{"id":24410,"date":"2020-08-29T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24410"},"modified":"2020-08-13T08:11:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:11:57","slug":"on-this-day-aug-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/29\/on-this-day-aug-29\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Aug 29"},"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 29th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/29\/year-50-day-119\/\">Year 50 Day 119<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Goodbye London, hello Seattle...but not heading home quite yet. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/29\/year-50-day-119\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/29\/%f0%9f%93%9a-mort-by-terry-pratchett\/\">&#x1f4da; Mort by Terry Pratchett<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A neat way to really start to flesh out Pratchett's cosmology and how he approaches Death (and death) on the Discworld. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/29\/%f0%9f%93%9a-mort-by-terry-pratchett\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/29\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-the-last-starfighter\/\">&#x1f3a5; The Last Starfighter<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">You have to love seeing Robert Preston in full Prof. Harold Hill mode once again. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/29\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-the-last-starfighter\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/08\/29\/25450\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 29\/2021: The Provenance of Shadows by David R. George III &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f596;&#x1f3fb; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/08\/29\/25450\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/29\/24440\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; thirty-three of 2020: Strike Zone by Peter David &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #startrek #tng Can\u2019t decide if it wants to be comedic or serious, and has wildly out-of-character (or ridiculously exaggerated) moments for nearly every main character. Amusing moments, but not a good Trek novel. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/29\/24440\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/29\/on-this-day-aug-29\/\">On This Day: Aug 29<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 29 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/29\/on-this-day-aug-29\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/29\/20200\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-nine of 2016: Discount Armageddon, by Seanan McGuire. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (242\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/29\/20200\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/29\/18337\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Absolutely gorgeous weather at the fair today. Perfect! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/29\/18337\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/29\/18310\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I really do like the #Alaska scenery out here. Almost to Palmer! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/29\/18310\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/29\/18313\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">All aboard the warp train! #RollWorld Image @RollWorldApp, #TinyPlanet #PhotoSphere #StereoGraphic #RollWorldApp <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/29\/18313\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/29\/18316\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From yesterday, visiting with Royce and Stephanie. Royce and I met in the fourth grade &#8211; though visits may be infrequent, it&#8217;s always good to get a chance to catch up in person. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/29\/18316\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/29\/18319\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Portage Glacier as a #RollWorld Image @RollWorldApp, #TinyPlanet #PhotoSphere #StereoGraphic #RollWorldApp <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/29\/18319\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/08\/29\/delicious-august-28th-2\/\">Links for August 28th through August 29th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between August 28th and August 29th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/08\/29\/delicious-august-28th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/29\/delicious-august-29th\/\">Links for August 29th from 12:12 to 17:19<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between 12:12 and 17:19, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/29\/delicious-august-29th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/29\/delicious-august-28th\/\">Links for August 28th through August 29th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between August 28th and August 29th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/29\/delicious-august-28th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/08\/29\/gum-wall-post-alley-seattle\/\">Gum Wall, Post Alley, Seattle<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Three twenty-somethings examine the famous Gum Wall in Seattle's Post Alley, near the Pike Place Market. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/08\/29\/gum-wall-post-alley-seattle\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/29\/bumbershoot-03-fri-aug-29\/\">Bumbershoot &#039;03: Fri, Aug 29<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Allrighty then &mdash; home from the first day of Bumbershoot 2003, pictures are downloaded to the 'puter, and I've sorted through today's set of 91 to find 10 to toss up here. Let day one begin&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/29\/bumbershoot-03-fri-aug-29\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/29\/four-day-weekend\/\">Four day weekend!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So, I'm about out the door to start a four-day weekend jam-packed with sunshine and good music. Expect lots of pictures and babble over the next few days, if I'm not too exhausted by the time I get home each night! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/29\/four-day-weekend\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/29\/mac-viruses\/\">Mac Viruses<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There are zero known Mac OS X viruses or worms. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/29\/mac-viruses\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/29\/holly-chernobyl\/\">Holly Chernobyl<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My friend Holly, whom I've known since we both lived up in Anchorage, is going to be performing in tonight's Pizzazz! 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