James Howden: Sport, Culture, and Other Obsessions

James Howden: Sport, Culture, and Other Obsessions http://www.jameshowden.com All about James Howden. en Copyright 2006, James Howden jay.howden@sympatico.ca James Howden: Sport, Culture, and Other Obsessions http://www.jameshowden.com/plugins/advancednews/rss/jat-at-home.jpg http://www.jameshowden.com 65 35 An End to Foreign-ness: This is London Calling http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=313 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Farewell to ENG 2D http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=314 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Neglect, Thy Name is Howdy http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=309 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thinking About Persepolis http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=310 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Arts and Remembrance http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=312 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Return of the Creature http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=311 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Electronically Home http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=308 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT I Was a Teenaged Optimist. (Still Am!) http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=307 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT My Heart in New Brunswick http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=306 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Grand and Random Musings http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=305 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Happy Anniversary? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=304 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Can You See Me Now? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=303 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT 37 Centimetres (But How Much is That in American?) http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=301 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT The American Idea http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=300 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT Requiem for a Coach http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=297 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT How to Know You're a Nerd http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=298 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT Death of a Centaur: An Essay on Updike http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=299 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT In Memoriam: Donald Edward Wright http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=296 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT If I Had Only Had… http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=295 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT WritersFest: A Paranthetical, Not to Say Apologetic, Remark http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=294 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT World Series: Game OVER http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=293 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Spirit, Ethics and Climate Change Action: IEF 3 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=292 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Retroactivity Is Still Activity, Right? (IEF 2) http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=291 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT A Little Blubber With My Breakfast: MORTAL CITY http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=288 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT The World Serious: Game One http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=289 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT World Series Baseball: Game ON http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=290 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT IEF: A Backward Glance http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=287 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT HUZZAH!! The Floating Head Speaks Anew! http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=286 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT A Planet, Several Moons and a WORLD http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=285 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Action de Grâce http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=284 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Football, At Your Age? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=282 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Reading Faulkner http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=283 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT And a Child Shall Berate Them http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=281 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT "Not Just a Collection of Houses" http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=280 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT More on Community-Building http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=279 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT Where ARE You Guys? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=278 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT Luciano and Lack of Culture http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=277 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT On the Road at Fifty http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=276 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT I Think My Neighbours Have All Moved Away http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=275 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT Getting to the Point Makes Us Dull http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=274 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT In Search of the Real Artist http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=273 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT An Eccentric Perfection http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=272 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT Too Much Honey on the Bagel, Honey http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=271 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT Plastic! It's All Plastic! http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=270 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT That Long-Overdue Gandhi Quote... http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=269 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT June Up, June Down http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=268 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT Return of the Return http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=267 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT Return of the Chalk Monster http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=266 Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT Mr. Gere Goes to India http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=265 Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT Tangled Up in Green http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=264 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Earth Day: David Suzuki and the Primal Shout http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=263 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT WritersFest III: Prisoner of Tehran http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=262 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Partying with the Bahá’ís http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=261 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Why Did We Need to Know? TMI After Blacksburg http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=260 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Word Nerds of the Outaouais, Unite! http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=259 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT A Long Look Back at Longboat http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=258 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT And We Mourn for the Americans... http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=257 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Faster 'n Jack Robinson: Who Carries That Torch Today? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=256 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Encore, Nash? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=255 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT I'll Miss You, KV. Hail and Farewell. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=253 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT And June http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=254 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Poets Leading http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=252 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Sports Justice Pioneer: I Meant to Tell You http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=251 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT Seeing the World from the Heart of Downtown http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=250 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT When is Enough Enough? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=249 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT CIS Championship Sunday http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=248 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT And a NEW DAY to You, Too http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=247 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT CIS Halifax: Day 2 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=246 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT It's Been Quiet, but JH Lives http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=244 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT CIS: Finally in Halifax http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=245 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Weeks 22-23. Stricken (Streakened?). Travellin’ Blues. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=243 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Sports Writing Worth Reading http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=241 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Basketball's Forgotten Pioneer (Dave Zirin) http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=242 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Need One Ticket http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=240 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT (Pulling a) Fast One http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=239 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT Back to Adolescence. Again! http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=238 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Shabbat and Beyond: All the News That's Good to Read http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=237 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Blaming the Yanks: Our National Sport? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=236 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT In Praise of Taxes http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=235 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT A Good Name http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=234 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Citizens and Governors General http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=233 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Thanks for Coming Out, John http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=230 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Icing on Kyoto http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=231 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT The Earth is Bipolar (but we all have to live here) http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=229 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT It's Lonely at the Top... http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=227 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Meditations on Livelihood http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=226 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Retroactive Virtue: "At Least We're Better Than THEY Were" http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=224 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Things Fall Together: Retro Reading http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=225 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Climate Change and Pigskins? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=223 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Cold and Bright http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=222 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT A Beautiful Biography http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=219 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT What Difference Does It Make? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=216 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT The Martin Quest http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=217 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT Super Stuff http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=218 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Weeks 20/21. The Song is the Thing. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=215 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT The Old Dog Year Scratches and Limps On... http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=214 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Ice Dreams http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=213 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT I Don't Know Why, But I'm Back http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=212 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Dyer Straights: A High School Confidential http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=209 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Chicks Dig the Long Haul http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=211 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Retro Reading http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=208 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Old and Borrowed, But Far From Shabby http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=220 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Weeks 18/19. 133/365. Home and Hearth. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=221 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT 2006 IN REVIEW is Ready http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=206 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT 'Nuff Waitin'. Let's Try BLOGGER. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=203 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT Howden’s Handy Home Delivery http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=197 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Weeks 16/17. Sick. Of this. Acoustic Guitar. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=196 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT Tripping Over Gandhi http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=195 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT Where's the New Post, Howdy? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=194 Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT Class Action, Nash and Klassen. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=198 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT Sunday Morning Angels http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=193 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Weeks 14/15. Frantic Talk, Classic Rock. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=192 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT Barnabus Quotidianus http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=191 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT Through a Skier's Eyes: Global Warming http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=188 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Don't Forget About the Boys http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=189 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Boys Will Be Men http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=190 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Why He Didn't http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=187 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT May I Quote You On That? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=186 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Sporting Equality http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=185 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Speaking of Maple-Flavoured Sport... http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=183 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Justin Morneau's Mighty Bat http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=182 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Week 13. 91/365. LOTSA Time... http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=181 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Sheldon Kennedy http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=179 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Courage and Kennedy http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=178 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Week 12. Listen. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=177 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Holy Birthday to You (and me). http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=176 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Remembering Iran http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=175 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Week 11. Cryin' the Blues http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=169 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Enid Mary Elizabeth Howden http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=172 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Week 10. 70/365. But I Never Played for my Mother... http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=168 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Hitting a Buck Sixty-Five http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=166 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Week 9. Weak, Overwhelm, Werner. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=167 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT Game Three TeeVee http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=174 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT The Heart and the Congo http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=160 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT World Series? What World Are You Talking About? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=159 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT The Accidental Reader http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=156 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Week 8 (56/365). The Whole Fam-Damily. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=155 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Week 7. Of Dogs and Six-Strings. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=154 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT Small Town Sunday Morning http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=153 Sun, 08 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT High Points for LitWits http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=157 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=151 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT Writers Festival Highlights http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=158 Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT Writers Festival Day 1 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=152 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Week 6 (42/365). Old, Blue, Borrowed and New. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=150 Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 35/365. Weekly, Not Weakly. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=149 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 34/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=148 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 33/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=147 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 32/365. Night Class. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=146 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 31/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=145 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 30/365. I Guess Not. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=144 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 29/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=143 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 28/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=142 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY 27/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=141 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 26/365. Tenacious D. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=140 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT Just One. So Far. (Thank God. Thank the Cops.) http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=138 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 25/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=139 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT I'm Trying Out for the METS, Now? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=137 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 24/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=136 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT I’m Not THERE, Either… http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=135 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 23/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=134 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 22/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=133 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 21/365. Is It A Habit Yet? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=132 Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 20/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=130 Sat, 09 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 19/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=129 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 18/365. Consoled by Blues. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=128 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 17/365 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=127 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: 16/365. Life in the Flats. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=126 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT I’m Not There http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=125 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Day 15 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=122 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Day 14 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=121 Sun, 03 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Duller by the Day (13) http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=120 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT DDY: Day 12. The Dullard Within. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=119 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT Dream On, Yanks http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=131 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Day 11 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=118 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Day 10 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=113 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Day 9 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=112 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Day 8. When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Appears http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=111 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Day 7. Time for Another Lesson http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=110 Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Day 6 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=109 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Day 5 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=108 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Day 4. Ride 'em! http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=107 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT ODY: Day 3 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=105 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Dar at the Noir http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=106 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Old-Dog Year: Day 2 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=103 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Old-Dog Year: Day 1, Lesson 1 http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=102 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT How Long Will That Take in Old-Dog Years? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=101 Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Learning Steve Earle http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=100 Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Paradise by the Carney Lights http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=98 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Buddhism for Smarties http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=95 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Rome: Replaced in a Day? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=93 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT “Those Animals Over There” http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=87 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Learning About Islam III http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=97 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Learning About Islam II http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=96 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Another Shot at Understanding: Learning About Islam http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=92 Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT If All Else Fails… http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=88 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Cohen is Our Man http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=84 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT I Hardly Knew Ye, Reverend http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=89 Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT Living in the Car http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=73 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT Oh Zizou, Zizou, wherefore art thou so SELFISH? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=72 Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT Doctor J Saves Soccer http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=74 Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT Slowed by a Brick in the Road http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=66 Sat, 08 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT BHL III: The American Odyssey Continued http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=117 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT A Little Nightmare Down Home http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=124 Wed, 31 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT According to Albert http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=184 Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT How do you do it, Mr. Nash? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=173 Mon, 08 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT A Sunday Morning Voice From Israel http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=79 Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT Thanks for comin’ out, Miguel http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=170 Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT “To Be of Use”: A Good Poem http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=171 Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT It's Where You Find It http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=165 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Oh, To Be Young and Aboriginal! http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=163 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Jane Jacobs http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=164 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Fred in My Head http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=162 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT All the Way With LBJ http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=161 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Caledonia Gets Interesting http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=123 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Here's to Diners http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=116 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Just Human Nature? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=115 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT On the Walrus Shelf http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=114 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Lefties are Right http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=104 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Are You Sure You're Sure? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=99 Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Calvin is Six http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=90 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT The Reason for Driveways http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=91 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Words AND Music? http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=94 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT The Dulling of One Shining NCAA Moment http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=85 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT I Hate Men (Pardon My Language) http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=86 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Youthful Reasons and Dreams http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=83 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT How Foolish of Me http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=82 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT Over-Parenting Anonymous http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=81 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT Why Read, Anyway? 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Hockey, Learning and Heart http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=51 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT Pre-Packaged Romance http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=48 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT February Empowers, Brings May Flowers: A Greenhouse Valentine http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=49 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT Competitive Greatness. Or Not. http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=46 Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT Running Up the Score http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=45 Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=44 Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT Skaters and Skiers and Flair, Oh My! http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=43 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT PopCult Quiz o'the Day http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=42 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT Leonard Cohen and Five Good Songs http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=41 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT Super Bowl Forty http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=40 Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT The Athletic is Political http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=39 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT Of Groundhogs and Heroes http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=38 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT KV Junior, I Miss You Already and You Haven't Quite Left http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=36 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT And Who is Akaash Maharaj... http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=37 Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT Crazy Frenchman on the Road: Catching Up With BHL http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=35 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT Hammer and Tongs on the Hardwood http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=34 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT Truman and Nelle and Cold Blood http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=33 Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT "...But I Know What I Like": The Arts of Christopher Pratt http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=32 Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT Bruins, Badgers Beat Ravens: The Streak Bites http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=30 Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT Discovering America: Lévy and de Tocqueville http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=31 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Squids and Whales http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=28 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT The Writer's Relentless Quest for Imperfection http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=27 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT Moms for the Holidays http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=25 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT And It Wasn't Even the Grand River Sachem http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=24 Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT McCourt: “I Was Teaching, That’s What Took Me So Long…” http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=26 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT Stalking the Editors http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=22 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT A Night With the Raptors http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=23 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT Love is All Around. 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Again. My wonky CD player refused to play, so I flipped to radio instead. Before I could find a music station, there was Stephen Lewis, Canada’s closest thing to public service sainthood. (And, not just by the way, there was the Mighty Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Radio 1. ‘Bout time, but I’m grateful anyway. Hello again, Shelagh!) Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Elise Goes to Auschwitz http://www.jameshowden.com/?At_First_Glance&id=68 Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT