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On This Day: Aug 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 22 posts previously published on August 30th

  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 120 It's always a little jarring to see the hotel this empty and undecorated. ➡
  • 2020
    • 📚 thirty-four of 2020: Power Hungry by Howard Weinstein ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tng 🖖 Much better than the last one. While the environmental themes are pretty heavy-handed, it’s nice to find a Trek novel where everything isn’t wrapped up neatly with a bow by the end. ➡
    • On This Day: Aug 30 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 30 ➡
  • 2018
    • And Summer vacation part two (four nights with friends at a lake house on Lake Coeur d’Alene in Idaho) is done! Had to make it a working vacation, but when not being responsible, I drove a boat, rode a rainbow floaty unicorn, swam in a lake, and had a grand time! ➡
  • 2017
    • Book forty-one of 2017: The Final Fury (Invasion! Book four), by Dafydd ab Hugh. 🌟🌟 ➡
  • 2016
    • I was amused by this #chalk #graffiti by the park. That’s #dope. (243/366) ➡
    • (Since I’m the social media guy for @norwescon, I can post this myself as well. Bonus!) Have you registered for #nwc40 yet? This is the time to do it! A full four-day membership is only $50 today and tomorrow…and goes up to $60 on Thursday, September 1st! Get the best deal for a full weekend ... Read more ➡
  • 2014
    • Ahhh, yes. Now that looks like home. ➡
    • Batman enjoyed Alaska, but he’s looking forward to being back home, too. ➡
    • Batman enjoyed his Alaska trip, too. Here he is with Sleeping Lady/Mt. Susitna in the background. ➡
    • This morning’s final Alaska selfie. Theoretically, Denali is in the background, but the sun was in our eyes and I didn’t get my phone aimed right. ➡
    • One last local indulgence. Mmmmmm…Rudolph! ➡
    • Realized we were right by the Farmer’s Market. Fresh made cinnamon rolls are a great morning treat. :) ➡
  • 2004
    • New glasses are on the way So I've got new eyeglasses on the way. Rimless, fairly small and rectangular, with very thin silver bows, and they come with a set of clip-on shades that match the shape of the lenses exactly. Prairie assures me that they look incredibly good and nearly disappear from my face, not nearly as dominating as my current pair. ➡
    • Rent As mentioned briefly last week, Saturday's evening entertainment was wandering down a couple blocks to the Paramount Theatre to see Rent. ➡
  • 2003
    • Feelin' hot! Hot! Hot! 'I see,' I said, and studied her for a moment. 'We'll just have to leave that to mystery then, won't we?' ➡
    • Bumbershoot tips Kellan asked if I had any tips for the rest of the Bumbershoot weekend. My response kept getting longer and longer, so I figured I might as well toss it up as a post of its own, rather than hiding it in the comment thread. ➡
  • 2002
    • No, really, it’s innocent! When my 12 year old daughter asked for this for her birthday, I kind of wondered if she was too old for it, but she seems to LOVE it. Her friends love it too! They play for hours in her bedroom with this great toy. They really seem to like the special effects it offers (the sound effects and vibrating). My oldest daughter (17) really likes it too! I reccomend this for all children. ➡
    • Smileys are back! I had this hack installed a while ago, and had managed to kill it -- well, it's back! Now, when I or anyone posting a comment types in a 'smiley' code (for instance, ':)') it will be replaced by the corresponding 'smiley' (in this case, ':)'). ➡
    • Suddenly cab drivers seem sane As the city bus drove down the street, two men in the back got into a fight. Concerned for the safety of himself and his other passengers, the driver pulled over to the side of the road and had everyone -- including the two men in the altercation -- evacuate the bus. Everyone did, save one person. ➡
  • 2001
    • Suicide isn’t painless This event has been garnering national media attention not because of the suicide attempt itself, but because of the depressingly horrendous way that people here reacted to it. ➡
    • Kev, drama queens, and Bumbershoot First things first -- my bro was in town! On his way north he stopped off in Seattle for a couple days, and we got to hang out and visit Saturday and Sunday evenings. ➡

On This Day: Aug 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 21 posts previously published on August 29th

  • 2023
  • 2021
    • 📚 29/2021: The Provenance of Shadows by David R. George III ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🖖🏻 ➡
  • 2020
    • 📚 thirty-three of 2020: Strike Zone by Peter David ⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tng Can’t decide if it wants to be comedic or serious, and has wildly out-of-character (or ridiculously exaggerated) moments for nearly every main character. Amusing moments, but not a good Trek novel. ➡
    • On This Day: Aug 29 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 29 ➡
  • 2016
    • Book thirty-nine of 2016: Discount Armageddon, by Seanan McGuire. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (242/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Absolutely gorgeous weather at the fair today. Perfect! ➡
    • I really do like the #Alaska scenery out here. Almost to Palmer! ➡
    • All aboard the warp train! #RollWorld Image @RollWorldApp, #TinyPlanet #PhotoSphere #StereoGraphic #RollWorldApp ➡
    • From yesterday, visiting with Royce and Stephanie. Royce and I met in the fourth grade – though visits may be infrequent, it’s always good to get a chance to catch up in person. ➡
    • Portage Glacier as a #RollWorld Image @RollWorldApp, #TinyPlanet #PhotoSphere #StereoGraphic #RollWorldApp ➡
  • 2010
  • 2008
  • 2006
  • 2003
    • Bumbershoot '03: Fri, Aug 29 Allrighty then — home from the first day of Bumbershoot 2003, pictures are downloaded to the 'puter, and I've sorted through today's set of 91 to find 10 to toss up here. Let day one begin… ➡
    • Four day weekend! So, I'm about out the door to start a four-day weekend jam-packed with sunshine and good music. Expect lots of pictures and babble over the next few days, if I'm not too exhausted by the time I get home each night! ➡
    • Mac Viruses There are zero known Mac OS X viruses or worms. ➡
    • Holly Chernobyl My friend Holly, whom I've known since we both lived up in Anchorage, is going to be performing in tonight's Pizzazz! Talent Show at Bumbershoot! ➡
  • 2002
    • Cool tricks with MovableType I wanted to toss this up really quickly before I crashed out tonight -- over the course of the evening, I've tossed in a few very cool tweaks to my blog setup. ➡

On This Day: Aug 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 24 posts previously published on August 28th

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • One of my favorite geek shirts; unfortunately, it’s showing its age and is getting a little harder to decipher. Need to see if I can track it down to buy another one. (241/366) #coexist #geek #nerd #fandom #starwars #lordoftherings #lotr #alien #aliens #xfiles #drwho #harrypotter #shazam #startrek ➡
  • 2015
    • Another fulfilled Kickstarter project arrived while we were gone: Ako Dice. I don’t even use dice all that much, I just really liked the design. One plastic glow in the dark set, one metal set. ➡
  • 2014
    • At Eartgquake Park. We saw a moose and calf across the street from the parking lot when we pulled in! ➡
    • Batman was quite impressed by the local flora on display at the Botanical Gardens. ➡
    • Managed to find a spot at the top of Campbell a Airstrip Road (Brasher) where we could still get an overview of the Anchorage bowl. ➡
  • 2006
    • Camping Two happier items: I got my financial aid, and Prairie and I are heading up to Mt. Ranier to go camping. ➡
    • It’s Not Time To Go Yet Was wondering if you could do me a favor in your spare time (ha-ha)? ... What I would like to know is -- what are your views on what happens when you die? I really don't have any firm beliefs...but I really love to hear what other people think. ➡
    • So Very Predictable If anyone else in the world were to stand in front of a few hundred thousand people and ask them to throw money at them -- and not just a little money, but nothing smaller than a ten, fifties are preferred -- they'd probably get very soundly beaten. If you happen to be named George Lucas, though, you can get away with it again and again and again... ➡
  • 2003
    • Korea ready to go nuclear? At this rate, we'll be seeing mushroom clouds again before we know it. If we're lucky, they'll be confined to test sites — if we're unlucky Bush's steadfast and stubborn intransigence just may score a body count the US hasn't been party to in decades. ➡
    • Military accounting We keep hearing more and more about how much the reconstruction and rebuilding of Iraq is going to cost (on top of the billions already spent so far for the invasion and occupation). Wouldn't it be nice if we could cut those costs a bit? ➡
    • Interview Me III: From Jonas The third of a few interviews with me, this one with questions courtesy of Jonas. ➡
    • 'Stay away from MS' THE US Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) has urged the US Department of Homeland Security to avoid using Microsoft software. ➡
    • Howard Dean, rock star And wouldn't it be great…wouldn't it be really bitchin' if you had a political leader who was running for the big office…where you could like them as much as you like your favorite musician? ➡
    • That hurts So…I noticed that you've been an American Express cardholder since I was two. ➡
    • Flying High Howard Dean has gone from nobody to the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Now he's a political rock star, and he just went on a coast-to-coast tour to prove it. The Stranger tagged along for the ride. ➡
    • Yahoo! News RSS feeds Jeremy notes today that Yahoo! News now has RSS feeds available. A good thing for finding news — but not for linking to news. ➡
    • Blatant propaganda The Village Voice takes a look at the upcoming 'docudrama' DC 9/11. ➡
    • Outsourcing fund raising? You'd think that if Bush was really concerned about keeping jobs in America, and getting Americans back to work, his campaign wouldn't be outsourcing fund raising phone calls to India. ➡
    • Blogging from Afghanistan His driver, Babrack, although probably not spelt that way, is an ex-Mujahadeen who credits Stallone's performance in Rambo 3 for teaching him the correct technique for firing a rocket launcher and looking good at the same time. ➡
  • 2002
    • Portugal sounds nice… This led to an entertaining little discussion, starting with beth's assertion that '...just for the record not every woman in the world wants an orgasm every time'. Things bounced merrily along for a while, until Miguel Cardoso posted the following entertaining and fascinating rundown of Porgugese sexual customs. ➡
    • WudiVisions One upside of having to redo everything from the ground up is that it's allowing me to play with some ideas that I'd had floating around in my head for a while, and just hadn't tried yet -- and other ideas that have just appeared during this project. ➡
    • Progress It's a long, long way from where we want to be... ➡

On This Day: Aug 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 24 posts previously published on August 27th

  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 117 The Tower of London, the Jack the Ripper Museum, and Mary Poppins. ➡
    • 🎥 Mary Poppins Especially fun to watch in our hotel room with a view of Tower Bridge after spending a couple days wandering around London. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2017
    • Book forty of 2017: Time’s Enemy (Invasion! book three), by L. A. Graf. 🌟🌟🌟 ➡
  • 2016
    • Book thirty-eight of 2016: Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
    • And as my actual picture of the day, we took a nice walk by the river after breakfast to get the day going on a good note. (240/366) ➡
    • Forgot yesterday’s photo, so here’s my stupid Snapchat filter as penance. I’m grumpy! (239/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • (From earlier today.) “…we have wormsign the likes of which even God has never seen.” Okay, it’s an ice worm (which my iPhone wanted to autocorrect to “a nice worm”), not Shai Hulud, but Batman couldn’t let an obvious Dune reference go to waste. ➡
    • (From earlier today.) “Do you see all that ice?! Mr. Freeze must be behind this dastardly deed. I’m sure of it!” Glaciers seem to be only vaguely understood by Batman. ➡
    • (From earlier today.) Batman’s cover is blown, as he’s spotted by the only other passengers on our Portage Glacier cruise. ➡
    • (From earlier today.) “The Batboat looks a little less impressive than I remember.” ➡
    • (From this morning.) Road trip! “To the Batmobile! Or…closest rental equivalent.” ➡
    • About to head back down from the top of Alyeska and head off to our next adventure! #vacation ➡
    • From earlier today (Portage doesn’t have cell service), at Portage Glacier. #vacation ➡
    • Lunch at the top of Alyeska. Good thing Batman isn’t scared of heights! ➡
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • Congratulations, P and H! I've still got a ways to go on the rest of the vacation pictures, but I finished the set for Peter and Hope's wedding this morning. ➡
  • 2006
    • Battle in Seattle Set in 1999, during the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, an eclectic group of demonstrators, including environmental activists, doctors, anarchists, attorneys, eco-terrorists and just plain folks, brings the city to a state of near-chaos, and chases the WTO straight out of town. ➡
  • 2005
    • Happy Anniversary! What with still being neck-deep in moving I'm a day late on this, but -- yesterday was my parents' 38th anniversary. ➡
  • 2004
    • Former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes on George W. Bush …for the Republicans to jump on John Kerry and say that he's not a patriot, after he went to Vietnam and was shot at and fought for our freedom and came back here and protested against the war - 'he's a flip flopper.' Let me tell you, John Kerry is 100 times a better patriot than George Bush or Dick Cheney or Donald Rumsfeld. ➡
  • 2003
  • 2002
    • Just planning things out This may or may not be of interest to the world at large...just planning things out for the eventual reconstruction of djwudi.com. ➡

On This Day: Aug 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 15 posts previously published on August 26th

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Summer vacation part one was in the mountains; today we leave for summer vacation part two, by a lake! As before, connectivity will be low priority, so y’all have fun without me for another week. Once more, don’t let anything important happen while we’re gone, okay? ➡
  • 2017
    • Getting started. #blacklivesmatter ➡
  • 2014
    • Gave Prairie her first taste of reindeer sausage, from one of the street vendors on 4th Ave. Batman seemed a bit intimidated, but she thought it was delicious! ➡
    • Prairie and I on the coastal trail, on our morning walk. #vacation ➡
    • Beautiful morning for a walk along the coastal trail. #vacation ➡
  • 2004
    • The Seattle Times: Kerry for President The Seattle Times has officially endorsed Kerry for President. ➡
    • Happy Anniversary! Today is the 37th anniversary of the marriage of John Hanscom and Roberta Ward — also known quite fondly by me as Mom and Dad (though not respectively…I have an odd family, but not that odd). ➡
    • Untrusted content, nofollow, etc. Phil Ringnalda pointed to an idea that Ian Hickson just tossed out while brainstorming ways to battle the ever-increasing issue of comment spam. Personally, I'd love to be able to wrap the comments section of my individual entry pages in something like this — and actually, it reminds me a lot of a technique I used to use when I had my website running on my own webserver. ➡
    • A good UI is a good thing Terrence has a review of his Nomad Zen Xtra mp3 player posted, and while it's essentially a positive review, one line stood out to me. After having had the unit for six months and using it on what sounds like a near-daily basis, he mentions that he has 'basically mastered the controls.' ➡
  • 2003
    • Marriage 'by The Book' The Public Nuisance has a wonderful idea: as long as the religious right is proposing basing our national definition of marriage by Biblical standards, let's go ahead and do just that. ➡
    • Washington Post cribbing research from blogs? RonK at the Daily Kos points out today that it appears the Washington Post's Dana Millbank is doing a lot of research by reading weblogs. ➡
  • 2002
    • Rebuilding from scratch Unfortunately, when I got home, it quickly became obvious that this was no minor problem. The iMac that I've been using for my webserver, was dead -- D - E - D, ded. ➡
    • First Post Testing...testing...1...2...3...is this thing on? ➡

On This Day: Aug 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 28 posts previously published on August 25th

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • Got a great present from Prairie today! We got to see this at last year’s #Worldcon (Sasquan), and thought it was great (in the “really cheesy B movie” sense of the word). She remembered it after seeing me talking about the #hugoawards, and ordered us a copy. Yay #Australiens! (238/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Outside the Canadian Parliament, waiting for a free guided tour and listening to Queen Victoria (not as demised as rumored, apparently) tell us about the history of the area. #latergram ➡
    • We crossed the border into a foreign country and consumed substances illegal in the United States! #latergram #kindereggs ➡
    • Photo bombed by a woolly mammoth! #latergram ➡
    • Photo bombed by Queen Victoria! #latergram ➡
    • This morning, just off the ferry and on Canadian soil. “So we’re Canadians now, right? That’s how it works?” “I don’t think so.” #latergram ➡
    • This morning, somewhere between the U.S. and Canada. We’d just seen a whale off to one side of the ferry! #latergram ➡
    • On the ferry to Canada – off for an international adventure! #heycoho ➡
  • 2014
    • The complimentary newspaper lets Batman get a handle on the local criminal underground. Such as it is. ➡
    • Our hotel is in very easy walking distance of the train station – which will be great for taking the train up to the state fair on Friday! #vacation ➡
    • At my folks’ place for dinner. I do like seeing real mountains out the windows. ➡
    • Batman likes clouds. “That one looks like a dragon! And that one’s a fishie! Er…fish. Got excited. Sorry.” ➡
    • Tuts out Batman likes crime capers for his in-flight entertainment. ➡
  • 2008
  • 2006
    • Dance Off 2006 On something of a whim, thanks to having an evening when I wasn't working and nothing was planned, Prairie and I decided to head down to an event I'd just stumbled across earlier in the day: Dance Off 2006, an annual competition held in the Seattle area for people who want to prove that they have the heart and soul of a dancer, even though they do not have the training of a dancer. ➡
  • 2005
    • Boxes Everywhere! Our living room is filled with boxes. Some full, some partially emptied, some waiting to be broken down and taken out to the recycling...but it's still a _lot_ of boxes. Most of mine are still over at my old apartment, too. The end result is going to be nice, but _man_ is moving a pain in the butt. ➡
  • 2004
    • I had an *rtion More with me finding humor in places I really probably shouldn't. ➡
    • Just keep calm My, what amazingly calm passengers those planes had. ➡
    • Cheney suddenly supports gay marriage Talk about flip-flopping. Dick Cheney, who until now, despite having an openly lesbian daughter, has steadfastly stuck with the party line on gay marriage, suddenly seems to be a little more open-minded about the issue. ➡
  • 2003
    • Another lie Despite the Bush administration's public assertions, these unmanned aerial vehicles weren't designed to dispense biological or chemical weapons. ➡
    • Why I hate George W. Bush When I look at George W. Bush, I don't see a patriot. I see a lying, psychopathic narcissist. And it pains me, it grieves me, it WOUNDS me to realize that this puts me not only in the minority… but in the 'whacko fringe.' ➡
    • SoBig virus source found Security teams have tracked down the original source for the recent SoBig F virus — however, the author is still unknown. ➡
    • Dark Suckers For years, it has been believed that electric bulbs emit light, but recent information has proved otherwise. Electric bulbs don't emit light; they suck dark. Thus, we call these bulbs Dark Suckers. ➡
    • Disney goes Goth (also: 'Bus Life' fan comments) For the fifth year in a row, Disneyland will be creeping with mobs of black-clad death-rocker types for what organizers officially bill as Bats Day in the Fun Park, but what most people just call Goth Day. (Also: Disney's 'Bus Life' fan comments!) ➡
    • Howard Dean rally in Seattle I was already solidly in Dean's camp before this, but being able to see him in person definitely cemented my position — here's hoping that his momentum keeps growing, and we can get him not just the Democratic nomination, but the Presidency in 2004. ➡
  • 2001
    • A few more movies I added three more DVD's to the collection over the weekend. The Black Cauldron, The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover, From Dusk 'til Dawn. ➡

On This Day: Aug 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 14 posts previously published on August 24th

  • 2023
  • 2022
    • Implanted Nostalgia It's kind of hilariously on-brand to be self-implanting false memories of a science-fiction convention. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Summer vacation part one (four nights camping at Seaquest State Park) is done! Saw Mt. St. Helens on a smokey, hazy day and on a gorgeous, clear day, introduced two of our nieces to camping, got my new tattoo’s first unsolicited compliment from a stranger, and many bug bites. 😁 ➡
  • 2016
    • Watching TV and building Legos. As one does. (237/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Found a cute little aquarium in Port Angeles. ➡
    • Ferryboat selfie! ➡
    • After spending a weekend in Spokane for Sasquan, we end up on the Spokane for the second leg of our vacation. ➡
  • 2014
    • Reality TV confuses Batman. “Why are they naked? They seem too happy. Is the Joker behind this?” ➡
    • Batman is impressed by the hotel pillows. “They’re so fluffy!” ➡
    • Vacation day one. Made it to Seattle, did some shopping, now settling in to our hotel. Tomorrow, we fly north! #vacation ➡
  • 2004
    • Upcoming events Things that are going to be happening in the near future, things I need to get around to doing, and things that are distracting me from doing the things in the previous list. ➡
  • 2003
    • 10,000+ rally for Dean! I'll get photos and more impressions up later, but the rally today was really successful — over 10,000 people showed up to the event! Just amazing. ➡

On This Day: Aug 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 16 posts previously published on August 23rd

  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2020
    • 📚 thirty-two of 2020: Survivors by Jean Lorrah ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tng Explores Tasha Yar’s past, her reconciliation with parts of that past shortly before her death, and her relationship with Data. Despite having some early-novel oddities, this one was a bit above average. 🖖 ➡
    • On This Day: Aug 23 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 23 ➡
  • 2017
    • Book thirty-nine of 2017: Arabella of Mars, by David Levine. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Endeavor Award finalist) ➡
  • 2016
    • Came home, flopped on the couch. I’ll have to move eventually if I want dinner, but it’s not a terribly high priority right now. (236/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Our final #worldcon #sasquan badges and ribbons. Not nearly as many as I get at @norwescon, but this was a very different style of con for me, so no worries or complaints on that front. Great weekend! ➡
  • 2014
    • Got my exercise in this morning helping @emiliedesbois move in to her new house! ➡
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2003
    • Anti-Bush protest I spent this afternoon participating in the anti-Bush protests here in downtown Seattle. While Bush actually spent very little time here in Washington, today's protest was one of several organized in response to Bush's visit. ➡
    • Fox loses 'fair and balanced' suit 'There are hard cases and there are easy cases. This is an easy case,' said U.S. District Judge Denny Chin. 'This case is wholly without merit both factually and legally.' ➡
    • Guest blogging That's a lottablogging! ➡
  • 2001
    • Dub-yuh’s at it again Ah, well. At least I'm not the only one with tight finances these days. But at least I didn't blow $121.4 billion dollars to get there. ➡

On This Day: Aug 22

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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 24 posts previously published on August 22nd

  • 2023
  • 2021
    • 📚 28/2021: Fortune’s Light by Michael Jan Friedman ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🖖🏻 ➡
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • Bathroom selfie. Because why not? (235/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Prairie and me in our seats for the #hugos! #hugoawards #worldcon #sasquan ➡
    • All spiffed up for the #hugos (complete with Batman socks)! #sasquan #hugoawards #worldcon ➡
    • Hugo Award ceremony tickets acquired! #sasquan #hugos #hugoawards #worldcon ➡
    • Wow, this restroom fixture has been here a while. Sit, do your business, and have a smoke? ➡
    • This year’s Hugo trophy, to be awarded at the ceremonies tonight. #Sasquan #hugoaward #hugos ➡
    • Captured! #Sasquan #starwars #hansolo #bobafett ➡
    • Lots of walking yesterday! #Sasquan ➡
  • 2014
    • Normally I’d wait until a night out at the Mercury to debut this, but I don’t know when I’ll next be able to be all goth clubby, so here we are. Thanks to Mickey for posting a photo of someone else with this shirt, and Gracy for tracking down where to buy it. :D #goth ... Read more ➡
  • 2008
  • 2004
    • To gmail or not to gmail? So I've finally given in and gotten myself a gmail address. I have no idea how much I might or might not use it — I already have e-mail addresses @speakeasy.net, @myrealbox.com, and @mac.com, plus a literally infinite number of addresses available @michaelhanscom.com — but I finally figured it was worth jumping on the bandwagon. ➡
    • Aircraft maintenance problems and solutions AF Form 781 is aboard all Air Force aircraft to record any malfunctions so maintenance personnel can fix the problem before the next flight. Here are some of the problems (P) as posted by the aircrews and solutions (S) of the maintenance personnel to clear the write-up… ➡
    • But what about ‘janitor’? …due to what is described as an 'unfortunate error in translation,' the Spanish version of Windows XP 'gave users an option to select their gender from not specified, male, or 'bitch.'' Uh, whoops. ➡
  • 2003
    • Lord of the Rings Marathon Two weeks before 'Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' opens, the extended versions of 'LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring' and 'LOTR: The Two Towers' will be released to theaters — and some theaters will have a day-long LOTR marathon with back-to-back screenings of all three films on Dec. 16th. ➡
    • Iraq Intelligence – Public Forum I wish I'd been able to go to this event — however, while I couldn't make it, natasha has a write-up that's well worth reading. ➡
    • Baby shit green Mothers don't do that! They're sweet, and nice, and kiss skinned knees after you fall down, and tell you not to ride your bike out of the boundaries of the neighborhood — but they don't describe cars as 'baby shit green!' ➡
  • 2001
    • Creative test answers In any school district, one must give credit to the creative minds among us. These are actual test answers from various schools in the Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area. ➡
  • 1998
    • [From Usenet: 8.22.98 2300] One of the funniest I've seen was watching Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' in fast forward while listening to nin's broken album. Fit way too well...funny as shit, too. ➡

On This Day: Aug 21

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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 August 21st

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2020
  • 2017
    • Got my #MunchkinSpecialDelivery treasure chest today, packed with a basic set and a random assortment of expansion cards and other goodies. Unfortunately, I had to mangle the box to get it out of our mailbox, since our postal carrier crammed it in and got it stuck. Ah, well. It’s what’s inside that’s important anyway. ➡
    • At totality (or as close as we can get, at least)! With shots of peak #eclipse with the pinhole box viewer and my phone camera through our eclipse glasses. #eclipse2017 ➡
    • Gaps between leaves acting as natural pinhole viewers and showing the bite taken out of the sun. #eclipse #eclipse2017 ➡
    • My pinhole #eclipse viewer is working great, too! #eclipse2017 ➡
    • Out to enjoy the #eclipse at a local park. Really cool! 😎 #eclipse2017 ➡
  • 2016
    • Mmmmm…rice krispy treat! (234/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Almost time for the Masquerade! Looking forward to actually watching one instead of being in the photographer’s scrum in the lobby. ;) #Sasquan ➡
    • Got a cute little squishy UFO from the Montreal in 2017 Worldcon bid. #Sasquan ➡
    • Prairie’s sister Hope and family (Peter, Nalah, and Finn) stopped in Spokane on their way back home from their vacation, and we got to visit with them for breakfast! ➡
  • 2014
    • On my 24th birthday in ’97, organizing my CDs for DJing. My bedroom is the door behind me with the “caution” tape around the frame and (though it’s hard to see) “Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics” sight on the door. :) #throwbackthursday ➡
  • 2008
    • My Kind of Gymnastics Jason Kottke's done a wonderful job of rounding up some of history's best Olympic moments on YouTube. However, I think he missed a select few that truly deserve to be seen and appreciated. ➡
  • 2007
    • Boy and Turtle (Black Sand Beach) It'll be a bit before I get my Hawaii shots posted. In the meantime, Prairie's posted all of her photos from Hawaii, and has put up a few posts about the trip on her weblog! ➡
  • 2004
    • Hempfest 2004 I spent some time today wandering around this year's Hempfest. I've avoided this particular Seattle festival for the past few years I've been down here, mostly because of my personal opinions regarding pot. Today, though, I had nothing else planned, and figured it might be worth wandering down with my camera for some peoplewatching. ➡
  • 2003
    • Ow… Woke up this morning with a headache. Still have the headache now. I think I'm likely heading to bed as soon as I get home. Bleah. ➡
    • A worthy cause Memorials in her honor can be made to any organization working for the removal of President Bush. ➡
    • Antici… So, I'm going to be waiting a bit longer — current estimations for shipping on the high end G5's are mid to late September. But that gives me a few more weeks to scrape up the last $600 I need, and when the time comes, I'll have the absolute top of the line high-end dual 2Ghz G5 Power Mac sitting in my apartment. The waiting's gonna kill me — but the final result will be more than worth it. ➡