Michael Hanscom

Enthusiastic ambivert. Geeky, liberal, friendly, curious, hopepunk; trying to be a good person. (he/him)

On This Day: Nov 15

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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 18 posts previously published on November 15th

  • 2023
  • 2020
    • We had come so far in the years since we had left Earth. Not just in distance, but in guided evolution as well. After many generations of genetic manipulation to adapt to the low gravity environment, we had started to question whether we could still define ourselves as human. ➡
    • 📚 forty-five of 2020: Doomsday World by Carmen Carter, Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, and Robert Greenberger ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tng 🖖 Almost two stars because of the really painfully obvious “twist” that none of the characters managed to see, but otherwise acceptable. ➡
    • Lockdown Again Yes, this sucks. But death is worse. ➡
    • On This Day: Nov 15 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 15 ➡
  • 2019
    • Only after she let her fingers slip over the side of the boat to drift through the water did she realize that the lake was more clear than she thought. Or at least, the murky substance wasn’t part of the water, as it flowed over her hand and up her arm. Microblogvember: murky ➡
  • 2016
    • Okay, it’s been a week. Anytime now we should get the reveal that this has all been one big, cruel hoax. Right? (320/366) ➡
  • 2008
    • Are We On? Tim Conway and Ernie Anderson A couple weeks ago, author, actor, and humorist John Hodgman was the guest on NPR's 'Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!' As I listened to John and host Peter Sagal, John's simple, polite, and deadpan delivery of often ludicrous responses to Peter's questions reminded me _very_ strongly of an old comedy album of my dad's that I listened to time and time again growing up, where ABC television announcer Ernie Anderson plays straight man to comedian Tim Conway in a series of interviews. ➡
  • 2007
    • Turtle Butt In lieu of actually posting anything truly interesting, I give you one of my favorite shots from our trip to Hawaii this summer. ➡
  • 2006
    • Lockdown Seeing as I haven't been writing a whole lot lately, this seems as good a time as any to declare this site on temporary hiatus while I transfer over to the new webhost. ➡
    • Vogue No More 1) The Vogue is closing at the end of the year. 2) The new club will be called Blacklight and will be in the upper level of the Capitol Hill Arts Center (CHAC) and opening in the second half of January. ➡
  • 2004
    • Exterminate all rational thought. Mike posted about joining up with NetFlix, and his list of upcoming movies included Brazil and Time Bandits, both wonderfully bizarre films directed by Terry Gilliam. I dropped him a quick note to recommend a few other flicks, which touched off a discovery of something that I've been waiting years for. ➡
    • So punny Last night, as I was standing in front of the Vogue getting some air, there was a guy walking across the street carrying a couple of floor lamps. It was all I could do to resist walking up to him and saying, 'Hey man…' ➡
    • Nov. Weblogger Meetup This month's Seattle Weblogger Meetup is this Wednesday, 7pm at Ralph's Grocery and Deli, kitty-corner from the Cinerama. I'm really hoping to make it to this one, since I missed last month's. ➡
  • 2003
    • Because I suck at remembering names Vogue regulars I met tonight that I should remember the names of: ➡
    • iPod Rocks! Looks like Apple's gearing up for the holiday season with a new teen-focused website at ipodrocks. ➡
    • Justice isn't always black and white Local weekly newspaper The Stranger has an excellent summary of Gary Ridgeway's day in court confessing to 48 counts of murder as the Green River Killer — and plea bargaining to avoid the death sentence in the process — in the form of a 24-panel black and white comic strip. ➡
  • 2001
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He knew the children had asked for “an old-fashioned Halloween”, and he’d done his best, but even he was surprised by just how spooky the ships corridors were with the lighting low and the spare EVA suits like bodies, tethered near air vents to slowly drift in the low gravity.

On This Day: Nov 14

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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 November 14th

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
    • 📚 45/2021: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1975 Hugo Best Novel ➡
  • 2020
    • He knew the children had asked for “an old-fashioned Halloween”, and he’d done his best, but even he was surprised by just how spooky the ships corridors were with the lighting low and the spare EVA suits like bodies, tethered near air vents to slowly drift in the low gravity. ➡
    • On This Day: Nov 14 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 14 ➡
  • 2019
    • “Ready for your upgrade?” “You know it! Even made sure to shave the back of my neck this morning for the port installation.” “Seriously? Do you have any idea what hacking into your spine like that would do to you? You’ve seen The Matrix too many times.” Microblogvember: neck ➡
    • Short Treks E07: “Ask Not”: A bit predictable — I figured out what was going on long before the reveal — but still enjoyable, and better than the last two. About those views of Engineering, though…how is there room for all that with all the empty space around the turbolifts? 🖖 ➡
  • 2018
  • 2016
    • Part of tonight’s #NotInOurKittCo peace march from #CWU to the #Ellensburg downtown. (#NiOKC is an offshoot of #NiOT/#NotInOurTown, an anti-hate/discrimination movement; the local initiative was formed after KKK flyers appeared around town.) (319/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Prairie found me an early Thanksgiving turkey! #Lego ➡
    • My thanks to whomever put out the table full of books at today’s #nwc39 meeting. Got some great additions to my collection. Particularly fond of the #StarTrek #TOS “choose your own adventure” (“Which Way Books”) book! ➡
  • 2014
    • The neighborhood kitty was quite determined that it was going to come inside with us. It kept coming into the garage and sitting by the inside door, and each time I picked it up, it would settle into my arms and purr quite contentedly. I felt really guilty putting it back out in the cold. ... Read more ➡
  • 2007
    • Ask Your Doctor For A Reason to Take It Apparently (and thankfully), Prairie and I aren't the only ones watching these ads with more than a little distaste. Consumer Reports is starting what's intended to be a series of video/weblog posts analyzing these DTC (direct-to-consumer) ads. ➡
  • 2004
    • The Incredibles Took Prairie out to see The Incredibles today — my second time, her first. As I said before, Pixar can do no wrong, and the movie was just as good the second time. Possibly better, as I caught a couple lines and gags that I'd missed the first time through. ➡
    • Coriolis Force Do goths swirl the other way below the equator? ➡
    • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory teaser poster There was a bit of discussion here a few months back about the upcoming Tim Burton/Johnny Depp/Danny Elfman version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. As a quick followup to that, the first poster for the film has just hit the 'net. ➡
  • 2003
    • Random encounters In some ways, I'm going to miss being able to wander up and down Broadway on my breaks. Some of the random encounters that go on can be fun. ➡
  • 2001
    • Please? Pretty please? With Muppets on top? I know it's a bit pricey. That's why I'm grovelling. Really grovelling. I'm actually on my knees right now. It's a little hard to type, but it's worth it. ➡
    • Pro-America Pro-America does not mean pro-war. Or pro-Bush. Or anti-Afghanistan. Or pro-little-flags-on-SUV-antennas. ➡
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“It’s up to you. We gave you the clues. Now choose.”

“But the clues don’t make any sense!” He strained against the bindings holding him in place.

“If you cannot choose, then guess. But guess now.”

Trembling, he reached into one of the holes in the wall before him, and waited.

On This Day: Nov 13

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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 23 posts previously published on November 13th

  • 2024
    • Deadpool & Wolverine 🎥: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: This is not a _good_ film. Basically, it's a Marvel Cinematic Universe porno. It's also rather entertaining. ➡
  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 195 We continue to work our way through treats we brought back from London. ➡
  • 2022
  • 2020
    • “It’s up to you. We gave you the clues. Now choose.” “But the clues don’t make any sense!” He strained against the bindings holding him in place. “If you cannot choose, then guess. But guess now.” Trembling, he reached into one of the holes in the wall before him, and waited. ➡
    • The ‘djwudi’ at shapeWright.com: Enter a text string, get a generated spaceship. I tried my standard username and Norwescon. Both look pretty nifty. ➡
    • On This Day: Nov 13 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 13 ➡
  • 2019
    • “You know damn well it’s not a question of whether I’m able to do the job,” she snapped. “I have twice his experience, not to mention at least twice the number of limbs, depending on how you count the cybernetics. He still has to do his own damn work.” Microblogvember: able ➡
    • Editing Chapter Markers in .mkv files A brief rundown of how to edit chapter markers in .mkv files, using the just-released Monty Python's Flying Circus Norwegian Blu-Ray Edition box set as an example. ➡
  • 2016
    • Left my phone on the floor with the camera on. Saw it, laughed at the angle, and made a monster pose. Prairie decided that needed to be an actual picture…and who am I to argue? (318/366) ➡
  • 2010
    • Skyline Review by @hogbiker Last night, a friend of mine in Anchorage was getting together with some friends. The plan was to watch the new sci-fi movie Skyline, then have a boys' night out. When I got up this morning, I thought the results needed to be saved for posterity. ➡
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • Best AP Retraction Ever In a Nov. 13 story, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that Paris Hilton was praised by conservationists for highlighting the problem of binge-drinking elephants in northeastern India. Lori Berk, a publicist for Hilton, said she never made any comments about helping drunken elephants in India. ➡
    • As brevity is the soul of wit… Competing with last May's 'Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo' for best headline of 2007: 'Hamlet Shaken by Murder Then Suicide'. ➡
    • I’m a Winner! My unlucky streak has ended! I'm now the (proud?) amused owner of a Canon Rebel ('Official Camera of the NFL') folding chair! ➡
  • 2005
    • Make it stop! The downstairs neighbor -- on the other side of the building -- has had "All I Want For Christmas is You" from the Love Actually soundtrack playing on repeat... For. Six. Hours. ➡
  • 2003
    • Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex One should not think of Superman as a Peeping Tom. A biological ability must be used. As a child Superman may never have known that things had surfaces, until he learned to suppress his X-ray vision. If millions of people tend shamelessly to wear clothing with no lead in the weave, that is hardly Superman's fault. ➡
    • I'm such a geek… Jason needs to close his <p> tags and drop the archaic <font> tags in favor of CSS. ➡
    • Top 10 scientific hoaxes A very interesting list, some of which I'd heard of, some of which I hadn't, and one that I'd never heard was a hoax. ➡
    • Gore Vidal interview The LA Weekly currently has an interview with Gore Vidal which is well worth reading, touching on everything from what our founding fathers might think of Bush and his cronies to electronic voting. ➡
    • 10.28 teraflops Virginia Tech's Power Mac G5-based supercomputer has reached 10.28 teraflops. ➡
    • Trailers: Harry Potter, Peter Pan Quick notice of a couple trailers worth checking out (at least, in my world they're worth checking out): Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Peter Pan. ➡
  • 2001
    • What’s with the black bars? While most of my friends have been around me long enough to understand my preference for watching films in widescreen or letterboxed format, occasionally I get questions about the 'black bars' at the top and bottom of the screen. ➡
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🖖 Discovery S03E05: Home is never quite the same when coming back after a long absence. Particularly after a 930 year absence. Loved the crew geeking out over the ships and structures they were seeing. Not too surprised the Federation’s a bit prickly. Still going strong!

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The conquest was complete. They were free to do as they wished with this planet and its insipid inhabitants. All that was left was to decide which skin suit to wear when revealing their true nature to the world. The potential donors eyed them in fear as they waited to be chosen.

On This Day: Nov 12

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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 21 posts previously published on November 12th

  • 2023
  • 2020
    • 🖖 Discovery S03E05: Home is never quite the same when coming back after a long absence. Particularly after a 930 year absence. Loved the crew geeking out over the ships and structures they were seeing. Not too surprised the Federation’s a bit prickly. Still going strong! ➡
    • The conquest was complete. They were free to do as they wished with this planet and its insipid inhabitants. All that was left was to decide which skin suit to wear when revealing their true nature to the world. The potential donors eyed them in fear as they waited to be chosen. ➡
    • Beached Whale Blow-Up: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Florence Exploding Whale: The original 16mm footage of Oregon’s infamous exploding whale has been scanned at full 4K resolution and posted online! Plus, OR station KATU has used the new scan to re-edit their original report at 4K resolution. ➡
    • On This Day: Nov 12 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 12 ➡
  • 2019
    • “No, really,” he said. “We’d love to stay. In any other circumstance, we would. But….” He glanced over at his husband and took his hand, then turned back to their host, forcing himself to look into the wet, empty sockets where its eyes should have been. Microblogvember: stay ➡
  • 2018
    • While I enjoy the #Marvel Cinematic Universe, comics were never a huge thing for me growing up, so I don’t have the same connection to #StanLee that many of my friends do. But Lee’s influence was felt even in the #StarTrek universe. #LLAP, he most definitely did. ➡
  • 2017
    • Book forty-five of 2017: Femme Magnifique, edited by Shelly Bond. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
  • 2016
    • Undersea critters! ➡
    • An enjoyably windy morning at the Keystone ferry terminal before heading back across the water. (317/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • CWU Pres. Gaudino being confronted by #blacklivesmatter student protesters gathering in support of BLM and #mizzou students. ➡
  • 2010
    • More on Pulp’s ‘Common People’ I think it's the slide from amusement to condescension to all-out-rage as the song goes by that really does it for me. This is one song that I just will never get tired of. ➡
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • Dollhouse Question: What do you think of Joss Whedon’s new upcoming TV show “Dollhouse”? I know you’ve watched Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Serenity, liked all of them (as far I as can remember) and I thought it was “weird” that you didn’t mention the news. ➡
  • 2004
    • Googlebomb Spam Attack Looks like someone's come up with a new, not-really-all-that-clever use for comment spam: using it to attempt to Googlebomb someone that they're ticked off at. ➡
  • 2003
    • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines I didn't think that there was any way that the Terminator series could continue without the key people behind the success of the first two and still be even remotely interesting. ➡
    • Bad headline award Those poor activists! Someone really needs to cheer them up — but first, get them away from that Girl Scout! ➡
  • 2001
    • How ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ really ended A furious lightsaber duel is under way. DARTH VADER is backing LUKE SKYWALKER towards the end of the gantry. A quick move by Vader chops off Luke's hand! It goes spinning off into the ventilation shaft. ➡
    • Gee, I’m real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky. Despite a less-than stellar presentation (including three false starts as the staff tried to figure out how to work a movie projector), the movie was as funny as ever, and having a chance to see it with a theater full of people was wonderful. After the movie, homeward bound for all of us. ➡
  • 1991
    • [From the IRN: 11.12.91 1735] A single rose / Shoved up your nose / You lick my toes / While in repose / My mother knows / Where Einstein goes / I'm in the throes / Of melanoma ➡