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keep in mind that the further in the past a post was published, the more likely it is that the information has become outdated or my beliefs have changed.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 28 posts previously published on December 1st

  • 2023
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • Gordon van Gelder, administrator of the Philip K. Dick Award, is conducting an online auction to raise funds for the award. Lots of books donated by authors and publishers, many (most? all?) signed by the authors. Check it out! 📚 ➡
    • Found on Facebook, original creator unknown, but it sure made me laugh. Welcome to the holiday season! ➡
    • 📚 fifty-seven of 2019: Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1964 Hugo Best Novel Excellent book, mostly quiet and contemplative, as one man struggles with both his and humanity’s place in the galaxy. An introspective and ultimately hopeful piece. ➡
    • First human composting site to open in 2021: This is really neat, but wow, look at that ‘70s sci-fi cult design! Honestly, I think that’s a selling point for me. ➡
    • Are good readers more likely to give up on maths?: “None of this means that we should stop efforts to counter stereotypes about girls’ aptitude for maths and science versus reading. But it does suggest that much of the impact of these stereotypes occurs not at the point at which girls choose a career, but ... Read more ➡
  • 2016
    • Waiting for my dental appointment. Everyone’s favorite way to start the day. (336/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people '…my kids are smart, educated, beautiful, polite children. There have been smart, educated, beautiful, polite black children for hundreds of years. The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people.' ➡
  • 2013
    • Sounds From the Lost Abbey 06 Back in February, I took up a challenge from one of my friends to create a mix based around songs that I'd have played at the Lost Abbey, during the mid- to late-1990s. Here's the sixth of quite a few to come! ➡
  • 2007
  • 2005
    • Snow! It's really coming down -- doesn't seem to be sticking yet, but the flakes are huge. Whee! ➡
    • Lost s02e09: What Kate Did Scribbled notes while watching last night's episode of Lost. Spoilers, obviously, so only read further if you want to... ➡
  • 2004
    • MSN Spaces reactions Robert Scoble is collecting reactions to MSN Spaces, including mine. ➡
    • Balloon Feather Boat Tomato Jason Webley has updated his site with information about his most recent show. He has links up to the photo galleries that Josh and I have posted (nifty!), plus a few other goodies. ➡
    • MSN Spaces launches Microsoft finally makes their long-rumored debut into the weblogging service arena with MSN Spaces. I got curious, and it's free, so I went ahead and signed up to try it out. ➡
    • Switch to VoIP? If I switched over to both OneLink and VoIP, my final cost would be about $6/month more than what I'm paying now, but the first three months would be cheaper, as you get a 'free three months' for signing up (some of which are offset by the setup costs, but that's expected). All in all, this sounds like a pretty damn good deal to me. ➡
    • World AIDS Day World AIDS Day, December 1, 2004 ➡
  • 2003
    • Well, hi there…Dick… According to Yahoo! News, this is a photo of Dick Gephardt's shadow… ➡
    • My G5 is an insomniac Issue 1: My G5 appears to be an insomniac. Issue 2: At some point, I lose the ability to choose some of the commands in the Apple menu: 'About This Mac', 'Force Quit...', 'Restart...', 'Shut Down...', and 'Log Out [username]...' are all non-responsive. ➡
    • Roy Disney resigns from Disney Roy Disney himself has left the Walt Disney company, and includes a call for Michael Eisner's resignation or retirement in his letter of resignation. ➡
    • Getting in Google's good graces I use a number of techniques on my weblog, both in the code and how I create entries, that help Google get the most useful information out of my pages. ➡
    • You're an ex-DJ? I don't think I've ever met an ex-DJ. They're always just 'between clubs' or something. ➡
  • 1993
    • [From Usenet: 12.1.93 0608] All I know is that the local Mucusland (Musicland) moved the date in their little book for his new album from October/November to January. Ergh...starting to get torqued at this! ➡
    • [From Usenet 12.1.93 0608] According to a DJ at the local college radio station, there was a sampler put out by Hollywood records a while back with a remix (not remake) of Queen's Stone Cold Crazy, remixed by Trent Reznor. ➡
    • [From Usenet 12.1.93 0542] Personally, I don't have a whole lot, but...Front by Front is good, best track (imho) being #10, Welcome to Paradise ('Hey poor! You don't have to be poor anymore! Jesus is here!') Good sampling. ➡
    • [From Usenet: 12.1.93 0534] Good stuff (imho). New album, while not produced by Reznor, definitely has some of his touch to it...probably picked up some hints while working on the remixes of BLBT(AJF). Nifty...I like it. ➡