{"id":23941,"date":"2020-04-30T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23941"},"modified":"2020-04-20T08:43:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:43:11","slug":"on-this-day-apr-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/30\/on-this-day-apr-30\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 30"},"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>11<\/strong> posts previously published on April 30th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/30\/year-50-day-364\/\">Year 50 Day 364<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I got a surprise piece of cake from a coworker today! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/30\/year-50-day-364\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/30\/%f0%9f%93%9a-semiosis-by-sue-burke\/\">&#x1f4da; Semiosis by Sue Burke<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Enjoyed this enough that I just ordered its sequel. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/30\/%f0%9f%93%9a-semiosis-by-sue-burke\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/04\/30\/25284\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">How Pfizer Makes Its Covid-19 Vaccine: &#8220;Inside this facility in Chesterfield, Missouri, trillions of bacteria are producing tiny loops of DNA containing coronavirus genes \u2014 the raw material for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/04\/30\/25284\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/30\/plague-puzzle-three\/\">Plague Puzzle Three<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday Thursday Saturday Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/30\/plague-puzzle-three\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/30\/on-this-day-apr-30\/\">On This Day: Apr 30<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/30\/on-this-day-apr-30\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/30\/linkdump-for-april-19th-through-april-30th\/\">Linkdump for April 19th through April 30th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between April 19th and April 30th. \u2022\u00a0John Scalzi: Thoughts on Avengers: Infinity War (and Yes, There are Spoilers) \u2022\u00a0Avengers: Infinity War ending: Incredibly bold &mdash; and a little cheap \u2022\u00a0&ldquo;When people say &lsquo;spinster&rsquo;, they are trying to conjure up an image of a little old lady who is lonely and bitter.&rdquo; \u2022 When Toronto Suspect Said &lsquo;Kill Me,&rsquo; an Officer Put Away His Gun \u2022\u00a0What Does Invoking The 25th Amendment Actually Look Like? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/30\/linkdump-for-april-19th-through-april-30th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/30\/19539\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Some days, there&#8217;s enough going on that your head just doesn&#8217;t seem to be on quite right. (121\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/30\/19539\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/30\/17691\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Halfway through the week. Just two more full days of being 40. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/30\/17691\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/30\/back-home\/\">Back Home<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We're back. Family and friends were visited, many photos were taken, fun was had. I'm starting to get photos uploaded to Flickr, though so far I've just taken care of Friday's shots. The rest will have to wait 'til I'm home from school tomorrow. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/30\/back-home\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/30\/electoral-map\/\">Electoral Map<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One of the things that really bugs me about our current governmental system is the Electoral College. When I was growing up, democracy (and, thus, the U.S. Government) was always explained to me as one vote per citizen, majority rule. This makes sense to me. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/30\/electoral-map\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/30\/im-back\/\">I&#8217;m back!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay, so...yeah. It's been over a week since I paid any attention to my website. 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