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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. ➡

On This Day: Aug 20

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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 August 20th

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Running away to the mountains for a few days for part one of our summer vacation! Will be either entirely disconnected or nearly so for the duration. Make sure nothing important happens for the next few days, okay? ➡
    • “Author NK Jemisin has scooped her third Hugo award for best science-fiction novel and, in doing so, has become the standard-bearer for a sea change in the genre’s diversity, as women – especially women of colour – swept the boards at last night’s ceremony.” Excellent. ➡
  • 2017
    • Book thirty-eight of 2017: Waypoint Kangaroo, by Curtis C. Chen ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Endeavor Award finalist) ➡
  • 2016
    • Time to vote! (233/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • He is Groot! #Sasquan ➡
    • Malibu rum and Sprite at 3:20pm. Afternoon booze means it’s officially vacation (just in case it wasn’t official yet), right? #Sasquan ➡
    • norwescon usually has more and better swag; #Sasquan has better swag bags. ➡
    • Before: end of the quarter too busy to care. After: improvements have been made! ➡
  • 2014
    • I like my laugh lines. :) ➡
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • Welcome Home…Now Start Packing We're home. Generally speaking, this is a good thing: the wedding was wonderful, the experience at the resort was good, the camping was incredible, and even traveling home was surprisingly pleasant. The actual arrival home has been one of the most traumatic we've yet experienced, however. ➡
  • 2006
  • 2004
    • Google Talk Jesus Christ died for our sins. BY his blood we shall be Free from defects in material and workmanship. ➡
    • It’s only a matter of time Citing an unstable political climate, proven stockpiles of chemical and nuclear weapons, a rigidly government-controlled media, and the need to confront emerging threats in a timely fashion, President George W. Bush announced today that the United States has launched a full-scale invasion of the United States. ➡
    • Let’s do the time warp again… I would so love living in a building when after riding the elevator to the 4th floor, you got off and asked, not where you were, but when you were. Unfortunately, I'm afraid it's nothing more than an amusing typo. ➡
  • 2003
    • ST:WJOTFIU Continuing in the spirit of my recent Star Trek posts, Iki proposes a new title for 'Enterprise': ST:WJOTFIU (or 'Star Trek: We're Just Out There Fucking It Up'). ➡
    • Since when? The powerful truck bomb that ripped through the United Nations' headquarters in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing the top U.N. official in Iraq and at least 19 others, was the most brazen act of terrorism in the country since the U.S. invasion in March. ➡
    • Texas pledge Honor the Texas flag, I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one and indivisible. ➡
    • Compassion It looks suspiciously like Bush's definition of 'compassion' is hanging out with minorities, as it's something conspicuously absent in the rest of his photo album. ➡
    • ActiVision sues Viacom…over bad Star Trek Activision, Inc....today announced that it has filed a breach of contract suit against Viacom. ...through its actions and inactions, Viacom has let the once proud Star Trek franchise stagnate and decay. ➡
    • Counter-Googling …instead of consumers Googling you before they buy your services, you should Google THEM, and instantly get more personal information than you'd ever be able to capture with traditional 1:1 in an entire life-time. ➡
    • I think… I think, therefore I mac. ➡
    • A little stressed? The package must be received…no later than 11am on Friday…. Please call me…once the package is on its way? Otherwise I will lose my job. I shit you not. ➡
    • Good things Bush has done Believe it or not, I do have one thing that I can completely seriously thank Bush and his administration for. ➡
    • Dean in Seattle this Sunday As part of his campaign's use of the Internet, Dean has solicited commitments from supporters to attend each of his rallies, and so far more than 2,250 people have signed up to attend the Seattle rally, Means said. ➡
    • Giant Gerbils I'm trying to decide what amuses me more — this Netscape News story about an infestation of giant gerbils in China, or the fact that the article mentions the fact that Britain has a National Gerbil Society. ➡

On This Day: Aug 19

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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 19th

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • The announcement of the 2019 Hugo Awards winners means that I’ve had to readjust my progress on my Hugo “best novel” reading project, and am now at only 21.33% of the way through. As I said when I started, this is a marathon, not a sprint. ➡
  • 2017
    • A longer and more adventurous day than anticipated, but mom has made it to her new home! ➡
    • Mom’s ferry coming in to Bellingham, right on time! ➡
  • 2016
    • I don’t know why there is a knife stuck into this utility pole, but it amused me when it caught my eye. (232/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Just playing. I like the combination of pixelation and retro effect filters. ➡
    • This morning’s clouds wrapped into a #RollWorld Image @RollWorldApp, #TinyPlanet #PhotoSphere #StereoGraphic #RollWorldApp ➡
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2005
    • Incommunicado Well, not really, the next few days should be pretty good overall. They're just going to be _really_ busy, and probably not entirely unstressful. As such, I'm likely not going to be reachable or even online until...um...Wednesday, at the earliest. I think. No guarantees. ➡
  • 2004
    • Schwarzkopf avoids endorsing Bush Four years ago, retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf enthusiastically endorsed George W. Bush in his presidential bid. This year, however, 'Stormin'' Norman appears to be singing a different tune. On Tuesday's Hardball television show, host Chris Matthews tried to sound out who Schwarzkopf would be voting for. ➡
    • Preaching to the Choir More of Bush and company applying his ridiculously nearsighted 'if you're not with us, you're against us' policy to his own constituents. It's very clear now: if you're not a raving fan, you have no business being anywhere near the President of the United States. ➡
  • 2003
    • Time for that operation The Gender Genie is a potentially cute little application that examines a block of text, and uses an algorithm to attempt to determine the sex of the author. According to the authors of the algorithm, it's supposed to be correct roughly 80% of the time. ➡
    • Seattle skyline poster My friend Tim is going to be selling a gorgeous panoramic poster of the Seattle skyline. More details and contact information can be found on his weblog. ➡
  • 2001
    • Pie, ghosties, scots, and naked girls (kinda) Saturday, I headed out with a full crew of people to go see the Barenaked Ladies in concert out at the Gorge. Casey had bought me the ticket before I had even made it down to Seattle as a 'welcome to Washington' present, which I thought was all sorts of cool. ➡

On This Day: Aug 18

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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 18th

  • 2024
  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 108 This trip isn’t over yet! And further posts may be delayed by about a week. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Leaning ever closer to closing down my Twitter account once I’ve passed on the keys to the Norwescon social media accounts. Between their inconsistent application of rules and their neutering of third-party clients, it’s harder to care about staying. ➡
  • 2016
    • Well, that’s unpleasant. I did not authorize this. ➡
    • Well, that was interesting. I was taking an afternoon walk by Kiwanis Park when I heard a big cracking, ripping noise. Looked over, and a big branch had fallen off one of the trees, right near the picnic shelter. Startled a small family, too…lucky they weren’t any closer! Emailed the #Ellensburg Parks Dept. to let ... Read more ➡
    • Found a nice shady spot in the campus Japanese Gardens for lunch today. (231/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • This one’s for mom and dad, who use the Alaska Native words “Aga” and “Apa” rather than “grandma/mother” and “grandpa/father” with their grandchildren. The “in” on the end of “again” getting rubbed off made it look like part of this restaurant’s mission is a plan to return mum (Aga) soon. I was rather surprised that ... Read more ➡
  • 2014
    • From the walk back to the car after work this afternoon. 95 degrees, and I’m wearing black. Goth fashion and desert climates don’t play well together. ➡
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2006
    • Conversation 90's rock group Soul Asylum gave a free show at the Pike Place market on Thursday morning, and Prairie and I headed down to see them. While we were waiting for the show to start I took a few random people shots around the gathering crowd. This shot is by far my favorite of the morning. ➡
  • 2005
  • 2003
    • Oh, lord, now what? I think I preferred the never-ending stream of Viagra spam, to be honest. ➡
    • Are you registered to vote? I certainly hope that everyone is registered to vote, and is planning on voting when the time comes. However, on the off chance that you're not registered yet, you can now do so through Howard Dean's website. ➡
    • A little bit of magic The elusive elf has enchanted Twin Citians ever since the 6-inch wooden door appeared eight years ago, just off a walking path around popular Lake Harriet. ➡
    • Warning: These hurt! Just remember…the beauty of the pun is in the 'oy…' of the beholder. ➡