{"id":24008,"date":"2020-05-09T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24008"},"modified":"2020-04-30T08:26:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:26:08","slug":"on-this-day-may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/09\/on-this-day-may-9\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: May 9"},"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>23<\/strong> posts previously published on May 9th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/05\/09\/clarkesworld-issue-224-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">Clarkesworld Issue 224 edited by Neil Clarke<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 24\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Favorites by Rati Mehrotra, Alex T. Singer, Wole Talabi, and Marie Vibbert. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/05\/09\/clarkesworld-issue-224-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/09\/year-50-day-7\/\">Year 50 Day 7<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's nice to finally have the kind of weather that really lets me appreciate the balcony outside my office at work. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/09\/year-50-day-7\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/09\/%f0%9f%93%9a-cast-no-shadow-by-james-swallow\/\">&#x1f4da; Cast No Shadow by James Swallow<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Does a good job of fleshing out Valeris and exploring the motivations and rationale behind her actions. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/09\/%f0%9f%93%9a-cast-no-shadow-by-james-swallow\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/05\/09\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-stars-were-right-by-k-m-alexander\/\">&#x1f4da; The Stars Were Right by K.M. Alexander<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A brisk dark urban fantasy murder mystery with occasional Lovecraftian tones. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/05\/09\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-stars-were-right-by-k-m-alexander\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/09\/difficult-listening-hour-2021-05-08\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2021.05.08<\/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\/05\/09\/difficult-listening-hour-2021-05-08\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/09\/25304\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 18\/2021: _Shadows on the Sun_ by Michael Jan Friedman &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #startrek &#x1f596; Didn\u2019t really care for a McCoy still blindly obsessed over his ex after decades, or the markedly somber tone of the crew\u2019s return to Earth following the events of STVI:TUC. Very much a downer of a story. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/09\/25304\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/09\/on-this-day-may-9\/\">On This Day: May 9<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/09\/on-this-day-may-9\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/09\/24054\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months: When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently from William Golding\u2019s bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/09\/24054\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/09\/12170\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Best comment I&#8217;ve seen yet on Ollie North becoming the head of the NRA: \u201cRussian-backed terror group selects noted international arms smuggler as its new President\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/09\/12170\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/09\/19593\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book nineteen of 2016: Tinseltown, by William J. Mann. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; (130\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/09\/19593\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/09\/18730\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The pre-show froyo is a very important tradition. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/09\/18730\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/09\/18733\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">First time at Rodeo City BBQ for our weekly date night. Quite amused by my boot mug. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/09\/18733\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/09\/17737\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This has been a week for kicking ass, and I was on the wrong side of that equation. Very glad it&#8217;s Friday and the weekend has very little planned. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/09\/17737\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/09\/ups-they-did-it-again\/\">UPS, they did it again!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Because I'm paranoid after all the issues I've been having so far, I just logged into UPS's tracking site to check on the current state of my shipment. What. The. Fuck?!? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/09\/ups-they-did-it-again\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/09\/why-ups-is-pronounced-oops\/\">Why &#8216;UPS&#8217; is pronounced &#8216;Oops!&#8217;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">All in all, an incredibly frustrating experience. A mysterious 9:10pm call on Friday to hold the package for pickup that I didn't make, and some twit this morning who didn't tell me what was actually happening. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/09\/why-ups-is-pronounced-oops\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/09\/clutter\/\">Clutter<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">But...nothing I or my family has ever managed to come up with even comes close to comparing to this house. Amazing...and a little disturbing. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/09\/clutter\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/09\/ack-i-almost-forgot\/\">Ack! I almost forgot&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy Mother's Day, mom! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/09\/ack-i-almost-forgot\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/09\/norad-um-nope\/\">NORAD? Um, nope!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Looking at another page on the site, a more straightforward timeline of Sept. 11<sup>th<\/sup>, imagine my surprise when I saw a picture captioned 'Norad's war room in Cheyenne, Wyoming,' that, rather than being a picture of the Norad control room, is actually a screen shot from the 1983 adventure\/suspense film Wargames! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/09\/norad-um-nope\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/09\/two-dave-winer-grumbles\/\">Two Dave Winer grumbles<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I don't have as many issues with Dave Winer as many other people seem to, but he does occasionally come up with something that I'm tempted to comment on. Today, I gave into the temptation&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/09\/two-dave-winer-grumbles\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/09\/im-still-gambit\/\">I&#039;m (still) Gambit<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Through physical contact, Gambit can charge inanimate objects with kinetic energy, which is released on contact with explosive results. Gambit also has slightly enhanced agility and speed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/09\/im-still-gambit\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/09\/ughnow-what\/\">Ugh&#8230;now what?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Dammit -- no matter how well things are going, something always seems to come along to trip things up. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/09\/ughnow-what\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/09\/tv-timekinda\/\">TV time&#8230;kinda<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As always, there have been a couple additions to my movie collection over the past few days. Rather than actual movies, though, I'm catching up on some of the watchable shows that I miss due to the fact that I don't watch television. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/09\/tv-timekinda\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/09\/told-ya-id-get-more-in-here\/\">Told ya I&#8217;d get more in here<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Anyway, so that's it for the past few days. Nothing too earth shattering, but there's very little of that in my life these days anyway. Right now it's mostly a matter of counting the days until I visit Fairbanks in a couple weeks (weekend of May 18th), and until I finally leave this state to see how things are living in the lower 48 (sometime in mid-August). 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