http://nickhowes.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Nick Howes en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:37:35 GMT 2010-01-04T16:37:35Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970972 Okay, let's settle this up front.  I don't go out seeking books just because they are new.  There's great books I stumble across at book sales and on Amazon and elsewhere all the time...some . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:48:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970972 Nick Howes 2010-01-01T02:48:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970946 THE IMPROBABLE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, John Joseph Adams, ed., 2009, Night Shade Books, hardcover Fans of the world's first consulting detective will not give up.  Just as there is a . . . Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:05:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977970946 Nick Howes 2010-01-01T02:05:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962764 Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was the 18th President of the United States, elected on the strength of his service leading the Union forces to victory during the American Civil War. His was a two-term Republican . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:07:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962764 Nick Howes 2009-12-25T16:07:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962664 MIAMI PSYCHIC: Confessions of a Confidante, Regina Milbourne, Yvonne Carey, Harper Collins, hardcover, 223pp An interesting book about a psychic of gypsy background operating in Miami, discovering . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:50:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962664 Nick Howes 2009-12-25T13:50:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962653 LAST ACT OF PALMYRA, Lindsey David, Mysterious Press, paperback In 72 AD, Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman private informer, is dispatched by his client, Vespasian's chief spy, Anacrites, to Petra to . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:32:37 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962653 Nick Howes 2009-12-25T13:32:37Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962643 I don't know where I came across this but Sprocle is a site that offers a couple new trivia contests a day where you work against the clock.  Some of the latest include a contest to identify holiday . . . Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:17:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977962643 Nick Howes 2009-12-25T13:17:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957250 Number one state, by volume, in Christmas tree production, is Oregon which has 1,852 Christmas tree farms which turned out 6.8 million trees in 2007. Oregon is followed, in order, by North Carolina, . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:53:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957250 Nick Howes 2009-12-21T17:53:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957170 In Riverfront Park, right next to the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, is a reconstruction of the wooden log structure of Fort Nashborough.  Typical of frontier fort settlements . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:57:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977957170 Nick Howes 2009-12-21T16:57:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951544 CAHOKIA MOUNDS STATE HISTORIC SITE WINTER SOLSTICE (Madison Co).   In Collinsville Sunday 12/20. At 7am Sunday, the winter solstice will be marked at Woodhenge with a sunsrise celebration. . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:25:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951544 Nick Howes 2009-12-17T16:25:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944919 THE CALLAHAN TOUCH, Spider Robinson, Ace, 1993, paperback, 226pp Mary's Place is open and the remarkable group of former patrons of Callahan's Place show up including Pyotr, the vampire who puts . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:53:33 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944919 Nick Howes 2009-12-13T14:53:33Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944899 STRANGE FREQUENCIES: A Practical Guide to Paranormal Technology, Craig Telesha, Whitechapel Press, 2008, softcover. This is an excellent high-tech ghosthunting guide for the non-techie. That was . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:19:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944899 Nick Howes 2009-12-13T14:19:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944860 CAHOKIA: Ancient America's Great City on the Mississippi, Timothy R. Pauketat, Viking, 2009, 170 pp., hardcover This is the story of the Mississippian civilization centered on the city that existed . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:23:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977944860 Nick Howes 2009-12-13T13:23:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943315 THE PETER LAWFORD STORY, Patricia Seaton Lawford, Todd Schwartz, Jove, 1990, 304pp, filmography, index, PAPERBACK The widow of film and TV star Peter Lawford wrote the biography her husband . . . Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:02:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943315 Nick Howes 2009-12-12T01:02:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942446 LEWIS AND CLARK STATE HISTORIC SITE in Hartford (Madison Co).  The biggest event of the year at the Hartford site is the event commemorating the arrival of Lewis and Clark to establish their winter . . . Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:32:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977942446 Nick Howes 2009-12-11T13:32:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977940815 LEGIONARY: THE ROMAN SOLDIER'S UNOFFICIAL MANUAL, Philip Matyszak, 2009, Thames and Hudson, hardcover, 208, glossary, index, drawings, color and black and white photos. For 600 years, the Roman . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:47:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977940815 Nick Howes 2009-12-10T14:47:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927247 THINGS I'VE SAID, BUT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE: AN UNREPENTENT MEMOIR, Bruce Dern, Christopher Fryer, Robert Crane, John Wiley & Sons, 2007, hardcover, 298pp, index, $24.95 Bruce Dern for . . . Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:08:19 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927247 Nick Howes 2009-12-02T15:08:19Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927186 GLORY ROAD, Robert A. Heinlein, Tor, 319pp hardcover Vietnam veteran E.C. "Oscar" Gordon is relaxing on a French beach and planning what to do about his future when he sees the most beautiful, . . . Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:26:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927186 Nick Howes 2009-12-02T14:26:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927133 FOREVER ODD, Dean Koontz, Bantam Books, 364pp, paperback In the quiet desert town of Pico Mindo, California, Odd Thomas awakes to find the ghost of a murdered friend in his bedroom. He begins . . . Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:37:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927133 Nick Howes 2009-12-02T13:37:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927116 I have a friend named Dawn who is a pagan. She's also a doting grandmother of a bunch of young grandchildren all under the age of 10 who are often over at her house, generally running amuck. Some . . . Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:17:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977927116 Nick Howes 2009-12-02T13:17:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923712 Dec 1 Santa Arrives  (Jasper Co). Santa stops at Newton train station. See http://www.inrd.com/santa_train.shtml . Newton. 618-783-3399. Dec 1-31 Centralia Festival of Lights (Marion Co). . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:56:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923712 Nick Howes 2009-11-30T14:56:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922317 It's time to think about helping those less fortunate. Bad economy or good, there are plenty of ways to do so online and offline that are extremely painless. Here are several examples. THE HUNGER . . . Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:08:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977922317 Nick Howes 2009-11-29T14:08:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977915809 This weekend...following Thanksgiving 　 Fri-Sun, Nov 27-29. Indian Market Days, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site. Twenty-one Native American artists and vendors will participate in this weekend's . . . Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:52:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977915809 Nick Howes 2009-11-24T16:52:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977911656 A welcome repackaging of stories from a premier writer of hard science fiction as he sallies into science fiction humor. Included are two books (he insists on calling them novellas) and a handful of short . . . Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:27:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977911656 Nick Howes 2009-11-21T16:27:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977905659 I have scored five free magazine subscriptions for the Nashville Public Library. As I've mentioned before, I collect Coke Rewards points and eRewards points, neither of which offers too much of interest . . . Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:41:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977905659 Nick Howes 2009-11-18T00:41:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977903294 I'm interested to see what kind of response this gets: name a famous Civil War figure.  "Famous" is relative, of course, but it has to be a real person that can easily be looked up.  One entry . . . Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:47:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977903294 Nick Howes 2009-11-16T17:47:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900862 THE ATTRACTION, Douglas Clegg, Leisure Books:NY, 2006, 324pp. A group of college kids heading on a roadtrip out West end up off the beaten path at the Brake Down Palace Gas and Sundries with its . . . Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:31:21 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900862 Nick Howes 2009-11-14T16:31:21Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900770 I just came across this completely free site which offers you a vocabulary game (like the Reader's Digest word defintions column) and when you get the right answer, 10 grains of rice are donated to UN . . . Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:02:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977900770 Nick Howes 2009-11-14T15:02:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977897585 Another easy game: just name one of the multitude of Saturday night Live regular characters.  One character name per entry. I'll dip way back to start things off, with Eddie Murphy:  Gumby. . . . Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:51:46 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977897585 Nick Howes 2009-11-12T13:51:46Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977896207 ODD THOMAS, Dean Koontz, Bantam Books, 446pp, paperback Odd Thomas is a fry cook, a gentle soul with a challenging talent, one so challenging it drives him to seek simplicity in his life. That challenge . . . Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:43:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977896207 Nick Howes 2009-11-11T17:43:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894909 Easy game: name a Saturday morning cartoon character, past or present.  You ex-Saturday morning cartoon vultures should have no problem...and parents should find it even easier.  One name . . . Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:51:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977894909 Nick Howes 2009-11-10T23:51:18Z