Eclecticism

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 31 posts previously published on March 28th

• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 331 Norwescon day one is done! ➡
• 2020
  • 📚 sixteen of 2020: This Immortal by Roger Zelazny ⭐️⭐️ 1966 Hugo Best Novel Meh. Maybe it’s a combination of mid-60s SF and the current pandemic stress, and I might have been more receptive at another time, but this was a slog. ➡
  • On This Day: Mar 28 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 28 ➡
• 2019
  • Another ST:DIS Theory After watching tonight’s episode of Discovery (S02E11), Prairie and I came up with what we think is a very possible theory about where this season might go in the next few episodes, and it's one that impacts a fair amount of the future Trek universe. ➡
  • 🖖 #StarTrekDiscovery S02E11 Another solid episode. Glad they didn’t drag out the Burnham family reunion drama over multiple episodes, but the scenes with Michael and her mom were really good. Spock continues to evolve nicely. And we have theories about ties to future series…. ➡
  • The NRA is a Terrorist Organization As far as I’m concerned, at least (and I’m certainly not the only one). That there are still many people who support this group is positively disgusting. ➡
  • VOTE Everyone: When it's time to vote, GET OUT AND VOTE. ➡
  • A map of the entire internet from May 1973, the month I was born. Originally posted by David Newbury, who found it in old papers acquired from his dad. Kottke points out that those circles and squares “represent individual computers and routers, not universities or cities.” ➡
• 2018
  • I have arrived at @norwescon #nwc41! Room’s not ready yet, so I’ll see what I can do to start helping set up. Time to get this geek vacation going! ➡
• 2016
  • Book thirteen of 2016: Tron, by Brian Daley. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
  • Ugh…brought con crud home this year. Just slept for most of 13 hours, and will probably be right back in bed after having some breakfast. Harrumph. (88/366) ➡
• 2014
  • I’m healthy the rest of the week. Fridays are burger days! ➡
• 2010
  • Norwescon, Sakura-Con, and Easter Weekend I keep seeing questions about why Norwescon and Sakura-Con are both scheduled for Easter weekend this year. Here's my attempt at an answer, with the disclaimer that I'm not speaking officially for Norwescon or Sakura-Con. ➡
• 2009
  • Geek and Other Holidays I've just resurrected an old project, using Wikipedia's list of unofficial observances to create a calendar file (in `.ics` format) suitable for download and direct import or subscription in iCal, Outlook, Google Calendar, or (as far as I know) any other reputable calendar program. ➡
• 2008
  • Dik Od Triaanenen Fol (Finns Ain’t What They Used to Be) For those who may not get to see Spamalot onstage, is the skinny on 'Bin Faaarkrekkion's New Moosical, _Dik Od Triaanenen Fol (Finns Ain't What They Used to Be)'. ➡
• 2005
  • Funeral Music Prairie just pointed out this list of the top ten favorite funeral songs in Europe... ➡
• 2004
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Quite simply, a must-see, and I'll be very surprised if another film bests it this year. That may sound a little odd at not quite three full months into the year, but yes, the movie was that damn good. ➡
  • QuickSilver A piece of Mac freeware worth touting: Quicksilver. ➡
• 2003
  • On your knees! Gee, it's a good thing that I live in a country that's filled to the brim with nothing but one hundred percent, across the board, no exceptions, God-fearing Christians. ➡
  • I 'Hart' blogging? Another political contender is dipping is toes into the blogging world — this time it's Gary Hart. ➡
  • More protest music links A couple more protest song links, courtesy of Doc Searls. ➡
  • Bada-bing! Celluloid factory burns down. No film at 11. ➡
• 2002
  • Another CBDTPA Wired's reporting that in addition to the CBDTPA bill that's going through the Senate, a representative is planning on introducing a similar bill to the House. Double-plus-ungood. ➡
  • Osama’s been bloggin’ Here's a truly bizarre piece of work -- Osama bin Laden's Blog. ➡
  • Virtual LEGOs! Oh, man -- I could get so lost playing with virtual Legos that I'd forget all about work. That'd be a bad thing. ➡
  • Sex is funny So just why is it that so many 'good Christians' can't ever seem to joke around about sex? ➡
  • She’s not one of my favorites anyway More reasons copy-protected audio CD's are a Bad Thing: Celine Dion may be hazardous to your Mac. ➡
  • Going up…way up I am so stoked about the possibilities that could come of this. According to an article on Space.com, within 12 years we could have space elevators stretching 62,000 miles above the earth, capable of hauling payloads to the top every three days. Too freakin' cool. ➡
  • Ebert on copy protection The way to launch a new CD is to get it talked about -- not to insult potential fans by making it unplayable on their equipment even after they buy it legitimately. ➡
  • Eugenics wars I'm trying to figure out what surprises me more -- that someone in the UK is writing an article that appears to be seriously promoting eugenics in the near future, or that in the resulting MeFi discussion nobody thought to mention the Eugenics Wars. ➡
  • When Elephants Dance Michael Fraase's 'When Elephants Dance' is an excellent summation of the current flap over digital rights and the dangers in the entertainment industries current drive to control everything. ➡

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 25 posts previously published on March 27th

• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 330 It's day zero of Norwescon! ➡
• 2023
  • Difficult Listening Hour 2023.03.26 Stuck pretty close to 130 BPM for this set, just pulling some of my particular favorite tracks out. ➡
• 2021
  • Birds of Prey: If all of DC’s movies were more like this, I’d have a higher opinion of the franchise. ➡
• 2020
  • On This Day: Mar 27 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 27 ➡
• 2019
  • The Moment The Matrix Changed Everything: I saw The Matrix in a theater, not the slapdash college presentation from this article, but the audience reactions weren’t all that dissimilar. Seeing that film in the theater early in its run really was a singular experience. ➡
• 2018
  • Saw this on a whiteboard at work. Made me laugh. Can you interpret it? ➡
• 2016
  • Sunday morning at #nwc39: time to get packed up and head back home. Another good con, but it’s going to be good to be back in my own bed. (87/366) ➡
• 2014
  • Quality’s not great, but it’s a crop of a scan of a photo taken in 1995. My first DJ gig, at City Lights in Anchorage. This was a top-40/hip-hop club that I talked into doing a weekly “alternative night”. Only ran for a few weeks before it fell apart, but it was enough to kick ... Read more ➡
• 2008
  • Random Updates It's been a while since I've actually said anything on here, hasn't it? So it goes, sometimes. This past school quarter was a rather unpleasant one, and online babbling became a pretty low priority for me. So, some random updates on the world around me... ➡
• 2006
  • Saturday Mourning I've mentioned before that The Stranger has been consistently doing the best reporting on the Capitol Hill shooting. They continue with this feature story on the events of the night. ➡
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction NRA members and 'right to bear arms' wingnuts, feel free to brand me as a gun-control nut. I'm fine with that. There is _NO good reason_ why this sort of weaponry needs to be openly available to the general public. ➡
• 2005
  • Jello Über Alles This week's This American Life had a fascinating look at Michael Guarino, the prosecuting lawyer in the 1986 obscenity trial against Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys over their Frankenchrist album and the H. R. Giger print included with it. ➡
  • How many times were you a minor? On a lighter note, while this news story isn't really something to laugh at, it has a wonderful example of bad writing that made me laugh... ➡
  • It’s only domestic violence if you’re married Here's a jaw-dropping, 'holy shit' item: in Ohio, beating someone you live with is only domestic violence if you're married, and the justification used for this is Ohio's constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. ➡
  • Marilyn Monroe Up until last week sometime, I'd never actually seen a Marilyn Monroe film. I knew who she was, of course, and had seen the occasional brief clip from one film or another here and there, but I had yet to actually watch any of her work. ➡
  • They used to be funny… When did Steve Martin stop being funny? It had to be sometime after 1991, when he wrote and starred in one of my personal favorite films, L.A. Story. ➡
  • Small Pets Allowed As Prairie and I are planning on getting a place together in a few months, we've started occasionally flipping through 'For Rent' listings to see what's available in our price range around town. Yesterday, one of the listings caught my eye. 'Hey -- 'small pets allowed, up to 20 pounds.' We could get forty hamsters!' ➡
• 2004
  • Reasons for staying He never asked me to 'pull his finger' in bed. ➡
• 2003
  • It all makes sense now Looks like some previously classified medical X-rays of Pres. Bush have been leaked. Somehow, the results aren't very surprising. ➡
  • Cpt. Obvious Getting shot at wasn't really that bad. It was the getting shot part that sucked. ➡
  • Unedited video from Basra Noted independent journalist Robert Fisk got to see some unedited videotape shot by Al-Djazaira of Basra, which is supposedly captured and held by British forces. ➡
  • Dean at Harvard Presidential candidate Howard Dean gave a talk at Harvard last night. He asked an interesting question. Next year, how will we feel when China invades Taiwan because they think they have weapons of mass destruction? Has the new Bush Doctrine, pre-emptive wars, unleashed a philosophy of world power that we may not be so comfortable with? ➡
  • Chad kicks much ass April 15^th at the Catwalk Club: Pigface and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult (along with two bands I've not heard of, Zeromancer and Bile)! ➡
• 2002
  • This CBDPTA bill is scary Just in case folks haven't figured out how sweeping the Hollings-Feinstein bill, aka CBDTPA is, well, keep reading. ➡
• 2001
  • So, I’m curious… What's up with all these DJ-friendly themed songs hitting the radio lately? By 'DJ-friendly' I don't mean they've all got 32-beat drum-based intros, or anything like that, just that they're all thematically very similar. ➡

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 20 posts previously published on March 26th

• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 329 My last day of work before heading off for Norwescon! ➡
  • 📚 Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson Easily as good as the first book, and I’m looking forward to when I get to the next and final book in the trilogy. ➡
• 2023
  • 📚 Allegiance in Exile by David R. George III A pretty standard Trek adventure as a framing story, but really more focused on Sulu having to deal with a tragic event. ➡
• 2020
  • WA Virus Update None of this means we're out of the woods yet. But they're all good signs that we're doing the right things, however frustrating they may be. ➡
  • Got out of the habit of my weekly Star Trek: Picard mini-reviews, thanks to the coronavirus stress, but just watched the final episode of the season, and I’m satisfied. Quibbles here and there, sure, but overall, a very good first season, and I’m looking forward to more. 🖖 ➡
  • On This Day: Mar 26 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 26 ➡
• 2017
  • Book twenty-two of 2017: Evolution’s Shore, by Ian McDonald. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
• 2016
  • My #nwc39 Saturday morning shirt: Icky Mouse! ➡
• 2014
  • All pensive and moody, apparently. ➡
• 2006
  • Close to Home So...yeah. It appears that the Capitol Hill shooter was a neighbor of mine. The next building over, and I don't recognize him from the picture in the Times article, but still one of my neighbors. ➡
  • Capitol Hill Tragedy So sad and terrifying. ➡
• 2004
  • I Love Cats I love cats. I love to pet their fur. I love to scratch their neck and chins and listen to them purr. ➡
  • New I, Robot trailer out There's a new trailer for the movie I, Robot, based on Isaac Asimov's writing. I've been looking forward to this for a while, but, as with all movie properties based on works that I'm a fan of, there was some definite trepidation. ➡
• 2003
  • 'an historic' vs. 'a historic' Ever been unsure about the distinction between 'an historic' and 'a historic'? The question came up in a thread here recently and I did some investigating. ➡
  • The truth? We can't handle the truth! On February 14, a Florida Appeals court ruled there is absolutely nothing illegal about lying, concealing or distorting information by a major press organization. The ruling basically declares it is technically not against any law, rule, or regulation to deliberately lie or distort the news on a television broadcast. ➡
  • Because it's IMPORTANT CNN goes to font size 72 ➡
  • Al-Qaeda type? Gary Trudeau has been doing this for years and he can still make me laugh with his take on situations. ➡
• 2002
  • This doesn’t look good Joe Beradino, CEO of Andersen, just resigned. ➡
• 2001
  • Relaxation, upgrades – and furrets! I ended up spending most of the weekend working with my computers. I've been running this webserver off the Public Beta of Mac OS X since the beta was released, and Saturday was (finally) the official release date of the full retail version of OS X. ➡
• 1995
  • [From Usenet: 3.26.95 1508] I'd suggest seeing if you have Eudora running when your computer tries to connect. Eudora can be set to check the mail at intervals, at which time it checks MacTCP to see if a connection is up. ➡

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 18 posts previously published on March 25th

• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 328 Our phones lied. ➡
• 2021
  • 📚 15/2021: Quiet Pine Trees by T.R. Darling ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Over five hundred microfiction sci-fi/fantasy/horror/weird stories. Funny, creepy, thoughtful, occasionally demanding that you put it down and let them sit in your brain for a bit before the next one. Wonderful. ➡
• 2020
  • Masked Memoji Me It's silly but serious, and was a pleasant distraction for ten minutes or so earlier today. ➡
  • On This Day: Mar 25 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 25 ➡
• 2016
  • Friday morning at #nwc39, and I’m starting the day with my gothtrolling shirt. ;) Here we go! (85/366) ➡
• 2015
  • Geekdom ZOMG YOU LOVE WHAT I LOVE COME WITH ME AND LET US LOVE IT TOGETHER. ➡
• 2014
  • I hear boys with large bananas are popular. Does this work? Or did I misunderstand something? ➡
• 2006
  • Kleptones: 24hours For those interested in mashups: The Kleptones have just released their fourth full-length album, the _two-disc_ set 24hours. ➡
  • No Sakuracon for Me I'd mentioned before that I was planning on heading downtown today to wander around Sakuracon and get some shots of the various cosplay kids. As it turns out, I'd actually forgotten to ask for today off from work...so that won't be happening. Oops. ➡
• 2004
  • Time for a little blatant self-promotion A few times in the past, I've come up with ideas that amuse me, and I've put a couple of them onto t-shirts (and other gear) through CafePress. Unfortunately, they only got a few days of exposure after they went up, as their announcement posts scrolled off the main page of my site and into my archives. ➡
  • The Need for Speed As fun as high speed can be, it's often no real contest against someone who knows how to drive and how to handle their car in various road conditions. (This was inspired by The wrath of the Evil Elle~Noir.) ➡
  • Mac OS X turns three Ars Technica has a nice rundown of the first three years of Mac OS X. I've been an OS X user for all three (plus the Public Beta period beforehand) — how time flies when you're having fun! ➡
  • Presidential compassion Y'know, if I were part of one of the hundreds of families who have lost a member to the war in Iraq, I wouldn't be very amused at all about Bush turning it into a joke… ➡
• 2003
  • No substitute Well, here's something that shouldn't be a surprise to anyone with a modicum of intelligence — spell- and grammar-checking software doesn't always help, and can often hinder good writing. ➡
  • A brit's view of Seattle There's a very interesting article in this week's Seattle Weekly from Jonathan Raban, a british author who's been living in Seattle since 1990. In a letter back to Britain that was originally published in The Guardian, he does a really good job of outlining where Seattle sits politically and economically, especially in contrast to how the U.S. in general is presented to the world. Then, towards the end, he mentions a certain up and coming political candidate that is rapidly gaining notice, and suggests that this might be the man to watch in the upcoming months… ➡
  • More rumblings from Korea We really shouldn't forget that in the midst of bombing Iraq back to the stone age, we've also got a fairly dicey situation over in Korea at the moment. A situation that looks to be getting worse, too, since Korea just cut off contact with the U.N. due to U.S. arrogance. ➡
  • Take Back America I found this article today thanks to Dori Smith. I think it's one of those articles that really should be read by anyone concerned about the political state of our nation today, and since the author has been kind enough to grant reproduction rights, I'm reprinting it here. ➡
• 2002
  • I’m all moved in This weekend kicked much butt. Rick came over both Saturday and Sunday to lend a hand, Candice let us use her truck, and between the two of us, we managed to get me completely moved this weekend. ➡

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 31 posts previously published on March 24th

• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 327 Warning taken! These suckers get mean. ➡
• 2021
  • Typetrigger relaunched today! I only used it a few times when it first appeared, but with things like microblogvember and reading T.R. Darling‘s Quiet Pine Trees encouraging a love of microfiction, maybe I’ll participate more now. Find me here! ➡
  • On Talented Hackery '...most of what you’re left with is a sense that you sure looked at something expensive.' ➡
• 2020
  • On This Day: Mar 24 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 24 ➡
• 2019
  • Book twenty-six of 2019: Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚 1954 Retro Hugo Best Novel Wow, does this one ever hold up. Incredibly (and possibly sadly) as relevant now as…wow, 65 years ago. Impressively prescient in many ways, as well. ➡
• 2018
  • At the #marchforourlives ➡
• 2016
  • Got my DJing shirt on, just about to kick off the #nwc39 Thursday night dance! ➡
  • I found the #nwc39 ball pit! ➡
  • Good morning #nwc39! Let’s get this thing started, shall we? (84/366) ➡
• 2014
  • Eye gave up on a clever caption. ➡
• 2009
  • We’ve got bikes! As spring has been getting closer, we've been getting more excited about the plan, and so this morning, as a combination of early birthday present and consolation after getting word that I didn't get a job I'd interviewed for last week, we went up to Target and got ourselves new toys. ➡
• 2006
  • Mac OS X turns Five After spending half my life watching smart, talented people ignore the Mac for reasons of circumstance or prejudice, it's incredibly gratifying to live in a post-Mac OS X world. ➡
  • Weather Tempertantrum In the past five minutes, we just went from sunshine, to rain, to _hard_ rain, to _hail_, and then it all turned off like a faucet and we're back to sunshine. I love spring! ➡
• 2005
  • Photo Flood Finished I've finished uploading older photographs into my Flickr account for now. I've been concentrating on bigger 'event' things to put into sets, rather than everyday stuff. New sets since the previous update: The Jensonia Hotel fire, Kevin and Emily's wedding, Bumbershoot '03, Pride Day '03, Bumbershoot '02, Bumbershoot '01, and Pride Day '01. ➡
• 2004
  • Google AdSense There's a new addition to the site — I've been accepted into the Google AdSense program, so there will now be some small text advertisements on my pages. ➡
  • Always look on the bright side of life… Spurred by the recent success of Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ', the Python boys have decided to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of their films by re-releasing it to the theaters. Which film? 'The Life of Brian', of course! ➡
  • The Untitled Project My goal at that point was to wander through the city, taking random pictures, then come home, take them into Photoshop, and remove every logo, every piece of identifiable advertising, leaving only the 'empty' buildings, automobiles, and walls. It seemed like a really interesting idea. ➡
  • It’s like Karaoke gone all wrong Imagine my surprise tonight when I discovered that the iTunes Music Store now has William Hung's rendition of 'She Bangs'! ➡
  • You! Put your hands up and drop your skirt! Now here's a good way to spend taxpayer's money — the Georgia House just voted 166-0 to ban female genital piercing. ➡
  • Daschle’s kicking butt The purpose of government isn't to make the President look good. It isn't to produce propaganda or misleading information. It is, instead, to do its best for the American people and to be accountable to the American people. ➡
  • Only Just Beginning Come celebrate the release of Jason's 4th album. This will be Jason's first concert of 2004. Perhaps something special will happen. ➡
  • Banned Music A new site today from the people behind Grey Tuesday: BannedMusic.org. ➡
• 2003
  • What is TrackBack? I've tried to explain TrackBack in the past when asked, though I've never been too sure how well I did. Handily enough, I don't have to try anymore, as Ben and Mena Trott — the creators of MovableType — have written A Beginner's Guide to TrackBack. Good stuff! ➡
  • Adam Osborne dead It looks like Adam Osborne, creator of the Osborne 1 portable computer, has died. Probably. ➡
  • What the US media won't report Impressed by the US media's war coverage so far? You probably shouldn't be. The Asia Times has a good look at what kind of news the rest of the world sees. ➡
  • I'm a terrorist! Or rather, if I lived in Oregon and participated in a peace demonstration, I could be branded a terrorist and face life imprisonment if this legislation goes through. ➡
  • A teense faster, I hope In an effort to speed up the response time of my site when posting new articles, or when visitors leave comments, I'm experimenting with simplifying this page a bit. I think it's working — things seem a teense snappier so far — but I'm still banging away at it. ➡
  • Better than CNN The Agonist is an excellent resource for keeping up with what's going on in Iraq before the major news sites — probably far less biased, also. ➡
  • Floppyship Enterprise Brilliant, useless way to kill time: how to make a Starship Enterprise out of a 3.5 inch floppy disk! ➡
  • Contributions I went ahead and made my first-ever political contribution today, after thinking about it through the weekend. Hey mom — is there a line for that in my baby book? ➡
• 2001
  • First night at Studio 99 I was a little nervous going in to this -- while I used to have a pretty decent fan base around town, it's been a while since I've done anything. So, I wasn't entirely sure how the night was going to go. ➡

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 23 posts previously published on March 23rd

• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 326 Just a nice afternoon sitting in the spring sunshine and working on Norwescon bits. ➡
• 2022
  • 📚 Heechee Rendezvous by Frederik Pohl A definite improvement over the second book in the series. ➡
• 2020
  • On This Day: Mar 23 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 23 ➡
• 2017
  • Book twenty-one of 2017: My Monster Boyfriend, edited by C. Spike Trotman. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
• 2016
  • What do you mean, #nwc39 doesn’t start until tomorrow? ;) ➡
  • All packed up and hitting the road. #nwc39 here I come! (83/366) ➡
• 2014
  • Back in the ‘burg after a very pleasant visit with family. ➡
• 2010
  • Law and Order and the Lakewood Shootings I'm finding myself quite intrigued by my reactions as I watched last night's Law and Order, which was based loosely on the Lakewood police shootings of last fall. When I saw last week's promos for this episode, I had wondered about the possibility of it being a fictionalized take on the Lakewood shootings, but it was soon quite obvious that this was the case. ➡
• 2009
  • The Norwescon Outfit I Didn’t Make This is what I wanted to do for this year's Norwescon...and, to be honest, I _still_ think it'd be fun to do it at some point in the future. I don't know if I'll ever get around to it, but it's fun to have it rattling around in my head. ➡
• 2006
  • Monty Python’s Lord of the Rings NOBODY expects the Orcish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise. Surprise and fear, our two main weapons. Our two main weapons, surprise, fear, and an almost fanatical devotion to Saruman. THREE main weapons, surprise, fear, nice black uniforms... I'll come in again. ➡
  • Wimoweh Lawsuit Won Back in July of '03 I pointed to an incredible [in-depth look at the story of 'Wimoweh'. In July of '04 came word that Disney was being sued by the heirs of 'Wimoweh' author Solomon Linda. Finally, the case has been won by Linda's family. ➡
• 2005
  • Punk Love One cute shot from last summer's Folklife festival, slightly Photoshopped -- and one companion shot that amused me. ➡
  • Living Will A political cartoon about living wills. I could use one of these, actually. ➡
  • How to Blog (Annotated) Shamelessly stealing an idea from Tvindy, I'm going to take a look at Tony Pierce's recently posted 'How to Blog' post and contribute my thoughts on his advice. Because I have no original ideas of my own. ➡
  • WordPress, Inc. Congratulations to Matt on turning Wordpress into Wordpress, Inc. -- and to Jonas for being the first hire at the new company! ➡
  • Photo Flood Yesterday I realized that while my Flickr Pro account allows me up to 1Gb of uploads each month, I haven't been using anywhere near that much -- so I decided to fix that. :) Three new sets from 2004 are up: Bumbershoot, the Gay Pride parade, and the Fremont Solstice Festival. ➡
• 2004
  • Adding to the TypeKey fray Okay, so while I wasn't paying much attention, TypeKey became the most recent firestorm to sweep through the weblog world. By now, you probably already know at least the basics of TypeKey — and if not, then you're not likely to be interested in the rest of this rambling. ➡
  • Gay Penguin Love This makes me grin for two reasons: one, because of all the people who claim that homosexuality 'isn't natural', and two, because it's penguins! ;) ➡
  • Forecast: cloudy, 67% chance of God Hey, all you atheists out there — looks like you've only got about a 33% chance of being right. According to Dr. Stephen Unwin, there is a 67% chance that God exists. ➡
  • ‘Under God’ in the Supreme Court Following up on the '…under God…' controversy from 2002 and last year, tomorrow the case will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court — with Dr. Michael A. Newdow representing himself in the case. ➡
• 2003
  • Patriotism My country, right or wrong. If right, to be kept right, if wrong, to be put right. ➡
  • Why we're invading Finally — a simple, concise, clear explanation of why we're invading Iraq, in the form of a dialogue between a 'Warmonger' and a 'Peacenik.' ➡
• 2002
  • Does Richard Gere know about this? The world's finest love hamster! ➡

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 March 22nd

• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 325 Maybe if I play with filters it will be more interesting? ➡
• 2021
  • 📚 14/2021: The Folded World by Jeff Mariotte ⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tos Mostly a trek through a haunted house, with weird vistas and spooky monsters or villains jumping out. Some odd characterizations that seemed a bit off. Not horrible, but not a standout, either. ➡
• 2020
  • On This Day: Mar 22 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 22 ➡
• 2019
  • No More ‘Florida Man’ Jokes From Me While I didn’t know how little support Florida gave its less privileged residents, the common themes in all these stories really are glaringly obvious once pointed out. ➡
• 2018
  • The latest addition to the game library: Unstable Unicorns, with the Kickstarter exclusive cards and Rainbow Sprinkles, NSFW, and Dragons expansion packs (plus the Apocalypse pack eventually once it’s reprinted, due to some shipping and inventory issues). ➡
• 2016
  • Outfit choice for the last day of work before #nwc39: Batman shirt, belt, undies, and socks. I’d make a terrible superhero, totally botching the whole “secret identity” thing…but in the role of “eight year old dressing himself”, I’m good. :D (82/366) ➡
• 2015
  • Finally put together this neat little sheet metal model of the Black Pearl that I got last Christmas. ➡
  • Found a great pair of Chucks while out shopping today. :) ➡
• 2014
  • When your two year old nephew gives you a hat to wear, you don’t say no. :) ➡
  • Hanging out with my niece Finn. ➡
  • At Prairie’s mom’s place in Vancouver for a family visit weekend. ➡
• 2009
  • International Talk Like William Shatner Day In honor of William Shatner's 78th birthday today, 3/22/09, I am declaring March 22nd to be 'International Talk Like William Shatner Day!' Now, since talking like our hero is a bit more challenging than walking around going, 'Arrr', I've included the following video tutorial for your edification. ➡
• 2006
  • Registered (Spring ’06) With the end of winter quarter comes the beginning of spring quarter. As before, Prairie and I figure we can afford to put me through two classes this quarter (I'll be taking summer quarter off, and should have financial aid for next fall). ➡
  • The President Supports Abortions Infuriated by South Dakota's HB 1215, Oglala Sioux Tribe President Fire Thunder has pledged to open a Planned Parenthood clinic on reservation land, where it will be under tribal jurisdiction, rather than that of the Government of South Dakota. ➡
• 2005
  • Which religion? I know I'm not going to have time to really go as much into this as I'd like while I'm on my lunch break, but I found an interesting little online quiz through Subzero Blue: Which religion is the right one for you? Apparently I test as an agnostic. ➡
• 2004
  • It’s alive! Alive! I've been quite amused recently at a couple of older posts that have apparently taken on something of a life of their own over the past few months. ➡
• 2003
  • Chocolate bombs The protesters also threw chocolate eclairs at the consulate, shouting 'Let's bombard the consulate!' In Portuguese, chocolate eclairs are called 'bombas de chocolate,' which translates as 'chocolate bombs.' ➡
• 2002
  • New e-mail addy redux I've updated the original 'New e-mail addy' post to reflect this, but the e-mail addy I thought was going to work...won't. So, my real new public e-mail address is djwudi@myrealbox.com. ➡
  • Nemesis I'll always have a soft spot for the original, but Paramount has just released the first promotional artwork for Star Trek X: Nemesis -- a redesigned Romulan insignia! ➡
  • Drivers IDs are scary I suppose it's inevitable, but it's still kind of scary when you read just how much can be gleaned about you from your drivers license. ➡
  • I hate your politics! Yeah, well I hate your politics, too! Beautifully written, very funny, and very true. ➡
  • Should gay priests adopt? Okay, now this one's interesting. A column by conservative columnist Ann Coulter, 'Should gay priests adopt?' Is there a point in here somewhere, or is she just trolling (being intentionally inflammatory with little purpose other than riling people up)? ➡
  • New York, New York Some fascinating links courtesy of this MeFi thread to sites and books looking at the New York of the past. ➡
  • Copies are evil Aw, crud. Republican Alaskan senator Ted Stevens has joined the (if you'll excuse me) idiots backing a bill that would ban the sale of all electronic devices without embedded copy-protection chips, according to this WIRED story. ➡
  • Thujone Thujone -- the mystery ingredient that gives absinthe its mystique. ➡
  • Go Hoosiers! I'm not much of a sports fan, but after having two parents who went to IU, it does catch my eye when the Hoosiers beat Duke by one point, and move into the final eight. ➡
  • Nixon was no stoner Apparently the biggest reason marijuana is illegal in the US today is because Nixon wanted it to be. ➡
  • Google vs. Scientology 2 Google has replaced the links it removed yesterday after a fight with the Scientology organization. This still shouldn't have happened in the first place. ➡