{"id":24505,"date":"2020-09-15T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24505"},"modified":"2020-09-17T09:08:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T16:08:20","slug":"on-this-day-sep-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/09\/15\/on-this-day-sep-15\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Sep 15"},"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>27<\/strong> posts previously published on September 15th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/09\/15\/year-50-day-136\/\">Year 50 Day 136<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Cash money, y'all! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/09\/15\/year-50-day-136\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/09\/15\/on-this-day-sep-15\/\">On This Day: Sep 15<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from September 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/09\/15\/on-this-day-sep-15\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/09\/15\/13483\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifty of 2019: Conjure Wife, by Fritz Leiber. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; 1944 Retro Hugo Best Novel I enjoyed this one more than I expected when I started it. There\u2019s an entertaining story in here, you just have to deal with the very mid-40s gender stereotypes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/09\/15\/13483\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/09\/15\/13480\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today, on my dad\u2019s birthday, I\u2019ll be seeing the 40th anniversary theatrical screening of Star Trek: TMP. Two-year-old me sat on his lap watching TOS, exclaiming \u201cspeesh!\u201d and pointing somewhere over my shoulder as the Enterprise whooshed across the screen\u2026. &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/09\/15\/13480\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/09\/15\/e-t-phone-home-e-t-phone-home\/\">E.T. phone home! E.T. phone home!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">If you ever get the chance to see E.T. in the theater, with a crowd full of kids who have never seen it before, I highly recommend it. I\u2019ll admit that I got kinda choked up at the resurrection scene, and I think a large part of that wasn\u2019t even the movie itself, but from ... <a title=\"E.T. phone home! E.T. phone home!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/09\/15\/e-t-phone-home-e-t-phone-home\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about E.T. phone home! E.T. phone home!\">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/09\/15\/e-t-phone-home-e-t-phone-home\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/09\/15\/21936\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-four of 2018: Flash Gordon: The Lion Men of Mongo, by Alex Raymond and Con Steffanson &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/09\/15\/21936\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/09\/15\/20272\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I got a name tag today! I guess this means that after five years, I&#8217;m official now? ;) (All the COTS secretaries got them at this morning&#8217;s meeting.) (259\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/09\/15\/20272\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/09\/15\/20275\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book forty-one of 2016: Doom: Knee-Deep in the Dead, by Dafydd ab Hugh and Brad Linaweaver. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (258\/366) (Yesterday&#8217;s photo that I forgot to post.) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/09\/15\/20275\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/09\/15\/delicious-september-11th-2\/\">Links for September 11th through September 15th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between September 11th and September 15th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/09\/15\/delicious-september-11th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/09\/15\/happy-birthday-dad-2\/\">Happy Birthday, Dad!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I don't know how soon he'll see this, as he and Mom are off on a big, five-month trip around the Lower 48, but today's my dad's birthday -- I hope it's a good one! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/09\/15\/happy-birthday-dad-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/09\/15\/do-bats-tweet\/\">Do Bats Tweet?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I found the Joker through a Wired article yesterday (I think). Today Rachel started following me, and I found most of the rest directly and indirectly through her, except for Edward, who added me while I was exploring. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/09\/15\/do-bats-tweet\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/09\/15\/delicious-september-12th-2\/\">Links for September 12th through September 15th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between September 12th and September 15th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/09\/15\/delicious-september-12th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/09\/15\/happy-60th-to-my-dad\/\">Happy 60th to my dad!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy _60th_ birthday to my dad! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/09\/15\/happy-60th-to-my-dad\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/15\/happy-birthday-dad\/\">Happy Birthday Dad!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hi dad -- happy birthday! From your boy in Seattle. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/15\/happy-birthday-dad\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/15\/livejournalopenid-authenticated-commenting\/\">LiveJournal\/OpenID Authenticated Commenting<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thanks to Mark Paschal's OpenId Comments plugin, visitors can now authenticate themselves when leaving comments using a LiveJournal or OpenID account in addition to TypeKey authentication (or no authentication at all). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/15\/livejournalopenid-authenticated-commenting\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/new-powerbooks\/\">New PowerBooks!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, it finally happened &mdash; Apple has finally updated their PowerBook line. Since the keynote is still in progress, details are a bit sketchy, but here's some key points of what MacRumors has posted so far&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/new-powerbooks\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/hurricane-isabel\/\">Hurricane Isabel<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Seems like every time the human race starts to get a little egotistical, good ol' Mother Nature comes along to show us who's really in charge around here. Good for her. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/hurricane-isabel\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/just-another-day-of-lies\/\">Just another day of lies<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Powers That Be that run this country (into the ground, apparently) don't seem to be physically or psychologically capable of telling the truth anymore. The Nation's David Corn takes a look at 'The Latest Bush Gang Whoppers' today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/just-another-day-of-lies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/a-question-for-windows-experts\/\">A question for Windows experts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Why can't I delete a partition from within the Windows 2000 setup utility? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/a-question-for-windows-experts\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/updates-updates-updates\/\">Updates, updates, updates<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Windows Update has just notified me that I have 33 'critical updates' to install to my copy of Windows 2000 SP 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/updates-updates-updates\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/pinocchio\/\">Pinocchio<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Something else to add to my ever-growing reading list, thanks to Cory Doctorow: a beautiful new edition of the original Pinocchio fairy tale. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/pinocchio\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/dean-seattle-flashmob\/\">Dean Seattle flashmob<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Last week I mentioned the Doonesbury-inspired flashmob at the Space Needle. I didn't go (to be honest, I remembered it exactly when it was scheduled to happen), but pictures and a quick account have been posted by Harvey Wallbanger. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/dean-seattle-flashmob\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/happy-birthday-dad-3\/\">Happy birthday Dad!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today's my dad's birthday! Feel free to stop by and wish him the best. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/happy-birthday-dad-3\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/just-needed-a-break\/\">Just needed a break<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometimes, a weekend staying away from the 'puter is just what one needs to keep one's sanity. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/15\/just-needed-a-break\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/15\/dance-spider-man-dance\/\">Dance, Spider-Man, dance!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I think this has been going around on the 'net for a while, but I just stumbled across it again. I don't know who made it or where it's from...but it amuses me. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/15\/dance-spider-man-dance\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/15\/if-only-we-could\/\">If only we could&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've often said that if I had my youth to do over I would waste more of it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/15\/if-only-we-could\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/15\/silliness-is-my-blog-hot-or-not\/\">Silliness &#8211; Is my blog HOT or NOT?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Is my blog HOT or NOT? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/15\/silliness-is-my-blog-hot-or-not\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from September 15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}