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On This Day: Nov 8

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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 19 posts previously published on November 8th

  • 2023
  • 2021
    • 📚 44/2021: My Brother’s Keeper: Enterprise by Michael Jan Friedman ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🖖🏻 ➡
  • 2020
    • They had been trying for hours to get the hull plates to bind together properly as air slowly leaked out into the void of space. Something was preventing the solvents from working, and it was only a matter of time before their suit’s tanks would be their only breathable air. ➡
    • Difficult Listening Hour 2020.11.07: Biden/Harris Win Edition 90 minutes of upbeat, happy, celebratory songs. Congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris! It's been a long four years. ➡
    • On This Day: Nov 8 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 8 ➡
  • 2019
    • New addition to the library: Number 230 of 1,250 signed copies of #nwc37 Special Guest of Honor Seanan McGuire’s collection Laughter at the Academy, from #nwc42 Spotlight Publisher Subterranean Press! Supporting Norwescon and our GoH’s one book at a time. :) 📚 ➡
    • He had said he wanted to be a star his entire life. They didn’t understand until he started to glow, incandescent, heat pouring out of him, immolating everything around him as he grew ever larger, brighter, and hotter. He finally got his wish. Microblogvember: star ➡
  • 2016
    • Not going to lie…kinda freaking out a bit. Even if Clinton manages to carry it, I am so incredibly saddened and frightened by our country. And if she doesn’t…I just don’t know. #election2016 (313/366) ➡
    • Okay, folks: this is about as patriotic as I get. Flag #chucks and #CaptainAmerica undies. :) If you haven’t already, get out there and #vote, and lets make sure we move our country forward, and not succumb to fear and hate. #imwithher #election #election2016 #2016election ➡
  • 2015
    • An historic moment: The last moments before sending my final presentation for my master’s degree off to my committee chair. Unless something wonky happens, from here on out its just waiting for the paperwork to process. ➡
  • 2008
    • Secrets of the 2008 Campaign eBook Obviously, seeing as how the only thing keeping me from breaking copyright criminally (rather than simply fragrantly, which is were I stand now) is that I'm not charging for this, so should Newsweek decide to give me the smackdown, this will be disappearing faster than Sarah Palin leaving the stage after McCain's concession speech. ➡
  • 2007
    • Any Questions? As long as I'm trying to come up with things to babble about, I might as well haul this idea out: anyone out there have any questions? Toss 'em at me. I'll see what I can do to answer them. ➡
  • 2005
    • Wikipedia as Political Commentary It's not that this kind of thing doesn't happen often, it's just the first time that I've seen it before it got fixed. Currently, a Wikipedia search for Scott McClellan returns this... ➡
    • Before I was around Last time I went up to visit my folks in Anchorage, I snagged some old family photos. I'm (finally) starting to get some of them scanned in. ➡
    • Voting: Nov. 8th General Election My votes for today's ballot (yes, I'm just now filling it out...but at least I'm voting, even if it's on the deadline day). Thanks to Metroblogging Seattle's endorsement rundown, too. ➡
  • 2004
  • 2003
    • I'm such an underachiever Some days I think I'm doing okay in my life. I may not have a set career or a ton of money or anything along those lines, but I'm not doing too badly. Then, I find things like this… ➡
    • The Purity of the English Language The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. ➡
  • 2001
    • Enterprise: Breaking the Ice Just how much gravity does an 86km diameter snowball have? Apparently, it's pretty Earth-normal, so that psyllium they were mining must be some pretty amazingly dense stuff. ➡

On This Day: Nov 7

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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 November 7th

  • 2023
  • 2021
    • 📚 43/2021: My Brother’s Keeper: Constitution by Michael Jan Friedman ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🖖🏻 ➡
  • 2020
    • The idea first proposed for early unmanned missions to Mars eventually (and somewhat surprisingly) became a standard part of manned landings. As he watched the landing pod inflate, he looked forward to another wild ride careening across a planet’s surface in a giant hamster ball. ➡
    • Three cheers: Cheers – to Kamala Harris Cheers – to Joe Biden Cheers – to an administration looking towards hope instead of hate ➡
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    • On This Day: Nov 7 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 7 ➡
  • 2019
    • “I thought you said this haunted house was supposed to be frightening,” he complained. “No,” she said calmly as she led him onward. “I merely promised you’d be frightened. I didn’t tell you when. Or why.” Microblogvember: frightening ➡
  • 2016
    • Book forty-six of 2016: Cabal, by Clive Barker. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (312/366) ➡
  • 2010
    • RockMelt I'm not entirely sure how often I'll use it (do I really need a specialized social media browser?), but I'm at least interested in the idea. ➡
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • Uninspired I'm really trying to give this daily posting thing a good shot...but there are just some days when nothing seems particularly postworthy. Hopefully there won't be too terribly many blatant 'filler' posts like this one over the course of the month. ➡
  • 2006
    • Probable Downtime It's entirely possible that at some point in the upcoming weeks, there may be a few days (hopefully not much more than that) where this website isn't accessible. I hope that this won't last very long, if at all, but it's a distinct possibility. Consider yourselves warned. ➡
  • 2005
    • Where I’ve Been Where I've been in the world and within the USA. ➡
    • Jason Webley Fall 2005 Show So last night was Jason Webley's fall concert for the year. This makes the fourth consecutive fall concert that Prairie and I have been able to attend together, and all in all, it was a good show -- not the best that Prairie and I have been to, but overall still quite enjoyable. ➡
  • 2004
    • First Timer I always have fun introducing someone to the Vogue for the first time, as I always end up stepping back a bit mentally and trying to look at the club from an 'outsider's' point of view. ➡
    • The Incredibles Pixar can do no wrong. ➡
    • Four More Years of… Last night, while I was standing outside the front door of the Vogue to cool off and get some air, there were a couple guy standing around and chatting with Ogre (the doorman). Ogre looked around at everyone, leaned back against the wall of the club, and said, 'You know what I'm not looking forward to?' ➡
  • 2003
    • What the hell's on my doorknob? The entire doorplate on my door has been covered in some sort of slick goo that I can't identify, enough so that the goo has dripped down the front of my door. There's a slightly sweet smell that I can't identify to the goo, and it appears to be eating through the paint on the door. ➡
    • It'll never happen, but… Well, word just broke on the 'net this past week that Microsoft is moving to the IBM PowerPC processor (the same family of processors used in Apple's PowerMac G5) for their next generation of XBox game systems. ➡
    • Political Compass (redux) According to the Political Compass, I lean even more left and libertarian than I did a year and a half ago. ➡
    • Belkin routers hijacking websurfing Belkin's routers hijack one http request every eight hours and redirect the user's browser to an advertising page. Not good. ➡
    • Openly Episcopal Man Joins Village People For the first time in their three decades of existence, the disco band The Village People have inducted an openly Episcopal man, igniting a controversy that threatens to tear the fabled group asunder. ➡
    • Pvt. Lynch refutes military rescue claims Private Jessica Lynch, in her first public statements since her heavily reported capture and rescue, has expressed her discomfort with the military using her for propaganda purposes. ➡
    • Iraq Casualties A graph of military casualties in Iraq. 389 total as of 11/7/03. 250 since combat operations were declared over. An average of 1.3 casualties per day since the beginning of the conflict. ➡
    • Questions? We don' need no steenkin' questions! The director of the White House Office of Administration, Timothy A. Campen, has decreed that any questions to the White House must be filtered through Republican committee chairmen, effectively cutting off any questioning from Democratic representatives. ➡
    • The allegations are untrue According to CNN, Prince Charles has come out to publicly announce that the allegations are 'totally untrue and without a shred of substance.' ➡
  • 2002
    • Goodbye forever, once again Suffice to say, the show was incredible. Jason's bigger shows are generally somewhere between performance and performance art, and involve a lot of crowd participation, sometimes blurring the line between performer and audience. ➡
  • 2001
    • The human adventure is just beginning The effects shots are doubly impressive, in part because they're so seamlessly integrated into the body of the film, that I didn't even notice many of them until they were pointed out in a documentary! ➡

On This Day: Nov 6

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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 6th

  • 2024
    • Fuck Well, that happened. This country is well and truly fucked. ➡
  • 2023
  • 2021
    • 📚 42/2021: My Brother’s Keeper: Republic by Michael Jan Friedman ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🖖🏻 ➡
  • 2020
    • 📚 forty-four of 2020: Gulliver’s Fugitives by Keith Sharee #startrek #tng This was a weird one. Fahrenheit 451 plus technobabble plus mythology plus pieces that felt tacked on. Felt like the author had several ideas, couldn’t pick one, and tried to get ‘em all in. ➡
    • The signals were clear, and after much checking, it was agreed that they were likely not natural and of probable alien origin, but the source was puzzling: an apparently empty point exactly 758 feet above the geometric center of Tilly Anderson’s house in Atkins, Arkansas. ➡
    • On This Day: Nov 6 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 6 ➡
  • 2019
    • Modern Problems With the Staircase Grading Method One of Prairie’s classes turns in papers tomorrow, and as she’s dealing with a cold, she said she wasn’t looking forward to having to grade while her head is all foggy. So I suggested using the “staircase method” (for those who aren’t teachers, this involves tossing the papers down the staircase: the further down the ... Read more ➡
    • It’s not the scarecrow itself that’s bothersome. Okay, we don’t know who put it up, and it’s a bit disquieting that it’s dressed in our child’s old clothes. But it’s the slowly oozing goo that constantly drips off of the stick fingers that really gets me. Microblogvember: stick ➡
    • Good news: My Norwegian Blu-ray Edition Monty Python box set from Network arrived! Bad news: As gorgeous as the box is, the internal structure didn’t hold up through international shipping. Still, it’s the content that counts, and I’m looking forward to watching these! ➡
  • 2016
    • Closing out the weekend watching Netflix with Prairie, who is finally back home! (311/366) ➡
  • 2010
  • 2009
    • Windows 7 + Digital River = Headaches Microsoft's partnership with Digital River for electronic distribution of Windows 7 is a customer service nightmare. For the record: as of November 6th, 2009, **Digital River's customer service phone number is (952) 253-1234**. ➡
  • 2008
    • Principles in Campaigning John McCain's concession speech was by far his best of the campaign. He was, convincing, generous, and passionate. It brought to mind Hillary Clinton's concession speech last summer, which was also widely heralded as her best. What is it with these politicians that [they] can only give a good speech after they have lost? ➡
  • 2007
    • Overspecialization? With all the different specialized blogging, pseudo-blogging, or linking websites and services available these days, I'm starting to lose track of how I'm 'supposed' to do this one-to-many online communication thing. ➡
  • 2006
    • Bowed but not Broken So, there we are. Some small amount of actual content. It had to happen at _some_ point, right? ;) ➡
  • 2005
  • 2003
    • Alien Quadrilogy Just in case any Alien/Aliens/Alien3/Alien Resurrection fans happen to stop by here who haven't heard about this yet… ➡
    • More on the unintended consequences of blogging It seems I'm not the only person in the blogosphere who's recently faced surprising consequences due to the content of their weblog. Shelley Powers, aka Burningbird, had a rather interesting conversation with the IRS this morning… ➡
    • Twenty thousand percent? Alexa lists me as showing a 20,000% jump in site traffic. ➡
    • Fun with piercings He then unwrapped the straw, brought it up to his face, and slid the straw into the hole in his tongue until his tongue was halfway along the length of the straw. ➡
  • 2002
    • Bipolar Your mother is so bipolar, she can circumnavigate the earth without leaving her wheelchair! ➡

On This Day: Nov 5

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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 22 posts previously published on November 5th

  • 2023
  • 2020
    • 🖖 Discovery S03E04: Really enjoying the more relaxed and comfortable feel for this season. No major action set pieces, no overwrought drama, instead learning more about Adria and how the Trill are doing while the DIS crew start to work towards healing. Very welcome. ➡
    • 2020 Should Be the Last Time We Vote Like This: “For decades, limiting who gets to vote has been a key strategy of the Republican Party — though usually people on the right have not been quite so proud of this fact. This year, as has happened often with Donald Trump, subtext became text.” ➡
    • “What was that?” He stopped to stoop down to the child who had spoken to him as he walked along the path. Suddenly the child reached out and grabbed him, pulling him off-balance before scrambling on top of him as he landed in the dirt. He only got a glimpse of sharpened teeth. ➡
    • On This Day: Nov 5 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 5 ➡
  • 2019
    • She was used to seeing the street disappear into the distance in fog, or in the dark. Seeing it fade away into nothingness in the bright light of mid-day, however, was a new experience. As she started walking, she wondered if she would fade away as well. Microblogvember: street ➡
  • 2018
    • Book forty-three of 2018: Galactic Patrol, by E. E. “Doc” Smith. ⭐️ ➡
  • 2017
    • Book forty-four of 2017: A Wrinkle In Time: The Graphic Novel, by Madeline L’Engle, adapted by Hope Larson. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
  • 2016
    • Did some experimenting with self portraits today. Got a few I liked; here’s one. (310/366) ➡
    • Good morning! #nofilter #sunrise ➡
  • 2010
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • Ancient Technology My anthropology teacher had shown the class directly before ours a movie using an actual 16mm film projector, and the look of confusion, wonder, and near-horror on the face of one girl in our class was absolutely hilarious. ➡
  • 2005
    • Toccata and Fugue in D Minor…not Bach? Here's something interesting I hadn't run across before -- apparently there are strong arguments that Bach's famous organ piece 'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor' not only wasn't originally written for organ...but likely wasn't even written by Bach at all. ➡
  • 2003
    • Oops! I found the following anecdote in a Home Theater Forum review of the Finding Nemo DVD, and thought it was wonderful… ➡
    • Matrix: Revolutions first impressions One benefit to being unemployed. If, while bouncing around the 'net, you happen to stumble across a reminder that today is the opening day for Matrix: Revolutions, the third and final chapter in the Matrix saga, you can immediately buy a ticket online for a show that starts in 20 minutes, walk to the theater, and see the film without having to think twice about it. ➡
    • Lizette&: This Is Lizette&, an excellent band from Sweden whom I've mentioned in the past, has finally finished their debut album! ➡
  • 2002
    • Voting Day You all are going to get out and vote in your local elections, right? ➡
  • 2001
    • Why is this not a surprise? Looks like everyone's (least) favorite monopoly is up to its usual bag of tricks combined with lackluster security again. Good thing I'm naturally cynical, otherwise I'd be surprised at all this. Instead, I'm just disgusted and resigned. ➡
    • Another weekend survived Sure, it's entirely possible that the combination of increased security and lack of surprise may have deterred any attack, but how long before we get into a situation where it seems like every time we turn around someone else is crying wolf? ➡
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@help Just noticed that in the micro.blog macOS client (v 2.0.2 on macOS 10.15.7), timestamps are off by an hour (apparently not aware of the time change). Screenshot comparing the client vs. the web interface (which shows the correct timestamp) attached.

On This Day: Nov 4

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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 25 posts previously published on November 4th

  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2021
    • 📚 41/2021: Perchance to Dream by Howard Weinstein ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🖖🏻 ➡
  • 2020
    • Historians now note that what’s particularly noteworthy about the 20th and 21st centuries in the geopolitical region then known as the United States is how long it managed to exist so near the point of collapse before the final dissolution into several independent nation-states. ➡
    • @help Just noticed that in the micro.blog macOS client (v 2.0.2 on macOS 10.15.7), timestamps are off by an hour (apparently not aware of the time change). Screenshot comparing the client vs. the web interface (which shows the correct timestamp) attached. ➡
    • Post-Election Day Blues I simply do not understand why so many are so willing to actively support harming themselves and others. ➡
    • On This Day: Nov 4 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 4 ➡
  • 2019
    • They had been observing the planet for close to seven orbits around its star, and yet they were still avoiding making contact. Never before had they found an advanced species where every identified language had the concept of “being mean”. Microblogvember: mean ➡
  • 2016
    • Happy that my face fuzz is coming back. Even just stubble has me feeling more like I look like myself again. (309/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Fun fact: The first time I saw the original Evil Dead was at a slumber party for my church’s youth group. I expect the parents upstairs would have been both horrified and amused if they’d known (and that’s assuming they didn’t…but since adults frequently know more than they let on, who knows?). :) ➡
  • 2008
    • Obama’s Victory Speech If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. ➡
    • Links for November 3rd through November 4th Sometime between November 3rd and November 4th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! ➡
    • Vote! Hopefully, you're one of the many people who've taken advantage of the option to vote early in one form or another. If not, then _please_ take the time out of your day today to go by your local polling place and cast your vote. ➡
  • 2007
    • Just a quickie A couple brief bits -- I'm actually trying to do this one-a-day posting thing, but I'm also just home from work and ready to get some food in my system. ➡
  • 2005
    • Prairie’s birthday We had a very pleasant evening last night celebrating Prairie's birthday. Since I worked 'til 9pm, she'd gone out to dinner with her sister Hope and Hope's boyfriend Peter, and they all met me back at home after they were done. Prairie had baked herself a cake, so we all sat back and enjoyed birthday cake after she opened her presents. ➡
    • They made a sequel? While I was not exactly overly enamored with Underworld -- 'disappointing and frustrating' were my actual words after seeing it, in fact -- I just took a look at the trailer for the sequel, Underworld: Evolution. I may end up wandering out to catch a matinee to see how it fares...the original _was_ quite pretty and nice eye candy, and perhaps they'll actually have invested in some slightly more competent screenwriters this time around. ➡
  • 2004
    • Star Wars Episode 3 Trailer oooh - you're _so_ not going to care about this -- and I really shouldn't, either -- but the first trailer for Star Wars Ep. 3 came out today ➡
    • IQ redux A little curious about what was causing a traffic spike, I checked out my referrers and search terms. Turns out that the majority of the spike is caused by people searching for information on how states voted combined with the state's average IQ, which first started going around the 'net back in May regarding the 2000 elections. ➡
    • Works for me… Just once I'd like to see the psycho killer show up, hand the girl an entire Sara Lee cheesecake and say, 'Eat up. I'll go take care of the asshole for you.' ➡
  • 2003
    • Fun with bandwidth Each of the posts that have been getting the most traffic have picked up so many comments that they were up to ~300kb each! ➡
    • Too bad I don't speak Japanese It appears that there is a new Ghost in the Shell movie coming out in 2004: Innocence. Since everything's in Japanese, I don't have much of a clue what anyone is saying, but my lord does it ever look pretty! ➡
    • Puts me to sleep every time In order to relax and calm down, he decided the best thing to do would be to watch a nice, calm, relaxing movie. Like Aliens. ➡
    • Mine! Mine? Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! ➡
    • So close… Much as I need to find another job, that commute is a bit much, so I had to call back and let them know that, much to my chagrin, I had to turn down the assignment. Bummer. ➡

On This Day: Nov 3

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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 19 posts previously published on November 3rd

  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2020
    • “They never fail to astonish me,” he thought, peering through the viewpiece at the subjects of his study. “Whatever new variable we introduce, they invariably find some way to involve it in their sexual practices. At least Earthlings are consistent, if somewhat disturbing.” ➡
    • On This Day: Nov 3 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 3 ➡
  • 2019
    • Fashion had reached such heights over the years, with everyone doing their very best to upstage everyone else at every event, that perhaps it shouldn’t have been a surprise when the prize for best fancy dress went to a janitor in plain unadorned overalls. Microblogvember: fancy ➡
  • 2016
    • Adding walking to work and back definitely adds up after a few days…I’m tired and glad there’s just one workday left. (308/366) ➡
  • 2010
    • George Takei Says You’re A Douchebag Hello, I'm George Takei. You are...a douchebag. That's right! A douchebag. You are always going to be a total douchebag. I can only suspect that you have some...shall I say...'issues' to work out? ➡
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • Happy Birthday to my girl! It's Prairie's birthday today! Tentative plans for the rest of the day include some family shopping for presents, a good dinner somewhere, and probably some Shakespeare in the evening. ➡
  • 2005
  • 2004
    • Red vs. Blue The problem with the typical “red vs. blue” map of how states voted is that while it accurately represents the final casting of each state's electoral votes, it doesn't accurately represent how each state actually voted on the individual level. Here's a map created by Jeff Culver that colors each state according to the proportion of votes each candidate got. ➡
    • Editorial commentary I don't know how long this will last — probably not very long, but as of right now if you go to this page, right click on the image of George and Laura Bush and save it to your desktop, you'll get an amusing suprise… ➡
    • Guest post from Prairie To surrender, to blindly support someone just because he is the president, is the equivalent of saying we don't care about the future. ➡
    • Looking forward The same division in the country remains, the same stalemate. The other side just got the the ball a yard or two into our side of the field rather than the reverse. And we have to deal with the serious consequences of that. Tomorrow's the day to start. ➡
    • I pledge… Apparently, Jeff Jarvis is proposing a 'Post Election Peace Pledge'. I don't doubt that Jarvis means well with his pledge. But this is one pledge I won't be signing on to. ➡
  • 2003
    • LISTBlog My friend D has just gone live with her newest project: LISTBlog. ➡
    • Alien I just got back from seeing the Director's Cut of Alien — one of my all-time favorite Sci-Fi/Horror films — at the Seattle Cinerama. ➡
    • This just hasn't been my best week In my experiences with Microsoft, I made a mistake, and was immediately given the most extreme punishment possible. I then turned around and essentially did the same to you. For that, I most certainly owe you an apology as well. ➡

On This Day: Nov 2

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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 2nd

  • 2023
  • 2020
    • Masks Work. Really. We’ll Show You How: “With coronavirus cases still rising, wearing a mask is more important than ever. In this animation, you will see just how effective a swath of fabric can be at fighting the pandemic.” ➡
    • “Did you get the concentrate?” “No problem.” He held up the vial full of coarse orange granules. “Finally!” Moving quickly, she snatched the vial, uncorked it, and poured the contents into a glass of water. “TANG is so hard to find since Kraft seceded from the corporatocracy.” ➡
    • On This Day: Nov 2 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 2 ➡
  • 2019
    • Nobody knew if people left the town on their own, or were taken against their will. All anyone knew for sure was that one day, they were there, and the next, they were gone — and there was one more mark carefully inscribed on the wall surrounding the town. Microblogvember: mark ➡
  • 2016
    • Took a different route home tonight along the canal. Slightly longer, but pretty, and saw a heron fly overhead. (307/366) ➡
    • There were just a couple minutes of gorgeous sunrise on an otherwise grey morning, and I happened to be in the right spot to grab a shot on my way in to work. #nofilter #sunrise ➡
  • 2015
  • 2009
  • 2007
    • NaBloPoMo This year, I think it's worth trying for something a little more possible: NaBloPoMo, or National Blog Posting Month. Inspired by NaNoWriMo, it presents a much more feasible goal for most people. ➡
  • 2004
    • Monorail is a go (again) On the bright side, though, Seattle voters have (for the fourth time) given the local monorail a go-ahead. ➡
    • 254 – 252 Right now, things stand at 254 to 252 Electoral Votes, with Bush in the lead. New Mexico, Iowa, and (most critically) Ohio are still too close to call. Much as I'd like to believe that we could pull a rabbit out of our hat and pick up Ohio's twenty Electoral Votes, it really isn't looking terribly likely. ➡
    • Election overload Gotta get away from the computer for a bit — refreshing CNN.com faster doesn't make the results come in any faster. ;) ➡
    • First exit polls Some of the very first early exit polls have been released. As such, take these with a large grain of salt — we've got a long way to go today. ➡
    • Humidermy: So very, very disturbing Taking a break from election news, Julie pointed out one of the most seriously disturbing articles I've read in a long time. At the moment, I'm pretty sure that this is a Halloween hoax. Admittedly, a rather sucessfully creepy hoax… ➡
  • 2003
    • Congratulations, Bishop Robinson After far too much controversy — which is, unfortunately, far from finished — Gene Robinson was consecrated as Bishop on Sunday. ➡
    • Jason Webley Deathday 2003 Last night was Jason Webley's Deathday concert. Incredible, beautiful, fun, funny, and moving — everything I've come to expect from Webley's shows. ➡
  • 2001
    • Okay, so I guess it’s a real warning The WTC/Pentagon attacks killed around 5,000 people. The paranoia after those attacks is killing everything the U.S. has puportedly stood for over the past 200 years. ➡

On This Day: Nov 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 14 posts previously published on November 1st

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • The key didn’t look particularly important. Just one of many on the keychain. Weathered metal, obviously long-used, but nobody could remember when it was last turned. The mystery wasn’t what lock it would open, but what would be released when it was used. Microblogvember: key ➡
  • 2016
    • Not only did Prairie run away to conferences, leaving me without adult supervision until Sunday, but she took the car, so I’ve got a week of brisk early morning walks to work (and afternoon walks home)! Guess I’m making my step goals pretty easily this week. :) (306/366) ➡
  • 2008
  • 2005
    • Jason Webley this Saturday! Hello tomatoes! Halloween has passed, but don't put away your disguises, your devilish laughs, or that glimmer of mischief in your eyes. Bring them to the Catwalk in Pioneer Square this Saturday night! ➡
  • 2004
    • VOTE Vote. ➡
    • Priorities $3 million: Amount the White House was willing to grant the 9/11 Commission to investigate the 11 September attacks. $50 million: Amount granted to the commission that looked into the Columbia space shuttle crash. ➡
    • Puppy playtime Sunday afternoon, Prairie and I went over to visit Prairie's sister and her boyfriend to visit, celebrate Prairie's birthday, and visit their new puppy, Loodie. ➡
  • 2001
    • West Coast targeted? Reportedly, unspecified groups are targeting suspension bridges on the West Coast. Six incidents are to take place curing rush hour beginning Friday, November 2 and continuing through November 7, 2001. ➡
    • Enterprise: The Andorian Incident We are also being treated to a much more interesting view of the Vulcans. We're now seeing some of the Vulcans weaknesses and less-than-idealistic tendencies, and I for one find the new look at the history of the race fascinating (to coin a phrase). ➡

On This Day: Oct 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 21 posts previously published on October 31st

  • 2023
  • 2021
    • Happy Halloween, all! Trek or Treat! 🖖 ➡
  • 2020
  • 2017
    • Vampires do not say “blah, blah, blah”! #lego #halloween #vampire #bat ➡
    • Spooky #lego #halloween graveyard! ➡
    • Eating candy, building #legos, and watching #strangerthings season two. Happy #Halloween! 🎃💀👻 ➡
  • 2016
    • Happy Halloween! #Lego #goth at work today. #cwupride 🎃🕸👻💀 (305/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • A Halloween Lego treat: a cute little bat with a pumpkin to snack on. :) #halloween #lego #bat #pumpkin ➡
  • 2014
    • The Red Skull says Happy Halloween! #Halloween #papercraft #wintercroft #wintercroftmasks @wintercroft ➡
  • 2008
    • Happy Halloween! A silly, simple one-day-only design change to celebrate Halloween. Have fun today, and watch out for ghoulies, ghosties, and things that go **bump** in the night! ➡
  • 2006
  • 2005
    • Happy Halloween! Happy Halloween, folks! A couple more pictures of decorations 'round our apartment after the jump. ➡
  • 2004
    • Jason Webley Halloween Show 2004 Prairie and I went to Jason Webley's Halloween/Deathday show last night. The show, of course (and as always), was incredible, and I'll try to get a better writeup later on today. For now, though, I've uploaded a photoset from last night to Flickr. ➡
  • 2003
    • One last interview I think that this should be the last of my posts regarding my recent notoriety. Tech news site BetaNews interviewed me about the entire affair yesterday, and the interview has just been posted on their site. ➡
    • Hey Mr. DJ! An 80's pop music online quiz. ➡
    • And I thought the politicians were scary Here's a fun little Halloween story that I'd not heard before. Apparently, the U.S. Capitol Building is haunted! ➡
  • 2002
    • T minus 2 hours and counting Instead, I'll be turning off my PC, closing down my web browsers and newsreaders, leaving my instant messaging programs off, and focusing on diving into the wierd and wonderful world of becoming… ➡
    • Kung-Tunes upgrade Just upgraded to Kung-Tunes 1.9.0. There's now a bit less information displayed for the currently playing track, but it displays a history of the last few tracks I've listened to. Cool stuff! ➡
  • 2001
    • A ghost closing his mouth after a long summer’s yawn One of the few slight bummers about this past weekend was that I missed Jason's Halloween show. Having only seen him perform a couple times at Bumbershoot, I'm really hoping to be able to catch one of his shows sometime, but just had too much going on this weekend to be able to do it. Hopefully it won't be too much longer before I get a chance I can take. ➡