{"id":24679,"date":"2020-10-20T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24679"},"modified":"2020-10-30T11:45:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T18:45:01","slug":"on-this-day-oct-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/20\/on-this-day-oct-20\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Oct 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>23<\/strong> posts previously published on October 20th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/10\/20\/dungeon-crawler-carl-by-matt-dinniman\/\">Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 56\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: I took a bit of a risk, and wasn't disappointed; this was an entertaining read, and I'll keep going. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/10\/20\/dungeon-crawler-carl-by-matt-dinniman\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/10\/20\/difficult-listening-hour-2025-10-20-i-have-absolutely-had-enough\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2025.10.20: I Have Absolutely Had Enough<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One of those goofball ideas that most people will either really like or really hate, with very little in-between: 40 minutes of 'Just Can't Get Enough' mashups! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/10\/20\/difficult-listening-hour-2025-10-20-i-have-absolutely-had-enough\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/10\/20\/clarkesworld-magazine-issue-216-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 217 edited by Neil Clarke<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;:  Favorites by Nigel Brown, Fiona Moore, Arula Ratnakar, and Mike Robinson. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/10\/20\/clarkesworld-magazine-issue-216-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/20\/year-50-day-171\/\">Year 50 Day 171<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This building is in such poor shape it could spontaneously collapse at any moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/20\/year-50-day-171\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/20\/24647\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My ballot arrived on the 16th, and was filled out and placed in a drop box that same day. As of today, it has been counted! King County voters can check their ballot status here, all Washington state voters can check their ballot status here. Get out and vote! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/20\/24647\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/20\/24643\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; forty-three of 2020: The Nemesis from Terra (originally Shadow Over Mars) by Leigh Brackett &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; 1945 Retro Hugo Best Novel Rather amazing to think that this is just a year before Asimov\u2019s Foundation win. If this was the best of \u201845, that was a bad year for SF. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/20\/24643\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/20\/on-this-day-oct-20\/\">On This Day: Oct 20<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from October 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/20\/on-this-day-oct-20\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/10\/20\/21946\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book forty-one of 2018: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/10\/20\/21946\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/10\/20\/21949\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book forty of 2018: Star Trek: A Singular Destiny, by Keith R.A. DeCandido. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/10\/20\/21949\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/20\/20466\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ballot all filled out! All that&#8217;s left is to drop it in the drop box outside of the courthouse. #vote #imwithher #irigged #iriggedit <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/20\/20466\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/20\/20469\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We have ballots! #vote #imwithher &#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/20\/20469\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/20\/20442\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay, so technically they&#8217;re not entirely blocking our driveway\u2026just making it really awkward for us to get in (and I have my doubts about the legality of this bit of street parking. Not terribly fond of our neighbors right now. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/20\/20442\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/20\/20445\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A little squinty, but I liked the nice bright light and hard shadows from the afternoon sun. (293\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/20\/20445\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/20\/20448\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Purple #chucks for #spiritday! &#x1f3f3;&#xfe0f;&#x200d;&#x1f308; (I don&#8217;t have much in the way of work-appropriate purple clothing, so these will have to do.) #converse <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/20\/20448\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/10\/20\/new-imac-on-the-way\/\">New iMac On the Way&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've been planning on upgrading my desktop for a while now, and almost ordered an iMac a few months ago. I'm _so_ glad I waited for the next generation of iMacs to be released, though! They were released this morning, and mine is ordered and on its way! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/10\/20\/new-imac-on-the-way\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/10\/20\/delicious-october-18th\/\">Links for October 18th through October 20th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between October 18th and October 20th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/10\/20\/delicious-october-18th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/10\/20\/playing-the-race-card\/\">Playing the race card<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Prairie and I got a sudden hankering for ice cream and stopped into the Baskin Robbins just down the street from our apartment. A couple of teenagers were hanging out in the store, chatting with their friends behind the counter. Sitting at one of the tables, a skinny black kid, decked out in street-standard clothes said, 'I don't think I could live with you people.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/10\/20\/playing-the-race-card\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/20\/give-us-a-sign-lord\/\">Give us a sign, Lord!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Many of the signs and billboards in the Orlando area were no match for Hurricane Charley. However, one billboard resisted the 100-mile per hour winds of the eye wall of the storm. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/20\/give-us-a-sign-lord\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/20\/protesters-police-clash-in-jacksonville-or\/\">Protesters, police clash in Jacksonville, OR<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">President Bush stopped by the small town of Jacksonville, OR last week while campaigning. As tends to happen, this brought out both pro- and anti-Bush sentiment&hellip;and as also tends to happen these days, it was the anti-Bush side that got the worst treatment. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/20\/protesters-police-clash-in-jacksonville-or\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/20\/now-on-livejournal-me\/\">Now on LiveJournal &#8211; me!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I only found this out a short time ago, but it appears that the online journaling site LiveJournal has limited support for picking up RSS feeds. As it turns out, someone added Eclecticism to their list of available feeds &mdash; so if there are any LiveJournal users who stop by here at any time, you can add me to your 'friends' list by adding woody_eclectic. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/20\/now-on-livejournal-me\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/20\/male-or-female\/\">Male or Female?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Tonight at The Vogue: E-Craft, TerrorFakt, and Male or Female? (Front 242 without Jean-Luc deMeyer)! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/20\/male-or-female\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/20\/make-it-rain\/\">Make it rain&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, okay, so I knew that it was raining pretty hard as I went to work today. It had been raining when I woke up, and I hadn't heard it let up at all, and it's always kind of fun to see the streams running down the hills in the downtown Seattle area. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/20\/make-it-rain\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/10\/20\/not-exactly-unexpected\/\">Not exactly unexpected<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">You know, it's kind of bizarre to see a prediction come true. 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