{"id":16483,"date":"2020-01-20T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=16483"},"modified":"2020-01-06T08:35:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:35:47","slug":"on-this-day-jan-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/on-this-day-jan-20\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jan 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I&#8217;ll hit 20 years of blogging this November, this year I&#8217;m posting a daily list of anything I published on this day in the past. Here are my past posts for January 20\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>40<\/strong> posts previously published on January 20th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/20\/year-50-day-263\/\">Year 50 Day 263<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Some days are cake days. Just because. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/20\/year-50-day-263\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/20\/why-no-pkd-nominee-book-reviews\/\">Why No PKD Nominee Book Reviews<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just a little clarification as to why I'm no longer posting my usual star ratings or mini-reviews for the Philip K. Dick Award nominated books I read. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/20\/why-no-pkd-nominee-book-reviews\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/20\/pkd-award-nominees\/\">PKD Award &#x1f4da; Nominees<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This year\u2019s stack of Philip K. Dick Award nominees have arrived! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/20\/pkd-award-nominees\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/20\/25164\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A &#x1f4da; post for micro.blog SF\/F fans: The nominees for this year\u2019s Philip K. Dick Award have been announced! Always an interesting slate of books, the award winner will be announced on April 2nd at Norwescon (which is virtual this year, so you can attend wherever you live!). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/20\/25164\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/20\/25162\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Photos: The Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.: &#8220;Gathered below are scenes from a unique moment in American history.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/20\/25162\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/20\/inaugurated\/\">Inaugurated<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">President Biden and Vice-President Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/20\/inaugurated\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/23427\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Can \u2018Star Trek\u2019 Chart a Way Forward?: &#8220;With &#8216;Picard,&#8217; a spinoff following Patrick Stewart\u2019s Starfleet officer, the franchise is trying to rediscover its place in a universe it effectively invented.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/23427\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/23425\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Rosa Parks Was My Aunt. It&#8217;s Time to Set the Record Straight: I believe her story is more relevant than ever because she and people like her laid a foundation so that women today can be more vocal, can run for office, can demand equal rights and equal pay, and say we don&#8217;t have to ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/23425\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/23425\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/beyond-martin-luther-king-jr-s-dream\/\">Beyond Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s Dream<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">'It is an aspect of their sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/beyond-martin-luther-king-jr-s-dream\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/martin-luther-king-day-2\/\">Martin Luther King Day<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro\u2019s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen\u2019s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/martin-luther-king-day-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/on-this-day-jan-20\/\">On This Day: Jan 20<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from January 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/20\/on-this-day-jan-20\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/01\/20\/21525\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On our way downtown! #womensmarch <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/01\/20\/21525\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/20\/2017-pk-dick-nominees\/\">2017 PK Dick Nominees<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Looks like a very interesting lineup of nominees for this year\u2019s P.K. Dick awards! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/20\/2017-pk-dick-nominees\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/20\/day-one\/\">Day One<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Two brief thoughts on today\u2019s inauguration. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/20\/day-one\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/20\/19187\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The sign says don&#8217;t tease the snake, but it didn&#8217;t seem to care when I told it it looked like an overstuffed muddy shoelace. (20\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/20\/19187\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/20\/17262\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lunch and a book in the library. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/20\/17262\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2013<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/01\/20\/difficult-listening-hour-05\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 05 (100BPM)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Finally! The first (and hopefully _not_ the last) of a new series of long-form mixes! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/01\/20\/difficult-listening-hour-05\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2011<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/01\/20\/happy-penguin-awareness-day\/\">Happy Penguin Awareness Day!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It seems that Jan. 20th is Penguin Awareness Day. Though I was not aware of this, I _am_ aware of penguins. You should be too. Just in case you're not...here are some penguins. Be aware. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/01\/20\/happy-penguin-awareness-day\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/20\/obamas-inauguration-speech\/\">Obama&#8217;s Inauguration Speech<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/20\/obamas-inauguration-speech\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/20\/delicious-january-19th\/\">Links for January 19th through January 20th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between January 19th and January 20th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0'Battlestar Galactica's' Ron Moore addresses the shocking developments of 'Sometimes a Great Notion' \u2022 The country's new robots.txt file \u2022\u00a0Gothic Charm School \u2022 One man's take on the new whitehouse.gov on TwitPic \u2022\u00a0The top 25 Bushisms of all time. \u2022 Worst Commercial Placement Ever <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/20\/delicious-january-19th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/20\/congratulations-president-obama\/\">Congratulations President Obama!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">President Barack Obama, right, is congratulated by daughter Sasha, lower left, as first lady Michelle Obama looks on after taking the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/20\/congratulations-president-obama\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/20\/postalicious-excerpts\/\">Postalicious Excerpts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A couple days ago I dropped a line to Postalicious' creator, asking it might be possible to add excerpt templates in a future revision. He wrote back to say that he'd work on that when he got a chance...and just one day later, version 2.6 of Postalicous was posted with support for excerpt templates! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/20\/postalicious-excerpts\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/20\/give-him-a-fling\/\">Give him a fling&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Remember the kinda-cool, kinda-creepy flash thing with the girl falling through and bouncing off of a bunch of bubbles? This is that again...but better. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/20\/give-him-a-fling\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/20\/seattle-nightlife\/\">Seattle Nightlife<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...as summarized by Cor Tenebrarum on the SeaGoth message board. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/20\/seattle-nightlife\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/20\/another-itunes-meme\/\">(Another) iTunes Meme<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lots of silly statistics on my music collection. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/20\/another-itunes-meme\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/20\/first-and-last-and-always\/\">First and Last and Always<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh, very, _very_ nice. This March, The Sisters of Mercy will be in Seattle. On a Saturday night, even. I'm _so_ there. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/20\/first-and-last-and-always\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/20\/death-of-a-spammer-in-a-place-called-hope\/\">Death of a Spammer, in a Place Called Hope<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The crime was murder. It was during the autopsy that the medical examiner noticed an obstruction lodged deep in the victim's throat. He reached in and pulled out the object &mdash; a can of Spam. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/20\/death-of-a-spammer-in-a-place-called-hope\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/20\/judy-bachrach-on-fox-news\/\">Judy Bachrach on FOX News<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Judy Bachrach was on FOX News and completely ambushed FOX anchor Brigitte Quinn. Rather than a cute fluff piece on the inauguration, Bachrach launched into an indictment of the forty million dollars being spent on Bush's parties. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/20\/judy-bachrach-on-fox-news\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/20\/engine-ice\/\">Engine Ice<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This picture wasn't taken by me, I just thought it was incredibly cool! A friend forwarded it to me along with the accompanying text explanation. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/20\/engine-ice\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/march-of-the-sinister-ducks\/\">March of the Sinister Ducks<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Neil Gaiman had a song bouncing through his head the other day, and mentioned it on his weblog. Several people then wrote in to let him know of the existence of an .mp3 of the song. After getting permission from the author, Mr. Alan Moore, Neil has quite kindly made the .mp3 officially available. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/march-of-the-sinister-ducks\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/jason-gets-his-heart-back\/\">Jason gets his heart back<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I was just going through the guestbook on Jason Webley's site, and it turns out that on Dec. 30th, Chris received an unusual package in the mail&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/jason-gets-his-heart-back\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/search-inside\/\">Search inside!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Wow &mdash; I entirely missed Zeldman's original post about this, but Kirsten just pointed out a hilarious little side effect of Amazon's addition of 'Search Inside!' or 'Look Inside!' text to book cover images featuring their full text search feature. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/search-inside\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/chimp-gone-wild\/\">Chimp Gone Wild!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A screencap from CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/chimp-gone-wild\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/if-not-dean-then-who\/\">If not Dean, then who?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There's a lot of good food for thought in the comment thread for this Daily Kos post-Iowa look at the Dem contenders. Some good discussion on whether Dean has suffered as bad of a blow as it may seem, and if so, than who might be the best person to pick up the nomination. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/if-not-dean-then-who\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/unplanned-applause\/\">Unplanned Applause<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm used to the apparently mandatory applause after every sentence. I was quite pleasantly surprised tonight when after mentioning that the Patriot Act expires in the near future, the Democratic portion of Congress interrupted Bush's speech at that point to start applauding. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/unplanned-applause\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/enterprise-in-trouble\/\">Enterprise in trouble?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Now, I've not seen Enterprise since I moved into my current apartment, and at the time, I wasn't sorry to stop watching it. It's still a little sad to see that one of the staples of my life may be coming to such an ignominious end. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/enterprise-in-trouble\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/the-one-party-america\/\">The one-party America<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">America has had periods of single-party dominance before. It happened under FDR's New Deal, in the Republican 1920s and in the early 19th-century 'Era of Good Feeling.' But if President Bush is re-elected, we will be close to a tipping point of fundamental change in the political system itself. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/the-one-party-america\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/read-fast\/\">Read fast!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">If people are tired enough of Bush's leadership to show up in surprisingly large numbers to be a part of the process of finding the best candidate to oust Bush from office nearly a year before the general elections, it makes me even more optimistic that come November, we'll be putting a Democrat back in office again. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/20\/read-fast\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/20\/mustve-been-a-fluke\/\">Must&#039;ve been a fluke<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I stopped by the Wander-Lust homepage a bit ago, skimmed over the 'Popular Destinations' sidebar, and realized that I was number 16! I have no idea how I managed to pull that off, but it must have been a fluke &mdash; as I write this now, I'm number 47. Heck, I'm rather surprised to be on their top-50 list as it is, 47's impressive enough. But 16? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/20\/mustve-been-a-fluke\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/20\/mt-easy-comment-and-entry-editing\/\">MT: Easy comment and entry editing<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I use a 'edit this entry' here, only one that allows me to not have to worry about the blog ID number, and I have 'edit' links both for each individual entry, and for any comments that are left on my site. 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