{"id":1890,"date":"2008-07-03T16:36:49","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T21:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2008-07-03T16:36:49","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T21:36:49","slug":"on-this-day-in-blog-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1890","title":{"rendered":"On This Day In Blog History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A meme, because I can&#8217;t think of anything else to write. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>(Actually, that&#8217;s not true.  I wrote a blog post on the subway this morning.  I just haven&#8217;t typed it up yet.)<\/p>\n<p><b>3 July 2008<\/b> &mdash; That would be this.<\/p>\n<p><b>3 July 2007<\/b> &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1202\">On <i>Doctor Who<\/i> Podcasts<\/a>, wherein I discuss my discovery of <a href=\"http:\/\/freyburg.libsyn.com\/\">Radio Free Skaro<\/a>, a podcast I enjoy listening to.  Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1208\">On <i>Who<\/i>vian Cast Changes<\/a>, wherein I ruminate on Catherine Tate&#8217;s announced casting for the fourth season of <i>Doctor Who<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>3 July 2006<\/b> &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=796\">On an Asteroid Near Miss<\/a>, wherein an asteroid passed by Earth slightly closer than the Moon&#8217;s distance.  Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1395\">On My Bad Day<\/a>, wherein I mention panic attacks due to working at EB Games and my grandmother.<\/p>\n<p><b>3 July 2005<\/b> &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=468\">On a Plot Outline<\/a>, wherein I mention how happy I was with a plot outline I was working on.  For the record, it was for a 23rd-century <i>Starfleet Corps of Engineers<\/i> story I called &#8220;Towing Spacedock,&#8221; but when the outline reached forty-five pages I realized that it just <i>wasn&#8217;t<\/i> going to work.  Especially because it wasn&#8217;t done.  It was my love letter to the Mike W. Barr <i>Star Trek<\/i> comics, basically.  Nancy Bryce, Liz Sherwood, Grand Admiral Steven Turner &mdash; they all played major roles.  I pull it out from time to time, but I haven&#8217;t added any serious word count to it in about two years.<\/p>\n<p><b>3 July 2004<\/b> &mdash; Nothing fell on July 3rd, but if you logged in on July 3rd, you&#8217;d have found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=125\">That Thing You Do!<\/a>, wherein I mention my love for this film.<\/p>\n<p><b>3 July 2003<\/b> &mdash; Nothing fell on July 3rd that year, but if you logged into my website on July 3rd, you&#8217;d have found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=99\">Adventures in Potterdom<\/a>, wherein I mention buying <i>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<\/i> in Raleigh.<\/p>\n<p><b>3 July 2002<\/b> &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=207\">Who Should Be Who?&#8221;<\/a>, wherein I discuss the then-current rumors that Anthony Stewart Head would be cast as the ninth Doctor, and I mention some of my favorite choices for the role &mdash; Stephen Fry, Malcolm McDowell, and Tim Curry.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d think that, after six years, I&#8217;d have gotten a handle on this &#8220;blogging&#8221; thing, but nope.  Still writing the same random stuff.  Stuff that probably has no mainstream appeal.<\/p>\n<p>But wait.  Isn&#8217;t that what <i>everyone<\/i> does when they blog? \ud83d\ude06<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A meme, because I can&#8217;t think of anything else to write. \ud83d\ude09 (Actually, that&#8217;s not true. I wrote a blog post on the subway this morning. 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