Year 50

Year 50 Day 25

May 27, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me wearing a black t-shirt from local Seattle area goth club The Mercury. The design looks like a magic protective sigil.

Day 25: Happy 24th birthday to The Mercury! Though I won’t be out to celebrate with all of you, have a good birthday party!

Year 50 Day 24

May 26, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me wearing a black short-sleeve button-up shirt with a Hawaiian shirt style print of tropical leaves and various Star Trek ships.

Day 24: I keep explaining to people that I’m very understated and subtle about my interests. For some odd reason, they don’t seem to believe me.

Me, wearing a black short-sleeve button-up shirt with flamingos and tropical plants, standing in front of a green lawn with varied decorative rocks, with trees, blue sky, and a campus building in the background.

Day 23: Meetings running long generally isn’t something I’m fond of. But I don’t so much mind meetings running a half hour over when it’s because we collectively decided to sit outside so we could enjoy the weather.

Year 50 Day 22

May 24, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me standing on a back deck, with several windchimes hanging from the deck roof, and lots of green trees in the background.

Day 22: The trees were one of the reasons we bought this place. We’re in the city and close to the things we want to do, but can also enjoy sitting on our back deck and watching squirrels, crows, hummingbirds, and the sun through the leaves.

Year 50 Day 21

May 23, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me, with an amused, raised-eyebrows look on my face.

Day 21: Watching an old episode of Chicago Med (S02E04), and just disturbed and amused my wife by diagnosing heroin withdrawal before the doctors on the show did. “I’ve read enough William S. Burroughs to recognize those symptoms!”

Year 50 Day 20

May 22, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me kicked back on a dark grey couch with light grey and orange pillows behind me. On my lap is an Apple Macbook Air with a number of stickers on the lid.

Day 20: How you’d usually find me on weeknight evenings (if you broke into my house, which would be creepy and unappreciated): kicked back on the couch as we watch TV after dinner, sometimes paying attention to what we’re watching, sometimes puttering with one project or another on my computer.

Year 50 Day 19

May 21, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me standing in front of a wooden fence, next to a metal birdbath and several freshly updated planters and flowerpots.

Day 19: A nice morning working in the backyard (which for me, primarily consists of following my wife’s instructions), refreshing the planters and flowerpots, cleaning off the outdoor furniture, and generally getting it prepped for summer.

Year 50 Day 18

May 20, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me standing in a grocery store, wearing a grey cap, black t-shirt, black KN95 mask, and dark sunglasses.

Day 18: Forgot to swap sunglasses for normal glasses before heading into the store, and thus inadvertently fulfilled my personal “creepy old white guy in the grocery store” quota for the indefinite future.

Year 50 Day 17

May 19, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me in my office at work, standing next to a reproduction of Mulder’s ‘I want to believe’ poster from The X-Files, wearing a black short-sleeve button-up with a print of unicorn, pineapple, popsicle, and hot dog inflatable pool floaties.

Day 17: Getting older? Inevitable. Wiser? I hope so. More mature? Not if I can help it. I am a very serious employee.

Year 50 Day 16

May 18, 2023 by Michael Hanscom

Me standing outside wearing a grey cap and black short-sleeve button-up shirt with a floral pattern on the right half. Behind me is the college campus.

Day 16: Gave two presentations today for Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The first was on basic document accessibility concepts and techniques; the second was on how to caption videos using the college’s tools. Both went well, and I have some good ideas and tips on how to improve them for future presentations.