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keep in mind that the further in the past a post was published, the more likely it is that the information has become outdated or my beliefs have changed.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 18 posts previously published on May 28th

  • 2024
  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 26 Don't know who was playing or what the score was, but the froyo was good. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • Book twenty-three of 2016: Books of Blood Vol. 2, by Clive Barker. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (149/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Midway through His Majesty’s Dragon, another free book from #nwc37, about a British officer during the Napoleonic wars who becomes part of an air corps of dragon riders. Quite enjoyable so far. ➡
  • 2010
    • Links for May 25th through May 28th Sometime between May 25th and May 28th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Today's College Students Lack Empathy • Is Queen's "Invisible Man" the Best Scifi Music Video of All Time? Yes. • Republicans' New Web Site Not Exactly What They Hoped It Would Be • Ten of the Greatest Maps That Changed the World • Is Texting [or using a cellphone] Legal if I'm at a Stoplight? ➡
  • 2005
    • Off to Folklife Another gorgeous day, snacks are packed, sunscreen is applied, and Prairie and I are off to spend the day wandering around the Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center. Back in a few hours! ➡
  • 2004
    • Disney vs. Pixar 'We feel sick about Disney doing sequels because if you look at the quality of their sequels... it's been pretty embarrassing,' [Steve] Jobs said during Pixar's fourth-quarter earnings call in February. ➡
    • More online crack Another good online time-waster: a version of Breakout that actually manages to put a new twist on the game by giving it a circular playfield -- Plastic Balls. ➡
    • Anti-Goth measures fail due to lack of interest Two years ago, in a rather ridiculous display of small-minded stupidity, the town of Blue Springs, MO earmarked $273,000 of their education budget to combat Goth culture.Thankfully, word comes now that the project essentially went nowhere, and more than half of the money is being returned. ➡
  • 2003
    • Glitch The following is a short story inspired in part by a dream I had last night. Other inspirations will probably become blazingly obvious as you read. ;) Enjoy -- while it's very likely far from perfect, it was fun to write. ➡
    • 38.46154 percent geek According to the Geek Test, I'm 38.46154% geek, and therefore a "Major Geek". I'm not sure if I should be disappointed or relieved… ➡
    • Dream inspiration On the plus side, I'm awake because I just woke up from a _very_ vivid dream that I think would make a kick-ass short story, so after I woke up I wrote down as much of it as I could remember, as fast as I could. ➡
  • 2002
    • Fun with lava Wow -- there's a volcano not too far away, about 22 miles from Bend, OR, that looks like it might be preparing to erupt at some point in the near future. ➡
    • My brain hurts This almost sounds like sci-fi, but apparently it's a real theory being tossed around right now: a UK researcher is proposing the possibility that our conciousness is the brain's electromagnetic field. ➡
    • Parting is such sweet sorrow Wil's been exorcising his demons this week -- some of the best writing I've seen on his site. Three posts in a series that are worth a read: Mirror Mirror, Turnaround, and The Big Goodbye. ➡
    • Memorial Day weekend I had a pretty decent Memorial Day weekend -- just fairly uneventful, for the most part. Spent most of my time hanging out and relaxing here at the apartment. ➡
  • 2001
    • Memorial Day weekend I spend the weekend taking pictures of Anchorage and Palmer, making memories in preparation for my exodus out of Alaska. ➡