{"id":24187,"date":"2020-06-18T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24187"},"modified":"2020-07-06T09:55:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T16:55:11","slug":"on-this-day-jun-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/06\/18\/on-this-day-jun-18\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jun 18"},"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>28<\/strong> posts previously published on June 18th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/06\/18\/year-50-day-47\/\">Year 50 Day 47<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Wilbert Andell Anderson looks like a creepy backwoods redneck badly cosplaying his just-discovered Viking ancestry. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/06\/18\/year-50-day-47\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/06\/18\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-city-in-the-middle-of-the-night-by-charlie-jane-anders\/\">&#x1f4da; The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not a bad book, really, but not a particularly pleasant one. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/06\/18\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-city-in-the-middle-of-the-night-by-charlie-jane-anders\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/06\/18\/on-this-day-jun-18\/\">On This Day: Jun 18<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from June 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/06\/18\/on-this-day-jun-18\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/06\/18\/12271\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Me, surveying my #StarTrek book collection: \u201cYeah, I\u2019m a little bit of a geek\u201d. My wife: \u201cNo\u2026.\u201d Me: \u201c\u2026I know where this is going.\u201d (Every shelf is double-stacked; most of those are #TOS novels. Please forgive the weird distortion from the pano camera mode.) &#x1f4da;&#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/06\/18\/12271\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19797\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Toby the #tinydinosaur was very happy to learn that the local Greek restaurant delivers to our hotel. Salad and calzones in our room! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19797\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19800\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Do you ever feel like there&#8217;s a #tinyelephant watching over you as you sleep? (170\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19800\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19803\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Found a Mexican bakery nearby\u2026so many treats! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19803\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19776\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A giant burrito for a #tinydinosaur! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19776\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19779\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We&#8217;re prepping the car for a weekend minibreak, and Toby the #tinydinosaur and his #tinyelephant friend are anxious to go. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19779\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19782\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Chucks of the day (18\/?): grey puffy (new style?) low tops with orange laces and lining, black sidewall stripes. #chucks #converse <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/18\/19782\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/06\/18\/17923\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Dinner on the patio with Prairie&#8217;s dad Lon, visiting us for a few days. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/06\/18\/17923\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/06\/18\/17926\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Practicing my &#8220;heroic gaze into the distance&#8221; stance. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/06\/18\/17926\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/06\/18\/delicious-june-9th\/\">Links for June 9th through June 18th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between June 9th and June 18th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Lunch Shop for Ironworkers Rises With Skyscraper \u2022\u00a0Who Is the Best Soccer Player at the World Cup? Science Has the Answer. \u2022\u00a0Modify the Look of the Safari 5 Reader Function \u2022\u00a0Leviticans \u2022\u00a0Gallery: Digitizing the Past and Present at the Library of Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/06\/18\/delicious-june-9th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/06\/18\/delicious-june-18th-2\/\">Links for June 18th from 12:39 to 13:07<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between 12:39 and 13:07, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022 Wall.E : Pixar animation \u2022 Exits: Stewart Butterfield's bizarre resignation letter to Yahoo \u2022 in vestimentis ursum \u2022\u00a0Requiem For A Day Off \u2022 Takei Marriage License Big News [UPDATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/06\/18\/delicious-june-18th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/06\/18\/website-tweaks\/\">Website Tweaks<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One of the projects I'd like to tackle over the summer is redesigning my weblog. However, as the major project over the next few weeks here at home needs to be packing things up and preparing for a move, I've settled for doing a bit of minor tweaking here and there to streamline things where I can. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/06\/18\/website-tweaks\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/06\/18\/fremont-summer-solstice-parade\/\">Fremont Summer Solstice Parade<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This Solstice Parade photoset from ChrisB really deserves to be seen. A high vantage point and a tilt-shift lens make for a look at the parade that's _very_ different from everyone else's shots! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/06\/18\/fremont-summer-solstice-parade\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/of-course-its-creepy\/\">Of Course It&#8217;s Creepy!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The following was originally a reply to some of the questions raised in the comments discussing an upcoming Tim Burton\/Johnny Depp version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. My response became long enough that I decided to give it a post of its own rather than 'bl-hog' my own blog. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/of-course-its-creepy\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/rights\/\">Rights<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The rich have the right to buy more homes than anyone else. They have the right to buy more cars than anyone else, more gizmos than anyone else, more clothes and vacations than anyone else. <em>But they do not have the right to buy more democracy than anyone else<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/rights\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/metroblogging\/\">Metroblogging<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A potentially interesting and useful new regional groupblog project: Metroblogging. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/metroblogging\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/on-keeping-promises\/\">On keeping promises<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay, I'll admit it. I'm impressed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/on-keeping-promises\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/could-be-brilliant-or-horrible\/\">Could be brilliant or horrible<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Coming in 2005 &mdash; a new film version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. Hmmmmmmm&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/could-be-brilliant-or-horrible\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/jay-and-silent-bob-want-you-to-vote\/\">Jay and Silent Bob want you to vote<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay, folks. If Jay and Silent Bob are going to be voting, you've got no excuse not to. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/jay-and-silent-bob-want-you-to-vote\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/incoming-part-ii\/\">Incoming, part II<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The storm's over with, and we've got another gorgeous, clear, hot day. I just came across this photograph of last night's storm, taken by James Gurney in Redmond. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/18\/incoming-part-ii\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/06\/18\/peace\/\">Peace<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Your goal is not peace; your goal is to live in peace. Return when your goal is peace alone and you hold a willing knife at your own throat to achieve it. That is the price of a warmaster's blade. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/06\/18\/peace\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/06\/18\/bad-timing-2\/\">Bad timing<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Looks like the Dean speech conflicts w\/ the Steve Jobs keynote at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference. Nooooooooooo! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/06\/18\/bad-timing-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/06\/18\/neal-stephenson-quicksilver\/\">Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The newest book from one of my favorite modern authors, Neal Stephenson, is now available for pre-order at Amazon: Quicksilver: Volume One of the Baroque Cycle. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/06\/18\/neal-stephenson-quicksilver\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/06\/18\/exactly\/\">Exactly<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/06\/18\/exactly\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/06\/18\/gdel-escher-bach-an-enternal-golden-braid\/\">G\u00f6del, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This book is an exploration of everything from mathematics to the mechanics of thought and reasoning to Artificial Intelligence, all tied together and interrelated to each other. 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