{"id":24281,"date":"2020-07-17T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24281"},"modified":"2020-07-13T15:11:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T22:11:02","slug":"on-this-day-jul-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/17\/on-this-day-jul-17\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jul 17"},"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>24<\/strong> posts previously published on July 17th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/17\/year-50-day-76\/\">Year 50 Day 76<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Providing evidence that I can make things presentable if I try hard enough. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/17\/year-50-day-76\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/17\/%f0%9f%93%9a-hyperion-by-dan-simmons\/\">&#x1f4da; Hyperion by Dan Simmons<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Far-future space opera on a huge scale. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/17\/%f0%9f%93%9a-hyperion-by-dan-simmons\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/17\/on-this-day-jul-17\/\">On This Day: Jul 17<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from July 17 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/17\/on-this-day-jul-17\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/17\/12354\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">\u201cThe axis today is not liberal and conservative, the axis is constructive-destructive, and you\u2019ve cast your lot with the destructive people. Fox has become an incredibly destructive force in our society.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Steve Jobs to Rupert Murdoch, in 2010. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/17\/12354\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/17\/21237\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Picked up some really dark (and oh-so-stylish) sunglasses for Prairie and me for the eclipse next month. Got a slide-on lens filter for my camera, too. With a little luck (and clear skies), we&#8217;ll be able to see the eclipse! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/17\/21237\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/17\/20017\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-three of 2016: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, by Catherynne M. Valente. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; (199\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/17\/20017\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/17\/18060\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Going old-school for today&#8217;s #throwbackthursday shot. This is what happens when you&#8217;re born in the early 1970s (thanks, parents)! ;) But then, that shirt could be a passable TOS Starfleet command uniform shirt&#8230;though I don&#8217;t think the pants would fit the dress code. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/17\/18060\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/17\/not-exactly-lushes\/\">Not Exactly Lushes<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not exactly doing our part to keep the booze flowin', are we? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/17\/not-exactly-lushes\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/17\/we-have-power\/\">We Have Power<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently there are two breakers on the troublesome circuit, _one_ of which had popped -- which meant that for half of our apartment, outlets that should have been getting 110v were only getting around 80v. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/17\/we-have-power\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/17\/my-depeche-mode-collection\/\">My Depeche Mode collection<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">For Rebecca, for comparison purposes, and for Jonas, because he made fun of me for dancing to Strangelove at the Vogue a few months ago. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/17\/my-depeche-mode-collection\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/17\/okay-okay-im-awake-i-get-it\/\">Okay, okay, I&#8217;m awake, I get it<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I do remember having a long, very involved dream revolving around discovering that Lloyd Alexander had written a series of companion novels to his Prydain Chronicles: two collections of short stories, and a full trilogy of three almost Harry Potter-length novels set about sixteen years or so after the end of the Prydain Chronicles. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/17\/okay-okay-im-awake-i-get-it\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/the-skyline-is-back\/\">The skyline is back<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One minor change to the site design here &mdash; I moved my shot of the Seattle skyline that I use over at The Long Letter to this weblog also. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/the-skyline-is-back\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/squirrel-monkeys\/\">Squirrel Monkeys<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Let's see what the government might have chosen in its effort to protect American lives from ruthless, technologically sophisticated terrorists. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/squirrel-monkeys\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/most-literate-cities\/\">Most literate cities<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here's something cool: The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has posted a study of the most literate cities in America. Seattle got number two! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/most-literate-cities\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/two-more\/\">Two more<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Two stories: first up, one about what Prairie deemed the 'Passing Judgement on Poor Women With Bastard Children Act'. Secondly, more of Bush's prior supporters are realizing that, to quote some old famous dead guy, 'something smells rotten in Denmark&hellip;'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/two-more\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/its-been-addressed\/\">It&#039;s been addressed.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ari Fleischer's replacement, Scott McClellan, must be hating his life right about now. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/its-been-addressed\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/googles-presidential-endorsement\/\">Google&#039;s presidential endorsement<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Go to Google. Put 'who will be president in 2004?' into the search field (no quotes). Hit the 'I'm feeling lucky' button. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/googles-presidential-endorsement\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/thoughtcrime\/\">Thoughtcrime<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">'In this post-911 era, it is the absolute responsibility of the FBI to follow through on any tips of potential terrorist activity,' Paris says. 'Are people going to take exception and be inconvenienced by this at times? Oh, yeah. ... A certain amount of convenience is going to be offset by an increase in security.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/thoughtcrime\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/pashazade-effendi-felaheen\/\">Pashazade \/ Effendi \/ Felaheen<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Something else for my reading list, courtesy of Thousand Faced Moon, who I found by wandering through TypePad's list of recently updated TypePad blogs. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/pashazade-effendi-felaheen\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/metallica-smokes-too-much-crack\/\">Metallica smokes too much crack<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We're not saying we own those two chords, individually -- that would be ridiculous. We're just saying that in that specific order, people have grown to associate E, F with our music. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/metallica-smokes-too-much-crack\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road\/\">Why did the chicken cross the road?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Douglas Adams: Forty-two. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/keith-richards-pepe-le-pew-jack-sparrow\/\">Keith Richards + Pepe Le Pew = Jack Sparrow?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">But he says the main inspiration for this character was Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards with a bit of everybody's favourite cartoon skunk, Pepe Le Pew, thrown in for good measure. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/keith-richards-pepe-le-pew-jack-sparrow\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/the-passion-2\/\">The Passion<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">But then, don't all films about Christ cause controversy &mdash; especially before they're released, when nobody can actually make an informed decision about any aspect of the film? Ugh. But anyway. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/the-passion-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/17\/morally-deficient\/\">Morally deficient<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Threat rating: Medium. 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