a great month January was. I stayed motivated the whole month and got most of the things I wanted accomplished....my basement is clean . . .
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December 25, 2006 09:24 AM EST --
Day 1: 3033 points 112 people - published 3 articles
Day 2: 3098 points (+65) 112 people - published 3 articles
Day 3: 3153 points . . .
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November 04, 2006 11:35 PM EST --
Yvette recently admitted her cybersexual tendencies in her recent article: "Confessions of a Cybersexual". Let me tell you what it's like for me, her laptop. She's on me all . . .
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December 30, 2006 08:18 AM EST --
The Webster Word of the Day for December 30 is:
slapstick \SLAP-stick\ noun
1 : a device made of two flat pieces of wood fastened at one end so as to make a loud noise when used by an actor to strike . . .
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