Tag: writing
group name: bothsidesoftcoin
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October 10, 2006 03:38 AM EDT --
The old order changeth,
yielding place to new.
—Tennyson, Idylls of the King
Quality content vs. fluff may be one of the ostentatious reasons for the fissures in the community, though not the sole . . . more
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December 13, 2006 12:45 PM EST --
What makes an artist create or better still what makes an artist create gloriously?
I was good scholar at school but I came alive when it was that part of our English classes when we were asked to write . . . more
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July 08, 2006 04:51 AM EDT --
My Sweetheart and I had one of those "serious" discussions tonight. It wasn't anything to worry about, it just wasn't as light as the conversations we usually have. We are trying to figure . . . more
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July 26, 2006 01:34 PM EDT --
Many people have all kinds of crazy mixed up notions about thinking. To hear them tell it, it's a tricky business, requiring careful attention to details and laborious comparing and evaluating. . . . more
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November 15, 2007 12:36 PM EST --
I cried when I read this book "BRINGING ASHA HOME". It's a perfect gift for so many people this holiday season, specially to friends who have adopted children from overseas and to . . . more
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August 12, 2006 11:02 PM EDT --
(A note on the use of the masculine pronoun in reference to God; I fully concede that God is not exclusively male, nor exclusively singular. But take "poetic" licence.)
It is . . . more
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November 13, 2006 09:53 PM EST --
Crime and guns. The two seem to go hand in hand with one another. But are the two really associated? Do guns necessarily lead to crime? And if so do laws placing restrictions on firearm ownership and use . . . more
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August 09, 2006 01:51 AM EDT --
We don't learn so good, we humans. Our 'tribal' tendencies don't yield to reason, despite the long bloody history, and catastrophic failure, of the 'us vs them' mind set. . . . more
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October 02, 2006 10:47 PM EDT --
I hate to get mean about politics. It usually isn't necessary or productive, but things have gone too far in this country. We are drifting perilously close to the abyss of fascism, and it's time . . . more
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August 10, 2006 02:33 AM EDT --
In past articles I mentioned my computer problems, and the way my crazy family was reacting to my grandfather's health concerns, and how tired I was of being "the calm one."
On Monday . . . more
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July 31, 2007 06:34 PM EDT --
"He searched for his daughter for hours but never found her. He was crying and hoping that one day this sea who swept away his only and only daughter will give her back. Krishnan lost his . . . more
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September 19, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
How can I long
For what should be mine?
How can I find
What I already know?
Are there different clouds
Over different seas?
Are there sands
That are more golden?
All I know now is this . . . more
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July 05, 2006 11:45 PM EDT --
Why are so many people on here sending private messages as mass mailings when they could be publishing these things are ARTICLES? If they only want their network to see them, then they can set the article . . . more
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July 11, 2006 08:01 AM EDT --
This is absurd! I see that most of us post our articles to all the gather groups we subscribe to. I include myself too. Why? What makes us do it?
Do we crave for attention so much that we have to post . . . more
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August 17, 2006 06:05 AM EDT --
George Corneliussen
First of all, did you know that we no longer call those close to us friends ? That's right, the world of academia has spoken, and the word on the street is that we now refer to . . . more
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February 09, 2007 08:39 PM EST --
It is clear that a human being cannot be absolutely certain of anything. Regardless of what one may think is true at any given moment, it is conceivable that one is dreaming, drugged, mentally . . . more
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March 13, 2008 11:28 AM EDT --
During the recent much discussed, revamp many things happened. Some were trivial and some were revelations.
One aspect of the change is that "connections" were turned into "friends". . . . more
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July 07, 2006 07:09 AM EDT --
What is life without love?
To hurt, to bleed is what makes us what we are.
To miss so much that you ache all over builds character.
What would I do if I didn't feel it in my toes when someone I . . . more
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December 27, 2007 01:48 PM EST --
I hereby signal my return to Gather with this light hearted poem.
I will soon comment on and respond to all the inputs of my dear friends.
I was away for a while. To a bush camp for a period . . . more
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July 28, 2006 01:58 PM EDT --
It is hotter than Hell in Guelph right now. We could go out naked, and still have the urge to take something off due to the heat.
I've found that people have attempted to compensate for this by over-air-conditioning . . . more
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