{"id":16511,"date":"2020-01-14T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=16511"},"modified":"2020-01-06T08:35:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:35:23","slug":"on-this-day-jan-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/14\/on-this-day-jan-14\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jan 14"},"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 14\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>33<\/strong> posts previously published on January 14th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/01\/14\/your-utopia-by-bora-chung\/\">Your Utopia by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: First Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/01\/14\/your-utopia-by-bora-chung\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/14\/year-50-day-257\/\">Year 50 Day 257<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">High on my list of reasons I don't like winter is how badly the cold and dry air wreaks havoc on my skin. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/14\/year-50-day-257\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/14\/%f0%9f%93%9a-where-rivers-go-to-die-by-dilman-dila\/\">&#x1f4da; Where Rivers Go to Die by Dilman Dila<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The second of this year\u2019s Philip K. Dick Award nominees. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/14\/%f0%9f%93%9a-where-rivers-go-to-die-by-dilman-dila\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/14\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-children-of-kings-by-david-stern\/\">&#x1f4da; The Children of Kings by David Stern<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A somewhat out-of-left-field twist at the end that seemed a little too convenient for my tastes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/14\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-children-of-kings-by-david-stern\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/14\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-mrs-harris-goes-to-paris\/\">&#x1f3a5; Mrs Harris Goes to Paris<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Delightful, funny, and sweet. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/14\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-mrs-harris-goes-to-paris\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/14\/25136\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 2\/2021: The Dark Veil by James Swallow &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #startrek A year after the attack on Mars and Picard\u2019s retirement, Riker and the Titan (including Troi and Thad, their first child) face off with Romulans while assisting a mysterious alien ship. More good backstory building. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/14\/25136\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/14\/on-this-day-jan-14\/\">On This Day: Jan 14<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from January 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/14\/on-this-day-jan-14\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/14\/12893\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The 2019 P. K. Dick Award Nominees have been announced! I&#8217;ll be reading all six books before the awards ceremony at Norwescon 42 \u2014\u00a0can you do the same? Join the Reading Challenge in the Norwescon Goodreads Group and read along with the rest of us! &#x1f4da; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/14\/12893\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/14\/20859\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Third straight day of below zero temps in the morning. At least today we have things arranged such that we don&#8217;t have to leave the house! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/14\/20859\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/14\/19151\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Heading out on today&#8217;s #mlk #peacemarch. @cwupride <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/14\/19151\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/14\/19154\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Students and faculty gathering for a #mlk #peacemarch this afternoon. #CWUpride <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/14\/19154\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/14\/19157\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It&#8217;s this year&#8217;s #PKDickAward nominees! I have until March 25th (Friday at #nwc39) to get these read\u2026and the first trend I&#8217;m noticing is that there are no small books this year! (Okay, Nexus and Crux aren&#8217;t nominees, but Apex is, and it&#8217;s the third book in that trilogy, so need to read the other two ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/14\/19157\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/14\/19157\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/01\/14\/anonymous-astronauts\/\">Anonymous Astronauts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It\u2019s a stunning achievement, and it\u2019s completely ignored. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/01\/14\/anonymous-astronauts\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/14\/17259\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mid-January, and it&#8217;s sunny and 51 degrees outside. Not complaining (and not as grumpy as I look in this shot), but it is odd. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/14\/17259\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/14\/17232\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">All but one of my P. K. Dick novels arrived today (one&#8217;s on back order). Yay MOAR BOOKS! Now, which to read first&#8230;? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/14\/17232\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/01\/14\/im-a-winner-2\/\">I&#8217;m a Winner!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A few weeks ago, I stumbled across the Forgotten Bookmarks weblog, and started following his (?) Twitter account as well. Every so often he runs a simple giveaway contest, and it seems that today, my number came out of the magic hat! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/01\/14\/im-a-winner-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/14\/clumsy-headlines\/\">Clumsy Headlines<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Seattle Police Reportedly Kill Man With Knife -- as written, grammatically, that tells me that the police stabbed a man to death. But that can't be right, can it? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/14\/clumsy-headlines\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/14\/delicious-january-12th-2\/\">Links for January 12th through January 14th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between January 12th and January 14th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Report Finds Online Threats to Children Overblown \u2022 Found Footage: Good grief, NCIS, do you take us for fools? \u2022 Runnin' With The Songsmith \u2022\u00a0&ldquo;The Recently Deflowered Girl&rdquo; (1965) &ndash; Illustrated by Edward Gorey \u2022\u00a0Hardware that supports iPhoto '09's geotagging - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) \u2022\u00a0Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/14\/delicious-january-12th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/14\/a-touch-of-personality\/\">A Touch of Personality<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A little silly customization of my camera. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/14\/a-touch-of-personality\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/14\/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one\/\">Stop me if you&#8217;ve heard this one&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...here it is: The Best. Blonde Joke. Ever. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/14\/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/14\/drip-drip-drip-goes-the-water\/\">Drip Drip Drip Goes the Water<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">26 days of rain, and a state of emergency has been declared. Can't say I'm surprised, really. I think it was my next-door neighbor starting to build an ark that tipped me off. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/14\/drip-drip-drip-goes-the-water\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/14\/gallimaufry-4\/\">Gallimaufry 4<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Same deal: ten songs at random&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/14\/gallimaufry-4\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/14\/homeless-vet\/\">Homeless Vet<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My mind misinterpreted a sign I saw while walking back to work from lunch, and I ended up spending the next few moments contemplating a world with destitute veterinatarians on the street corners, holding up their handmade cardboard signs as people walked by, begging for 'Spare Change or Sick Puppies?' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/14\/homeless-vet\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/14\/green-oblivion-awaits\/\">Green oblivion awaits<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Woke up this morning with a head cold, and it's just gotten worse as the day's gone by. I've been drinking OJ like it was water all day, and just popped two NyQuil tablets, so hopefully I'll be feeling a little more human by tomorrow. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/14\/green-oblivion-awaits\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/14\/wall-st-journal-mocks-rachel-corries-death\/\">Wall St. Journal mocks Rachel Corrie&#8217;s death<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Right-wing weblog Little Green Footballs has awarded Rachel Corrie their 'idiotarian of the year' award, and the Wall Street Journal has seen fit to include this in a 'Best of the Web' roundup. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/14\/wall-st-journal-mocks-rachel-corries-death\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/14\/uhrgh\/\">uhrgh<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My node id stubbed up, my head hurds, my throad id raw&hellip;today's gonna suck. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/14\/uhrgh\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/14\/yahoos-getting-pushy-again\/\">Yahoo&#039;s getting pushy again<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Yahoo is now using something called 'Web Beacons' to track Yahoo Group users around the net and see what you're doing &mdash; similar to cookies. Take a look at their updated privacy statement. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/14\/yahoos-getting-pushy-again\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/14\/switch-to-mysql\/\">Switch to MySQL<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">After struggling with things for a few hours tonight, I've managed to succesfully convert the database backend for MovableType to MySQL. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/14\/switch-to-mysql\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/14\/ruminations-on-star-wars\/\">Ruminations on Star Wars<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's funny, I just watched the whole trilogy last night for the first time in ages. People complained about EP1 being too cartoony and kid friendly. Have you ever watched these movies? Except for Empire, they're as kid-friendly as anything Nickelodeon puts out. Jar-Jar would have fit right in. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/14\/ruminations-on-star-wars\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/14\/quotebook-updates\/\">Quotebook updates<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I believe Royce may end up with more links to his site from mine alone than from the rest of the 'net in totality. Never let it be said I never do a friend a favor -- no matter how completely goofball it may be. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/14\/quotebook-updates\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/14\/kate-and-leopold\/\">Kate and Leopold<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">End result from both of us -- cute flick. Probably a matinee or renter rather than an evening show, but definitely fun to watch. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/14\/kate-and-leopold\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/01\/14\/wanna-download-a-70-mb-mp3-file\/\">Wanna download a 70 MB .mp3 file?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, I'd tried posting my .mp3 files to Napster, but was getting reports from a couple people that they couldn't find me online. So, I just added download links for each of my mixsessions to my dj'ing propaganda page -- feel free to check them out! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/01\/14\/wanna-download-a-70-mb-mp3-file\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1994<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1994\/01\/14\/from-usenet-11494-0535\/\">[From Usenet: 1.14.94 0535]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Is the 'Burn Like Brilliant Trash' single easy to come by? Doubtful...since it's now out of print. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1994\/01\/14\/from-usenet-11494-0535\/\">&#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 14<\/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-16511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16511","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=16511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}