{"id":23465,"date":"2020-02-01T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23465"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:53:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:53:13","slug":"on-this-day-feb-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/01\/on-this-day-feb-1\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Feb 1"},"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.<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>16<\/strong> posts previously published on February 1st<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/01\/year-50-day-275\/\">Year 50 Day 275<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">New glasses! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/01\/year-50-day-275\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/02\/01\/plague-birds-by-jason-sanford\/\">&#x1f4da; Plague Birds by Jason Sanford<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Entertaining far-future adventure with genetic engineering, AIs, and schemes spanning tens of thousands of years. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/02\/01\/plague-birds-by-jason-sanford\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/01\/dlh-2020-01-30\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2020.01.30<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Week two of my unplanned, unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants goofing around. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/01\/dlh-2020-01-30\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/01\/on-this-day-feb-1\/\">On This Day: Feb 1<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/01\/on-this-day-feb-1\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/01\/13125\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book eleven of 2019: Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories, by Vandana Singh. #PKDickAward nominee. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f4da; One of the best collections I\u2019ve read in a long time. Fascinating, sometimes haunting stories, not a dud in the bunch, and a definite pleasure throughout. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/01\/13125\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/01\/19235\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I know exercise has benefits. It&#8217;s just hard to remember that some evenings. (32\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/01\/19235\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/02\/01\/18643\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Always a little amused at how much difference a few minutes trimming and shaving can make. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/02\/01\/18643\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/02\/01\/18616\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This bin at Fred Meyer was like some kind of plush horror film. As Teddy sunk ever deeper into the writhing mass of giant pink caterpillars, he cursed the cruel gods that had fixed a permanent grin on his horrified, screaming face. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/02\/01\/18616\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/02\/01\/delicious-january-26th-2\/\">Links for January 26th through February 1st<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between January 26th and February 1st, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/02\/01\/delicious-january-26th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/01\/nobody-likes-a-quitter\/\">Nobody Likes a Quitter<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As we enter this first day of February, I've now officially been one month entirely without cigarettes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/01\/nobody-likes-a-quitter\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/01\/harry-potter-year-seven-the-deathly-hallows\/\">Harry Potter, Year Seven: The Deathly Hallows<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The publication date for the next -- er, that is, _last_ -- Harry Potter book has been announced. Don't expect Prairie or I to answer calls or be available in _any_ way this July 21st. Our day is planned. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/01\/harry-potter-year-seven-the-deathly-hallows\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/01\/stating-the-obvious\/\">Stating the obvious<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I brought up the Flickr page for photos tagged with 'alaska' tonight to show it to Prairie &mdash; lots of gorgeous shots of my home state &mdash; and had to laugh at the &#8220;related&#8221; tags that Flickr automatically generates. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/01\/stating-the-obvious\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/01\/hes-a-killer-with-nasty-sharp-pointy-teeth\/\">He&#8217;s a killer! With nasty, sharp, pointy teeth!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered [dog] you ever set eyes on! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/01\/hes-a-killer-with-nasty-sharp-pointy-teeth\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/01\/bush-and-blair-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\">Bush and Blair nominated for Nobel Peace Prize<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Tony Blair and George Bush have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for waging war on Saddam Hussein. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/01\/bush-and-blair-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/01\/space-shuttle-colombia-lost\/\">Space Shuttle Colombia lost<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My heartfelt condlences to the families of the seven astronauts of the Space Shuttle Columbia, which was lost today during reentry. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/01\/space-shuttle-colombia-lost\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/01\/dj-wudi-strikes-again\/\">DJ Wudi strikes again!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">For the third year in a row, I'll be DJ'ing at UAA's Dance Marathon benefit fundraiser for the Providence Children's ICU. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/01\/dj-wudi-strikes-again\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 1<\/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-23465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23465","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=23465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}