{"id":24376,"date":"2020-08-13T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24376"},"modified":"2020-08-13T08:06:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:06:30","slug":"on-this-day-aug-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/13\/on-this-day-aug-13\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Aug 13"},"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>21<\/strong> posts previously published on August 13th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/13\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-light-fantastic-by-terry-pratchett\/\">&#x1f4da; The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Already a bit better than the first in the series; more moments that made me chuckle or laugh out loud. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/13\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-light-fantastic-by-terry-pratchett\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/13\/year-50-day-103\/\">Year 50 Day 103<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It\u2019s adventure time! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/13\/year-50-day-103\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/08\/13\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom\/\">&#x1f3a5; Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Everybody loves grrasauruses! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/08\/13\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/08\/13\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-jurassic-world\/\">&#x1f3a5; Jurassic World<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A strong reentry into the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/08\/13\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-jurassic-world\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/13\/star-trek-lds-meets-tas\/\">Star Trek: LDS meets TAS<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just some Star Trek silliness: I'd love to see TAS clips used in LDS in some way. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/13\/star-trek-lds-meets-tas\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/13\/on-this-day-aug-13\/\">On This Day: Aug 13<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/13\/on-this-day-aug-13\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/13\/20137\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-seven of 2016: The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/13\/20137\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/13\/20140\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">No shame in ordering delivery when it&#8217;s 99\u00b0 outside. I certainly don&#8217;t want to be out there! (226\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/13\/20140\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/13\/18213\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Post-dinner dishes. For some reason, Prairie seems to think this is a particularly appealing activity. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/13\/18213\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/08\/13\/lazyweb-automated-crowdsourcing-of-website-uptimedowntime-tracking\/\">Lazyweb: Automated Crowdsourcing of Website Uptime\/Downtime Tracking<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Scan the tweetstream for variations on the types of posts people make when a service is showing signs of problems, display a regularly updated page showing statistics on problem reports for various websites and services. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/08\/13\/lazyweb-automated-crowdsourcing-of-website-uptimedowntime-tracking\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/08\/13\/delicious-august-12th-2\/\">Links for August 12th through August 13th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between August 12th and August 13th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0I'm a Photographer, Not a Terrorist \u2022\u00a0Ten Things We Don't Understand About Humans \u2022\u00a0The 5 Best Films Made by John Hughes \u2022\u00a0Children's Hospital May Have to Leave Seattle \u2022\u00a0Meet the Generations \u2022\u00a0Shorty <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/08\/13\/delicious-august-12th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/13\/delicious-august-12th\/\">Links for August 12th through August 13th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between August 12th and August 13th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0His own Olympic trial: 24 hours of viewing \u2022\u00a0Unsubstantiated but interesting info on what Return of the Jedi might have been \u2022\u00a0Young Guns: A new brand of gangster grows up in a killing culture \u2022\u00a0Maperture \u2022\u00a0The Anchorpoint Essays \u2022\u00a0Why Apple doesn&rsquo;t do &ldquo;Concept Products&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/13\/delicious-august-12th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/13\/recommended-jordan-river-moving-and-storage\/\">Recommended: Jordan River Moving and Storage<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In the end, our entire move was done under the estimated time (and therefore under the estimated budget), and we were more than happy to give them a good-sized tip. While we don't expect to be moving anytime soon again, we'll definitely be giving Jordan River a call when the time comes. _Highly_ recommended. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/13\/recommended-jordan-river-moving-and-storage\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/08\/13\/dance-off-2007\/\">Dance Off 2007<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">About a week and a half ago, six teams of people with dance in their souls -- if not their soles -- gathered together for a battle royale at Dance Off 2007. Truly, such fleetfooted feats (feets?) shall never grace a stage again. Until next year, of course. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/08\/13\/dance-off-2007\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/13\/hurricane-charlie\/\">Hurricane Charlie<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My mom's parents, Harold and Arlene Ward, live in a nursing home in Fort Meyers, Florida &mdash; currently hurricane central. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/13\/hurricane-charlie\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/13\/iran-planning-to-attack-us-forces\/\">Iran planning to attack US forces<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The rhetoric coming out of the Bush administration has convinced Iran that military conflict is inevitable and rather than await an attack at a time and place of America's choosing, the Iranians will try to inflict significant damage to U.S. forces on Iraqi soil by means of the Mahdi Army and other Shi'a groups. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/13\/iran-planning-to-attack-us-forces\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/13\/the-spectre-of-spinal-tap\/\">The spectre of Spinal Tap<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Gravel Man was our signal that the revolving circular stage we were on was about to turn us briskly to face the audience and, we suspected, hurl our much ridiculed, old before his time guitarist into the front row like a ball off a dodgy roulette wheel. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/13\/the-spectre-of-spinal-tap\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/13\/cattle-call-2004\/\">Cattle Call 2004<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Having watched this for a while, I started to wonder just how the various candidates have fared over the months. So, with a little browsing through the Daily Kos archives and some tinkering in Excel, I can present a (fairly ugly) little graph of each candidate's potential to grab the Democratic nomination, as ranked by Kos. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/13\/cattle-call-2004\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/13\/tomorrows-news-today\/\">Tomorrow&#039;s news, today!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There's a good interview with Tom Tomorrow in Salon today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/13\/tomorrows-news-today\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1995<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1995\/08\/13\/from-usenet-81395-2300-2\/\">[From Usenet 8.13.95 2300]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Down here in Anchorage, about the best place to find anything is at Mammoth Music. 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