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On This Day: Jun 1

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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 28 posts previously published on June 1st

  • 2024
    • Elusive Salvation by Dayton Ward 📚: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: A fun standalone-but-sequel-of-sorts to Ward’s earlier _From History’s Shadow_, with time travel, Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln, and lots of fun nods to Trek timeline shenanigans. ➡
  • 2023
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Book nineteen of 2018: Crossplay, by Niki Smith. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
    • Book eighteen of 2018: Cormorant Run, by Lilith Saintcrow. ⭐️⭐️ ➡
    • Increasingly convinced that Trump’s tariffs will manage to crash the economy right after the Nov. elections, so that if we do get a “blue wave”, Dems will get blamed for the crash, setting up either Trump’s re-election or some other racist, sexist piece of trash’s win in 2020. ➡
  • 2016
    • This hat showed up in the mail — it’s got to be a graduation present from Dad and/or Mom. A bit ahead of the game, perhaps, but the optimism is appreciated! (153/366) ➡
    • Chucks of the day (1/?): low tops, black with maroon stripe, black/grey/maroon striped tongue and lining, black laces. #chucks #converse ➡
  • 2014
    • Are you sure the weekend’s over? Like, really, really sure? ➡
  • 2009
    • Preliminary Vacation Plans We haven't been on a big vacation since the trip to Hawaii for Hope and Peter's wedding a couple years ago, and haven't even had a lot of chances for smaller weekend 'mini-breaks' lately, so we're really looking forward to this. ➡
    • Links for May 26th through June 1st Sometime between May 26th and June 1st, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • On the (Rebooted) Final Frontier • 15 Sexist Vintage Ads • Seattle Police Dispatched to Zombie Walk • Confessions of an Introverted Traveler • Meme Scenery ➡
  • 2007
    • Photography Workflow I just had someone ask me through my Flickr account about my photography workflow and sales experience, and I figured I might as well put my response up here for...um...posterity? Ego-stroking? ;) ➡
  • 2006
    • It’s just not the same… It occurs to me that I've never done this without a half-dozen other girls. ➡
    • Random Bits… I'm healthy, the Simpsons are funny, I have dress clothes for prom, and there will be lots of Jason Webley goodness in the upcoming days. ➡
  • 2005
    • March of the Penguins This is rather horrendously teen-girl-Livejournal-y, but for once, I'm actually tempted to let lose with an "EEEEEEEEEE! PENGUINS!" ➡
  • 2004
    • Fun on the bus For the rest of the trip, she sat next to me, talking to herself (and occasionally to me, though very rarely did I actually catch any intelligible words), inflection bouncing up and down the scale as she asked and then answered her own questions, and occasionally bursting into a sudden fit of giggles. ➡
    • Vacation time! Laying out rough plans for an upcoming vacation in September to see Marc and Laura get married and celebrate Erika and my dad's birthdays. ➡
    • Suggestions: Good candidate overview sites? i know i don't want bush in office again, but i don't want to vote for just anyone, either. if you can find me a site that lays it all out in a clear, concise manner, i'll read through it all and see if i can't decide which person i feel would do the best job in office ➡
    • If I were to move anywhere… …I often think it would be San Francisco. First they give the gay marriage movement a rousing kick-start — now a San Francisco judge has ruled Bush's recent ban on abortions unconstitutional. ➡
  • 2003
    • Good luck, Larry Wachowski There's a very interesting and serious story that's just staring to break on the 'net, that I'm afraid is going to be presented in extremely unflattering and quite probably derrogative ways once it starts to spread. ➡
    • Newly Digital (Back in the Day, redux) Adam Kalsey has started a project he calls Newly Digital -- a collection of stories about when people first discovered computers, got online, and so on. In that vein, I'm updating and reposting my 'Back in the Day' post from roughly a year ago, to contribute to the project. Enjoy! ➡
    • Finding Nemo Pixar continues their as yet unbroken string of excellent movies with Finding Nemo, the story of a father's hunt for his missing child. ➡
    • The Bourne Identity Quite fun to watch — more known for his dramatic roles, Damon does a very credible job with the action scenes, and Famke Potente (of Run Lola Run) is very enjoyable as a girl swept up in Damon's flight and search for clues. ➡
    • Traffic Traffic got a ton of good reviews when it came out, but for one reason or another, it just didn't grab me very much. ➡
  • 2001
    • This I’ve gotta get! Henry Rollins has finally just released a spoken-word performance to DVD! I was lucky enough (as were a bunch of my friends) to be able to see him when he came to give one of his spoken word performances at UAA a few years back, and I've already got two of the spoken word CD's he's released. ➡
    • I’m hungry… …and since it's after my lunch time, I can't exactly bail out of here to grab something to eat. Guess I'll just have to order myself a Ninja Burger. ➡
    • Slight page updates I just went through and made some slight adjustments to some of the pages on the site (mainly this one, my resume, and my DJ Wüdi propaganda) to reflect the fact that I'm not going to be in Anchorage for much longer. ➡

On This Day: May 31

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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 May 31st

  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 29 So far my typing speed has dropped by half and I’ve realized that I type ‘B’ with the wrong hand. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2017
    • Spent some time exploring Renton today, and ended up taking a nice walk up and down the length of the park right on Lake Washington. ➡
  • 2016
    • My one #tattoo…so far. Funny thing is, I don’t even really remember quite when I got it, only that it was a couple years or so before I left Alaska (so…1998/99-ish?). I have plans for one, perhaps two more…but one of those I’ve had in mind for nearly as long as I’ve had this one, ... Read more ➡
  • 2014
    • Time for our usual pre-arts-event treat! ➡
  • 2009
    • Schoolboy Once Again There's been a change of plans that's taken place over the past couple weeks, and now that I've verified that talking about it publicly won't risk my status with the unemployment office: I've decided to take advantage of having a lot of unclaimed free time and head back to school! ➡
  • 2005
    • Virtual Moving While my DSL line and aging webserver were fine for my needs a while ago, I'm outgrowing them. So, I think it's time for me to pare things down a little bit and look into external hosting options. ➡
    • Blade: Trinity I just got finished watching Blade: Trinity. While I'm certainly not going to make any claims about it being a _good_ movie, it ended up being _far_ more entertaining than I expected it to be (and probably more than it had any real right to be). ➡
  • 2004
    • Most naturally beautiful women A 'panel of experts' (beauty and fashion editors, make-up artists, model agencies and photographers) has just released a list of the top 100 most naturally beautiful women. Here's the top 10. ➡
    • More on the Monorail fire Amusingly enough, while talking with Prairie about the stories, where her reaction was to be a little freaked out and quite glad she wasn't around, my first reaction was, 'Well, no-one got hurt. Wish I'd been there with my camera!' ➡
    • Memorial Day To dad, any of my relatives living or deceased that served, and to all those serving now…thanks. ➡
    • Can Bush do anything but lie? The Washington Post takes a look at the slew of false advertising coming out of the Bush administration. ➡
    • On motivating your actors …during filming, when [director Alfonzo] Cuaron needed [Daniel] Radcliffe to convey the proper look of astonishment, he took his young charge aside and coached: 'Pretend you're seeing Cameron Diaz in a G-string.' ➡
  • 2003
    • Licence plates in The Matrix The discussion thread regarding Matrix: Revolutions on the Home Theater Forum is turning up all sorts of interesting tidbits, including the fact that all the licence plates seem to be biblical quotes! ➡
    • Which Agent Smith are you? I'm 'Snarky Smith' — the Agent of Wit. Which Agent Smith are you? ➡
    • No more standalone IE Also — does this also kill IE for the Mac? IE already hadn't been updated for the Mac in ages, and with the proliferation of alternative browsers available out there for OS X — including Apple's own Safari — has Microsoft decided it's time to concede the browser war as far as the Mac platform goes? ➡
    • Write a blog, say hello to the FBI Note to the FBI: Feel free to browse through my politics category archives, just be sure to knock before entering my apartment. ;) ➡
    • Bush lied. People died. Jack Straw and his US counterpart, Colin Powell, privately expressed serious doubts about the quality of intelligence on Iraq's banned weapons programme at the very time they were publicly trumpeting it to get UN support for a war on Iraq, the Guardian has learned. ➡
  • 2002
    • Fight Club Everything had gone so easy, I wondered. I'd done everything the mechanic said to do. This was why we needed to buy a gun. This was doing my homework. ➡

On This Day: May 30

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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 May 30th

  • 2024
    • Little Audio Upgrade Just replaced my computer's old 2.1 computer speaker setup with a small stereo amp and two small bookshelf speakers. Much better! ➡
  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 28 Another 'grab a selfie while sitting on the living room couch' shot. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2016
    • It’s a pretty yard, but some days the upkeep is a royal pain in the butt. (151/366) ➡
    • My Memorial Day #Chucks; one of three patriotic-themed pairs I found recently. ➡
  • 2015
    • FroYo and flowers…must be another night out for us! ➡
  • 2014
    • Today’s socks for #funfeetfriday: Superman! ➡
    • Thanks to Kirsten for pointing out the #AllMenCan tag. http://bit.ly/RGAGi1 #YesAllWomen ➡
  • 2008
    • Anchorage Wormhole? Somehow, in all the years of driving up and down this road, I'd never noticed the sudden jump into a residential parking lot and then back onto the road itself. I'm obviously not paying enough attention! ➡
    • Lost Finale Show-to-Commercial Ratio It felt like we were getting about a 1:1 ratio of show to commercial, so starting a little before the halfway point of the two-hour program, I started jotting down when we'd switch from show to commercial. ➡
  • 2005
    • Catch up? You’re kidding, right? This is what happens when I spend an entire weekend out running around and having fun, stopping by the computer just long enough to import, prepare, and upload photos. ➡
    • Folklife 2005 As anyone who's been watching my Flickr photostream is (painfully?) aware of by now, this entire weekend was spent primarily wandering around this year's Northwest Folklife Festival. ➡
  • 2004
    • Bush displays Saddam’s gun as trophy Bill Clinton got his rocks off in the Oval Office and lied about it to the American people. He got impeached. George Bush got his rocks off in Iraq and lied about it to the American people. He got a souvenir. ➡
    • Folklife 2004 A few shots from wandering around the Folklife festival at Seattle Center today, since our 'mostly cloudy' day soon turned into 'mostly sunny' and it seemed like a good way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon. ➡
    • US secretly run by NINJA!!!!!! It's true! It's true! And here's the proof! ➡
  • 2003
    • Salam Pax found The UK paper The Guardian has found Salam Pax, of the Where is Raed? weblog — and while they're still keeping his identity secret, he will be writing for the Guardian starting next week. ➡
  • 2002

On This Day: May 29

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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 33 posts previously published on May 29th

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
    • 📚 21/2021: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1973 Hugo Best Novel One of my favorite classic SF authors, but not a favorite of his works. The ideas were interesting, but the dialogue felt particularly dated, and the final third’s sociological bits were a bit silly. ➡
  • 2020
    • Privileged White privilege is real. Recognize yours. Take time to consider a Black person’s experience today and every day. Find out what you can do to help. This is a start. ➡
    • On This Day: May 29 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 29 ➡
  • 2016
    • Just playing around. Rawwrrr! ➡
    • This Criminal Minds episode is all about the evils and dangers of selfies (via a #MirrorMan serial killer targeting and tracking people through social media)…so it seemed appropriate to put that on the background of today’s shot. (150/366) ➡
    • A while ago, I was followed on Instagram by @miniatureplasticdeer – I don’t know why, if it was random or if the account is run by someone who knows me (I have a couple friends who run accounts for their businesses), but it amused me. While #miniatureplasticdeer aren’t quite my style, I do have an ... Read more ➡
    • Mmm…Prairie brought breakfast treats back from her trip to Calgary! My first Canadian donuts. :) ➡
  • 2014
    • Here be dragons! The EMP’s fantasy exhibit is really neat. ➡
    • Prairie and me waiting outside the EMP. ➡
    • Even though #funfeetfriday isn’t until tomorrow, storm trooper feet seemed appropriate for visiting the EMP’s Science Fiction Museum. ;) ➡
    • Snuck in to Seattle for a CWU event at the EMP. Got here early, so now we’re wandering around for a bit. ➡
    • For #throwbackthursday, me upon my return from two months in Germany in the summer of 1991 with the Bartlett High School German Club. This was the point where I really started to make progress towards figuring out how to be who I wanted to be, rather than who I thought other people wanted me to ... Read more ➡
    • Got a cute “Sword of Law and Justice” as a goodbye present from one of the graduating LAJ students. :) ➡
  • 2007
    • Regaining Trust Rather sad how it only takes one psychotically self-absorbed pathological liar to destroy your faith in people. ➡
    • Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle Work commitments kept us from doing a full weekend jaunt, but Prairie and I went out to wander around the Folklife festival on Saturday afternoon and evening. Here's the rest of my shots from the day. ➡
  • 2006
    • The Scarlet F Photos from Saturday night's show have been posted: The Scarlet F (some images NSFW)! ➡
  • 2004
    • Old friends Got to hang out with Rebecca and her husband Gary and their friends Carla and (insert name here when I figure it out) at the Vogue tonight. Was great to see Rebecca again — we got to talking about it, and we figured that the last time I saw her she wasn't even old enough to vote, let alone get into a bar! Too funny. ➡
    • We Interrupt This Broadcast Mom and dad sent me a wonderful present for my birthday that just arrived in the mail a couple of days ago. It's a book called We Interrupt This Broadcast, a collection of news events that shocked the world. ➡
    • Trailers that caught my eye Three trailers caught my eye today while I was waiting for The Day After Tomorrow to start: Collateral, Alexander, and The Stepford Wives. ➡
    • The Day After Tomorrow I got back home a bit ago from seeing Roland Emmerich's latest death, doom, and destruction lovefest: The Day After Tomorrow. The verdict? Surprisingly, not nearly as bad as I was expecting it to be, as long as you keep in mind that it's your typical summer disaster movie, big on special effects, and short on plausible plot. ➡
  • 2003
    • What Matrix persona are you? I am Neo, from 'The Matrix.' I display a perfect fusion of heroism and compassion. ➡
    • Play with the penguins! And now for something completely different, and far more cheerful — take a few minutes to go play with the penguins. ➡
    • Hoisted by their own petard I linked to this yesterday, but seeing as how permission has been granted to reprint and republish, I thought this was well worth making a full post of its own. ➡
    • US Secret Biological Experimentation 1994 Senator John D. Rockefeller issues a report revealing that for at least 50 years the Department of Defense has used hundreds of thousands of military personnel in human experiments and for intentional exposure to dangerous substances. Materials included mustard and nerve gas, ionizing radiation, psychochemicals, hallucinogens, and drugs used during the Gulf War. ➡
    • So, where are these weapons again? Two posts over at Daily Kos worth reading: Rockefeller rips lack of WMDs and Blair under fire. Apparently people are starting to get a little steamed about the amazing disappearing Weapons of Mass Destruction we went to war over. ➡
    • Stop George! We need to show Americans who don't even know that they have a reason to disagree with George that they do have a reason. And we need to encourage those who have not voted in the past that in 2004, their vote will make a difference. Remember, the last George was considered unbeatable less than a year before his defeat. ➡
    • Fact-checking Reuters re: iTunes Normally I don't have much problem with the stories I see on Reuters — but then, I'm not nearly as well-versed in many of the subjects I read from them. If the rest of their news reporting is as solid as this story was, I should just stop paying attention. ➡
    • Just the facts, ma'am I'm not unwilling to change positions based on facts, but I am unwilling to change positions based on polls. ➡
    • Backpedaling Go check out this timeline of quotes referencing the claimed Iraqi WMD's. It'd be funny if it weren't real. ➡
  • 2001
    • The point of no return… The voting has been disabled for the above poll, as changes in the website have ended up borking up the poll and results. However, if I remember correctly, the majority of the tallied votes were for the Bridget Fonda lookalike contest. ➡
    • Microsuck The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck will be the same day they start making vacuum cleaners. ➡

On This Day: May 28

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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 May 28th

  • 2024
  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 26 Don't know who was playing or what the score was, but the froyo was good. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • Book twenty-three of 2016: Books of Blood Vol. 2, by Clive Barker. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (149/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Midway through His Majesty’s Dragon, another free book from #nwc37, about a British officer during the Napoleonic wars who becomes part of an air corps of dragon riders. Quite enjoyable so far. ➡
  • 2010
    • Links for May 25th through May 28th Sometime between May 25th and May 28th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Today's College Students Lack Empathy • Is Queen's "Invisible Man" the Best Scifi Music Video of All Time? Yes. • Republicans' New Web Site Not Exactly What They Hoped It Would Be • Ten of the Greatest Maps That Changed the World • Is Texting [or using a cellphone] Legal if I'm at a Stoplight? ➡
  • 2005
    • Off to Folklife Another gorgeous day, snacks are packed, sunscreen is applied, and Prairie and I are off to spend the day wandering around the Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center. Back in a few hours! ➡
  • 2004
    • Disney vs. Pixar 'We feel sick about Disney doing sequels because if you look at the quality of their sequels... it's been pretty embarrassing,' [Steve] Jobs said during Pixar's fourth-quarter earnings call in February. ➡
    • More online crack Another good online time-waster: a version of Breakout that actually manages to put a new twist on the game by giving it a circular playfield -- Plastic Balls. ➡
    • Anti-Goth measures fail due to lack of interest Two years ago, in a rather ridiculous display of small-minded stupidity, the town of Blue Springs, MO earmarked $273,000 of their education budget to combat Goth culture.Thankfully, word comes now that the project essentially went nowhere, and more than half of the money is being returned. ➡
  • 2003
    • Glitch The following is a short story inspired in part by a dream I had last night. Other inspirations will probably become blazingly obvious as you read. ;) Enjoy -- while it's very likely far from perfect, it was fun to write. ➡
    • 38.46154 percent geek According to the Geek Test, I'm 38.46154% geek, and therefore a "Major Geek". I'm not sure if I should be disappointed or relieved… ➡
    • Dream inspiration On the plus side, I'm awake because I just woke up from a _very_ vivid dream that I think would make a kick-ass short story, so after I woke up I wrote down as much of it as I could remember, as fast as I could. ➡
  • 2002
    • Fun with lava Wow -- there's a volcano not too far away, about 22 miles from Bend, OR, that looks like it might be preparing to erupt at some point in the near future. ➡
    • My brain hurts This almost sounds like sci-fi, but apparently it's a real theory being tossed around right now: a UK researcher is proposing the possibility that our conciousness is the brain's electromagnetic field. ➡
    • Parting is such sweet sorrow Wil's been exorcising his demons this week -- some of the best writing I've seen on his site. Three posts in a series that are worth a read: Mirror Mirror, Turnaround, and The Big Goodbye. ➡
    • Memorial Day weekend I had a pretty decent Memorial Day weekend -- just fairly uneventful, for the most part. Spent most of my time hanging out and relaxing here at the apartment. ➡
  • 2001
    • Memorial Day weekend I spend the weekend taking pictures of Anchorage and Palmer, making memories in preparation for my exodus out of Alaska. ➡

On This Day: May 27

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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 May 27th

  • 2023
  • 2020
    • 📚 twenty-six of 2020: Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A smart aleck demon and its long-suffering keeper, quirky locals in a tourist town, and a touch of Lovecraft on the California coast. Entertaining and amusing, if not “laugh out loud” funny. ➡
    • On This Day: May 27 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 27 ➡
  • 2019
    • Status check: I’m now 20% of the way through my project of reading (or re-reading, for those I’ve read before) every Hugo Best Novel award-winning book. 📚 ➡
    • Book thirty-five of 2019: Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1960 Hugo Best Novel Finally, a Heinlein Hugo winner I enjoyed! He still has issues with women’s roles, and I’m not on board with all the political philosophy, but it’s still a good read. ➡
  • 2018
    • “The Deep Note, the distinctive synthesized crescendo that is THX’s audio trademark, is one of the most iconic sounds in all of film. For the effects firm’s 35th anniversary, they’ve now shared the sheet music behind the sound.” ➡
  • 2017
    • Seeing one of Prairie’s tutors get married today! #travlinn #adventureisoutthere ➡
  • 2016
    • Out goth clubbing at the Mercury! (148/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • When homeworking, it’s nice to have enough screen space to have four documents and the assignment web page all visible at once. 27″ iMac + 20″ second monitor is a nice combination. ➡
  • 2014
    • Apparently I was taking an arty black and white shot when the Enterprise started to beam me up. Or something like that. ➡
  • 2008
    • The Mist Short review: for the first 120 minutes or so, while we had some quibbles with the decisions made, it's a remarkably faithful adaptation of the original story, and we were really enjoying it. Unfortunately, the last five minutes of the film _completely_ ruined it for us. ➡
  • 2006
    • Beware the Ick No Folklife for me this weekend; instead, I spent all my free time in bed, battling the Plague. Meh. Not _nearly_ as much fun. ➡
  • 2004
    • Life in Fallujah today This is the democracy and freedom that our soldiers are dying for… ➡
    • How to make friends by telephone Many people are linking to this 1940's era booklet on the then-newish telephone system and commenting on how amusing it is. As for me, after flipping through the pages, I'm struck by how much more bearable many phone conversations these days would be if people would keep these pointers in mind. ➡
    • Gore’s speech at NYU Excellent speech given by Al Gore at New York University yesterday (it's a shame that this Al Gore wasn't the Al Gore campaigning against Bush in 2000). This is a long one, but it is really worth watching, or reading, in its entirety. ➡
  • 2003
    • Apple updates iTunes, web explodes Today, as I took the odd moment here and there to keep an eye on happenings in the web world, I was somewhat startled to watch Apple provoke absolutely ridiculous amounts of stürm und drang with an update to iTunes. ➡
    • The Matrix runs Windows I can't believe that nobody has done a 'Which OS does the Matrix run on?'. It's obviously Windows though. ➡
    • Bad Erotica Contest She had never known a man like Julio before. When he came and boldly sat next to her, the musky scent of his manliness turned her from tigress to gentle kitten. She belonged to him before his supple buttocks pressed aggressively against the tattered faux-leather covering of the barstool. ➡
    • Book recommendation: Cheaper By the Dozen This post on BoingBoing reminded me of a book I haven't read in years, but that I _loved_ when I was a kid, and can highly recommend: Cheaper by the Dozen. ➡
    • From the ashes of Auschwitz THE US has floated plans to turn Guantanamo Bay into a death camp, with its own death row and execution chamber. Prisoners would be tried, convicted and executed without leaving its boundaries, without a jury and without right of appeal, The Mail on Sunday newspaper reported yesterday. ➡

On This Day: May 26

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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 May 26th

  • 2024
    • The Abyss 🎥: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: You have to look with better eyes than that. ➡
  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 24 I keep explaining to people that I'm very understated and subtle about my interests. ➡
  • 2022
    • 🎥 Spider-Man: No Way Home An impressive bit of multidimensional storytelling, especially given that neither of the prior incarnations had anything like this in mind. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2017
    • A toast, to long awaited endings and beginnings, as we leave CWU behind us, and prepare to leave Ellensburg behind us and rejoin the west side and the Seattle area! ➡
  • 2016
    • 1/3 of the way into Terminator Genisys, and this is…not terribly impressive so far. (147/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Three day weekends really should be the norm. ➡
  • 2009
    • Links for May 25th through May 26th Sometime between May 25th and May 26th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • California High Court Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Ban • 'Buffy' in for Feature Relaunch • 14 Cars Damaged During WA Couple's Stripping Game • May The Force of Others Be With You • Is It OK to Run an Illegal Library From My Locker at School? ➡
  • 2005
    • No kidding? See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda. ➡
    • Semen I'm not sure what amuses me more: that someone would take the time to write 'semen' out with chewed gum, or that I'd spend the time to turn it into a cutout. ➡
    • Little Fluffy Clouds As soon as I got off from work I made a quick swing through home to drop off my bag, then spent the next two hours wandering around, people watching and taking photos. ➡
    • Mom Visits! I got to spend a nice few hours yesterday with Mom as she passed through Seattle on the tail end of a quick trip to see some family and friends scattered around the lower 48. ➡
    • Record warm temperatures today through Friday… Mid-80's today, predicted high of 89 tomorrow. Uff-da! Me? I love it. Summer's back! ➡
  • 2004
    • Descent 2 for Mac OS X: FREE! I'm not much of a gamer. Never have been, likely never will be. Generally, if I get into a game, it's for a few minutes at a time, and either brainless but fun point-and-shoot or brainless drive-around-in-circles racing games. ➡
    • What a deal! While on my lunch break today, I heard the sounds of Queen's 'We are the Champions' emanating from the television mounted in the corner of the burger joint I frequent daily. I looked up to see shots of middle-aged men running down the street, jumping into the air, and pumping their arms in jubilation. Then the subject of the commercial came on. ➡
    • Vivir con miedo, es como vivir a medias! A life lived in fear is a life half lived. ➡
    • So much for that idea So, that was my morning adventure — an aborted and unsuccessful attempt to form better impressions of the Democratic nominee for the 2004 election cycle. Hopefully I'll have another chance before November rolls around (and if I do, I hope it goes better than this one did). ➡
  • 2003
    • Photographer's rights This could be very handy, though I won't be printing it out and reading it fully until tomorrow — The Photographer's Right — your rights when stopped or confronted for photography. ➡
    • Politics in the Matrix? The way the Matrix Reloaded points out the multiple layers of control built into society is perhaps the most potent of the messages it carries. Its one thing to make people aware of the first layer of control. Its far more powerful to make them aware of the way that a built in 'resistance' can be used to solidify the power structure. ➡
    • Santorum gay rights benefactor? U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, R-Pa., has become a 'major donor' to New York's biggest gay rights organization, thanks to a gay comedian's off-Broadway show. ➡
    • Songs, A-Z Well, I didn't read the rules of this game after I saw Dyanna's list, so this list might seem a little odd. ➡
    • Black Hawk Down Overall, I think a healthy dose of cynicism is a good thing, but this time I seem to have taken it a bit far. ➡
    • Memorial Day Weekend This weekend, I explored Ape Cave, saw the south face of Mt. St. Helens, hiked along Lava Canyon, and played on a rope swing! All in all, a very good weekend. I hope yours was as enjoyable! ➡

On This Day: May 25

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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 12 posts previously published on May 25th

  • 2024
    • Dune: Part Two 🎥: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Absolutely gorgeous, from start to finish, landscapes and production design both. ➡
  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Linkdump for May 13th through May 25th An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between May 13th and May 25th. • George Takei Accuser Scott Brunton Changed His Story of Drugs, Assault • when i say ‘don’t make jokes about rednecks and hillbillies’, that doesn’t mean i think you’re being racist against white people • Dear NRA, It's Time to Take Away Everyone's Gun • The respect of personhood vs the respect of authority • How the 50-mm Camera Lens Became ‘Normal’ ➡
    • Solo was fun. My current high-water mark for “new actors inhabiting characters without just mimicking original actors” is the nuTrek films (esp. Urban as McCoy); while nuHan isn’t quite that good, he wasn’t bad. Lots of fun moments and nods to the rest of the series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️½ ➡
  • 2016
    • Bachelor night number two: pizza and another superhero movie! (146/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Picnic lunch in Riverfront Park in The Dalles as we head up the Gorge on our way back to Ellensburg. ➡
  • 2007
  • 2005
  • 2004
    • A Portrait of the Author as a Young Man I recently found a stack of old ID cards from my high school days in a drawer, a discovery that led to an interesting mix of amusement and horror as I flipped through them. So what do I do, but take them to work, scan them all in, and bring them back here to expose them to the world. There's something seriously, seriously wrong with me. ;) ➡
    • Alaskans against CAPPS II Washington DC bureaucrats think we need their permission before we can get on a plane. We think they're wrong. They don't understand that up here in Alaska, we use airplanes the way you use taxis. And that's why we, a group of Alaskans, are turning to the US District Court for help. ➡
    • Kerry in Seattle tomorrow Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry will be in Seattle at a free public appearance on Pier 62 tomorrow morning. ➡

On This Day: May 24

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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 27 posts previously published on May 24th

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Every day, there’s a little bit more. Slowly, quietly accumulating. Drifting in, wafting slowly behind us as we walk by. It’s like the world’s cutest horror movie. ➡
    • In accordance with the GDPR-driven updates to privacy policies all over the place, I’m endorsing and appropriating Konstantin Kakaes’ excellent privacy policy update for my own use. Please read this and keep it in mind for all communications with me. ➡
  • 2016
    • First night of Prairie gone for a conference, and I’ve already reverted to my oh-so-healthy bachelor cooking ways. :D (145/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Kitty wants cake! ➡
    • Our hotel room includes a Black Forest Cake dessert. Yum! ➡
    • Cocktails for two before dinner. ➡
  • 2014
    • Hanging out with the family by the river on a pleasant evening. ➡
    • At Prairie’s dad’s place along the Lewis River for a collective May birthdays celebration. ➡
  • 2010
    • A tiny bit on the Lost finale I've only had a few hours to process the _Lost_ finale, and I was asleep for most of them, so this is still a little unformed and right off the cuff. Still, right off the bat, I'm a bit of two minds on how it all wrapped up... ➡
  • 2009
    • Links for May 19th through May 24th Sometime between May 19th and May 24th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Agatha Christie: Agatha Christie Breaks a Third World Record • Rules for Time Travelers • Klingon Anti-Virus • Star Trek: What It Teaches Film Makers About Special Effects • Dollar ReDe$Ign Project ➡
  • 2006
    • Upcoming Photothingies After a few days of grumbling and plotting devious ways of kicking my manager (severely, repeatedly, in the shin), my schedule has been reworked so that there are no more conflicts. So. Upcoming things where I will be wandering around, camera in hand.... ➡
  • 2005
    • Spielberg’s War of the Worlds Some interesting tidbits in Wired's look at the upcoming Spielberg/Cruise version of War of the Worlds that caught my eye. ➡
    • Writing Assignment I actually think this is an old joke that I've heard before, but it got a good laugh out of me today when Thom posted it... ➡
  • 2004
    • Disney Propaganda (I want this!) Oooers — anybody want to get me a late birthday present? ;) ➡
    • We’re Not Gonna Take It Currently playing on our in-store Muzak system: Twisted Sister's 'We're Not Gonna Take It!' ➡
    • Something for DeAnna Assuming you make it here to Seattle in time and have the time and money once you get here, there's a production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Re-bar through the end of July. ➡
    • Showgirls commentary track While I've never had a chance to catch it, for a while now local Seattle writer David Schmader has been hosing screenings of the infamous Showgirls, providing a running commentary skewering the film in what I've heard makes for an absolutely hilarious showing. ➡
    • Republican lightbulb joke How many members of the Bush Administration are needed to replace a lightbulb? ➡
    • The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Iraq It seems we have our own local Earthly variant of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal, reacting to the Abu Ghraib scandal with the belief that if we didn't see it, it wasn't there — and banning digital cameras in Iraq. ➡
    • The library is really cool I did manage to spend a little time looking around the Seattle Library this Sunday with Prairie and Hope for their opening day festivities. I think this was the first, and quite likely only, time I've ever seen a line to get into a library! ➡
  • 2002
    • North to Alaska Just when I'd reconciled myself to the fact that I wasn't going to be able to afford to head up to Alaska this summer like I'd been planning to see James and Stacy get hitched, what do some of my friends do but chip in to help me out with the cost of the plane ticket. ➡
  • 2001
    • Mars needs a facelift! This just in -- It seems that our nearest neighbor in the Solar System, and most possible target for future colonization, is in dire need of a facelift! ➡
    • Some silly fantasy series Grrr...Calling LOTR (Lord of the Rings) 'some silly fantasy series' is the same as referring to the Sistine Chapel as 'some medieval graffiti' or The Republic as 'simple moral commentary'. ➡
  • 1996
    • [From Usenet: 5.24.96 2300] A shareware utility called Drop*PS (the * is really a bullet) will work wonders, as long as all you want to do is print. Drag the .ps file onto Drop*PS, and it sends the postscript data directly to the printer to interpretet it. Nice 'n simple... ➡

On This Day: May 23

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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 27 posts previously published on May 23rd

  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 21 I've read enough William S. Burroughs to recognize those symptoms! ➡
  • 2020
    • 📚 twenty-five of 2020: Star Trek S.C.E.: Foundations by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dillmore ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Trek “expanded universe” novel; three short stories and a framing story, all of Scotty’s interactions with the early S.C.E. and tying into TOS episodes. ➡
    • Difficult Listening Hour 2020.05.23: Bombtime! I've apparently fallen into the habit of doing some sort of themed set every third week. This week started when I realized how many songs I had with 'bomb' in the title. ➡
    • On This Day: May 23 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 23 ➡
  • 2016
    • Not a bad day at all for a Monday. Here’s hoping that’s the start of a trend. (144/366) ➡
  • 2015
  • 2014
    • Funny little dollar store eyeball ring. Too small for my fingers, but amusing. Looks like a friendly little alien to me. :) ➡
    • Hard at work at Law and Justice! Except that I actually sit at a computer all day, and never need to touch the law books. But still. It works for today’s picture. :) ➡
    • Fun Feet Friday: Darth Vader socks! ➡
  • 2010
    • Links for May 21st through May 23rd Sometime between May 21st and May 23rd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • After Keeping Us Waiting for a Century, Mark Twain Will Finally Reveal All • Cripple Crab Crutch • The Swinger • 10 Days in a Carry-on • The Pirate Bay | Cracked.com ➡
  • 2006
    • The Perils of Being Blogged Must make this quick.... Out in the [doctor's] waiting room- I am typing away on blog and then zoom to your site to see what's new, when guy next to me goes- 'That's the numbnut from Microsoft- right??' ➡
    • Up, Up and Away… A 'time panorama]' -- seven shots combined into a single panoramic image capturing this kitesurfer's jump. ➡
  • 2005
    • Episode III: Pros and Cons Mike messaged me on iChat this evening after getting back from watching Star Wars Episode III. Our conversation ended up touching on most, if not all, of the points I've had wandering around in my head and was planning on using for a more in-depth review than the one I gave previously. So, with his permission, I'm reposting our conversation here. ➡
    • Love Battle Ideologies and slogans are going to be battling it out in the Seattle area next month. In the (far) right corner: Love Won Out, a 'national campaign to treat homosexuality as preventable.' In the left corner: Love Welcomes All, a counter-conference organized by PFLAG. ➡
    • Local Innuendo Headline from a story in today's Seattle PI: University of Washington among top-endowed colleges ➡
    • 2005 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films Dori's got a very handy list of this year's Sci-Fi and Fantasy films that are likely to be potential Hugo Award nominees. Some I've seen, most I've heard of, but there were a few listed that I didn't know about -- including a new Terry Gilliam film! ➡
    • Apple and Intel There's a lot of rumbling in the Mac world today thanks to a Wall Street Journal article reporting rumors of Apple talking to Intel about using their chips. ➡
    • Recap Still alive, still here, just haven't been very talkative. Quick weekend recap, though... ➡
  • 2004
    • I’m so glad I don’t drive Gas really does cost an arm and a leg these days. ➡
    • Draft targeted to resume in spring 2005 There have been rumors about this for a while now, but it's been looking more and more likely all the time, and now the first major steps have been set in motion. ➡
    • Shrek 2 We also saw Shrek 2, which was a far more enjoyable experience than Troy. ➡
    • Troy Prairie and I saw Troy this weekend. That wasn't supposed to be a comedy, was it? ➡
  • 2003
    • Can we clone Sen. Byrd? Another excellent speech from Sen. Byrd. Can we please get more politicians like this man in office? ➡
    • US takes control of space The nation's largest intelligence agency by budget and in control of all U.S. spy satellites, NRO is talking openly with the U.S. Air Force Space Command about actively denying the use of space for intelligence purposes to any other nation at any time — not just adversaries, but even longtime allies, according to NRO director Peter Teets. ➡
    • SARS from space? Here's an interesting theory: could SARS have come to us from outer space? ➡
    • Starring Howard Dean 'Cool idea!' 'Ick — Windows only (sigh).' 'Oh, wait — Quicktime videos too!' ➡
  • 1996
    • [From Usenet: 5.23.96 2300] Was wondering if anyone had attempted an install of NetBSD on a mac...? --and-- Anyone attempted a firewall system like this...? ➡