{"id":24398,"date":"2020-08-23T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24398"},"modified":"2020-08-13T08:10:19","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:10:19","slug":"on-this-day-aug-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/23\/on-this-day-aug-23\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Aug 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<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>16<\/strong> posts previously published on August 23rd<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/08\/23\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-higher-frontier-by-christopher-l-bennett\/\">The Higher Frontier by Christopher L. Bennett<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Another good adventure with some really neat approaches to tying together previously unrelated parts of Trek history in unexpected ways. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/08\/23\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-higher-frontier-by-christopher-l-bennett\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/23\/year-50-day-113\/\">Year 50 Day 113<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mostly in the room, with a brief venture out for a 1920s gala. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/23\/year-50-day-113\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/23\/%f0%9f%93%9a-uncanny-issue-53-edited-by-lynne-m-thomas-michael-damian-thomas-and-michi-trota\/\">&#x1f4da; Uncanny Issue 53 edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, and Betsy Aoki<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Standout stories from R.S.A. Garcia, Lavie Tidhar, and C.L. Polk <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/23\/%f0%9f%93%9a-uncanny-issue-53-edited-by-lynne-m-thomas-michael-damian-thomas-and-michi-trota\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/23\/24437\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; thirty-two of 2020: Survivors by Jean Lorrah &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #startrek #tng Explores Tasha Yar\u2019s past, her reconciliation with parts of that past shortly before her death, and her relationship with Data. Despite having some early-novel oddities, this one was a bit above average. &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/23\/24437\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/23\/on-this-day-aug-23\/\">On This Day: Aug 23<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 23 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/23\/on-this-day-aug-23\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/23\/21340\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-nine of 2017: Arabella of Mars, by David Levine. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (Endeavor Award finalist) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/23\/21340\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/23\/20161\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Came home, flopped on the couch. I&#8217;ll have to move eventually if I want dinner, but it&#8217;s not a terribly high priority right now. (236\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/23\/20161\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/08\/23\/18872\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Our final #worldcon #sasquan badges and ribbons. Not nearly as many as I get at @norwescon, but this was a very different style of con for me, so no worries or complaints on that front. Great weekend! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/08\/23\/18872\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/23\/18238\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Got my exercise in this morning helping @emiliedesbois move in to her new house! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/23\/18238\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/08\/23\/delicious-august-12th-3\/\">Links for August 12th through August 23rd<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between August 12th and August 23rd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/08\/23\/delicious-august-12th-3\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/08\/23\/delicious-august-20th-2\/\">Links for August 20th through August 23rd<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between August 20th and August 23rd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/08\/23\/delicious-august-20th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/23\/kevin-smith-hasnt-seen-the-new-star-trek-film\/\">Kevin Smith Hasn&#8217;t Seen the New Star Trek Film<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Really. Thanks to TrekMovie.com for posting this excerpt from a radio interview with Kevin... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/23\/kevin-smith-hasnt-seen-the-new-star-trek-film\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/23\/anti-bush-protest\/\">Anti-Bush protest<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I spent this afternoon participating in the anti-Bush protests here in downtown Seattle. While Bush actually spent very little time here in Washington, today's protest was one of several organized in response to Bush's visit. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/23\/anti-bush-protest\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/23\/fox-loses-fair-and-balanced-suit\/\">Fox loses &#039;fair and balanced&#039; suit<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">'There are hard cases and there are easy cases. This is an  easy case,' said U.S. District Judge Denny Chin. 'This case is  wholly without merit both factually and legally.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/23\/fox-loses-fair-and-balanced-suit\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/23\/guest-blogging\/\">Guest blogging<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">That's a lottablogging! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/23\/guest-blogging\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/08\/23\/dub-yuhs-at-it-again\/\">Dub-yuh&#8217;s at it again<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ah, well. At least I'm not the only one with tight finances these days. 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