{"id":23994,"date":"2020-05-02T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23994"},"modified":"2020-04-30T08:24:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:24:32","slug":"on-this-day-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/02\/on-this-day-may-2\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: May 2"},"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>27<\/strong> posts previously published on May 2nd<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/02\/year-50-day-366\/\">Year 50 Day 366<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh, you thought this ended with day 365? It's a leap year, so there's an extra day! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/02\/year-50-day-366\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/02\/reclaiming-the-web\/\">Reclaiming the Web<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I miss the 'good old days'. I hope there are enough other people who also do that we can reclaim some of that outside of the walls of Meta  and others. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/02\/reclaiming-the-web\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/02\/difficult-listening-hour-2021-05-01\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2021.05.01<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A bit more eclectic than usual, as I worked through tracks I've had set aside but which haven't quite fit into recent weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/02\/difficult-listening-hour-2021-05-01\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/02\/difficult-listening-hour-2020-05-02-birthday-edition\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2020.05.02: Birthday Edition<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I selected this set of tracks just because tomorrow's my birthday and these are some long-time favorites that I wanted to play. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/02\/difficult-listening-hour-2020-05-02-birthday-edition\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/02\/on-this-day-may-2\/\">On This Day: May 2<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/02\/on-this-day-may-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/02\/21798\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Silly birthday presents from mom: A knit helmet, and a Lego(-compatible) mug and wizard. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/02\/21798\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/02\/12143\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Best thing I&#8217;ve seen from yesterday&#8217;s May Day protests in Seattle: a Proud Boy struggling to destroy a sign while being encouraged and offered helpful tips by bystanders. He tried so hard! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/02\/12143\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/02\/21127\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Unnecessary quotation marks! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/02\/21127\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/02\/21130\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty-seven of 2017: Twilight&#8217;s End, by Jerry Olton &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #StarTrek #tos <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/02\/21130\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/02\/19563\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book seventeen of 2016: Libriomancer, by Jim C. Hines. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (123\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/02\/19563\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/02\/18676\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Prairie and I out for a birthday weekend date night at the opera. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/02\/18676\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/02\/18679\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The traditional pre-show froyo! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/02\/18679\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/02\/18682\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Got to put together one birthday present today. Raaarrrwwwrrrr!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/02\/18682\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/02\/18685\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An exciting morning of homework on my last day of being 41. Whee? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/02\/18685\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/02\/17715\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lots of pretty spring flowers and trees around campus these days! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/02\/17715\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2011<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/05\/02\/bin-ladens-real-victory\/\">bin Laden&#8217;s Real Victory<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is bin Laden\u2019s lamentable victory -- he has changed America\u2019s psyche from one that saw violence as a regrettable-if-sometimes-necessary act into one that finds orgasmic euphoria in news of bloodshed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/05\/02\/bin-ladens-real-victory\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/05\/02\/troubled\/\">Troubled<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I just want to take a moment to call out three friends (one of whom I've never even met in person) for making posts more in line with my own feelings on the matter. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/05\/02\/troubled\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/05\/02\/the-decline-of-northern-civilization\/\">The Decline of Northern Civilization<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is a piece by[Josh Medsker, originally written for and published in the Anchorage Press in October of 2000. When I first found this, it inspired my 'Back When Anchorage Was Cool' post. Unfortunately, at some point since then, a redesign of the Anchorage Press website took Josh's article offline. Recently, he was kind enough to dig the article up, dust it off, and pass it on to me. With his permission, I'm re-posting it here. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/05\/02\/the-decline-of-northern-civilization\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/02\/art-imitates-life-imitates-art\/\">Art imitates Life imitates Art&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm usually willing to suspend disbelief, but this goes too entirely too far. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/02\/art-imitates-life-imitates-art\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/02\/then-it-hit-me\/\">Then it hit me&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">THEN IT HIT ME \/ im not going to be famous \/ i wont get to be a rock star \/ im going to be stuck on the payroll \/ doing work that doesnt interest me \/ for a very long time <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/02\/then-it-hit-me\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/02\/lesbian-minister-re-frocked\/\">Lesbian minister re-frocked<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A nice update to a story I was following some time back: the Methodist minister who was de-frocked after revealing that she was a lesbian has been reinstated by the Methodist church. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/02\/lesbian-minister-re-frocked\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/02\/happy-birthday-to-me-new-site-design\/\">Happy Birthday to me, new site design<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">First things first: I'm 31 today. Woohoo! Go me. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/02\/happy-birthday-to-me-new-site-design\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/02\/list-of-dangerous-bloggers\/\">List of Dangerous Bloggers<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Twilight Invasion recently posted a list of people who've been fired because of their weblog. Interesting to read the stories other than mine. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/02\/list-of-dangerous-bloggers\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/02\/last-day\/\">Last Day<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">When your lifeclock in the palm of your left hand begins to blink, your time is up in your present body. Upon blinking, proceed to our Headquartes on Nolan Street, 7th Floor, Room 1976. There, you will be given proper ceremonial garb and final instructions for participating in Life-Renewal on Carousel. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/02\/last-day\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/02\/i-am\/\">I am&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Michael is&hellip; Woody is&hellip; Wudi is&hellip; (Fun with Google) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/02\/i-am\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/02\/not-another-teen-movie\/\">Not Another Teen Movie<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A while ago, I started seeing trailers for Not Another Teen Movie, and they actually caught my eye. Surprisingly enough, for the most part, I wasn't let down -- I had a grin on my face for the majority of the film, frequently giggled, and even out-and-out laughed at a few moments. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/02\/not-another-teen-movie\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/02\/toons-and-tunes\/\">&#8216;toons and Tunes<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy May Day! Only two more days 'till I turn 28...not that I'm keeping track of this for any real reason or anything. 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