{"id":16487,"date":"2020-01-22T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=16487"},"modified":"2020-01-06T08:36:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:36:48","slug":"on-this-day-jan-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/22\/on-this-day-jan-22\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jan 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[]'><\/div>\n<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 22\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>33<\/strong> posts previously published on January 22nd<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/22\/year-50-day-265\/\">Year 50 Day 265<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Watched the first hour of the Antiques Roadshow Alaska episodes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/22\/year-50-day-265\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/22\/agatha-and-the-truth-of-murder\/\">&#x1f3a5; Agatha and the Truth of Murder<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An entertaining 'what if' exploring what might have happened when Agatha Christie disappeared for eleven days. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/22\/agatha-and-the-truth-of-murder\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/22\/defekt-by-nino-cipri\/\">&#x1f4da; Defekt by Nino Cipri<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Darker and weirder than _Finna_, complete with elements of body horror, but just as fun to read, and still with the same optimistic current to it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/22\/defekt-by-nino-cipri\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/22\/original-audio-commentary-why-not-both\/\">Original Audio? Commentary? Why Not Both?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh my god, you\u2019re _such_ a nerd. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/22\/original-audio-commentary-why-not-both\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/22\/finna-by-nino-cipri\/\">&#x1f4da; Finna by Nino Cipri<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Navigating working with someone after breaking up with them while also navigating a multidimensional IKEA isn\u2019t easy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/22\/finna-by-nino-cipri\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/22\/25166\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Complete List of Trump\u2019s Twitter Insults (2015-2021): &#8220;This list documents the verbal attacks Mr. Trump posted on Twitter, from when he declared his candidacy in June 2015 to Jan. 8, when Twitter permanently barred him.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/22\/25166\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/22\/23442\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; six of 2020: Rosewater, by Tade Thompson &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; Really neat blend of alien invasion, psychic abilities, and the Nigerian setting. As with 2017 #PKDickAward nominee After the Flare by Deji Bryce Olukotun, I really enjoy the non-Western setting and influences. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/22\/23442\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/22\/23437\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It\u2019s this year\u2019s Philip K. Dick Award nominees (plus two, as one nominee was the third book in a trilogy)! &#x1f4da; Ada Hoffman, The Outside Megan E. O\u2019Keefe, Velocity Weapon Susan Palwick, All Worlds Are Real Sarah Pinsker, Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea Tade Thompson, The Rosewater Redemption Sarah Tolmie, The Little ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/22\/23437\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/22\/23437\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/22\/on-this-day-jan-22\/\">On This Day: Jan 22<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from January 22 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/22\/on-this-day-jan-22\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/22\/edgar\/\">Edgar<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lots of people on Twitter and Facebook getting all excited about Edgar, and every time, the first picture I have in my head is from Men in Black. (I think they&#8217;re actually talking about sports. Glad they&#8217;re excited, it&#8217;s just not a fandom I&#8217;m a part of, and it&#8217;s been making me laugh this afternoon.) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/22\/edgar\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/22\/13090\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book six of 2019: A Man of Shadows, by Jeff Noon. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f4da; An odd book, with elements that reminded me of other media I\u2019ve enjoyed (the film Dark City, Michael Ende\u2019s Momo), but which ultimately didn\u2019t satisfy me. Hoping I\u2019ll like the #PKDickAward nominated sequel more. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/22\/13090\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/22\/19181\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is how this newspaper proof of life thing works, right? Right? #doingitwrong #neverescaping (22\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/22\/19181\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/22\/17286\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ack! Getting sucked in to the computer! Ooh, maybe I&#8217;ll get to meet Tron. See you on the Grid! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/22\/17286\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/22\/why-1984-wont-be-like-1984\/\">Why 1984 Won&#8217;t Be Like &#8216;1984&#8217;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Twenty-five years ago today, Apple's '1984' commercial broadcast. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/22\/why-1984-wont-be-like-1984\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/22\/the-new-me-2\/\">The New Me<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Last week sometime, I was brainstorming with ways to personalize the design of my site a bit while still working within my limited artistic and design sensibilities. On a whim, I emailed Shari to see if she might be willing to sketch a version of me that I'd be able to work into the design somehow. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/22\/the-new-me-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/22\/obama-and-open-government\/\">Obama and Open Government<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's reports like this one from the EFF that go a long way towards boosting my confidence in the next four (eight!) years. I think I'm going to like this guy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/22\/obama-and-open-government\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/22\/seahawks-34-panthers-14\/\">Seahawks 34, Panthers 14<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Y'know, I don't care about football. Never have. But even I can't be a complete curmudgeon about the Seahawks' win today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/22\/seahawks-34-panthers-14\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/22\/japanese-manhole-covers\/\">Japanese Manhole Covers<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Something of particular interest to Josh, I'd think, with his Drainspotting project: a gallery of beautiful Japanese manhole covers. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/22\/japanese-manhole-covers\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/22\/aint-it-the-truth\/\">Ain&#8217;t it the truth&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Non Sequitur on weblogs. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/22\/aint-it-the-truth\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/22\/requested-favorite-pike-place-market-store\/\">Requested: Favorite Pike Place Market Store<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Requested by Robert: Okay, you've lived in Seattle for a few years yet, so why not tell us what your favorite store at The Pike is and giving us a description of it? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/22\/requested-favorite-pike-place-market-store\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/22\/requested-the-meaning-of-life\/\">Requested: The Meaning of Life<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Requested by Tim Who?: What is the meaning of life? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/22\/requested-the-meaning-of-life\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/22\/requested-turn-your-back-on-bush\/\">Requested: Turn Your Back On Bush<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Requested by AxsDeny: I'd like to hear your take on the turnyourbackonbush.com people. Specifically the incidents at OSU that led to the removal of a few of the students from the graduation ceremony. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/22\/requested-turn-your-back-on-bush\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/22\/requested-women-and-science\/\">Requested: Women and Science<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Requested by Royce: I'm interested in hearing what you think about the Harvard 'women may be congenitally less apt for the sciences' comment. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/22\/requested-women-and-science\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/22\/requested-penguins-and-monkeys\/\">Requested: Penguins and Monkeys<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Requested by Candice: Penguins.....definately penguins....Oh! And monkeys too! :P <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/22\/requested-penguins-and-monkeys\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/22\/secret-apple-computer-revealed\/\">Secret Apple computer revealed!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well&hellip;in 1984, that is. The Mercury News has re-printed an article from 1984 heralding the release of Apple's then-unknown new Macintosh computer. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/22\/secret-apple-computer-revealed\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/22\/news-stories-we-didnt-need\/\">News stories we didn&#8217;t need<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Jordan's boobs 'may explode' in jungle <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/22\/news-stories-we-didnt-need\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/22\/jobs-for-everyone\/\">Jobs for everyone<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I doubt this is very serious (or likely), but apparently someone has set up a grassroots movement to elect Apple CEO Steve Jobs president! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/22\/jobs-for-everyone\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/22\/state-of-the-union\/\">State of the Union<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Some people think it's more important to give a big campaign contribution than to vote&hellip;that it's \"the American way\" to buy access and influence with big money&hellip;that it's OK if public policy is sold to the highest bidder. Some even think that the only real democracy is in the marketplace, where we all supposedly vote with our dollars. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/22\/state-of-the-union\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/22\/small-world\/\">Small World<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Back when I worked at TimeFrame, I worked with a 'gentleman' by the name of J.C. Truly a piece of work, this guy was &mdash; I mean, I hate to call the guy a prick, but the only reason he'd ever wear a tie would be to keep the foreskin from snapping up over his face. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/22\/small-world\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/22\/singing-my-own-song\/\">Singing my own song<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've always tried to do my best to sing my own song. Some days I do better than others, of course, and it's easy to get lost in the chorus, but at least I can always keep trying. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/22\/singing-my-own-song\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/22\/thats-a-big-cockroach\/\">That&#8217;s a big cockroach!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I swear, that cockroach is going to pick up my stereo, put it on his shoulders and just crawl right out of there one of these days... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/22\/thats-a-big-cockroach\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/01\/22\/why-i-collect-movies\/\">Why I collect movies<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Every so often I get people expressing amazement, wonder, or just shaking their heads in confusion when they see my DVD collection, either by checking the listing here on my site, or coming by my house and seeing the bookcase full of discs. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/01\/22\/why-i-collect-movies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/01\/22\/apt-ringers-dead-pupil\/\">Apt Ringers? Dead Pupil?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Two new ones today -- one of which I've never seen, and the other I've only seen part of. Yes, I do this on occasion...luckily, very rarely come up with a real dud. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/01\/22\/apt-ringers-dead-pupil\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from January 22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}