{"id":23921,"date":"2020-04-20T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23921"},"modified":"2020-04-20T08:40:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:40:47","slug":"on-this-day-apr-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/20\/on-this-day-apr-20\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 20"},"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>25<\/strong> posts previously published on April 20th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/20\/weekly-notes-april-14-20-2025-norwescon-47-wrap-up-edition\/\">Weekly Notes: April 14\u201320, 2025 (Norwescon 47 wrap-up edition)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A week in the life of\u2026. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/20\/weekly-notes-april-14-20-2025-norwescon-47-wrap-up-edition\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock-storybook-by-lawrence-weinberg\/\">Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Storybook by Lawrence Weinberg<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: An uninspired children's adaptation of The Search for Spock. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock-storybook-by-lawrence-weinberg\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/20\/year-50-day-354\/\">Year 50 Day 354<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Found quite the score while out shopping this morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/20\/year-50-day-354\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-ethan-of-athos-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Bujold continues to demonstrate a gift for creating flawed but endearing characters. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-ethan-of-athos-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-otherness-by-david-brin\/\">&#x1f4da; Otherness by David Brin<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not bad, but it as it turns out, I definitely prefer Brin\u2019s novels to his short fiction. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-otherness-by-david-brin\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/20\/on-this-day-apr-20\/\">On This Day: Apr 20<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/20\/on-this-day-apr-20\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/20\/12081\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Interesting: SmugMug has bought Flickr. Hopefully that means good things; I was a big fan of Flickr until Yahoo! bought it and let it stagnate, and SmugMug is where I ended up starting to set things up instead. Could be too little too late, but hopefully not. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/20\/12081\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/20\/19505\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Selfies with a tiny world app are\u2026entertainingly alien. Or, &#8220;does this app make my forehead look big?&#8221; (111\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/20\/19505\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/04\/20\/18661\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Four old SF anthologies, a mid-70s printing of Clockwork Orange, a Star Trek novel, and a DVD collection of four Dracula films\u2026all for $8. Gotta love campus book sales! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/04\/20\/18661\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/04\/20\/18664\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">75 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, students stretched out under the willow trees by the Ganges. Gorgeous day! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/04\/20\/18664\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/20\/17661\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Grammar Dalek and I are ready for the final day of #nwc37. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/20\/17661\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/20\/tulip\/\">Tulip<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Tulip cutout. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/20\/tulip\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/20\/birthday-wishes\/\">Birthday Wishes<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Back in March of '03, I stumbled across a series of discs from Sony called the 'Soundtrack for a Century'. Over time I've collected eight out of the eleven pieces of the series, and any (or all) of these last three would be greatly appreciated. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/20\/birthday-wishes\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/20\/heteroflexible\/\">Heteroflexible<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One of the mailing lists I belong to (though I don't chime in terribly often) is that of the Utilikilts Yahoo! Group. For the past few days there's been an interesting discussion of sexuality. Over the course of the discussion, I just stumbled across a new term that I'd not heard before, but that I like a _lot_. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/20\/heteroflexible\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/20\/social-realist\/\">Social Realist<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Some silly\/fun astrology bits from #flickr tonight... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/20\/social-realist\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/20\/watch-that-apostrophe\/\">Watch that apostrophe!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There's a certain irony in a publication mis-using an apostrophe in an employment ad looking for an editor. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/20\/watch-that-apostrophe\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/20\/safer-nuclear-missiles\/\">Safer nuclear missiles<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thank god for small favors &mdash; at least when Bush finally flips his lid and the nukes start flying, we won't be damaging our atmosphere&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/20\/safer-nuclear-missiles\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/20\/donnie-darko-coming-back-to-seattle\/\">Donnie Darko coming back to Seattle!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">How incredibly cool &mdash; Donnie Darko, which disappeared from most theaters practically before it was released, has become such a cult favorite that its studio is going to be re-releasing it to theaters, starting right here in Seattle! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/20\/donnie-darko-coming-back-to-seattle\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/20\/romeo-juliet-r0xx0rz\/\">Romeo + Juliet r0xx0Rz!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Worth a few minutes of cheap amusement: Romeo and Juliet presented as 'L33T-speak'. Somewhat painful, but funny. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/20\/romeo-juliet-r0xx0rz\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/20\/tv-turnoff-week-apr-21-27\/\">TV Turnoff Week Apr. 21-27<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I stopped watching TV roughly, oh, ten or twelve years or so, I think. Since then, the only times I've been around much TV has been when I've been over at someone elses house and they've happened to have it turned on. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/20\/tv-turnoff-week-apr-21-27\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/20\/blogchalking-is-back\/\">Blogchalking is back<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is my blogchalk:<\/b> United States, Washington, Seattle, English, Michael, Male, 26-30, Macintosh computers, movies, music, and other random bits. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/20\/blogchalking-is-back\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/20\/a-visit-from-miranda\/\">A visit from Miranda<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Had a very pleasant weekend &mdash; just staying at home and relaxing for most of it, but yesterday evening spent a good few hours visiting with Miranda, who had come out to visit. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/20\/a-visit-from-miranda\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/20\/stolen-van\/\">Stolen van!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My parents had their van stolen Wednesday night. If anyone who sees this could keep their eyes open, and, if you're lucky enough to see it, give a call to the police, it would be greatly appreciated. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/20\/stolen-van\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/20\/in-other-words-i-talk-a-lot\/\">In other words, I talk a lot<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My propensity for loquaciousness and paranthetical diatribes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/20\/in-other-words-i-talk-a-lot\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/20\/about-my-tattoo\/\">About my tattoo<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This actually came about from an e-mail I was writing tonight, and I thought it was a bit too good to lose into the great bit bucket in the sky. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/20\/about-my-tattoo\/\">&#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 20<\/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-23921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23921","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=23921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}