{"id":24077,"date":"2020-05-24T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24077"},"modified":"2020-05-15T09:46:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T16:46:47","slug":"on-this-day-may-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/24\/on-this-day-may-24\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: May 24"},"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 24th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/24\/year-50-day-22\/\">Year 50 Day 22<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The trees were one of the reasons we bought this place. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/24\/year-50-day-22\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/24\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-the-weight-of-worlds-by-greg-cox\/\">&#x1f4da; The Weight of Worlds by Greg Cox<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not a bad adventure, but not top-tier, either. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/24\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-the-weight-of-worlds-by-greg-cox\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/24\/on-this-day-may-24\/\">On This Day: May 24<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/24\/on-this-day-may-24\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/24\/21823\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Every day, there\u2019s a little bit more. Slowly, quietly accumulating. Drifting in, wafting slowly behind us as we walk by. It\u2019s like the world\u2019s cutest horror movie. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/24\/21823\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/24\/12231\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In accordance with the GDPR-driven updates to privacy policies all over the place, I&#8217;m endorsing and appropriating Konstantin Kakaes&#8217; excellent privacy policy update for my own use. Please read this and keep it in mind for all communications with me. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/24\/12231\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/24\/19632\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">First night of Prairie gone for a conference, and I&#8217;ve already reverted to my oh-so-healthy bachelor cooking ways. :D (145\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/24\/19632\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/24\/18757\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Kitty wants cake! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/24\/18757\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/24\/18760\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Our hotel room includes a Black Forest Cake dessert. Yum! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/24\/18760\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/24\/18763\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Cocktails for two before dinner. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/24\/18763\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/24\/17821\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hanging out with the family by the river on a pleasant evening. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/24\/17821\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/24\/17794\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">At Prairie&#8217;s dad&#8217;s place along the Lewis River for a collective May birthdays celebration. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/24\/17794\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/05\/24\/a-tiny-bit-on-the-lost-finale\/\">A tiny bit on the Lost finale<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've only had a few hours to process the _Lost_ finale, and I was asleep for most of them, so this is still a little unformed and right off the cuff. Still, right off the bat, I'm a bit of two minds on how it all wrapped up... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/05\/24\/a-tiny-bit-on-the-lost-finale\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/24\/delicious-may-19th\/\">Links for May 19th through May 24th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between May 19th and May 24th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Agatha Christie:  Agatha Christie Breaks a Third World Record \u2022\u00a0Rules for Time Travelers \u2022\u00a0Klingon Anti-Virus \u2022\u00a0Star Trek: What It Teaches Film Makers About Special Effects \u2022\u00a0Dollar ReDe$Ign Project <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/24\/delicious-may-19th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/24\/upcoming-photothingies\/\">Upcoming Photothingies<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">After a few days of grumbling and plotting devious ways of kicking my manager (severely, repeatedly, in the shin), my schedule has been reworked so that there are no more conflicts. So. Upcoming things where I will be wandering around, camera in hand.... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/24\/upcoming-photothingies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/24\/spielbergs-war-of-the-worlds\/\">Spielberg&#8217;s War of the Worlds<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Some interesting tidbits in Wired's look at the upcoming Spielberg\/Cruise version of War of the Worlds that caught my eye. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/24\/spielbergs-war-of-the-worlds\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/24\/writing-assignment\/\">Writing Assignment<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I actually think this is an old joke that I've heard before, but it got a good laugh out of me today when Thom posted it... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/24\/writing-assignment\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/disney-propaganda-i-want-this\/\">Disney Propaganda (I want this!)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oooers &mdash; anybody want to get me a late birthday present? ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/disney-propaganda-i-want-this\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/were-not-gonna-take-it\/\">We&#8217;re Not Gonna Take It<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Currently playing on our in-store Muzak system: Twisted Sister's 'We're Not Gonna Take It!' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/were-not-gonna-take-it\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/something-for-deanna\/\">Something for DeAnna<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Assuming you make it here to Seattle in time and have the time and money once you get here, there's a production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Re-bar through the end of July. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/something-for-deanna\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/showgirls-commentary-track\/\">Showgirls commentary track<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While I've never had a chance to catch it, for a while now local Seattle writer David Schmader has been hosing screenings of the infamous Showgirls, providing a running commentary skewering the film in what I've heard makes for an absolutely hilarious showing. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/showgirls-commentary-track\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/republican-lightbulb-joke\/\">Republican lightbulb joke<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">How many members of the Bush Administration are needed to replace a lightbulb? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/republican-lightbulb-joke\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/the-ravenous-bugblatter-beast-of-iraq\/\">The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Iraq<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It seems we have our own local Earthly variant of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal, reacting to the Abu Ghraib scandal with the belief that if we didn't see it, it wasn't there &mdash; and banning digital cameras in Iraq. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/the-ravenous-bugblatter-beast-of-iraq\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/the-library-is-really-cool\/\">The library is really cool<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I did manage to spend a little time looking around the Seattle Library this Sunday with Prairie and Hope for their opening day festivities. I think this was the first, and quite likely only, time I've ever seen a line to get into a library! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/24\/the-library-is-really-cool\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/24\/north-to-alaska-2\/\">North to Alaska<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just when I'd reconciled myself to the fact that I wasn't going to be able to afford to head up to Alaska this summer like I'd been planning to see James and Stacy get hitched, what do some of my friends do but chip in to help me out with the cost of the plane ticket. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/24\/north-to-alaska-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/24\/mars-needs-a-facelift\/\">Mars needs a facelift!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This just in -- It seems that our nearest neighbor in the Solar System, and most possible target for future colonization, is in dire need of a facelift! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/24\/mars-needs-a-facelift\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/24\/some-silly-fantasy-series\/\">Some silly fantasy series<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Grrr...Calling LOTR (Lord of the Rings) 'some silly fantasy series' is the same as referring to the Sistine Chapel as 'some medieval graffiti' or The Republic as 'simple moral commentary'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/24\/some-silly-fantasy-series\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1996<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1996\/05\/24\/from-usenet-52496-2300\/\">[From Usenet: 5.24.96 2300]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A shareware utility called Drop*PS (the * is really a bullet) will work wonders, as long as all you want to do is print. Drag the .ps file onto Drop*PS, and it sends the postscript data directly to the printer to interpretet it. Nice 'n simple...  <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1996\/05\/24\/from-usenet-52496-2300\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 24<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}