{"id":23853,"date":"2020-04-08T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23853"},"modified":"2020-04-02T11:07:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T18:07:28","slug":"on-this-day-apr-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/08\/on-this-day-apr-8\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 8"},"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>23<\/strong> posts previously published on April 8th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/08\/year-50-day-342\/\">Year 50 Day 342<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A word of thanks to those people I've seen sharing snarky comments and memes about Beyonc\u00e9's new album. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/08\/year-50-day-342\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/08\/bernie-out-biden-the-presumptive-nominee\/\">Bernie Out; Biden the Presumptive Nominee<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Prioritize the good of the many, and recognize that however much you don't like Biden, he will in _no way_ be as bad as Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/08\/bernie-out-biden-the-presumptive-nominee\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/08\/happy-rex-manning-day\/\">Happy Rex Manning Day!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Say no more, mon amour\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/08\/happy-rex-manning-day\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/08\/on-this-day-apr-8\/\">On This Day: Apr 8<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/08\/on-this-day-apr-8\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/08\/13351\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy Rex Manning Day! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/08\/13351\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/08\/21032\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Chucks of the day (52\/53): Navy blue high tops with orange accents; reflective grey heel stripe and thread woven into the laces. #converse #chucks <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/08\/21032\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/08\/19454\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy Friday, all. Have a good weekend! (99\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/08\/19454\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/04\/08\/on-being-a-good-person\/\">On Being a Good Person<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In general, I think we need to move away from the premise that being a good person is a fixed immutable characteristic and shift towards seeing being good as a practice. And it is a practice that we carry out by engaging with our imperfections. We need to shift towards thinking that being a good person is like being a clean person. Being a clean person is something you maintain and work on every day. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/04\/08\/on-being-a-good-person\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/08\/17625\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My appointment was at 3:20. Got here 10 minutes early. Was shown to the exam room 25 minutes late. That was almost 15 minutes ago. Uuuuggggghhhhh&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/08\/17625\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/08\/diy-bicycle-camera-mount\/\">DIY Bicycle Camera Mount<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Yes, there are already a ton of posts on the 'net telling people how to do this, and I'm indebted to them all, as I read most of them when planning out my approach. Still -- this is how _I_ did it, so I'm going to add to the chatter. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/08\/diy-bicycle-camera-mount\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/08\/happy-easter\/\">Happy Easter<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Or, if you don't happen to be an Easter person, just enjoy a nice spring day. Whichever works best for you. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/08\/happy-easter\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/08\/new-toy-nikon-d70s\/\">New Toy: Nikon D70s<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thanks to some very kind assistance in the mysterious and tricky realms of credit and financing by the best girl in the world, I've got a new toy to play with for my birthday. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/08\/new-toy-nikon-d70s\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/08\/eats-shoots-and-leaves\/\">Eats shoots and leaves<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another book I need to add to my collection: Eats, Shoots &amp; Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/08\/eats-shoots-and-leaves\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/08\/facts-about-canada\/\">Facts about Canada<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lane should get a kick out of this. ;) Questions and answers about Canada from a tourism website (I'm not sure which one, I found this on dad's website)&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/08\/facts-about-canada\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/08\/kurt\/\">Kurt<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Am I the only person in Seattle who doesn't give a flying fig that Kurt Cobain is (still) dead? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/08\/kurt\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/08\/first-os-x-exploit-concept\/\">First OS X exploit: Concept<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One of the (many) nice things about being a Mac user is our general invulnerability to the multitudes of viruses, trojan horses, and other exploits that threaten the 'net on a regular basis. So it's no wonder that the Mac world is all a-tizzy over anti-virus company Intego releasing news of what appears to be the first Mac OS X trojan horse, wrapped inside an apparent .mp3 file. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/08\/first-os-x-exploit-concept\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/08\/condi-under-oath\/\">Condi under oath<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">CLAIM: There was 'nothing about the threat of attack in the U.S.' in the Presidential Daily Briefing the President received on August 6th. [responding to Ben Veniste] FACT: Rice herself confirmed that 'the title [of the PDB] was, 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States.'' [Source: Condoleezza Rice, 4\/8\/04] <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/08\/condi-under-oath\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/08\/protest-music-links\/\">Protest music links<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Continuing in the protest music theme I've been trying to keep up with lately, today brings us a MetaFilter discussion started by a post opining that, well, to be honest &mdash; most modern protest songs suck. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/08\/protest-music-links\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/08\/the-importance-of-dissent\/\">The importance of dissent<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">However, protestors of any ilk are certainly doing a very important thing for the continuation of democracy. We are exercising muscles that, if left unused, could very possibly atrophy, leaving our democracy damaged and ineffective. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/08\/the-importance-of-dissent\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/08\/random-thought\/\">Random thought<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Was the phrase 'another day, another dollar' coined (no pun intended) at a time when that was actually the average payscale? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/08\/random-thought\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/08\/bomb-the-world\/\">Bomb the World<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This was mentioned in the Rolling Stone article I just posted, so I went searching it out to add to the growing list of anti-war tracks released to the Internet: Spearhead's Bomb the World (original and 'Armageddon' mix). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/08\/bomb-the-world\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/08\/things-are-changing-these-days\/\">Things are changing these days<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The mother of one of the members of politically conscious band Spearhead was recently questioned by Army officers about her son's 'un-American' activities. 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