{"id":24356,"date":"2020-08-03T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24356"},"modified":"2020-08-13T08:01:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:01:33","slug":"on-this-day-aug-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/03\/on-this-day-aug-3\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Aug 3"},"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>26<\/strong> posts previously published on August 3rd<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/08\/03\/the-murderbot-diaries-vol-3-by-martha-wells\/\">The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 3 by Martha Wells<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 42\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: As good as the rest, and Murderbot and ART make such a good pair of characters. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/08\/03\/the-murderbot-diaries-vol-3-by-martha-wells\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/03\/year-50-day-93\/\">Year 50 Day 93<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We have a silly Lego nautical theme above our fireplace. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/03\/year-50-day-93\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/03\/on-this-day-aug-3\/\">On This Day: Aug 3<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/03\/on-this-day-aug-3\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/08\/03\/gloria-would-probably-laugh-too\/\">Gloria Would Probably Laugh Too<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">And yes, in case you\u2019re wondering, he did survive. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/08\/03\/gloria-would-probably-laugh-too\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/08\/03\/12402\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#8220;It\u2019s really frustrating to me that more people don\u2019t understand that racist\/alt-right people have gamified their rhetoric; they\u2019re not interested in discussion, they\u2019re slapping down cards from a \u2018Debate: The Gathering\u2019 stack, and the only goal is taking heads.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/08\/03\/12402\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/08\/03\/12400\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">\u201cIf women were the only ones who voted, races that are closely contested now would turn into Democratic blowouts, today\u2019s safe Republican seats would turn into toss-ups, and Democrats would win the House popular vote nearly every time.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/08\/03\/12400\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/03\/21288\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It&#8217;s a very hazy morning today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/03\/21288\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/03\/20086\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Scrolling through Twitter while half-watching Grey&#8217;s Anatomy, because Jackson and April are both annoying and I really don&#8217;t care about their doomed marriage finally falling apart. Sometimes this show is stupidly entertaining, other times it&#8217;s just stupid. (216\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/03\/20086\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/03\/18168\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Now that the sun is setting, flames from the #snagcanyon fire are visible again. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/03\/18168\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/03\/18141\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The #snagcanyon fire this afternoon, from north Ellensburg. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/03\/18141\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/03\/18144\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Out at Guardians of the Galaxy. Not sure why I have something growing out of my head, I think it&#8217;s an artifact from the low-light photo. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/03\/18144\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/08\/03\/in-which-i-write-some-clever-poetry\/\">In Which I Write Some Clever Poetry<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Utilikits started a thread \/ of clever limericks to be read. \/ The meter's confusing \/ so many were using \/ a hodgepodge of styles instead! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/08\/03\/in-which-i-write-some-clever-poetry\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/03\/re-meme-michael-is\/\">Re-Meme (&#8216;Michael is&#8230;&#8217;)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There's a meme going around the 'net right now where you do a Google search for '$yourname is' and pick the best ten results to post. Rather than join in, I'll just point you to the post where I did this two and a quarter years ago. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/03\/re-meme-michael-is\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/03\/live-octopus-tentacle\/\">Live Octopus Tentacle<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay, admittedly, I'm no fan of seafood -- generally, I tend to limit my meat-eating to animals with legs that stay on land most of the time. However, even if I were more into seafood than I am, I still think that I'd be _far_ too squicked out to try eating a dish of live octopus tentacles. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/03\/live-octopus-tentacle\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/03\/the-dj-test\/\">The DJ Test<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Rebecca just got a job as a professional DJ for AMS Entertainment, and in her post celebrating her successful certification, mentioned that she'd had to take a test to get the job. This struck my sense of humor, and has prompted the following exchange... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/03\/the-dj-test\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/03\/interestingness\/\">Interestingness<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm probably one of the last people to actually make mention of this, but the big news in the Flickrverse over the past few days has been the introduction of two new features: tag clusters and 'interestingness'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/03\/interestingness\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/pvp-takes-on-the-comic-syndicates\/\">PvP takes on the comic syndicates<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The author of PvP, a webcomic that I really don't read often enough, has decided that the newspaper comic syndication racket isn't for him. So, instead of giving up all the rights to his strip, he's going to investigate syndicating it himself for free. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/pvp-takes-on-the-comic-syndicates\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-others\/\">One of these things is not like the others\u2026<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I love seeing things like this. From today's iTMS 'new releases' e-mail from Apple&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-others\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/word-of-the-day-psycophant\/\">Word of the Day: Psycophant<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Psychophant &mdash; A person suffering from a mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted, and which is characterized by unembarrassed fawning over the current administration and its lackeys. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/word-of-the-day-psycophant\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/do-be-do-be-do-me\/\">Do-be-do-be-do me<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This was going to go into the linklog, but it's so wonderfully bizarre that I figured it deserved a little more visibility: Debbie Does Dallas &mdash; The Musical! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/do-be-do-be-do-me\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/the-city-sleeps\/\">The City Sleeps<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So, the big news of the moment is that we appear to have an arsonist running around Seattle. Thirteen fires in the North Seattle area over the past three days, the majority of which have been definitely determined to be arson, and now there's a reward being offered of up to $30,000 for information leading to an arrest. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/the-city-sleeps\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/kerry-and-bush-achievements\/\">Kerry and Bush: Achievements<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lately, Bush's line of attack has been that Kerry just hasn't done that much during his time in the Senate &mdash; a charge that, unfortunately, is being blindly accepted and parroted until it's accepted as 'truth'. I had a conversation with a gentleman yesterday during my lunch break where he delighted in pointing out Kerry's supposed lack of real experience. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/03\/kerry-and-bush-achievements\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/03\/hit-the-showers-harry\/\">Hit the showers, Harry!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Of course, now I'm going to start showing up in searches for all sorts of disturbing Harry Potter slash fanfic. Joy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/03\/hit-the-showers-harry\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/03\/this-weekend\/\">This weekend&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...had a great weekend out running around in the sun. Spent Saturday with Prairie and her sisters H and K, and Sunday Prairie and I went out to the Woodland Park Zoo. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/03\/this-weekend\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/08\/03\/music-music-music\/\">Music, music, music<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Useful? Not in the least. 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