On This Day: Dec 18

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on December 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 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 26 posts previously published on December 18th

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • Impeached Two for two ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on December 18, 2019). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Thanks to micro.blog’s ability to import Instagram archives, all 1,512 posts, ... Read more ➡
  • 2016
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on December 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Book fifty-five of 2016: Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on December 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.A pleasant way to start the day, reading in the library ... Read more ➡
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2005
    • The VP is out of control! While I _know_ it's just two headlines smooshed together, the sudden image of Dick Cheney going completely feral and lashing out at anyone around him was enough to give me the giggles for a few minutes. ➡
  • 2004
    • Made it! Well, we survived! Man, that's a lot of movie. When all's said and done, it was a lot of fun, and all agreed that it was well worth doing, and definitely something that should be done again. ➡
    • Getting ready… Just some general ramblings while we putter around and get ready for the day… ➡
  • 2003
    • Jose Padilla held unconstitutionally, says US 2nd Court of Appeals We also conclude that Padilla’s detention was not authorized by Congress, and absent such authorization, the President does not have the power under Article II of the Constitution to detain as an enemy combatant an American citizen seized on American soil outside a zone of combat. ➡
    • Annoy the ultra-right-wing! The American Family Association is currently running a poll to determine how people feel about the legalization of marriage between people of the same sex. ➡
    • Walmart has an online music store?!? I had no idea this was even in the works, but it appears that Walmart has an online music store now. ➡
    • M/A/R/R/S: Pump Up the Volume Pump up the volume, pump up the volume, pump up the volume, dance! Dance! ➡
    • BlogDating Nothing wrong with a little mental nookie! ➡
    • ToySight ToySight is hands down one of the coolest games for the Mac that I've seen yet. It's a collection of several small mini-games and 'toys' that you play by using your iSight camera as the controller! ➡
    • About airplanes There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky. ➡
    • That's gotta hurt… I turned around just in time to watch a car skid to a stop in the middle of the street with sparks flying out behind it, as its front left tire went rolling and bouncing across the road. ➡
    • 9/11 could have and should have been prevented For the first time, the chairman of the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks is saying publicly that 9/11 could have and should have been prevented. ➡
  • 2002
    • Well, of course! Lott said he would survive any challenge to his post as majority leader, and Tuesday he picked up the support of a few GOP senators, including Alaska's Ted Stevens, who vowed to 'defend my friend.' ➡
    • Caught by the Zeitgeist Last October I ran across a website claiming to be a protest against the latest installment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, 'The Two Towers'. Over the past week and a half or so, as the release date for LotR:TTT has grown closer and closer, that entry on my site has suddenly been getting a highly unusual amount of interest. ➡
    • Who’s protecting Eli Lilly? There is now substantial evidence that due to the mercury content, Thimerosal may be the cause of autism in many, many children, and Eli Lilly has been facing a number of lawsuits from parents looking for some help in caring for their children that were affected by the drug from this company. ➡
  • 2001
    • Two quick things One silly that popped into my head: why is the plural of box 'boxes' when the plural of ox is 'oxen'? You just have to love the English language, don't you? ➡