{"id":24681,"date":"2020-10-21T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24681"},"modified":"2020-10-30T11:46:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T18:46:20","slug":"on-this-day-oct-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/21\/on-this-day-oct-21\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Oct 21"},"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>16<\/strong> posts previously published on October 21st<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/21\/year-50-day-172\/\">Year 50 Day 172<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">IKEA has a bunch of cute space-themed toys right now. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/21\/year-50-day-172\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/21\/on-this-day-oct-21\/\">On This Day: Oct 21<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from October 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/21\/on-this-day-oct-21\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/21\/20460\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Tagging along as the group explores the OSU campus. They seem determined to visit every floor of the library! :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/21\/20460\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/21\/20463\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ahh&#8230;hotel bed! In Corvallis for the weekend for a short little jaunt away from home. (294\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/21\/20463\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/10\/21\/delicious-october-16th-2\/\">Links for October 16th through October 21st<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between October 16th and October 21st, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/10\/21\/delicious-october-16th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/10\/21\/delicious-october-20th\/\">Links for October 20th through October 21st<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between October 20th and October 21st, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/10\/21\/delicious-october-20th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/10\/21\/lost-s02e05-and-found\/\">Lost s02e05: &#8230;and Found<\/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\/21\/lost-s02e05-and-found\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/10\/21\/voltaire-at-the-vogue-2\/\">Voltaire at the Vogue<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In addition to the [photos I took][3] over the course of the night, I also took a few minutes of video a few times during the night, and have put together a nine-minute sampler of bits and pieces of the show. Be warned -- not everything in the video is exactly \"family friendly\", though it is quite funny. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/10\/21\/voltaire-at-the-vogue-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/21\/rocky-horror-a-thon\/\">Rocky Horror-A-Thon<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is a bit too far away for me to show up, but if anyone who stops by here is in the Boston area, you can help set a world record and raise money for the AIDS Action Committee tomorrow night! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/21\/rocky-horror-a-thon\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/21\/mad-world\/\">Mad World<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Calling Donnie Darko &mdash; we found the plane to go with your engine. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/21\/mad-world\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/21\/repercussions\/\">Repercussions<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">You may remember that a couple weeks ago, Bush's hometown paper The Iconoclast endorsed John Kerry for President. Reaction to their endorsement has been strong &mdash; to the point where they wrote a second editorial, detaling some of that reaction. It's not a pretty picture. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/21\/repercussions\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/21\/well-bummer\/\">Well, bummer<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Last night was the monthly Seattle Webloggers Meetup, which I'd been planning on going to. Unfortunately, I got roped into covering at one of my work's stores while the staff went to an employee meeting. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/21\/well-bummer\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/21\/there-goes-that-fantasy\/\">There goes that fantasy<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...erections in space are difficult to achieve because in zero gravity, blood tends to collect in the head and feet. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/21\/there-goes-that-fantasy\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/21\/ack-3\/\">Ack!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">After a full week's work, I did manage to get my webserver up and running again, complete with upgrades, so djwudi.com, hanscomfamily.com, and geekmuffin.com are all active again, and starting to regain content. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/21\/ack-3\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/10\/21\/yawn-2\/\">Yawn<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">(sigh) Mornings just aren't my best time. 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