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keep in mind that the further in the past a post was published, the more likely it is that the information has become outdated or my beliefs have changed.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 25 posts previously published on April 20th

  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Interesting: SmugMug has bought Flickr. Hopefully that means good things; I was a big fan of Flickr until Yahoo! bought it and let it stagnate, and SmugMug is where I ended up starting to set things up instead. Could be too little too late, but hopefully not. ➡
  • 2016
    • Selfies with a tiny world app are…entertainingly alien. Or, “does this app make my forehead look big?” (111/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Four old SF anthologies, a mid-70s printing of Clockwork Orange, a Star Trek novel, and a DVD collection of four Dracula films…all for $8. Gotta love campus book sales! ➡
    • 75 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, students stretched out under the willow trees by the Ganges. Gorgeous day! ➡
  • 2014
    • The Grammar Dalek and I are ready for the final day of #nwc37. :) ➡
  • 2006
    • Tulip Tulip cutout. ➡
    • Birthday Wishes Back in March of '03, I stumbled across a series of discs from Sony called the 'Soundtrack for a Century'. Over time I've collected eight out of the eleven pieces of the series, and any (or all) of these last three would be greatly appreciated. ➡
  • 2005
    • Heteroflexible One of the mailing lists I belong to (though I don't chime in terribly often) is that of the Utilikilts Yahoo! Group. For the past few days there's been an interesting discussion of sexuality. Over the course of the discussion, I just stumbled across a new term that I'd not heard before, but that I like a _lot_. ➡
    • Social Realist Some silly/fun astrology bits from #flickr tonight... ➡
  • 2004
    • Watch that apostrophe! There's a certain irony in a publication mis-using an apostrophe in an employment ad looking for an editor. ➡
    • Safer nuclear missiles Thank god for small favors — at least when Bush finally flips his lid and the nukes start flying, we won't be damaging our atmosphere… ➡
    • Donnie Darko coming back to Seattle! How incredibly cool — Donnie Darko, which disappeared from most theaters practically before it was released, has become such a cult favorite that its studio is going to be re-releasing it to theaters, starting right here in Seattle! ➡
    • Romeo + Juliet r0xx0Rz! Worth a few minutes of cheap amusement: Romeo and Juliet presented as 'L33T-speak'. Somewhat painful, but funny. ➡
  • 2003
    • TV Turnoff Week Apr. 21-27 I stopped watching TV roughly, oh, ten or twelve years or so, I think. Since then, the only times I've been around much TV has been when I've been over at someone elses house and they've happened to have it turned on. ➡
    • Blogchalking is back This is my blogchalk: United States, Washington, Seattle, English, Michael, Male, 26-30, Macintosh computers, movies, music, and other random bits. ➡
    • A visit from Miranda Had a very pleasant weekend — just staying at home and relaxing for most of it, but yesterday evening spent a good few hours visiting with Miranda, who had come out to visit. ➡
  • 2001
    • Stolen van! My parents had their van stolen Wednesday night. If anyone who sees this could keep their eyes open, and, if you're lucky enough to see it, give a call to the police, it would be greatly appreciated. ➡
    • In other words, I talk a lot My propensity for loquaciousness and paranthetical diatribes. ➡
    • About my tattoo This actually came about from an e-mail I was writing tonight, and I thought it was a bit too good to lose into the great bit bucket in the sky. ➡