{"id":24518,"date":"2020-09-20T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24518"},"modified":"2020-09-17T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T16:10:14","slug":"on-this-day-sep-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/09\/20\/on-this-day-sep-20\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Sep 20"},"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>20<\/strong> posts previously published on September 20th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/09\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-uncanny-magazine-issue-60-edited-by-lynne-m-thomas-michael-damian-thomas-and-michi-trota\/\">Uncanny Magazine Issue 60 edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, and Betsy Aoki<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Standout stories by Eddie Robson, Tananarive Due, M. M. Olivas, and Jo Miles. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/09\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-uncanny-magazine-issue-60-edited-by-lynne-m-thomas-michael-damian-thomas-and-michi-trota\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/09\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-romulan-prize-by-simon-hawke\/\">&#x1f4da; The Romulan Prize by Simon Hawke<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A fun adventure with the Romulans, though it wraps up a little overly fast at the end. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/09\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-romulan-prize-by-simon-hawke\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/09\/20\/year-50-day-141\/\">Year 50 Day 141<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Yet another 'me on the couch in the living room in the evening' shot. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/09\/20\/year-50-day-141\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/09\/20\/24552\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Your \u2018Surge Capacity\u2019 Is Depleted \u2014 It\u2019s Why You Feel Awful Surge capacity is a collection of adaptive systems \u2014 mental and physical \u2014 that humans draw on for short-term survival in acutely stressful situations, such as natural disasters. But natural disasters occur over a short period, even if recovery is long. Pandemics are different ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/09\/20\/24552\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/09\/20\/24552\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/09\/20\/on-this-day-sep-20\/\">On This Day: Sep 20<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from September 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/09\/20\/on-this-day-sep-20\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/09\/20\/12534\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">\u201cThis last week has really made great strides to remind me that women&#8217;s pain doesn&#8217;t matter in America.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/09\/20\/12534\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/09\/20\/20284\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From this morning: catching up on Facebook while pedaling on the exercise bike. (264\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/09\/20\/20284\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/09\/20\/20287\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Once again, a Snapchat filter as penance for forgetting my photo yesterday. (263\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/09\/20\/20287\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/09\/20\/18448\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just a quiet Saturday evening at home. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/09\/20\/18448\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2011<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/09\/20\/dadt-is-done\/\">DADT is done<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On September 20, 2011, 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' will officially become past tense. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/09\/20\/dadt-is-done\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/09\/20\/delicious-september-15th\/\">Links for September 15th through September 20th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between September 15th and September 20th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/09\/20\/delicious-september-15th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/09\/20\/photofront\/\">Photofront<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I just found a really nice way to create a very slick gallery style presentation: Photofront. A few clicks create a simple Flash-based photo presentation that can either be hosted on the Photofront site or embedded into your own site as I've done. Nicely done! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/09\/20\/photofront\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/20\/cute-cuddly-delicious\/\">Cute. Cuddly. Delicious.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Babies: Cute. Cuddly. Delicious. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/20\/cute-cuddly-delicious\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/20\/yes-we-have-no-bananas\/\">Yes! We Have No Bananas!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is fascinating, and -- amusing as it sounds -- actually pretty serious: we could be as little as five years away from a banana apocalypse...and that's not even the worst case scenario. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/09\/20\/yes-we-have-no-bananas\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/20\/carver\/\">Carver<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This little vehicle looks perfect for me &mdash; small, great for in-city driving, lots of fun to drive around in, and very eye-catching. Unfortunately, it looks like it's only available in Europe. Bleah. I can dream, though, can't I? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/09\/20\/carver\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/20\/the-turing-test-is-in-no-danger\/\">The Turing Test is in no danger<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just some fun wordplay, from this MeFi thread dealing with AI, language, and other such goodies. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/20\/the-turing-test-is-in-no-danger\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/20\/nu-shortcuts-in-school-r-2-much-4-teachers\/\">Nu Shortcuts in School R 2 Much 4 Teachers<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Melanie Weaver was stunned by some of the term papers she received from a 10th-grade class she recently taught.... 'They would be trying to make a point in a paper, they would put a smiley face in the end.... If they were presenting an argument and they needed to present an opposite view, they would put a frown.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/20\/nu-shortcuts-in-school-r-2-much-4-teachers\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/20\/violence-in-the-media\/\">Violence in the media<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">People say, 'After Columbine, do you feel a responsibility about the way you portray violence?' And I'm like, 'No, I felt a responsibility about the way I portrayed violence the first time I picked up a pen.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/20\/violence-in-the-media\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/20\/breakin-the-law-breakin-the-law\/\">Breakin&#8217; the law! 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