{"id":24087,"date":"2020-05-29T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24087"},"modified":"2020-05-15T09:48:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T16:48:01","slug":"on-this-day-may-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/29\/on-this-day-may-29\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: May 29"},"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>34<\/strong> posts previously published on May 29th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/05\/29\/toward-the-night-by-james-swallow\/\">Toward the Night by James Swallow<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 29\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: We haven't gotten an Ortegas-centric episode of the show yet, so it's fun to get a bit more of a peek into her and her background through this adventure. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/05\/29\/toward-the-night-by-james-swallow\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/29\/year-50-day-27\/\">Year 50 Day 27<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Computer, tea. Glazed Lemon Loaf. Hot. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/29\/year-50-day-27\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/05\/29\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-red-notice\/\">&#x1f3a5; Red Notice<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A perfect Sunday afternoon bit of lighthearted silliness. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/05\/29\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-red-notice\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/29\/25332\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 21\/2021: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; 1973 Hugo Best Novel One of my favorite classic SF authors, but not a favorite of his works. The ideas were interesting, but the dialogue felt particularly dated, and the final third\u2019s sociological bits were a bit silly. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/29\/25332\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/29\/privileged\/\">Privileged<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">White privilege is real. Recognize yours. Take time to consider a Black person\u2019s experience today and every day. Find out what you can do to help. This is a start. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/29\/privileged\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/29\/on-this-day-may-29\/\">On This Day: May 29<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/29\/on-this-day-may-29\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/29\/19668\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just playing around. Rawwrrr! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/29\/19668\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/29\/19641\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This Criminal Minds episode is all about the evils and dangers of selfies (via a #MirrorMan serial killer targeting and tracking people through social media)\u2026so it seemed appropriate to put that on the background of today&#8217;s shot. (150\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/29\/19641\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/29\/19644\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A while ago, I was followed on Instagram by @miniatureplasticdeer &#8211; I don&#8217;t know why, if it was random or if the account is run by someone who knows me (I have a couple friends who run accounts for their businesses), but it amused me. While #miniatureplasticdeer aren&#8217;t quite my style, I do have an ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/29\/19644\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/29\/19644\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/29\/19647\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mmm&#8230;Prairie brought breakfast treats back from her trip to Calgary! My first Canadian donuts. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/29\/19647\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17851\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here be dragons! The EMP&#8217;s fantasy exhibit is really neat. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17851\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17824\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Prairie and me waiting outside the EMP. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17824\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17827\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Even though #funfeetfriday isn&#8217;t until tomorrow, storm trooper feet seemed appropriate for visiting the EMP&#8217;s Science Fiction Museum. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17827\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17830\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Snuck in to Seattle for a CWU event at the EMP. Got here early, so now we&#8217;re wandering around for a bit. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17830\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17833\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">For #throwbackthursday, me upon my return from two months in Germany in the summer of 1991 with the Bartlett High School German Club. This was the point where I really started to make progress towards figuring out how to be who I wanted to be, rather than who I thought other people wanted me to ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17833\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17833\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17836\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Got a cute &#8220;Sword of Law and Justice&#8221; as a goodbye present from one of the graduating LAJ students. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/29\/17836\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/29\/regaining-trust\/\">Regaining Trust<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Rather sad how it only takes one psychotically self-absorbed pathological liar to destroy your faith in people. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/29\/regaining-trust\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/29\/northwest-folklife-festival-seattle\/\">Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Work commitments kept us from doing a full weekend jaunt, but Prairie and I went out to wander around the Folklife festival on Saturday afternoon and evening. Here's the rest of my shots from the day. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/29\/northwest-folklife-festival-seattle\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/29\/the-scarlet-f\/\">The Scarlet F<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Photos from Saturday night's show have been posted: The Scarlet F (some images NSFW)! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/29\/the-scarlet-f\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/29\/old-friends\/\">Old friends<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Got to hang out with Rebecca and her husband Gary and their friends Carla and (insert name here when I figure it out) at the Vogue tonight. Was great to see Rebecca again &mdash; we got to talking about it, and we figured that the last time I saw her she wasn't even old enough to vote, let alone get into a bar! Too funny. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/29\/old-friends\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/29\/we-interrupt-this-broadcast\/\">We Interrupt This Broadcast<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mom and dad sent me a wonderful present for my birthday that just arrived in the mail a couple of days ago. It's a book called We Interrupt This Broadcast, a collection of news events that shocked the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/29\/we-interrupt-this-broadcast\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/29\/trailers-that-caught-my-eye\/\">Trailers that caught my eye<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Three trailers caught my eye today while I was waiting for The Day After Tomorrow to start: Collateral, Alexander, and The Stepford Wives. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/29\/trailers-that-caught-my-eye\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/29\/the-day-after-tomorrow\/\">The Day After Tomorrow<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I got back home a bit ago from seeing Roland Emmerich's latest death, doom, and destruction lovefest: The Day After Tomorrow. The verdict? Surprisingly, not nearly as bad as I was expecting it to be, as long as you keep in mind that it's your typical summer disaster movie, big on special effects, and short on plausible plot. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/29\/the-day-after-tomorrow\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/what-matrix-persona-are-you\/\">What Matrix persona are you?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I am Neo, from 'The Matrix.' I display a perfect fusion of heroism and compassion. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/what-matrix-persona-are-you\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/play-with-the-penguins\/\">Play with the penguins!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">And now for something completely different, and far more cheerful &mdash; take a few minutes to go play with the penguins. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/play-with-the-penguins\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/hoisted-by-their-own-petard\/\">Hoisted by their own petard<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I linked to this yesterday, but seeing as how permission has been granted to reprint and republish, I thought this was well worth making a full post of its own. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/hoisted-by-their-own-petard\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/us-secret-biological-experimentation\/\">US Secret Biological Experimentation<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\"><b>1994<\/b> Senator John D. Rockefeller issues a report revealing that for at least 50 years the Department of Defense has used hundreds of thousands of military personnel in human experiments and for intentional exposure to dangerous substances. Materials included mustard and nerve gas, ionizing radiation, psychochemicals, hallucinogens, and drugs used during the Gulf War. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/us-secret-biological-experimentation\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/so-where-are-these-weapons-again\/\">So, where are these weapons again?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Two posts over at Daily Kos worth reading: Rockefeller rips lack of WMDs and Blair under fire. Apparently people are starting to get a little steamed about the amazing disappearing Weapons of Mass Destruction we went to war over. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/so-where-are-these-weapons-again\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/stop-george\/\">Stop George!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We need to show Americans who don't even know that they have a reason to disagree with George that they do have a reason. And we need to encourage those who have not voted in the past that in 2004, their vote will make a difference. Remember, the last George was considered unbeatable less than a year before his defeat. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/stop-george\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/fact-checking-reuters-re-itunes\/\">Fact-checking Reuters re: iTunes<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Normally I don't have much problem with the stories I see on Reuters &mdash; but then, I'm not nearly as well-versed in many of the subjects I read from them. If the rest of their news reporting is as solid as this story was, I should just stop paying attention. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/fact-checking-reuters-re-itunes\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/just-the-facts-maam\/\">Just the facts, ma&#039;am<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm not unwilling to change positions based on facts, but I am unwilling to change positions based on polls. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/just-the-facts-maam\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/backpedaling\/\">Backpedaling<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Go check out this timeline of quotes referencing the claimed Iraqi WMD's. It'd be funny if it weren't real. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/29\/backpedaling\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/29\/the-point-of-no-return\/\">The point of no return&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The voting has been disabled for the above poll, as changes in the website have ended up borking up the poll and results. However, if I remember correctly, the majority of the tallied votes were for the Bridget Fonda lookalike contest. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/29\/the-point-of-no-return\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/29\/microsuck\/\">Microsuck<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck will be the same day they start making vacuum cleaners. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/05\/29\/microsuck\/\">&#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 29<\/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-24087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24087","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=24087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}