{"id":24233,"date":"2020-07-04T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24233"},"modified":"2020-07-06T10:11:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:11:06","slug":"on-this-day-jul-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/04\/on-this-day-jul-4\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jul 4"},"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>31<\/strong> posts previously published on July 4th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/07\/04\/thoughts-on-july-fourth\/\">Thoughts on July Fourth<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Maybe eventually this will feel like a holiday worth celebrating once more. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/07\/04\/thoughts-on-july-fourth\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/04\/liberty-and-justice-for-all\/\">Liberty and Justice For All<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My hopepunk determination to not just wish that things were better, but to continue to fight to _make_ them so, goddammit, prevails. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/04\/liberty-and-justice-for-all\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/04\/year-50-day-63\/\">Year 50 Day 63<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We\u2019re not really much for the patriotic thing. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/04\/year-50-day-63\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/04\/on-this-day-jul-4\/\">On This Day: Jul 4<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from July 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/04\/on-this-day-jul-4\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/07\/04\/13412\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In memory of Mad magazine and Alfred E. Neuman, 1952-2019. What, me worry? The one issue I keep is part of my Star Trek collection; the bust I inherited from my dad, and dates from around 1960. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/07\/04\/13412\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/04\/21878\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty-four of 2018: Independence Day, by Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich, and Stephen Molstad. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/04\/21878\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/04\/12310\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Whether you recognize today as a celebration of where the country is now (\u2026really, though?), optimism for where it could be (my choice), simply a day off, or if you don\u2019t have the privilege of taking a day off and are working, I hope today is enjoyable and safe for you. &#x1f386;&#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8;&#x1f387; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/04\/12310\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21233\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Fourth of July fireworks in Renton! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21233\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21214\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thirteen and a half hours down! Just another hour and a half to go to fireworks! (And then an unknown number navigating our way out of here and back home&#8230;.) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21214\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21199\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Monopoly deal is much more fun (faster and more cutthroat) than the board game. Recommended by us! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21199\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21202\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Listening to the city band playing John Philip Sousa. Seems very appropriate. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21202\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21205\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Great view of&#8230;a house fire? Did someone get that stupid this early? Something ungood over the hill. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21205\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21208\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Doing something we haven\u2019t tried in around a decade: a full day at a park for the 4th. Got here early enough to find good parking, have claimed a prime fireworks viewing spot, and have food, books, card games, and people watching to last us through the day. Should be a good one! Have a ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21208\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/04\/21208\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/04\/19921\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Time for a July 4th tradition carried over from Prairie&#8217;s childhood: The Music Man! (186\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/04\/19921\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/04\/19924\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Chucks of the day (34\/?): Black high tops with multicolored stylized Statue of Liberty design and black laces. Happy 4th, all! #chucks #converse #4thofjuly #fourthofjuly #independenceday #statueofliberty <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/04\/19924\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/07\/04\/18782\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Grilling steak and sausages for a July 4th dinner with a friend on another gorgeous (if hot) summer evening. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/07\/04\/18782\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/04\/17990\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Kicked back in bed, listening to people all over town work on blowing themselves up. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/04\/17990\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/04\/17993\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Red, white, and blue dessert; the mint, raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries are all fresh picked from Prairie&#8217;s garden. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/04\/17993\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/04\/17996\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mom looking at one of my \u00fcber-geeky Star Trek books. While wearing patriotic socks. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/04\/17996\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2013<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/07\/04\/fight-for-the-fourth\/\">Fight for the Fourth<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/07\/04\/fight-for-the-fourth\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/07\/04\/delicious-june-28th-2\/\">Links for June 28th through July 4th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between June 28th and July 4th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Troopers issue nearly 700 citations for using cell, texting while driving \u2022\u00a0Architecture's Modern Marvels \u2022\u00a0Why Some Countries Drive on the Right and Some Countries Drive on the Left \u2022\u00a0Scientists Invent First Male Contraceptive Pill \u2022\u00a0Surely It&rsquo;s 30 (Don&rsquo;t Call Me Shirley!) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/07\/04\/delicious-june-28th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/04\/jason-webley-elevanniversary\/\">Jason Webley Elevanniversary<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">ast night, Prairie and I went out to see Jason Webley's Elevanniversary show, our first Webley show in a few years. We'd been skipping them lately, but with this being his eleventh anniversary show we decided this was one we wanted to see. In the end, while it wasn't our all-time favorite Webley show, it was still good, (mostly) a lot of fun, and we're glad we went. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/04\/jason-webley-elevanniversary\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/04\/delicious-july-1st\/\">Links for July 1st through July 4th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between July 1st and July 4th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Giant Squid Caught in West Seattle \u2022\u00a0Keep Khan Out of Star Trek 12 \u2022\u00a0Water Seeping Through Howard Hanson Dam Is Picking Up Speed \u2022\u00a0The Blue and the Green \u2022\u00a0The Puppet Show <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/04\/delicious-july-1st\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/04\/delicious-july-1st-2\/\">Links for July 1st through July 4th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between July 1st and July 4th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0VW's ~230 MPG car \u2022\u00a0iTunes K-12 launches with resources for students, parents \u2022\u00a0The importance of focus and quick tips on how to get it right \u2022\u00a0Ignore reply tweets and SEO URLs with Twitter Tools WordPress Plug-in \u2022\u00a0Seattle Gothic Pageant Presents - More Goth Pride Photos <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/04\/delicious-july-1st-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/04\/happy-fourth-ii-the-return\/\">Happy Fourth II (The Return?)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While I just put up random, semi-pointless babble, Prairie was typing away actually saying something that's worth reading. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/04\/happy-fourth-ii-the-return\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/04\/i-like-summer-and-happy-4th-of-july\/\">I like summer (and happy 4th of July!)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Random updates: wheels (rollerskates and rollerblades), swimming pools, blog changes, and fourth of July wishes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/04\/i-like-summer-and-happy-4th-of-july\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/04\/you-dirty-pedophile\/\">You dirty pedophile&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I was having a good day wandering around Myrtle Edwards Park for the Fourth of Jul-Ivar's festivities until someone sicced the security goons on me. Apparently a parent had decided that since I was taking pictures of kids playing in the surf at one of the small beach areas, I was some creepy scumbag who had to be brought to heel. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/04\/you-dirty-pedophile\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/04\/im-not-listening\/\">I&#039;m not listening!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I think that the St. Claire, Inc. Industrial Sign Builder has just become one of my favorite online toys. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/04\/im-not-listening\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/04\/homeland-security-chokers\/\">Homeland Security Chokers<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Now you, too, can alert everyone in your vicinity to your own personal level of security (or insecurity), with the Homeland Security Choker Set! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/04\/homeland-security-chokers\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/04\/government-information-awareness\/\">Government Information Awareness<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Researchers at the MIT Media Lab unveiled the Government Information Awareness , or GIA, website Friday. Using applications developed at the Media Lab, GIA collects and collates information about government programs, plans and politicians from the general public and numerous online sources. Currently the database contains information on more than 3,000 public figures. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/04\/government-information-awareness\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/04\/america-starts-to-wake-up\/\">America starts to wake up<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The signs of discomfort seem to be growing beyond the military bases. According to a Gallup poll published on Tuesday, the percentage of the public who think the war is going badly has risen to 42 percent, from 13 percent in May. 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