On This Day: Feb 18

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 18, 2020). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Since I’ll hit 20 years of blogging this November, this year I’m posting a daily list of anything I published on this day in the past.

There are 21 posts previously published on February 18th

  • 2021
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 18, 2021). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.This is the entirety of an email I got this morning. ... Read more ➡
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 18, 2018). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.Found these at Ross today, and they were so wonderful/horrible I ... Read more ➡
  • 2017
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 18, 2017). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.Book fourteen (and fourth #PKDickAward nominee) of 2017: Hwarhath Stories, by ... Read more ➡
  • 2016
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 18, 2016). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.With a slightly better background, this would be a good indie ... Read more ➡
  • 2014
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 18, 2014). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.Peekaboo. ➡
  • 2009
    • Links for February 18th from 07:00 to 13:31 Sometime between 07:00 and 13:31, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Non-Hierarchical Management • Irony for Me: The Trilogy Tomatometer • No Photo Ban in Subways, Yet an Arrest • Facebook Backs Down on Privacy Terms • YouTube - the Simpsons - NEW Main Title ➡
  • 2006
  • 2005
    • Run away! Run away! Prairie and I are running away for the weekend, down to a beach house that her dad has access in Greyland, somewhere south of Aberdeen on the Washington coast. Rest, relax, and so forth. Be back sometime Sunday-ish! ➡
    • More on Harvard and Women I haven't had as much time to really dive into this as I'd like, but that happens sometimes. A transcript of Harvard President Lawrence Summers' controversial remarks has been released — and it does appear that the man was being a bit of a goob. ➡
  • 2004
    • Brain Drain As other nations become more attractive to mobile immigrant talent, America is becoming less so. A recent study by the National Science Board found that the U.S. government issued 74,000 visas for immigrants to work in science and technology in 2002, down from 166,000 in 2001--an astonishing drop of 55 percent. ➡
    • Why gay marriage should not be legalized Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children. ➡
    • Duck! The food’s shooting back! Capt. Craig Kohlbeck of the Brown County Sheriff's Department said the husband had put the ammunition and three handguns in the oven before the couple left on a vacation. ➡
    • iPhotoToGallery iPhotoToGallery is a beautifully handy plugin for iPhoto that adds the ability to export directly to Gallery installations. Very nice. ➡
    • Heaven and Hell …the damned Windows users are forever bombarded with boiling projectile vomit from the thousand-foot high screaming thing that used to be Bill Gates. ➡
  • 2003
    • Movie Quiz A movie quiz from Dave Hyatt. I didn't want to open up his comments to make my stab at the answers, since I'd probably see other people's answers, so I'm doing it via Trackback. I'll start with the quiz, and put my answers in the rest of this post. You can use the comments if you want to play along, too! ➡
  • 2002
    • Unamerican Blasphemy means ignoring your dreams. ➡
    • Britney Spears [Britney Spears] is progressively wearing less and less at an alarming rate. It won't be long until she's dancing around bare ass nude at Arena football halftime shows while dousing her naked gyrating body in Pepsi. ➡
    • Air Force gets ray guns The AC-130 gets a laser gun. Cool! ➡
    • You suck. I put your post into Babelfish's Elitist-to-English translator, and all I came back with was: 'You suck.' ➡
  • 1999
    • [From Usenet: 2.18.99 0000] Has anyone ever thought much of the possiblity that the planet that transformed the Voyager probe into V'ger was the Borg home planet, before they got to the point of striking out on their own and assimilating everything that sneezed twice in their general direction? ➡