{"id":24358,"date":"2020-08-04T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24358"},"modified":"2020-08-13T08:01:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:01:50","slug":"on-this-day-aug-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/04\/on-this-day-aug-4\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Aug 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>25<\/strong> posts previously published on August 4th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/08\/04\/the-unsinkable-ship-of-fools-by-jonas-goonface\/\">The Unsinkable Ship of Fools by Jonas Goonface<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 43\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Fun story with a definite anarchistic political sensibility about a group of people (some human, some\u2026less so), trapped on a cursed train\u2026oh, and it\u2019s smut, so there\u2019s lots of explicit sex. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/08\/04\/the-unsinkable-ship-of-fools-by-jonas-goonface\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/04\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-invitation-to-a-murder\/\">&#x1f3a5; Invitation to a Murder<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Starts well, but takes a weird turn towards the end. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/04\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-invitation-to-a-murder\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/04\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-renfield\/\">&#x1f3a5; Renfield<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Renfield Nicholas Hoult : 90s Hugh Grant :: Heathers Christian Slater : 70s Jack Nicholson <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/04\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-renfield\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/04\/year-50-day-94\/\">Year 50 Day 94<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The best band under the twin sunds of Tatooine! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/04\/year-50-day-94\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/08\/04\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-woman-in-motion\/\">&#x1f3a5; Woman in Motion<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A really nice portrait of an incredible person, and a very important period in NASA's and America's history. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/08\/04\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-woman-in-motion\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/04\/on-this-day-aug-4\/\">On This Day: Aug 4<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/04\/on-this-day-aug-4\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/04\/21282\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-five of 2017: Dreams of Distant Shores, by Patricia A. McKillip. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (Endeavor Award finalist) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/04\/21282\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/04\/21285\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently it&#8217;s National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. Definitely worth celebrating! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/04\/21285\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/04\/20113\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-six of 2016: World Without End, by Joe Haldeman. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (217\/366) #startrek #tos <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/04\/20113\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/04\/18165\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thinking this beard idea might not be too bad. Prairie likes it, too. So far, so good. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/04\/18165\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/08\/04\/delicious-july-30th\/\">Links for July 30th through August 4th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between July 30th and August 4th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/08\/04\/delicious-july-30th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/04\/they-knew\/\">They Knew<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Despite the whitewash, we now know that the Bush administration was warned before the war that its Iraq claims were weak. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/04\/they-knew\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/04\/missouri-0-seattle-1\/\">Missouri 0 \u2014 Seattle 1<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Handily showing up Missouri's ban on gay marriage, King County Superior Court Judge William Downing ruled this morning that banning gay marriage would violate the state constitution, clearing the way for gay marriage in Washington once the ruling is reviewed by the state Supreme Court. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/04\/missouri-0-seattle-1\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/04\/photo-op-or-attempted-murder\/\">Photo Op? Or attempted murder?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Pratridiot Watch takes Bush to task for using the recent security alerts as a photo op for Laura and the twins. Actually, I think that's entirely the wrong way to look at it. It wasn't a photo op &mdash; Bush was actually just hoping the terrorists would attack, killing his wife and children in the process, so he could play upon the sympathies of the nation's people to re-elect him next November. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/04\/photo-op-or-attempted-murder\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/04\/music-and-politics\/\">Music and Politics<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just for amusement sake, after reading an article about the upcoming Vote for Change concert tour, here's a short and probably very incomplete list of musical artists who have supported one presidential candidate or the other. Most of this list is culled from the article, I may update it as days go by as I run across more names. Submissions will be welcome, of course. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/04\/music-and-politics\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/kittens\/\">Kittens!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Every time you masturbate... which kitten does god kill? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/kittens\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/come-one-come-all\/\">Come one, come all<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As a beta tester, I can give codes to twenty friends that will allow them to sign up for TypePad at a discounted rate -- 20% off the base price for life. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/come-one-come-all\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/this-probably-shouldnt-be-funny\/\">This probably shouldn&#039;t be funny&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The technology is not yet foolproof. The online edition of The New York Post, which is owned by the News Corporation, ran an article last month about a murder in which the victim's body parts were packed in a suitcase, and Google served up an ad for a luggage dealer. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/this-probably-shouldnt-be-funny\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/can-you-say-smear-campaign-i-knew-you-could\/\">Can you say &#039;smear campaign&#039;? I knew you could!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Rev. Robinson may have had the honor of being elected the first gay bishop of the Episcopal Church today. He may not have &mdash; having made it through the first two elections is a good indicator, but not a gaurantee, that he would have made it through the third. At this point, though, we may never know. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/can-you-say-smear-campaign-i-knew-you-could\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/geek-t-shirts\/\">Geek t-shirts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There's no place like 127.0.0.1 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/geek-t-shirts\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/we-are-all-suspects\/\">We are all suspects<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is all very real, very scary stuff, going on as we speak in our 'freedom loving' country. Don't assume that 'it can't happen to me' &mdash; it can, and if this continues unchecked, sooner or later, it will. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/we-are-all-suspects\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/boston-globe-online-city-region-teen-arrested-at-logan-for-alleged-bomb-threat-in-his-bag\/\">Boston Globe Online \/ City &amp; Region \/ Teen arrested at Logan for alleged bomb threat in his bag<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">[Expletive] you. Stay the [expletive] out of my bag you [expletive] sucker. Have you found a [expletive] bomb yet? No, just clothes. Am I right? Yea, so [expletive] you. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/boston-globe-online-city-region-teen-arrested-at-logan-for-alleged-bomb-threat-in-his-bag\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/two-down-one-to-go\/\">Two down, one to go<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">God is not on a learning curve. We, on the other hand, are on the learning curve. God has taught us a lot of things about the full inclusion of people of color, of women, and now of gay and lesbian folk. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/two-down-one-to-go\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/jane-says\/\">Jane says&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Jane's Addiction just lost a sale. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/jane-says\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/04\/wait-time-passes\/\">Wait. 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