On This Day: Dec 28

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on December 28, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 28 posts previously published on December 28th

  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 240 Our last day of visiting was with my wife’s mom, sister, brother-in-law, and niblings. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on December 28, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Well, now. That was definitely a movie! Spoiler-free mini-review: It’ll do ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on December 28, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Time to finish off the Skywalker saga! 🎬 ➡
  • 2017
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on December 28, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Day six! #cah #cardsagainsthumanity ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on December 28, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.My manly man feet have the most masculine socks ever. Look ... Read more ➡
  • 2016
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on December 28, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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-nine of 2016: Ancillary Sword, by Ann Leckie. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (363/366) ➡
  • 2009
    • Best Movies of the Decade Three best of the decade lists follow, all yoinked from Slashfilm. For each list, I've marked the films I've seen and the films we have in our movie collection at home. ➡
  • 2005
    • Lens Lust followup My Lens Lust post of a week or so ago has touched off a slight Nikon d70s vs. Canon Rebel XT debate in the comments. For the curious photo buff, here's why I'm lusting after the d70s instead of the Rebel XT. ➡
    • All paid up Around $1000 poorer and after approximately 4.34 miles of walking, I should be all set to start school in a few days. ➡
    • Reboot Yourself I've known far too many people who would do well to heed this advice. ➡
    • Mad Max Prairie and I spent three nights last week watching the entire Mad Max trilogy. When all's said and done, I'm not a big fan of Mad Max as a trilogy -- but you can _definitely_ count me as a fan of Beyond Thunderdome. ➡
    • High School A meme, courtesy of ctakahara. ➡
    • The stuff of nightmares Oh my lord. It'd bad enough reading about an airplane accident -- thankfully, one that didn't end in tragedy -- in the steady, calm voice of newspaper reporting. But then comes the report of the incident from passenger Jeremy Hermanns. ➡
    • Best TV of 2005 Of Time's list of the best TV shows of 2005, I've only seen one -- but I'm not going to argue at all with their assessment. Number one on the list... ➡
  • 2004
    • Christianity and the ACLU John Scalzi is looking for Christian lawyers who work for the ACLU. The ensuing comment thread on his post is getting very interesting, too. Worth checking out (though it keeps getting longer, so give yourself a few minutes). ➡
    • Quick Review: Quills Really, really good. Admittedly, they had a couple things going for them to start with — interesting subject matter and a powerhouse cast — but that's not always a guaranteed success. 'Well worth the dig!' ➡
    • My next ISP GET YOUR ONLINES WITH MAXIMUM INTERNETS - iDigital CyberCom - NOW INTERNETTING AT MEGASPEEDS! ➡
    • Legend Years ago, my brother and I found a cassette tape on the floor of the family van. Neither of us knew where it came from or who had left it there. Upon first glance, it didn't seem all that special — Bob Marley and the Wailers 'Legend' album. It turned out that this tape instead had early 80s-era dance remixes of all of the songs. ➡
    • Tsunami My lord — I hadn't even heard about the disaster around the Indian Ocean until I started browsing through headlines this morning, and now they're putting the death toll at somewhere over 33,000 people. Scary stuff. ➡
    • Christmas Weekend Good Christmas weekend this year. As usual, I've got a selection of photos posted to Flickr. Now I'm back at work, and Prairie's doing her best to fend off a cold before the New Year's weekend rolls around. Life returns to normal…for a few days at least. ➡
  • 2003
    • LotR:TRotK EE DVD – 4h50m+? Apparently, Peter Jackson recently revealed that the DVD Extended Edition of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 'will be longer than 4 hours and 50 min' long! ➡
    • 2003 Pictures of the Year The Seattle Times' Pacific Northwest magazine has released their 2003 Pictures of the Year special issue, and all the shots have been posted on their website. ➡
    • Nobody's tried this yet? Frankly, I'd be more than a little surprised if nobody had attempted zero-g sex yet, no matter how strenuously NASA denies it. Still, if you're looking to be the 'official' first couple to give it a shot (and happen to be absolutely filthy rich), just give the Russian space agency a call! ➡
    • Books, sir…books. What did we do for endless and disheartening time-sinks before computers? I never lost twenty hours trying to make a fridge work properly, or to make a chair I'd accidentally upgraded turn itself back into something you could sit on. ➡
  • 2001
    • Ion Drive in operation Apparently NASA's Deep Space 1 probe has just been officially decommissioned, slightly over two years after its planned End of Mission date. ➡
    • It’s just a movie, folks One for the Darwin Awards -- the first item on this page is a story of a Japanese tourist who died in the middle of a snowy field outside of Fargo, North Dakota...while trying to dig up the stolen money left there in the movie Fargo. The fictional movie. ➡
    • Kevin Smith directs Lord of the Rings The Council of Elrond from Lord of the Rings (as directed by Kevin Smith), and The Mines of Moria from Lord of the Rings (as directed by Michael Bay). Too funny not to share. ➡