On This Day: Oct 13

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on October 13, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 20 posts previously published on October 13th

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on October 13, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 forty-five of 2016: Spock Must Die!, by James Blish. The ... Read more
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on October 13, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.We get to have a classic Universal horror movie monster marathon ... Read more
  • 2014
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on October 13, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Time to head home!
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on October 13, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Dollar store skull plus chocolate eyeball candy equals silly seasonal desk ... Read more
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2005
    • The Rhythm of Life My strongest memory of a trip to England revolves around a single song. Our show-stopper piece that year was a song called 'The Rhythm of Life' -- fun lyrics, an upbeat tempo, and a gorgeous arrangement that made every part fun to sing had quickly made it a favorite, and we'd all become quite fond of ending our concerts with this number.
  • 2004
    • Shots of Gig’s Music Theatre Continuing in my little bout of nostalgia for my days running around at Gig's, tonight I get to present a set of shots from the club, taken roughly between 1997 and 1998 or so.
    • Presidential Debate #3 Almost time for tonight's Presidential debate, the last of this election season's round. Will Bush actually look like a President? Or, more likely, will we get to see him stumble and fall yet again? As before, I'll be watching on C-SPAN, and will update this post with my usual random babbling after the debate's done with.
    • Kill Switch…Click Y'know what I'd like to see in tonight's debate? I'd love it if the moderator had a 'kill switch' for the candidate's microphones, so if Bush tried to railroad a statement through, the moderator could just turn him off.
    • Registered to vote? Are you sure? Employees of a private voter registration company allege that hundreds, perhaps thousands of voters who may think they are registered will be rudely surprised on election day. The company claims hundreds of registration forms were thrown in the trash.
    • On smoke alarms For some reason, I was pondering smoke alarms this morning, trying to figure out why they need batteries. Why not just wire them directly into the house electrical current? No more having to put up with obnoxious beeping when the batteries get low, no more worries about a dead smoke alarm causing someone's death in a house fire because they couldn't get out in time.
  • 2003
    • Not a good evening End result — it's past my bedtime, I'm tired, more than a little frustrated, and ready to go to bed. Hopefully things will look better when I get back to poking around tomorrow evening.
    • Not even subtle This AP photo of President Bush has me alternating between disgust and slack-jawed amazement, and I'm not sure whether to pass on kudos to the photographer or have them drawn and quartered.
    • Rebecca, ecce! tantae clunes isti sunt! mehercle! Rebecca, ecce! tantae clunes isti sunt!
    • Welcome to America — now go home. But when Hughes' fiancee, a German national, tried to visit him on a six-month tourist visa Monday, she was detained in Atlanta, handcuffed, jailed--even stripped of her diamond engagement ring.
    • Apologies …please exuse my formality- I am drunk and you are a stranger.
    • Apple poised for big music push More and more, Apple is making a huge push into the music industry — and if the rumor mills are right, this week just may be their biggest foray yet.