{"id":23501,"date":"2020-02-19T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23501"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:57:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:57:48","slug":"on-this-day-feb-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/19\/on-this-day-feb-19\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Feb 19"},"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>23<\/strong> posts previously published on February 19th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/19\/year-50-day-293\/\">Year 50 Day 293<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Still sick; another day of doing as little as possible. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/19\/year-50-day-293\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/19\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter\/\">&#x1f3a5; The Last Voyage of the Demeter<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Very glad we didn\u2019t spring for this one in the theater. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/19\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/02\/19\/%f0%9f%93%9a-widowland-by-c-j-carey\/\">&#x1f4da; Widowland by C.J. Carey<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">No review, as this book is a Philip K. Dick Award nominee, and I am the coordinator for the award ceremony at Norwescon. While I have no input into the selection of nominees or judging, I want to be sure to avoid any appearance of influence. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/02\/19\/%f0%9f%93%9a-widowland-by-c-j-carey\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/02\/19\/far-from-the-light-of-heaven-by-tade-thompson\/\">&#x1f4da; Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A locked-room murder mystery in space, with mysterious AIs, interstellar politics, and somewhat mystic aliens. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/02\/19\/far-from-the-light-of-heaven-by-tade-thompson\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/19\/on-this-day-feb-19\/\">On This Day: Feb 19<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 19 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/19\/on-this-day-feb-19\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/19\/13203\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book seventeen of 2019: Beyond This Horizon, by Robert A. Heinlein. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; 1943 Retro Hugo Best Novel. &#x1f4da; As an exploration of boredom in a utopia and the possibilities of genetic engineering, it\u2019s mildly interesting, but felt unfocused, oddly structured, and kind of tedious. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/19\/13203\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/02\/19\/21571\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book ten of 2018 (and fourth #pkdickaward nominee): The Book of Etta, by Meg Elison. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/02\/19\/21571\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/19\/2017-pk-dick-reviews\/\">2017 PK Dick Reviews<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here are my thoughts on each of the nominated books, in order from my least favorite to my personal favorite and pick for the award. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/19\/2017-pk-dick-reviews\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/19\/20984\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book sixteen (and sixth and final #PKDickAward nominee) of 2017: Unpronounceable, by Susan diRende. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/19\/20984\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/19\/20957\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifteen (and fifth #PKDickAward nominee) of 2017: Super Extra Grande, by Yoss. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/19\/20957\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/19\/19290\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It&#8217;s barely visible, but there was a rainbow this evening. I tried to get it shooting up out of my head. Didn&#8217;t quite work. (50\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/19\/19290\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/19\/17428\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Red Robot thinks it&#8217;s time to go home. Sadly, it&#8217;s not. I think I need to check his clock settings. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/19\/17428\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2013<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/02\/19\/2012-philip-k-dick-award-thoughts\/\">2012 Philip K. Dick Award Thoughts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One of the highlights of Norwescon is the award dinner for the annual Philip K. Dick Award for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. For the second year running, I've purchased and read each of the nominated books. What follows are the brief reviews I posted to Goodreads as I finished each book. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/02\/19\/2012-philip-k-dick-award-thoughts\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/02\/19\/dvds-vs-piracy\/\">DVDs vs. Piracy<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I want to make it clear that I don't condone piracy (of the digital or high-seas version, outside of the silly over-romanticized modern view of historical pirates). However, there's a very real truth in this graphic. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/02\/19\/dvds-vs-piracy\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/19\/march-13-vote-no-and-hell-no\/\">March 13: Vote No and Hell No!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Seattle, March 13: Vote No and Hell No! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/19\/march-13-vote-no-and-hell-no\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/10-random-songs\/\">10 Random Songs<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From D: Put your .mp3 collection on random, list the first 10 songs it plays. No editing allowed (though I don't mind editorializing, myself). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/10-random-songs\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/99-percent-failsafe\/\">99 percent failsafe<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">That abstinence bit worked REAL well for Mary and Joseph, didn't it? It's 100 percent fail-safe, after all. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/99-percent-failsafe\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/apple-out-of-debt\/\">Apple out of debt<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Impressive, really &mdash; even with the economy in the shape it's been lately, Apple has been doing so well that they were just able to pull themselves out of debt. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/apple-out-of-debt\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/clumsy-brits\/\">Clumsy Brits<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, in 2002&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/clumsy-brits\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/xfn-friendly\/\">XFN Friendly<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">For those who care (yes, this means you, Phil), my 'Elsewhere' page is now XFN-friendly. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/xfn-friendly\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/why-the-genealogy-bug\/\">Why the genealogy bug?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Because it makes history real. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/why-the-genealogy-bug\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/more-on-the-genealogy-project\/\">More on the genealogy project<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I spent some time last night following up on playing around with software for tracking my family's history on our website. So far, things are actually looking fairly good &mdash; and the first version of the family tree is up on the web. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/19\/more-on-the-genealogy-project\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/19\/seven-things\/\">Seven things<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">7 things I'm thankful for...in no particular order... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/19\/seven-things\/\">&#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 19<\/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-23501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23501","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=23501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}