{"id":24609,"date":"2020-10-12T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24609"},"modified":"2020-10-01T07:57:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T14:57:21","slug":"on-this-day-oct-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/12\/on-this-day-oct-12\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Oct 12"},"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>15<\/strong> posts previously published on October 12th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/10\/12\/fortnightly-notes-september-29-october-12-2025\/\">Fortnightly Notes: September 29\u2013October 12, 2025<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Two weeks in the life of\u2026. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past two weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/10\/12\/fortnightly-notes-september-29-october-12-2025\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/12\/year-50-day-163\/\">Year 50 Day 163<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">What, me worry? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/12\/year-50-day-163\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/10\/12\/25416\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">DON\u2019T PANIC The Hitchhiker\u2019s Guide to the Galaxy was first published on October 12, 1979. 42 years ago today. Hope y\u2019all know where your towels are, you hoopy froods. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/10\/12\/25416\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/12\/my-local-indigenous-history-2\/\">My local indigenous history<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I live on Duwamish tribal land, part of the Puget Sound Coast Salish tribal group. The Duwamish Tribe is still not recognized as an indigenous nation. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/12\/my-local-indigenous-history-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/12\/on-this-day-oct-12\/\">On This Day: Oct 12<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from October 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/12\/on-this-day-oct-12\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/12\/20421\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From earlier today &#8211; temps dropped last night, and it was a brisk walk this morning! Pretty, but definitely not summer anymore. (285\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/12\/20421\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/10\/12\/delicious-october-7th-2\/\">Links for October 7th through October 12th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between October 7th and October 12th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/10\/12\/delicious-october-7th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/10\/12\/dangerous-feet-and-good-diction\/\">Dangerous Feet and Good Diction<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It wasn't until I was working on deconstructing a girl's paper who had written about people who were being murdered by their feet that I really thought about how nonsensical the phrase 'my feet are killing me' really is. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/10\/12\/dangerous-feet-and-good-diction\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/10\/12\/eng102-summary\/\">ENG102: Summary<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My first paper for my ENG102 class, a short summary of the second half of the first chapter in our textbook. I ended up with a 3.8\/4.0, and a comment that I have 'a wonderful, lucid prose style.' I can cope with that. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/10\/12\/eng102-summary\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/12\/flyers-from-gigs-music-theatre-1997-1998-repost\/\">Flyers from Gig&#8217;s Music Theatre, 1997-1998 (repost)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A (reposted) collection of flyers from my days DJ'ing for Gig's Music Theatre in Anchorage, Alaska. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/12\/flyers-from-gigs-music-theatre-1997-1998-repost\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/12\/october-surprise-on-its-way\/\">October Surprise on its way?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Rumblings of possible terrorist attacks in the coming month. Real? Paranoia? Who can tell? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/12\/october-surprise-on-its-way\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/12\/i-used-to-believe\/\">I used to believe&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">When we were little, my mother had bought us a book titled, 'How You Were Born'.  In this book, there was an illustration of a sperm under a magnifying glass.  For years, I  thought the magnifying glass was a frying pan and was totally mystified by where and how the frying pan fit into the reproductive process. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/12\/i-used-to-believe\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/12\/ello-again\/\">&#039;ello again<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Weekend's done, time to start poking my head up again. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/12\/ello-again\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/10\/12\/small-update-to-rss-feed\/\">Small update to RSS feed<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Experiments with my RSS feed, which I continually seem to break. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/10\/12\/small-update-to-rss-feed\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/10\/12\/trackback-changes-and-category-links\/\">Trackback changes and Category links<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, for the moment, I've had to give up on my goal of staying pop-up free. 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