{"id":3908,"date":"2006-11-06T15:23:31","date_gmt":"2006-11-06T23:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/11\/06\/bowed-but-not-broken\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T11:22:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T19:22:31","slug":"bowed-but-not-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/11\/06\/bowed-but-not-broken\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowed but not Broken"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6222,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flushedaway.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20120701060115\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.flushedaway.com:80\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 22:36:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 23:19:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 23:19:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6223,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/gp\\\/redirect.html%3FASIN=B000IFRT2Y%26tag=djwudicom-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\\\/o\\\/ASIN\\\/B000IFRT2Y%253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/gp\\\/redirect.html?ASIN=B000IFRT2Y&amp;tag=djwudicom-20&amp;lcode=xm2&amp;cID=2025&amp;ccmID=165953&amp;location=\\\/o\\\/ASIN\\\/B000IFRT2Y%3FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6224,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/archives\\\/date-taken\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/03&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/archives\\\/date-taken\\\/2006\\\/11\\\/03&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6225,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/nyquil.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260121183351\\\/https:\\\/\\\/nyquil.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-08 22:37:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 01:55:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 11:22:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 11:22:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:4191,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.dreamhost.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260304045550\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.dreamhost.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 02:17:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 23:19:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 07:41:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 07:41:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2527,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.djwudi.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250925222118\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.djwudi.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-04 15:45:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 23:19:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-18 19:59:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 15:35:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 11:11:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 18:27:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05 18:27:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6221,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Things have been a bit quiet around here lately. Sorry &#8217;bout that (since I know you&#8217;re all heartbroken over this turn of events). While I&#8217;m not at liberty to divulge details (or even broad hints, for that matter), suffice it to say that the past few weeks have been&#8230;stressful. However, it looks like the universe has decided to take a break from throwing curveballs, and I, for one, <del>welcome our new stress free overlords<\/del> look forward to returning to the usual day-to-day concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Prairie&#8217;s birthday was this past Friday, and we had a very pleasant day of relaxing at home, with one short jaunt out to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flushedaway.com\/\" title=\"Flushed Away\">Flushed Away<\/a>, which was hilarious and well worth seeing. Here at home, we watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%3FASIN=B000IFRT2Y%26tag=djwudicom-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\/o\/ASIN\/B000IFRT2Y%253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"'Monster House (Widescreen Edition)' (Gil Kenan)\">Monster House<\/a>, which was also extremely good (and wonderfully, surprisingly creepy at times), opened presents, and had a <em>very<\/em> good strawberry cream birthday cake (with chocolate covered strawberries on top, even). A few pictures <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/archives\/date-taken\/2006\/11\/03\/\" title=\"Flickr: Photos taken on Nov. 3rd\">have been uploaded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the answers to one of my last posts, and with <em>many<\/em> thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/nyquil.org\/\" title=\"Nyquil.org\">Jer<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/10\/time_to_move.html#comment-118727\" title=\"Jer: If you (or anyone) enters the coupon code...\">discount code<\/a>, I&#8217;ve created an account with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/\" title=\"Dreamhost\">Dreamhost<\/a> and will be moving my sites over that way&#8230;hrm. As soon as I can, actually, given that I&#8217;ve got this next month to do it. Oh, for the days of copious free time (whenever those days were, I think it&#8217;s been a few years since I had more than one or two such days in a row). <ins>Update:<\/ins> After having lain fallow for the past year or so, serving only to redirect to this address, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.djwudi.com\/\" title=\"Photography by Michael Hanscom\">djwudi.com<\/a> is now up and running as a photography gallery. One domain down, two to go&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And I think that about brings us up to date. School continues, as does work, without much of any great note on either of those fronts. Prairie and I are continuing to work on nailing down the details for a trip to Alaska right around (technically just after) Christmas, and we&#8217;re also doing what we can to assist a friend in planning their move to the fair town of Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>So, there we are. Some small amount of actual content. It had to happen at <em>some<\/em> point, right? ;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" title=\"Get iTunes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iTunes\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" src=\"http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;bids=78941.10000170&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" alt=\"\" \/> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms %253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DChemical Brothers, The%2526songTerm=Alive Alone%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Alive Alone' on the iTMS\">Alive Alone<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DChemical Brothers, The%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Chemical Brothers, The' on the iTMS\">Chemical Brothers, The<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click. linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DChemical Brothers, The%2526albumTerm=Exit Planet Dust%26partnerId%3D30\" title=\"Search for 'Exit Planet Dust' on the iTMS\">Exit Planet Dust<\/a> <\/em> (1995, 5:16).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, there we are. Some small amount of actual content. 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