{"id":23855,"date":"2020-04-09T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23855"},"modified":"2020-04-02T11:07:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T18:07:43","slug":"on-this-day-apr-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/09\/on-this-day-apr-9\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 9"},"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>30<\/strong> posts previously published on April 9th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/09\/year-50-day-343\/\">Year 50 Day 343<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hanging out at Green River College for most of the week for the spring DSSC and WAPED conferences. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/09\/year-50-day-343\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/04\/09\/25282\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Quotebacks &#8211; Quote the web: &#8220;Quotebacks makes it easy to reference content and create dialogue with other sites by turning snippets of text into elegant, self-contained blockquote components.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/04\/09\/25282\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/09\/on-this-day-apr-9\/\">On This Day: Apr 9<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/09\/on-this-day-apr-9\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/09\/13354\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty of 2019: Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues, by Diana Rowland. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f4da; Upping the stakes with conspiracies, some zombie virus science and military experiments, and a little undead romance. Definitely as enjoyable as the first in the series. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/09\/13354\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/09\/21059\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Chucks of the day (53\/53): grey with neon green lacing and inner lining, navy blue outside around the padded ankle, and a fold-down piece around the ankle with the Converse logo in green. These amused us, they&#8217;re almost Converse moon boots. :) #chucks #converse <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/09\/21059\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/09\/19451\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Took a nice walk this morning, and the Yakima River is running really high. That water behind us is normally part of the trail, but it&#8217;s currently flooded. (100\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/09\/19451\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/09\/17619\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Our apricot tree is starting to bloom! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/09\/17619\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/09\/17622\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another evening staying late on campus for a meeting. Always a joyful thing. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/09\/17622\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/09\/norwescon-32-my-preliminary-schedule\/\">Norwescon 32: My (Preliminary) Schedule<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While I'm not at all happy to be unemployed, I have to admit that it does make some things pretty convenient. This weekend, it means that for the first time, I'll be hitting _three_ days of Norwescon, adding a few hours today (Thursday) to my usual Friday\/Saturday run. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/09\/norwescon-32-my-preliminary-schedule\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/04\/09\/lunchtime\/\">Lunchtime<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Flickr has video now! This is a silly little meme that's going around called Fridgets: short little videos with the camera inside the fridge. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/04\/09\/lunchtime\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/09\/i-need-to-follow-up-on-this\/\">I need to follow up on this&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mostly, I'm tossing this up here to remind myself to do something about it, and _soon_... (Tracking down Poems for Laila albums from Germany). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/09\/i-need-to-follow-up-on-this\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/09\/voting-at-16-in-was-future\/\">Voting at 16 in WA&#8217;s future?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">All stereotypes aside, not _all_ teenagers are solely interested in video games and bad music. Some of them are interested in video games, bad music -- and voting. Here in Washington, the local chapter of the NYRA is working on lowering the state's voting age to 16. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/09\/voting-at-16-in-was-future\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/09\/conventionsor-the-lack-thereof\/\">Conventions&#8230;or the lack thereof<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I just found out about Cascadia Con, what looks to be a _major_ Science Fiction convention taking place here in Seattle later this year. The downside is that the convention is scheduled for the first four days in September, right when Prairie and I are planning to be busy moving into our new apartment. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/09\/conventionsor-the-lack-thereof\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/09\/my-most-popular-flickr-photos\/\">My most popular Flickr photos<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My most popular Flickr photos by number of views, number of favorites, and number of comments. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/09\/my-most-popular-flickr-photos\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/09\/congratulations-dan-savage-and-amy-jenniges\/\">Congratulations Dan Savage and Amy Jenniges!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">About a month ago, Dan Savage wrote a column for The Stranger explaining just how he, a gay man, was able to get a legal marriage license in the city of Seattle. It was pretty simple, actually. He applied for, and was granted, a license to marry his lesbian friend. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/09\/congratulations-dan-savage-and-amy-jenniges\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/09\/racism-and-broadbandwhat\/\">Racism and broadband&#8230;what?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There's a certain almost surreal incongruency in the combination of banner ads promoting wireless networking and DSL-based broadband and the blatant racism plastered across the top of Sonnet Networking's website. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/09\/racism-and-broadbandwhat\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/09\/very-good-friday\/\">Very Good Friday<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I just wish I'd known about Very Good Friday earlier &mdash; I've only got two hours! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/09\/very-good-friday\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/09\/moving-the-library\/\">Moving the library<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">For someone who whines and complains every time I switch apartments, I'm fascinated by what it must take to move the Seattle Central Library to its new building. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/09\/moving-the-library\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/could-this-be-true\/\">Could this be true?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Is it possible? Well, of course it's <em>possible<\/em>. The question is whether it's an actual probability, or if it's just a well thought out conspiracy theory. Either way, we're not really likely to know unless someone high enough in the heirarchy turns whistleblower (not a very likely option). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/could-this-be-true\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/pax-americana\/\">Pax Americana<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometimes I think the only thing really standing in the way of a truly Orwellian society is our ability to find other sources of news and information via the Internet and form our own opinions. If all I got was the official propaganda, I'd probably be fairly satisfied with the world right now. Heh. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/pax-americana\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/water-for-the-worthy\/\">Water for the worthy<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A chaplain from Houston assigned to the Army V Corps support unit in Iraq is now the focus of an Army inquiry for his practice of offering soldiers a dip into his 500-gallon pool if they agree to be baptized. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/water-for-the-worthy\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/ive-found-religion\/\">I&#039;ve found religion!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Lord is my coder; I shall not crash. He maketh me to use Mac OS X; he leadeth me beside BSD and Linux. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/ive-found-religion\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/were-not-done-yet-folks\/\">We&#039;re not done yet, folks<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay &mdash; so everyone on the 'net is linking to the pictures of Saddam's statue in the middle of Baghdad getting yanked down by Iraqi citizens, helped by U.S. Marines. Yes, it's wonderful. It's a high point for the campaign. Many Iraqis are thrilled. But this isn't the end. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/were-not-done-yet-folks\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/springtime-storms\/\">Springtime storms<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Spring has definitely hit Seattle. The past two days have been really warm, and today the clouds that we've been living under for the past few weeks finally broke, letting sunshine flood the world again. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/springtime-storms\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/the-fourth-horseman\/\">The fourth horseman<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A particularly ominous political cartoon. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/the-fourth-horseman\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/theft-is-for-the-birds\/\">Theft is for the birds!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The problem started when the new owner complained to Bill that he was losing significant amounts of money from his coin machines each week. He went as far as to accuse Bill's employees of having a key to the boxes and ripping him off. Bill just couldn't believe that his people would do that, so they set up a camera. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/09\/theft-is-for-the-birds\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/09\/goth-humor\/\">Goth humor<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I was hanging out in the Yahoo! Chat Alaska room this morning, and ended up meeting Wytchmagick on there. After discovering we shared some interests, we started tossing some links at each other, which was quite entertaining. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/09\/goth-humor\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/09\/im-employed-again-2\/\">I&#8217;m employed again!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, after a whole week and a half of being unemployed, I start work again tomorrow! I'll be working at the Xerox printshop on the Microsoft campus, the same place that I worked two days at last Friday and Saturday. I guess they liked me! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/09\/im-employed-again-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/09\/movie-marquee-oops\/\">Movie marquee oops!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">SPY KIDS BLOW POKEMON <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/09\/movie-marquee-oops\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1995<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1995\/04\/09\/from-usenet-4995-2300\/\">[From Usenet: 4.9.95 2300]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thing is, this happens to me, too...and I'm on a IIvx. The 'main' voices work fine, but all the 'secondary' voices have the fan-stutter in them. 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