{"id":23505,"date":"2020-02-21T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23505"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:58:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:58:23","slug":"on-this-day-feb-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/21\/on-this-day-feb-21\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Feb 21"},"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 21st<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/21\/year-50-day-295\/\">Year 50 Day 295<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Feeling fortunate that I can easily take sick days or work from home. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/21\/year-50-day-295\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/21\/23637\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On S3 of ENT (my first time), and people complaining about how dark DIS is must be forgetting the millions dead on Earth, Archer&#8217;s obsession leading to psychological torture, organ farming, and piracy, T\u2019Pol&#8217;s drug addiction, and who knows what else. Not a shiny happy show! &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/21\/23637\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/21\/dlh-2020-02-20\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2020.02.20<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Week five of my unplanned, unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants goofing around. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/21\/dlh-2020-02-20\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/21\/on-this-day-feb-21\/\">On This Day: Feb 21<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/21\/on-this-day-feb-21\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/21\/23635\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; eleven of 2020: The Little Animals by Sarah Tolmie &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #PKDickAward nominee Unlike most or all of the other nominees, this was more historical fiction with a thread of magical realism\u2014not a bad thing, though, as it\u2019s a neat work that I very much enjoyed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/21\/23635\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/21\/13225\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f596; #StarTrekDiscovery S02E06: 90% strong episode, but that last 10%\u2026I have serious concerns with the Discovery\u2019s actions in this episode. Pike did far more than bend General Order 1. Sigh. Mixed feelings tonight. Oh, and (unsurprisingly) my theory about Saru was wrong after all. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/21\/13225\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/21\/13223\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">(2\/2) Or, presented in a slightly different format (that works well for this, but would take far too many pages for the full listing), my Star Trek library, sorted by \u00a9\/release date. &#x1f4da; &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/21\/13223\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/21\/13220\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">(1\/2) Our home library currently stands at 2,167 books. Should you be curious and\/or bored enough, here&#8217;s a link to a listing, sortable by title, author, or a couple other less-useful categories. &#x1f4da; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/21\/13220\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/21\/13218\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book eighteen of 2019: The Patrian Transgression, by Simon Hawke. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f4da; (Trek novels are my \u201cfluffy comfort food\u201d reading. With few exceptions, I enjoy them all, good and bad, so even mini-reviews are somewhat pointless. You understand, I\u2019m sure. LLAP &#x1f596;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/21\/13218\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/21\/20975\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I also got new smut from @ironcircus: Yes, Roya and My Monster Boyfriend. Supporting small-press publishers of NSFW material (at which Prairie rolls her eyes in amusement). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/21\/20975\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/21\/20978\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Prairie and I got each other shirts! We each now have both #shepersisted and #roguenasa shirts to wear at marches, protests, or just going to the grocery store in this small town on the red side of the state (I&#8217;m more likely to do that last one\u2026probably while wearing my kilt). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/21\/20978\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/21\/19284\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just feeling a little prickly this evening. (52\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/21\/19284\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/21\/17453\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Why, yes universe &#8211; a headache was just what I needed on a Friday afternoon. How thoughtful of you! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/21\/17453\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/21\/yesterday-afternoon\/\">Yesterday Afternoon<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">YouTube video of how I spent my afternoon at work yesterday. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/21\/yesterday-afternoon\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/21\/field-guide-to-seattle-viaduct-debate\/\">Field Guide to Seattle Viaduct Debate<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Can't keep all the various options or points of view on Seattle's ongoing 'what do we do about the Viaduct' battle straight? Here's a handy-dandy guide to the various species involved, thanks to SLOG reader 'Golob'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/21\/field-guide-to-seattle-viaduct-debate\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/21\/mature-me-naaahhh\/\">Mature? Me? Naaahhh&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The thing about seeing a flock of birds camped out on a publicly accessible dock is that one is faced with the completely immature and totally insurmountable desire to go running down the dock and into the flock. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/21\/mature-me-naaahhh\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/21\/gorgeous-weekend\/\">Gorgeous weekend<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We're back! This was a great weekend &mdash; incredibly gorgeous weather. Rather bizarrely for February in Washington, we got clear blue skies, temperatures in the mid-60's, and just a hint of breeze along the beach. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/21\/gorgeous-weekend\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/21\/well-designed-weblogs\/\">Well-Designed Weblogs<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Looking for some design inspiration? Good pointers to quite a few very impressively designed sites at Well Designed Weblogs Part One and Part Two. And no, I'm not on the list. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/21\/well-designed-weblogs\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/21\/help-send-flowers-to-the-newlyweds\/\">Help send flowers to the newlyweds<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another nice project springing up over the past few days &mdash; Flowers for Al and Don. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/21\/help-send-flowers-to-the-newlyweds\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/21\/the-pope-said-what\/\">The pope said what?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In November, the frail and ailing Pontiff sent his first email, a message sent to his Bishops in Oceania in lieu of what would be a taxing visit. 'This new Internet is a Blessing from the Lord,' the Pope said through an interpreter, 'but Jesus Motherfarking Christ, these annoying-ass pop-up ads are farking pissing me off.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/21\/the-pope-said-what\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/21\/the-return-of-spudnuts\/\">The return of Spudnuts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I vas born in a part of Belarus where people what have bluejeans cannot for be to using them becausk they hef no bones. Very sad. Very, very sad. Yes. Funny. But also... SAD. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/21\/the-return-of-spudnuts\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/21\/the-cam-is-back\/\">The cam is back<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One of the side benefits to the new 'puter is that as I've decided to stick mostly to OS 9 on this box, it allows me to resurrect some features of this site that had been on hold for a while. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/21\/the-cam-is-back\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/21\/snoogans\/\">Snoogans<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Back a while ago, Kevin Smith and company were creating an animated show based on the characters from his film Clerks. 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