{"id":23996,"date":"2020-05-03T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23996"},"modified":"2020-04-30T08:24:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:24:48","slug":"on-this-day-may-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/03\/on-this-day-may-3\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: May 3"},"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>38<\/strong> posts previously published on May 3rd<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/03\/fifty-one\/\">Fifty-One<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So this is fifty-one. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/03\/fifty-one\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/03\/year-50-day-1\/\">Year 50 Day 1<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Having fun at Woodland Park Zoo's Bug's Eye View exhibit on my birthday. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/03\/year-50-day-1\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/03\/for-the-love-of-god-montressor\/\">For the love of God, Montressor!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Who knows how many years it will be before it's uncovered, and I hope it gives whoever finds it a laugh. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/03\/for-the-love-of-god-montressor\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/03\/24041\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Forty-seven! While I don\u2019t really have any basis for comparison, so far, this quarantine birthday hasn\u2019t been too bad. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/03\/24041\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/03\/on-this-day-may-3\/\">On This Day: May 3<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/03\/on-this-day-may-3\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/05\/03\/13372\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Me at 46. Not terribly shabby, I think, even at officially being closer to 50 than 40. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/05\/03\/13372\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/05\/03\/13369\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-two of 2019: White Trash Zombie Apocalypse, by Diana Rowland &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; This series continues to entertain, as the filming of a zombie film provides backdrop to expanding the political and scientific worlds of the zombie population. Conspiracies galore! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/05\/03\/13369\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/03\/21820\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thanks for all the kind words today &#8211; 45 seems to be off to a pretty decent start so far! (Not sure why I look so skeptical in the pic. Guess my selfie game wasn\u2019t on point today.) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/03\/21820\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/03\/21148\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The birthday dinner table as I got home, with dinner, for dessert, and as I blew out my candle. I may be a little bit spoiled. I may also be okay with this. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/03\/21148\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/03\/21151\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy birthday to me! Made it to 44, and plan on sticking around for quite a while longer. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/03\/21151\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/03\/21124\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Came home for a birthday treat lunch: cheeseburger, fries (well, oven-cooked rosemary and garlic potato slices), and root beer float (with extra-bendy straw)\u2026and a dessert treat for later (&#8217;cause I&#8217;m quite happily stuffed right now)! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/03\/21124\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/03\/19560\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Me at 43, with birthday presents: a Lego set, and the complete Buffy the Vampire Slayer collection. Yes, I said 43, why do you ask? ;) (124\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/03\/19560\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/03\/18700\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">What 42-year-olds (this one, at least) get for their birthday: Star Wars car floor mats (from parents), a movie, book, and game (from Pearl), card (from Prairie&#8217;s mom), and Batman Legos, socks, and undies (from Prairie). :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/03\/18700\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/03\/18703\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Birthday breakfasts should definitely include donuts. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/03\/18703\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17724\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">And finally, dinner birthday cake! I may be caked out for a while after today, but that&#8217;s what birthdays are for, right? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17724\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17727\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Birthday booze at the Starlight with friends. :D <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17727\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17730\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Superbatman! Batsuperman! My feet are confused! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17730\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17703\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lunchtime birthday cake while watching the most recent Riddick film. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17703\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17706\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Superman Chucks for a birthday win! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17706\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17709\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Heading out to Home Depot, so we both chose shoes that look like they&#8217;re paint splattered. :D <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17709\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17712\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Breakfast birthday cake! ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/03\/17712\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/03\/scalped\/\">Scalped!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">When I get a haircut...I get a _haircut_! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/03\/scalped\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/05\/03\/bet-on-the-filly\/\">Bet on the Filly<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is neither pro-Obama nor anti-Clinton in my mind -- I haven't officially taken a stance yet, though unofficially I'm throwing my vote in with Cthulhu (why settle for the _lesser_ of two evils, after all?) -- I just think it's really funny. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/05\/03\/bet-on-the-filly\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/05\/03\/bittersweet-birthday\/\">Bittersweet Birthday<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As of today, I'm officially old enough to be elected President of the United States -- 35. I believe this is my last age-related milestone before official senior citizen status, though there may be something I'm not remembering. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/05\/03\/bittersweet-birthday\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/03\/happy-birthday-to-me-2\/\">Happy Birthday to me!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy birthday to me! I turn 34 today (older and older, every year...). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/03\/happy-birthday-to-me-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/the-masked-guy\/\">The Masked Guy<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">During one of the summers in Pennsylvania, one of the TA's was a young man named Tim, who often filled his notebooks with cartoon doodles, many of which centered around the adventures of The Masked Guy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/the-masked-guy\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/loot\/\">Loot!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thanks to everyone for all the birthday wishes! It's been a fun day so far...I've got the afternoon off, so I think I'm going to head out wandering while the sun's out, and I had a small pile of presents to open during lunch. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/loot\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/wikipedia-birthday-meme\/\">Wikipedia Birthday Meme<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Earlier this month there was a Wikipedia Birthday Meme running around that, given its subject and the proximity to my own birthday, I figured I'd just hold off on playing with for a bit. So, three weeks or so after everyone else, it's my turn! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/wikipedia-birthday-meme\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/birthday-33\/\">Birthday 33<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy birthday to me, I'm now thirty-three, I should have better words here, but I suck at poetry. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/birthday-33\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/pictures-that-havent-been-drawn-yet\/\">Pictures that haven&#8217;t been drawn yet.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Photo of the day...sidewalk chalk. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/03\/pictures-that-havent-been-drawn-yet\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/03\/for-mom-one-year-of-hair\/\">For Mom: One year of hair!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's a bit bunched up from having been in a ponytail holder, but you get the idea. Long (and getting longer), red, curly hair. The curls are back, mom! :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/03\/for-mom-one-year-of-hair\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/03\/happy-birthday-to-me\/\">Happy Birthday to me!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">32 years old as of today. Whee! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/03\/happy-birthday-to-me\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/03\/its-not-my-fault-ie-sucks-get-a-real-browser\/\">It&#8217;s not my fault IE sucks. Get a real browser.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I don't care. I'm not even going to bother fixing the various oddities that crop up under IE. It's not worth the time, trouble, and headaches that it would entail. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/03\/its-not-my-fault-ie-sucks-get-a-real-browser\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/03\/a-few-new-site-bits\/\">A few new site bits<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've added a few features to the site -- one a couple weeks ago, and two just a few minutes ago -- and I figured I'd babble for a moment about them. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/03\/a-few-new-site-bits\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/03\/lastyear\/\">Lastyear<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, I've made it to 29. So...in another year...do I run? Or head for Sanctuary? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/03\/lastyear\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/03\/heaven-forbid-that-happen\/\">Heaven forbid that happen!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Imagine the disincentive to software development if after months of work another company could come along and copy your work and market it under its own name&hellip;without legal restraints to such copying, companies like Apple could not afford to advance the state of the art. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/03\/heaven-forbid-that-happen\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/03\/the-van-is-back\/\">The van is back!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This just rocks -- my parents van, which was stolen about two weeks ago, will be back in their hands sometime today! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/03\/the-van-is-back\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/03\/happy-birthday-to-me-3\/\">Happy birthday to me!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, I'm 28. 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