On This Day: Jul 17

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on July 17, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 24 posts previously published on July 17th

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on July 17, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.“The axis today is not liberal and conservative, the axis is ... Read more ➡
  • 2017
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on July 17, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Picked up some really dark (and oh-so-stylish) sunglasses for Prairie and ... Read more ➡
  • 2016
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on July 17, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 thirty-three of 2016: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a ... Read more ➡
  • 2014
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on July 17, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Going old-school for today’s #throwbackthursday shot. This is what happens when ... Read more ➡
  • 2007
  • 2006
    • We Have Power Apparently there are two breakers on the troublesome circuit, _one_ of which had popped -- which meant that for half of our apartment, outlets that should have been getting 110v were only getting around 80v. ➡
  • 2004
    • My Depeche Mode collection For Rebecca, for comparison purposes, and for Jonas, because he made fun of me for dancing to Strangelove at the Vogue a few months ago. ;) ➡
    • Okay, okay, I’m awake, I get it I do remember having a long, very involved dream revolving around discovering that Lloyd Alexander had written a series of companion novels to his Prydain Chronicles: two collections of short stories, and a full trilogy of three almost Harry Potter-length novels set about sixteen years or so after the end of the Prydain Chronicles. ➡
  • 2003
    • The skyline is back One minor change to the site design here — I moved my shot of the Seattle skyline that I use over at The Long Letter to this weblog also. ➡
    • Squirrel Monkeys Let's see what the government might have chosen in its effort to protect American lives from ruthless, technologically sophisticated terrorists. ➡
    • Most literate cities Here's something cool: The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has posted a study of the most literate cities in America. Seattle got number two! ➡
    • Two more Two stories: first up, one about what Prairie deemed the 'Passing Judgement on Poor Women With Bastard Children Act'. Secondly, more of Bush's prior supporters are realizing that, to quote some old famous dead guy, 'something smells rotten in Denmark…'. ➡
    • It's been addressed. Ari Fleischer's replacement, Scott McClellan, must be hating his life right about now. ➡
    • Google's presidential endorsement Go to Google. Put 'who will be president in 2004?' into the search field (no quotes). Hit the 'I'm feeling lucky' button. ➡
    • Thoughtcrime 'In this post-911 era, it is the absolute responsibility of the FBI to follow through on any tips of potential terrorist activity,' Paris says. 'Are people going to take exception and be inconvenienced by this at times? Oh, yeah. ... A certain amount of convenience is going to be offset by an increase in security.' ➡
    • Pashazade / Effendi / Felaheen Something else for my reading list, courtesy of Thousand Faced Moon, who I found by wandering through TypePad's list of recently updated TypePad blogs. ➡
    • Metallica smokes too much crack We're not saying we own those two chords, individually -- that would be ridiculous. We're just saying that in that specific order, people have grown to associate E, F with our music. ➡
    • Why did the chicken cross the road? Douglas Adams: Forty-two. ➡
    • Keith Richards + Pepe Le Pew = Jack Sparrow? But he says the main inspiration for this character was Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards with a bit of everybody's favourite cartoon skunk, Pepe Le Pew, thrown in for good measure. ➡
    • The Passion But then, don't all films about Christ cause controversy — especially before they're released, when nobody can actually make an informed decision about any aspect of the film? Ugh. But anyway. ➡
    • Morally deficient Threat rating: Medium. Your total lack of decent family values makes you dangerous, but we can count on some right wing nutter blowing you up if you become too high profile. ➡