{"id":23845,"date":"2020-04-04T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23845"},"modified":"2020-04-02T11:06:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T18:06:25","slug":"on-this-day-apr-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/04\/on-this-day-apr-4\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 4"},"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>18<\/strong> posts previously published on April 4th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/04\/year-50-day-338\/\">Year 50 Day 338<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An important part of my nightly duties. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/04\/year-50-day-338\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/04\/on-this-day-apr-4\/\">On This Day: Apr 4<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/04\/on-this-day-apr-4\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/04\/13349\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f596; #StarTrekDiscovery S02E12 Klingons that didn\u2019t annoy me (L\u2019Rell\u2019s dress was great)! The time crystals are a bit too magic-y (much like the dark matter that seems able to do whatever the plot needs), but okay. Pike\u2019s vision was a pleasant surprise. And Control is a T-1000 now? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/04\/13349\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/04\/13347\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty-nine of 2019: Double Star, by Robert Heinlein. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;1\/2 1956 Hugo Best Novel &#x1f4da; Still too much early-Heinlein manly men and weepy women characterizations, and I saw the end coming, but at least I didn\u2019t roll my eyes through the entire thing. An improvement! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/04\/13347\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/04\/19436\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I like my laugh lines. I may be gaining wrinkles as I age, but they&#8217;re friendly wrinkles. I&#8217;m okay with this. (95\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/04\/19436\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/04\/17610\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Paused for a bit of self(ie)-reflection after delivering some paperwork. ;) (2nd try, as this didn&#8217;t cross-post to Facebook for some reason.) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/04\/17610\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/04\/beards-hollow\/\">Beards Hollow<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Beards Hollow, Long Beach, WA <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/04\/beards-hollow\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/04\/penguin-floozies\/\">Penguin Floozies<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The most bizarre aspect of penguin sexuality is the female's penchant for prostituting herself to acquire pebbles to line her nest. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/04\/penguin-floozies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/04\/the-house-of-the-rising-sun\/\">The House of the Rising Sun<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Nobody's sure yet -- and, in truth, we may never be -- but there's at least a good possibility that archaeologists in New Orleans may have found _the_ House of the Rising Sun. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/04\/the-house-of-the-rising-sun\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/04\/back-when-anchorage-was-cool\/\">Back When Anchorage was Cool<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Believe it or not &mdash; and these days, many people likely wouldn't &mdash; Anchorage used to have a pretty active underground scene. I spent many, many years as part of it, both as a spectator and as a participant, and it went a long way to shaping the person I am today. I've got a lot of fond memories of those times. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/04\/back-when-anchorage-was-cool\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/04\/excessive\/\">Excessive<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My lord. This website went overbudget and cost four million dollars. I need a web design job for the Australian government. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/04\/excessive\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/04\/get-involved\/\">Get involved!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As cheesy as it sounds, I believe that if we all start actually paying attention and getting involved, we <em>can<\/em> make a difference. I'm making an attempt. How about the rest of you? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/04\/get-involved\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/04\/you-like-pain\/\">You like pain?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">You like pain? [whack] Try wearing a corset! [whack] <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/04\/you-like-pain\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/04\/regime-change\/\">Regime change<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sen. Kerry seems to be paying close attention to Howard Dean's speeches, moving away from his previously stated intent of stopping criticism of Bush in order to propose US 'regime change.' Unfortunately, where Dean says similar things and manages to both sound like he's speaking from the heart rather than a script <em>and<\/em> stand by those statments later on, Kerry, when pressed, starts to waffle. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/04\/regime-change\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/04\/sssssshhhhhh\/\">Sssssshhhhhh<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">At this difficult time, President Bush needs my support. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld needs my support. General Tommy Franks needs my support. It is not my function as a citizen in a participatory democracy to question our leaders. And to exercise my constitutional right &mdash; nay, duty &mdash; to do so would be un-American. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/04\/sssssshhhhhh\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/04\/yay-for-temp-agencies\/\">Yay for temp agencies!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's not a long term deal at all, but I'll at least have an assignment for the next couple days. Today's called with a slight emergency today -- a 2-day posting at Microsoft, working a swing shift from 2pm-10:30pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/04\/yay-for-temp-agencies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/04\/i-love-finding-things-like-this\/\">I love finding things like this&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It got to the point with Linux where I was saying, 'I'm so tired of constant sysadmin battles...I just want something that works.' You know what? Mac OS X just works. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/04\/i-love-finding-things-like-this\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/04\/wudicam-down\/\">Wudicam down<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ah, well. Y'all will just have to satisfy your voyeuristic urges somewhere else for now. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/04\/wudicam-down\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 4<\/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-23845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23845","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=23845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}