{"id":23931,"date":"2020-04-25T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23931"},"modified":"2020-04-20T08:42:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:42:04","slug":"on-this-day-apr-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/25\/on-this-day-apr-25\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 25"},"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>23<\/strong> posts previously published on April 25th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/25\/year-50-day-359\/\">Year 50 Day 359<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Somehow got confused when making our nightly mugs of tea. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/25\/year-50-day-359\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/04\/25\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-way-the-future-was-by-frederik-pohl\/\">&#x1f4da; The Way the Future Was by Frederik Pohl<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">If you're at all interested in the early years of fandom, this is a fun and easy read covering his life and the fandom world from the 1920s through the mid-1970s. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/04\/25\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-way-the-future-was-by-frederik-pohl\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/04\/25\/difficult-listening-hour-2021-04-24\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2021.04.24<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants, let's-see-what-happens mixing. You never know what might fall into one of these! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/04\/25\/difficult-listening-hour-2021-04-24\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/25\/23975\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; twenty of 2020: Starman by Alan Dean Foster &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; A pleasant and easy adaptation of an 80s SF film that I remember enjoying when it came out. It\u2019s another of the \u201cbenevolent alien meets paranoid humans\u201d contact stories, but does it simply and well. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/25\/23975\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/25\/on-this-day-apr-25\/\">On This Day: Apr 25<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 25 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/25\/on-this-day-apr-25\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/25\/13362\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-one of 2019: The Big Time, by Fritz Leiber. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; 1958 Hugo Best Novel For some reason, I couldn\u2019t get invested in this one. I didn\u2019t dislike it, and it being structured very much like a single-set play was interesting, but I had to work my way through it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/25\/13362\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/25\/norwescon-42-shirts\/\">Norwescon 41 Shirts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My NWC41 t-shirt lineup <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/25\/norwescon-42-shirts\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/25\/21107\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Nice surprise birthday present from an old friend. Thanks for the new kilt, Rick! #royalkilt <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/25\/21107\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/25\/19527\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Made my hotel reservation for #nwc40. Less than a year to go! ;) (116\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/25\/19527\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/25\/17676\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It&#8217;s been a cranky day, and the cold still has me in a bit of a fog, but I&#8217;m wrapping up with a pizza party with the CWU tutors that Prairie supervises, so at least the workday&#8217;s ending on a good note. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/25\/17676\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/25\/maybe-i-wont-end-up-in-hell\/\">Maybe I won&#8217;t end up in hell&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A guy died and found himself waiting in the long line of judgment. As he stood there he noticed that some souls were allowed to march right through the pearly gates into heaven. Others, though, were led over to Satan who threw them into the burning pit. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/25\/maybe-i-wont-end-up-in-hell\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/25\/nasty-bug\/\">Nasty bug<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've spent the majority of the last 31 hours or so either unconscious or in a very woozy half-conscious state, thanks to being hit with a _nasty_ cold bug. Loads of fun, let me tell you. Ugh. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/25\/nasty-bug\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/25\/goodbye-floyd\/\">Goodbye, Floyd<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I just found out about some sad news for any Alaskans or expatriates: well-known panhandler Floyd died April 7, 2004. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/25\/goodbye-floyd\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/25\/more-megapixels-isnt-necessarily-better-quality\/\">More megapixels isn&#8217;t necessarily better quality<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Something I need to keep in mind while continuing my search to replace my digital camera: 8 megapixels isn't always better than 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/25\/more-megapixels-isnt-necessarily-better-quality\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/25\/one-week-notice-my-b-day\/\">One week notice: my b-day!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Consider this one week notice for any of you that might be in the Seattle area: next Monday's my 31st birthday, so I'm making the yearly 'haul your ass to the Vogue and hang out for a while' call for Saturday night, May 1st. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/25\/one-week-notice-my-b-day\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/25\/all-about-me\/\">All about me!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Prompted by Kasia (via <cite>Robert<\/cite>), I realized that I don't have any sort of 'about me' info here. Guess it's time to rectify that, huh? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/25\/all-about-me\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/25\/remember-when-we-had-rights\/\">Remember when we had rights?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Last weekend, when Miranda was visiting, she asked me, 'what's up with all the political stuff on your site lately?' Well, Amy sums it up quite well &mdash; when this is the situation, I find it reprehensible for people not to care. To shrug their shoulders and turn away. To deem it 'somebody else's problem.' It's in times like these that we <em>must<\/em> pay attention, and do what we can to prevent things from getting any worse, and to right the wrongs already in practice. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/25\/remember-when-we-had-rights\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/25\/era-still-in-limbo\/\">ERA still in limbo<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So &mdash; Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, and Virginia &mdash; what do you say we move into the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century and get the ERA passed? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/25\/era-still-in-limbo\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/25\/warm-fuzzies\/\">Warm fuzzies<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Midway through the day today, I got some very nice comments from Dyanna and Kirsten. It was too busy at work for me to respond at the time, it was exactly the pick-up I needed in the midst of a crazy day at work. You're both wonderful! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/25\/warm-fuzzies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/25\/just-a-matter-of-emphasis\/\">&#8230;just a matter of emphasis<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So &mdash; what many have been saying for months is starting to be admitted. The U.S., recognized as the world's leading superpower, went to war to prove a point, and <del>lied about<\/del> emphasized the danger in order to get support that wouldn't have been there otherwise. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/25\/just-a-matter-of-emphasis\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/25\/im-a-furry-dildo\/\">I&#8217;m a furry dildo?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The ultimate sexual contradiction. You're quite dirty, and very into carnal excavation, but you also have a soft romantic side. And, honestly, THAT side is itself conflicted -- you're needy and giving at the same time. It's like you need to need to give to need. What's that all about? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/25\/im-a-furry-dildo\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/25\/more-site-work\/\">More site work<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Work continues on the site redesign. I've completed the changeover of the Quotebook introduction and the first page of Amusing bits, and added some information over to the right hand side of this page. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/25\/more-site-work\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/25\/im-a-mastermind\/\">I&#8217;m a Mastermind<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Like just 9% of the population you are a MASTERMIND (SIAT). You can be silent and withdrawn, but behind your reserved exterior lies an active mind that allows you to analyze situations and come up with creative, unexpected solutions. Normal people call this 'scheming.' 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