{"id":24613,"date":"2020-10-14T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24613"},"modified":"2020-10-01T07:57:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T14:57:46","slug":"on-this-day-oct-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/14\/on-this-day-oct-14\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Oct 14"},"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>17<\/strong> posts previously published on October 14th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/10\/14\/%f0%9f%93%9a-to-say-nothing-of-the-dog-by-connie-willis\/\">To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: A really funny time travel story, as historians attempt to prevent the unraveling of the universe after a seemingly impossible accident. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/10\/14\/%f0%9f%93%9a-to-say-nothing-of-the-dog-by-connie-willis\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/14\/year-50-day-165\/\">Year 50 Day 165<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today was this month's Norwescon planning meeting. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/14\/year-50-day-165\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/14\/%f0%9f%93%9a-clarkesworld-issue-205-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">&#x1f4da; Clarkesworld Issue 205 edited by Neil Clarke<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Standout stories for me this month were by Suzanne Palmer and David Goodman. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/14\/%f0%9f%93%9a-clarkesworld-issue-205-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/10\/14\/25418\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I&#8217;ve updated my Star Trek chronological checklist to include season two of Lower Decks. Further updates for Prodigy, Discovery, Picard, and Strange New Worlds will be added when their upcoming seasons wrap up. &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/10\/14\/25418\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/14\/24638\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; forty-two of 2020: Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Steven Spielberg &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; A pretty straightforward translation of the story from screen to page, but as it\u2019s a classic of 80s optimistic sci-fi, that\u2019s not a bad thing. Really has me wanting to rewatch the film now. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/14\/24638\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/14\/on-this-day-oct-14\/\">On This Day: Oct 14<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from October 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/14\/on-this-day-oct-14\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/14\/20412\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Good luck with the storm, westsiders! Hope you see blue skies soon. (287\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/14\/20412\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/10\/14\/delicious-october-14th\/\">Links for October 14th from 09:25 to 16:56<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between 09:25 and 16:56, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/10\/14\/delicious-october-14th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/10\/14\/delicious-october-12th\/\">Links for October 12th through October 14th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between October 12th and October 14th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/10\/14\/delicious-october-12th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/10\/14\/delicious-october-13th\/\">Links for October 13th through October 14th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between October 13th and October 14th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/10\/14\/delicious-october-13th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/10\/14\/gods-total-quality-management-questionairre\/\">God&#8217;s Total Quality Management Questionairre<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">God would like to thank you for your belief and patronage. In order to better serve your needs, He asks that you take a few moments to answer the following questions. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/10\/14\/gods-total-quality-management-questionairre\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/10\/14\/lost-s02e04-everybody-hates-hugo\/\">Lost s02e04: Everybody Hates Hugo<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Scribbled notes while watching Wednesday night's episode of Lost. Spoilers, obviously, so only read further if you want to... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/10\/14\/lost-s02e04-everybody-hates-hugo\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/14\/different-companies-different-standards\/\">Different companies, different standards<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I just spent a few minutes chatting with a gentleman sporting a denim Utilikilt, one of seven that he owns (one for every day of the week). Unfortunately, while the company I'm working at obviously has no problem with kilts in the workplace, the company I work for is far more strict with their dress code. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/14\/different-companies-different-standards\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/14\/analysis-saying-kerry-won\/\">Analysis saying Kerry won?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm not entirely caught up with the post-debate threads that made it into my newsreader last night and this morning, but according to a couple posts from Kos last night, I may have been too pessimistic in my debate wrap-up &mdash; people seem to be giving Kerry a definite win. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/14\/analysis-saying-kerry-won\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/14\/dammit\/\">Dammit<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, I managed to break my server. Attempting to log in to MovableType results in long strings of errors &mdash; apparently perl is completely hosed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/14\/dammit\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/10\/14\/whos-gonna-swerve-first\/\">Who&#8217;s gonna swerve first?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's not 'conspiracy theory,' as some of my readers have accused me, to suggest that Bush may not actually want to spend the lives of Americans to invade Iraq. 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