On This Day: Mar 16

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on March 16, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 22 posts previously published on March 16th

  • 2020
  • 2019
    • A Digression on Gilliam A collection I've wanted for a long time, and finally completed: All of Terry Gilliam's films (except for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which isn't out yet) are on my Plex server in HD. He's just the sort of gloriously weird that works well for me. ➡
  • 2016
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on March 16, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Book twelve of 2016: Marvel Comics’ Battlestar Galactica adaptation. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (76/366) ➡
    • 2015 P.K. Dick Award Nominee Rankings My ranking of this year's Philip K. Dick Award nominated books, from least favorite to my top pick for the award (which, historically, has yet to match the actual award winner, so don't put too much stock in my ranking). ➡
  • 2014
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on March 16, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Turns out today is a cranky day. Ah, well. Some days ... Read more ➡
  • 2009
    • The P-I is dead. Long live the P-I! The writing's been on the wall for some time now, but it's just been made official: tomorrow's print run of the Seattle P-I will be its last. ➡
    • Kent at High Flood Risk I'm glad we're not on the ground floor of our apartment building -- as we live here in the Kent Valley, within about a five-minute walk of the banks of the Green River, we're smack-dab in the middle of the area of South King County at high risk for flooding. ➡
  • 2006
    • Garth Brooks is a Gateway Drug I've often noticed when talking to people that, if they have even a little bit of country in their collection, there is a pretty good chance that Garth will be in there somewhere, if not the sole representative. Which leads to the realization that Garth Brooks is a gateway drug. ➡
  • 2005
  • 2004
    • HR 3920 – Good God, no! On March 9th, Representative Ron Lewis (KY) introduced bill HR 3920 to Congress, titled the 'Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act of 2004'. The official title gives a better idea of the intent of the bill, though:'To allow Congress to reverse the judgments of the United States Supreme Court.' ➡
    • Lego porn! Hidden in a miniature Washington, D.C., at Legoland California, among thousands of characters living frozen lives, a businessman moons a presidential motorcade. ➡
    • Go Tony! Good news from the frozen north — Democratic Senatorial candidate Tony Knowles has issued a statement strongly in favor of gay rights issues. ➡
    • Iraq on the Record This rocks: Iraq on the Record, a report and associated online database presenting the results of an investigation of the misleading statements, falsehoods, and outright lies presented to the American public during the runup to the Iraq war, as comissioned by Representative Henry A. Waxman. ➡
    • 404 PDF While on lunch, I saw a license place with the combination 404 PDF. I guess that's the code Cirque du Soleil would use when they can't find one of their performers? ➡
    • Yesterday’s Trek, today’s tech Fun little article, though somehow I'm very unsurprised that so many of today's electronics are designed by geeks that grew up on Star Trek. Seems only natural to me. ➡
  • 2003
    • Building 42 If you are ever driving past [the Microsoft] campus on 156th Avenue, you can spot the exact Redmond/Bellevue city border by seeing where an otherwise normal, professional looking building suddenly changes height. ➡
    • Anti-war summary Wasted Irony has a good concise rundown of why a war in Iraq is a bad idea. ➡
    • Candlelight Vigil at Green Lake, Seattle I was just starting to go through my regular online reading tonight when one of the first posts I read was Shelly Powers' post about the candlelight vigil she was planning on attending. I checked the MoveOn page where the vigils were being organized, and found that there were many planned for Seattle. The largest was being held at Green Lake, so ten minutes later I was on a bus out to Green Lake. ➡
    • Evergreen student killed in Gaza Strip I have to admit that I've always found the idea of 'human shields' to be naïvely optimistic, at best, and quite possibly downright suicidal at worst. You're placing yourself in an extremely volatile and dangerous situation, between two factions that have repeatedly shown very little regard for human life, be it military or civillian. As horrible as any resulting deaths may be, I can't see them as unexpected or surprising in the least. If you're going to stand in between two warring sides, you're knowingly taking the chance that one or the other (or both) is going to end up killing you. ➡
  • 2002
    • Engrish spoken here DANGER! A dangerous toy. This toy is being made for the extreme priority the good looks. The little part which suffocates when the sharp part which gets hurt is swallowed is contained generously. Only the person who can take responsibility by itself is to play. ➡
  • 2001
    • Bueller’s giant rabbit gladiator Three additions to the collection today, as it was a pretty decent paycheck from Suncoast this week. ➡
    • Good tunes Over the past few years, I've been spending much of my time around women who listened to a fair amount of country...and I suppose that can only last so long before it really starts to sink in. ➡