{"id":24002,"date":"2020-05-06T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24002"},"modified":"2020-04-30T08:25:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:25:28","slug":"on-this-day-may-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/06\/on-this-day-may-6\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: May 6"},"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>25<\/strong> posts previously published on May 6th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/06\/year-50-day-4\/\">Year 50 Day 4<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">At the Mercury to celebrate my birthday with a few friends. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/06\/year-50-day-4\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/05\/06\/modern-star-trek-needs-more-technobabble\/\">Modern Star Trek Needs More Technobabble<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay, fine. Because absolutely nobody asked for yet another Star Trek hot take from some random nobody on the internet, here we go. This is the stuff that I don't like about modern Trek. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/05\/06\/modern-star-trek-needs-more-technobabble\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/06\/24050\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; twenty-two of 2020: Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; On its own, a fairly standard action thriller. But as the source material for Die Hard, it\u2019s a fascinating artifact. Surprisingly similar, and all changes made for the film were for the better. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/06\/24050\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/06\/on-this-day-may-6\/\">On This Day: May 6<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/06\/on-this-day-may-6\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/06\/21814\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sorry, Mr. Spider, but the ceiling directly above my bed is not an acceptable spot to hang out, and you will be evicted post-haste. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/06\/21814\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/06\/19578\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Birthday weekend date night number one: dinner, dessert, and a CWU vocal jazz concert. (127\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/06\/19578\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/06\/17746\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not a bad day, not a great day. Not disappointed to be relaxing in bed (yes, at 8:30&#8230;my inner twenty-something is quite ashamed). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/06\/17746\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/06\/who-is-john-galt\/\">Who is John Galt?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm not entirely sure about this one -- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will be starring in a film version of _Atlas Shrugged_. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/06\/who-is-john-galt\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/06\/quicktime-7-hd\/\">QuickTime 7 HD<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just for grins and giggles, I decided to download all the different Serenity trailers available to compare them. I grabbed all four 'normal' versions from the Serenity trailer page, the two HD versions from the Serenity HD page, opened them all up at once, and took a peek. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/06\/quicktime-7-hd\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/06\/jonesing-for-tiger\/\">Jonesing for Tiger<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Anybody in Seattle feel like letting me borrow their Tiger install disc until Monday when mine gets here? ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/06\/jonesing-for-tiger\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/06\/you-wont-succeed-on-broadway-if-you-dont-have-any-jews\/\">You won&#8217;t succeed on Broadway if you don&#8217;t  have any Jews!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I spent most of the first part of my morning in tears today -- because I couldn't stop laughing. Last night I noticed that the iTunes Music Store had the Broadway cast soundtrack to Spamalot. Of course, that was a no-brainer impulse buy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/06\/you-wont-succeed-on-broadway-if-you-dont-have-any-jews\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/06\/microsoft-reconsiders-supports-anti-discrimination-laws\/\">Microsoft reconsiders, supports anti-discrimination laws<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Via Scoble, Ballmer's e-mail announcing Microsoft's re-committing to support anti-discrimination legislation covering sexual orientation. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/06\/microsoft-reconsiders-supports-anti-discrimination-laws\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/06\/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy\/\">Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">For my part, I had a blast. It wasn't perfect, but I thought it was _quite_ enjoyable, and a reasonably good attempt at putting Douglas Adams' particular brand of absurdity on screen. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/06\/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/this-is-just-goofy\/\">This is just goofy<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'd be pissed if it weren't so damn funny. That's just goofy, though &mdash; because I have a DVD drive, I have to install iLife from the DVD? The install CD is entirely useless to me? Honestly, that's one of the most bizarre things I've seen from Apple to date. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/this-is-just-goofy\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/we-need-a-japanese-president\/\">We need a Japanese president<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Case in point: a Japanese minister has resigned in disgrace after failing to pay into a national pension plan. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/we-need-a-japanese-president\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/why-isnt-limbaugh-muzzled-yet\/\">Why isn&#8217;t Limbaugh muzzled yet?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I could hardly see straight when I first read that, let alone come close to forming a coherent response. Thankfully, Kirsten did much better than I&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/why-isnt-limbaugh-muzzled-yet\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/national-day-of-prayer\/\">National Day of Prayer<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So apparently today was the National Day of Prayer. I'm sure that was appreciated by those Americans who are Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Mormon, pagan, agnostic, or atheistic. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/national-day-of-prayer\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/state-votes-ranked-by-iq\/\">State votes ranked by IQ<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here's a fun chart: States ranked by average IQ and how they voted in 2000. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/state-votes-ranked-by-iq\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/seattle-skyline\/\">Seattle Skyline<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not the best quality panorama in the world, but not terribly bad, considering it was taken while bobbing along on the waters of Lake Union in a Duck. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/seattle-skyline\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/countering-the-rains-all-the-time-argument\/\">Countering the &#8216;rains all the time argument&#8217;&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Looks like Washington might be facing another drought this summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/06\/countering-the-rains-all-the-time-argument\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/06\/cynicism-reigns-supreme\/\">Cynicism Reigns Supreme<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My personal 'sometimes more serious than others, depending on how many momos I had to deal with today' opinion is that, quite simply, we (i.e., the human race) are breeding ourselves into oblivion by breeding for stupidity. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/06\/cynicism-reigns-supreme\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/06\/well-of-course\/\">Well, of course!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">For my opinion&hellip;see a future post in the metaphysics category. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/06\/well-of-course\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/06\/peace-is-our-profession\/\">Peace is our profession<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Operation Strangelove: On May 14<sup>th<\/sup>, host a screening (even if it's just for yourself!) of Dr Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/06\/peace-is-our-profession\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/06\/itunes-man\/\">iTunes Man<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sell us a song, you're the iTunes man, \/ Sell us a song tonight. \/ Well, we're all in the mood for a melody, \/ And you've got the pricing just right. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/06\/itunes-man\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/06\/american-gods\/\">American Gods<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">What happens to our gods when we stop believing in them? 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