{"id":23481,"date":"2020-02-09T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23481"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:55:19","slug":"on-this-day-feb-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/09\/on-this-day-feb-9\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Feb 9"},"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.<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>25<\/strong> posts previously published on February 9th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/02\/09\/weekly-notes-getting-started\/\">Weekly Notes: Getting Started<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A look at this week in my life. Let's see if this format helps get me blogging regularly again. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/02\/09\/weekly-notes-getting-started\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/09\/year-50-day-283\/\">Year 50 Day 283<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A piece of art I got from Shari a number of years ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/09\/year-50-day-283\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/02\/09\/the-modern-deitys-guide-to-surviving-humanity-edited-by-patricia-bray-and-joshua-palmatier\/\">&#x1f4da; The Modern Deity&#8217;s Guide to Surviving Humanity Edited by Patricia Bray and Joshua Palmatier<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A solidly stronger than average anthology of stories exploring how the old gods get by in modern times. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/02\/09\/the-modern-deitys-guide-to-surviving-humanity-edited-by-patricia-bray-and-joshua-palmatier\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/09\/25192\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Look, it\u2019s simple. That lawyer was legally required to inform the judge that, contrary to appearance, he was not actually a cat. Otherwise, he could have been charged with purrjury. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/09\/25192\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/09\/23584\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Me, not long ago: \u201cOkay, my \u2018to-read\u2019 shelves are full. No more books for me until I read more of these and open up some space.\u201d Me, today: \u201cWell, I guess these can go on top of these, and these go behind these, and that gets today\u2019s additions on the shelf\u2026.\u201d &#x1f4da;&#x1f937;&#x1f3fc;&#x200d;&#x2642;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/09\/23584\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/09\/on-this-day-feb-9\/\">On This Day: Feb 9<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/09\/on-this-day-feb-9\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/09\/2019-philip-k-dick-award-rankings\/\">2019 Philip K. Dick Award Rankings<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As I've done for the past few years, I've read all of the nominated works for this year\u2019s Philip K. Dick Award. Following is my ranking, from least favorite to my favorite and pick for the award. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/09\/2019-philip-k-dick-award-rankings\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/09\/13164\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirteen of 2019: 84K, by Claire North. #PKDickAward nominee. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; Set in a distressingly plausible near-future dystopic Britain, the unrelenting dreariness was difficult for me. As with post-apocalyptic fiction, I\u2019m not a big fan; I prefer more hope in my futurism. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/09\/13164\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/09\/13161\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Seattle Snowpocalypse 2019 Saturday morning update: Went out for a short walk to enjoy the scenery and scoff at the people driving too fast for conditions. That\u2019s enough outside for us for a while! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/09\/13161\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/09\/13152\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Seattle-Tacoma International Airport had 6.4 inches of snow Friday, according to the National Weather Service. It&#8217;s the second most snow recorded in the area in a day for the past 20 years, and nearly beat our yearly average (6.8 inches) in a single day. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/09\/13152\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/09\/20945\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We only got a little rain today, but it was enough to give everything an icy gloss coat. The world looks plastic. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/09\/20945\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/09\/19265\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From earlier today. Dentist&#8217;s offices are the height of &#8217;90s cyberpunk fashion. (40\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/09\/19265\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/09\/17410\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Approaching the end of the weekend. Not entirely convinced that going back to work tomorrow is really the best idea, but I don&#8217;t think I have a choice. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/09\/17410\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/09\/delicious-february-8th\/\">Links for February 8th through February 9th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between 08:31 and 10:53, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/09\/delicious-february-8th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/09\/grandmas-memorial\/\">Grandma&#8217;s Memorial<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mom and dad just got back from their trip to Florida for Grandma's funeral, and dad posted this photo (with more to come, he says). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/09\/grandmas-memorial\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/09\/another-day-another-doocing\/\">Another day, another Doocing<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another one bites the dust, as they say &mdash; this time Mark Jen, formerly of Google. TDavid has a good wrapup of information on this latest 'blogger gets fired' story. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/09\/another-day-another-doocing\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/09\/examining-bushs-military-record\/\">Examining Bush&#8217;s military record<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">More and more, people are getting to the bottom of Bush's military record &mdash; the real one, that is, not the glossed-over propagand-ized version he'd like us to believe. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/09\/examining-bushs-military-record\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/09\/ilium\/\">Ilium<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oooohhh &dmash; a new book by Dan Simmons! Being a big fan of his Hyperion series, this is very good news in my universe. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/09\/ilium\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/09\/garageband-is-evil\/\">GarageBand is evil<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've poked around with GarageBand a bit since I got it, but haven't created anything major yet. However, it is way too much fun. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/09\/garageband-is-evil\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/09\/issue-with-my-comments-only-feed\/\">Issue with my comments-only feed<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I have no idea if anyone other than myself is currently subscribing to my 'comments only' RSS feed, but I've noticed an odd issue with it that I haven't been able to troubleshoot yet: comments displaying with the date of the parent post, rather than the date of the comment. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/09\/issue-with-my-comments-only-feed\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/09\/very-wrong-but-very-funny\/\">Very wrong, but very funny<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I found this on the SeaGoth Message Boards. Very wrong. But very funny. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/09\/very-wrong-but-very-funny\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/09\/more-political-cartoon-uproar\/\">More political cartoon uproar<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The cartoon depicts President Bush's budget plan as an airplane veering towards two buildings labeled 'Social' and 'Security'. Not surprisingly, this has led to a fairly large uproar, to the point that White House spokesman Ari Fleischer issued his denouncement to reporters. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/09\/more-political-cartoon-uproar\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/09\/doing-trekkies-ers-proud\/\">Doing Trekkies (-ers?) proud<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's been known for a while now that Paramount was going back and doing some work on Star Trek: The Motion Picture for its upcoming DVD release -- we just weren't entirely sure just what that meant. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/09\/doing-trekkies-ers-proud\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/09\/ups-and-downs-and-some-possible-changes\/\">Ups and downs, and some possible changes<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Yesterday was not exactly the best day I've ever had -- not the worst overall, but certain moments may have some fairly large impact on days to come. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/09\/ups-and-downs-and-some-possible-changes\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1994<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1994\/02\/09\/from-usenet-2994-0549\/\">[From Usenet: 2.9.94 0549]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The only one I know of is _Solid Gold Hell_, available as an import from Cocomelos Records.  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