{"id":23679,"date":"2020-03-07T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23679"},"modified":"2020-02-27T09:36:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T17:36:44","slug":"on-this-day-mar-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/07\/on-this-day-mar-7\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Mar 7"},"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>33<\/strong> posts previously published on March 7th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/03\/07\/year-50-day-310\/\">Year 50 Day 310<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's another exciting 'me on the couch' photo. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/03\/07\/year-50-day-310\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/03\/07\/happy-plagueiversary-ii\/\">Happy Plagueiversary II<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Pandemic year two wraps up. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/03\/07\/happy-plagueiversary-ii\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/03\/07\/happy-plagueiversary-or-the-last-time-i\/\">Happy Plagueiversary, or, The Last Time I\u2026<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Some pre-pandemic milestones. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/03\/07\/happy-plagueiversary-or-the-last-time-i\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/07\/on-this-day-mar-7\/\">On This Day: Mar 7<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/07\/on-this-day-mar-7\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/07\/13271\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f596; #StarTrekDiscovery S02E08: For all I think DSC needs to do its own thing, a TOS-heavy episode was one of the best so far. Enjoyed the Cage recap, esp. the cut from TOS Pike to DSC Pike. Happily impressed by Peck\u2019s Spock; he has the gravitas and delivery down. Good episode. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/07\/13271\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/07\/13269\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Milestone: As of today, I&#8217;m 10.96% of my way through my Hugo Best Novel reading project. &#x1f4da; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/07\/13269\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/07\/13267\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In today&#8217;s offering of &#8220;weirdly cute&#8221;: a snail playing with a carrot. At least, that&#8217;s sure what it looks like is going on, at the risk of being too quick to anthropomorphize snail behavior. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/07\/13267\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/07\/13265\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty-two of 2019: Farmer in the Sky, by Robert Heinlein. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; 1951 Retro Hugo Best Novel &#x1f4da; A Boy Scout moves to Jupiter\u2019s moon Ganymede to homestead and start a farm from scratch. Mildly interesting for the early ideas around terraforming and colonization. Meh. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/07\/13265\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/03\/07\/20987\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This was just the walk from office to car. I do not approve. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/03\/07\/20987\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/03\/07\/19358\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Made it halfway through tonight&#8217;s workout and my toes cramped up. Painful and makes push-ups (which already suck) basically impossible. Guess I&#8217;ll try again tomorrow. (67\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/03\/07\/19358\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/03\/07\/17499\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Proof that I do occasionally get to be social! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/03\/07\/17499\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2011<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/03\/07\/back-sorta\/\">Back (Sorta)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While I don't really think that very many people noticed, something went all pear-shaped over the weekend and this blog disappeared for a few days. Thanks to some assistance from Dreamhost support, I'm back up and running...mostly. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/03\/07\/back-sorta\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/03\/07\/50-gayest-songs-of-all-time\/\">50 Gayest Songs of All Time<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I figured I'd run down the list and figure out just how many of these camp classics have made it into my music collection over the years. So, under the cut -- does my music collection make the grade? How's my collection of gay anthems? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/03\/07\/50-gayest-songs-of-all-time\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/07\/eng101-group-project-learning-everyday-english\/\">ENG101: Group Project: Learning Everyday English<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">ENG101 paper number five: a group project on tips and techniques for improving everyday English skills, aimed at ESL students. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/07\/eng101-group-project-learning-everyday-english\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/07\/eng101-problemsolution-parking-and-line-of-sight\/\">ENG101: Problem\/Solution: Parking and Line of Sight<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Paper number four for ENG101. A 'problem\/solution' essay focusing on parking issues at my apartment building. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/07\/eng101-problemsolution-parking-and-line-of-sight\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/07\/geek-holidays-for-ical\/\">Geek Holidays for iCal<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Inspired by the Wikipedia's list of Geek Holidays, I've assembled them all into an iCal file ready for download and import: Geek Holidays.ics (28k .ics). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/07\/geek-holidays-for-ical\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/07\/comment-to-post-ratio\/\">Comment to Post Ratio<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'd never thought about looking at my weblog statistics like this until Paul did it, but I've got a 2.39 comment per post average. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/07\/comment-to-post-ratio\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/07\/x3-the-last-stand\/\">X3: The Last Stand<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There's a new X3 trailer out (er...X-Men 3: The Last Stand). Holy wow. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/07\/x3-the-last-stand\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/07\/hitchcock\/\">Hitchcock<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A few weeks ago, Prairie and I watched Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, and tonight I watched North by Northwest. Man I'm bummed I didn't discover Hitchcock earlier. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/07\/hitchcock\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/07\/san-juan-island-ducks-and-pigs\/\">San Juan Island: ducks and pigs<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The weekend was quite pleasant, though it ended up being a bit more adventurous and taking longer than we expected. I'll get to the details of the 'pig incident' in my next post. ;) Gotta keep y'all coming back somehow, after all! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/07\/san-juan-island-ducks-and-pigs\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/ai-absolutely-incredible\/\">A.I. (Absolutely Incredible)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lots of good discussion about the movie AI is going on over at the Home Theater Forum, and I got lost in it for a few hours. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/ai-absolutely-incredible\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/ashcroft-sings\/\">Ashcroft sings?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Why Attorney General John Ashcroft just might be insane. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/ashcroft-sings\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/googlewhack\/\">Googlewhack<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I think GoogleWhack could entertain me for hours. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/googlewhack\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/wheres-the-plane\/\">Where&#8217;s the plane?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">If a 737 slammed into the Pentagon, shouldn't we have seen more debris? Or just another crackpot conspiracy theory? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/wheres-the-plane\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/under-god\/\">Under God?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Certainly, faith in God has often been linked to patriotism in the US through the pledge of allegiance. But God is, in fact, a relative newcomer to the pledge and was only included in it because of a right-wing religious lobby's efforts during the McCarthyite era. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/under-god\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/terror-widows\/\">Terror Widows<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another political cartoon is causing an uproar -- there's an excellent editorial examining the cartoon in question and the motivations behind it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/terror-widows\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/a-prayer-for-america\/\">A prayer for America<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A Prayer for America, by US Rep Dennis Kucinich. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/a-prayer-for-america\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/war-riddles\/\">War riddles<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently the US Military isn't too hot and bothered to find Osama. I'd be surprised if I weren't so damn cynical. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/war-riddles\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/whats-a-blog\/\">What&#8217;s a &#8216;blog&#8217;?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Dad's asked me in the past what a weblog is. Rebecca does a much better job explaining it than I ever could. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/whats-a-blog\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/scientology-vs-google\/\">Scientology vs. Google<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Scientologists are trying to manipulate Google results in their favor. The blogosphere fights back. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/scientology-vs-google\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/googlebombing-bad\/\">Googlebombing bad?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An interesting commentary on the flipside to Googlebombing. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/07\/googlebombing-bad\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/03\/07\/gimme-some-sugar-baby\/\">Gimme some sugar, baby!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My single DVD purchase for the day -- The Evil Dead II! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/03\/07\/gimme-some-sugar-baby\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/03\/07\/dj-alert\/\">DJ alert<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've been confirmed to be DJ'ing this Sat. night at the new Studio 99, in the Northway Mall above Ariel's Hair Salon. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/03\/07\/dj-alert\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 7<\/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-23679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23679","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=23679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}