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May 27, 2008 11:30 AM EDT --    I keep finding these weird stories this morning!  On the MSN homepage the story Girl Stung By Scorpian in WalMart is a bit scary.  She is fine since most scorpians are not deadly . . . more
May 30, 2008 10:34 AM EDT -- An interesting idea that has started in several cities is a four-day compressed schedule work week.  Instead of 5 eight hour days, some employers are offering 4 ten hour days a week.  The article . . . more
June 18, 2008 11:44 AM EDT --        I will never forget the first time I watched Brigadoon .  I was already a Gene Kelly fan but I can't remember noticing Cyd Charisse before seeing her in . . . more
June 18, 2008 07:11 AM EDT -- A friend sent me the following email.  I copied it just as I received it.  I belive his point may be valid.  See what you think after reading it.  I guess the American public is just . . . more
May 31, 2008 03:20 PM EDT -- If you are like me and cannot imagine reading this headline, you really need to check out the story on MSN.  Fortunately for my sanity, it did take place in another country, but that doesn't . . . more
June 18, 2008 07:24 AM EDT -- You read that correctly.  In this article on Yahoo , a village in Romania knowingly voted in a man who had died.  The man had been mayor for nearly 20 years, but died of a liver disease just . . . more
June 18, 2008 07:41 AM EDT -- In this article on Yahoo , a man caught during a break-in was handcuffed by police to a railing while his accomplices were rounded up.  When police returned to take him to the car, he had escaped . . . more
June 28, 2008 09:45 AM EDT --      I have heard many people complain about gas prices, but the staff of a dentist office in Arlington, Washington came up with a unique protest plan.  In this article on MSN . . . more
May 25, 2008 02:57 PM EDT -- You might recognize this.  I've been working on this novel for several months and am now ready to submit the first two chapters to a contest.  I am hoping some of you would give me some . . . more
May 27, 2008 09:55 AM EDT --      For t he past few months, I have been facing some very difficult issues in my personal and professional life.  I tried week after week to write, both here on Gather and off.  . . . more
WW II Vet Returns Wallet
by Christine L.
views: 64 | rating: 10 | comments: 23
May 27, 2008 11:17 AM EDT --     I found this story on the Yahoo homepage this morning.  They say life is stranger than fiction.  I believe it.  In the video  WW II Vet Returns Wallet a man who . . . more
June 06, 2008 06:38 AM EDT -- Okay, I've read some rather bizzare articles, but I think this one made my eyebrows go higher than they have so far.  In this article on Yahoo , a woman working in a pawn shop SWALLOWED . . . more
June 06, 2008 06:39 AM EDT -- What will they think of next?  Yes, there really is a special card you can buy to put in newer cameras that uploads your photos via wireless internet.  In this article on MSN , a woman was . . . more
Dr Pepper Is A Bridesmaid??
by Christine L.
views: 128 | rating: 9.9 | comments: 18
June 28, 2008 09:13 AM EDT --         I've read a lot of strange stories, most of them leaving me shaking my head, wondering if the human race has a brain left anywhere on the planet.  However . . . more
May 31, 2008 08:47 AM EDT -- If you haven't joined Short Story First Line Challenge but love to read or write great stories, you ought to join.  This is for this week's challenge which needs to be 1,000 words or less.  . . . more
June 06, 2008 06:39 AM EDT -- A Dutch cycling group is literally teaching their members how to steal bikes .  They say that by teaching the owners how bikes are stolen, it raises awareness of how to keep bikes from being . . . more
September 15, 2008 08:16 PM EDT -- This was sent to me in an email.  Unfortunately there is no author listed. To all my Italian friends and family, and a few who are not - enjoy! ...and if you're from Brooklyn , New Jursey, . . . more
May 19, 2008 09:35 AM EDT -- He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.  --Aesop   more
February 03, 2008 08:22 AM EST --   This is from John Bartlett's Famous Quotations , fourteenth edition:           You can't appreciate home till you've left it, . . . more
October 18, 2008 10:01 AM EDT --      Earlier this week I was paging through MSN.  A headline declaring gas had been mispriced at a pump in Wisconsion caught my attention.  In this article , a gas pump . . . more
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