On This Day

Should you dig back through my archives, please keep in mind that the further in the past a post was published, the more likely it is that the information has become outdated or my beliefs have changed. I sincerely believe that learning, growing, examining, and often changing beliefs is an integral part of being a responsible human being. My personal journey socially and politically has been ever leftwards, and there are many posts in the archives that I would not write the same way today, if at all. Thanks for understanding!

There are 20 posts previously published on March 30th

  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2020
    • Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device: Australian Dr Daniel Reardon ended up in hospital after inserting magnets in his nostrils while building a necklace that warns you when you touch your face.
    • Today I learned: In at least one appearance, the NCIS ambulance uses a Starfleet Medical logo (seen on the right rear door panel). Now there’s a crossover I didn’t expect! (Thanks to Ex Astris Scientia for this tidbit! 🖖)
    • On This Day: Mar 30 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 30
  • 2018
    • My Friday evening shirt for #NWC41!
    • My Friday morning #NWC41 shirt: gothtrolling! #depechemode #joydivision #thecure
    • Forgot to post last night, but this was my Thursday evening shirt for #nwc41 (from @swear_trek)!
  • 2017
    • Linkdump for March 30th from 13:25 to 16:32 An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between 13:25 and 16:32 on March 30th. • The Male Power Fantasy (and why Mad Max and Captain Kirk don't fit) • So many biological genders • Fight Club and toxic masculinity (with a side of Mad Max: Fury Road) • Geisha FAQ • Earth is dangerous • Of privilege and nostalgia • To everyone else in the galaxy, all humans are basically Doc Brown. • Snarky but amusing and thorough Romeo and Juliet analysis • The singular "they"
    • Linkdumps are Back Resurrecting my old occasional digest posts of neat stuff I've seen recently, this time using Pinboard, the Pinner iOS app, and the Postalicious WordPress plugin.
    • Linkdump for March 30th from 11:01 to 11:37 An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between 11:01 and 11:37 on March 30th. • A Tasting Menu of Female Representation • Everything is Chemicals • Humans Are Weird • Old Fandom-New Fandom Dictionary • Dear Fellow Guys....stop hitting on women at work....
  • 2016
    • Grump! Made it through a half-day of work, then it was back home and into bed. So done with this. (90/366)
  • 2014
    • Two days of lying around the house doing nothing. I am determined to be back to normal (or at least what passes as such for me) by tomorrow.
  • 2010
  • 2005
    • Rise of the M-Pire! This is wonderful: An M&Ms tribute to Star Wars, promoting their new dark chocolate line of M&Ms debuting on April 1st.
  • 2004
    • Exploring Hitchcock So far, the Hitchcock biography is fascinating, and I'm only about a third of the way through. I did, however, realize that while I've certainly enjoyed what I've seen of Hitchcock's films, I've actually seen very few: Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds are the only ones!
    • This is boring? I, along with many (most?) people, have a tendency to lament about how boring my life is. After all, my general day-to-day routine is usually just that: routine. I get up, dink around on the 'net, go to work, come home, dink around on the 'net, and go to bed.
    • Sosumi On the bright side, webloggers now have protection against libel suits. On the downside, though, the case that prompted this decision is truly bizarre, and I have to feel sorry for the woman whose case was just overturned by the ruling.
  • 2003
    • US priorities in Iraq Here's a good visualization of just how much help the US is planning on giving the people of Iraq once the war is over. Hint — not much.
  • 2001
    • Neil Gaiman’s ‘Goliath’ Neil Gaiman has in recent years become one of my favorite modern authors. With 'Goliath', he contributes his own take on the Matrix with a short story that I find to be one of the best contributions on the Matrix site.