{"id":24712,"date":"2020-11-03T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24712"},"modified":"2020-10-30T16:16:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T23:16:11","slug":"on-this-day-nov-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/03\/on-this-day-nov-3\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Nov 3"},"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 November 3rd<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/11\/03\/summer-2024-vacation-photos-long-delayed\/\">Summer 2024 Vacation Photos (Long-Delayed)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This morning before work, I finally finished processing and uploading my photos from our summer 2024 vacation up to Victoria, B.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/11\/03\/summer-2024-vacation-photos-long-delayed\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/11\/03\/wicked-little-letters\/\">Wicked Little Letters<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f3a5;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Very funny, but dark and disturbing at its core. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/11\/03\/wicked-little-letters\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/03\/year-50-day-185\/\">Year 50 Day 185<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Despite appearances, this man is not Teddy Roosevelt. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/03\/year-50-day-185\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/03\/24755\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#8220;They never fail to astonish me,&#8221; he thought, peering through the viewpiece at the subjects of his study. \u201cWhatever new variable we introduce, they invariably find some way to involve it in their sexual practices. At least Earthlings are consistent, if somewhat disturbing.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/03\/24755\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/03\/on-this-day-nov-3\/\">On This Day: Nov 3<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/03\/on-this-day-nov-3\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/03\/13530\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Fashion had reached such heights over the years, with everyone doing their very best to upstage everyone else at every event, that perhaps it shouldn&#8217;t have been a surprise when the prize for best fancy dress went to a janitor in plain unadorned overalls. Microblogvember: fancy <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/03\/13530\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/03\/20544\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Adding walking to work and back definitely adds up after a few days\u2026I&#8217;m tired and glad there&#8217;s just one workday left. (308\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/03\/20544\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/11\/03\/george-takei-says-youre-a-douchebag\/\">George Takei Says You&#8217;re A Douchebag<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hello, I'm George Takei. You are...a douchebag. That's right! A douchebag. You are always going to be a total douchebag. I can only suspect that you have some...shall I say...'issues' to work out? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/11\/03\/george-takei-says-youre-a-douchebag\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/03\/delicious-november-2nd\/\">Links for November 2nd through November 3rd<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between November 2nd and November 3rd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/03\/delicious-november-2nd\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/03\/happy-birthday-to-my-girl-2\/\">Happy Birthday to My Girl!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's Prairie's birthday today! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/03\/happy-birthday-to-my-girl-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/03\/happy-birthday-to-my-girl\/\">Happy Birthday to my girl!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's Prairie's birthday today! Tentative plans for the rest of the day include some family shopping for presents, a good dinner somewhere, and probably some Shakespeare in the evening. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/03\/happy-birthday-to-my-girl\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/03\/happy-birthday-prairie\/\">Happy Birthday Prairie!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy birthday to my girl! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/03\/happy-birthday-prairie\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/03\/red-vs-blue\/\">Red vs. Blue<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The problem with the typical &#8220;red vs. blue&#8221; map of how states voted is that while it accurately represents the final casting of each state's electoral votes, it doesn't accurately represent how each state actually voted on the individual level. Here's a map created by Jeff Culver that colors each state according to the proportion of votes each candidate got. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/03\/red-vs-blue\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/03\/editorial-commentary\/\">Editorial commentary<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I don't know how long this will last &mdash; probably not very long, but as of right now if you go to this page, right click on the image of George and Laura Bush and save it to your desktop, you'll get an amusing suprise&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/03\/editorial-commentary\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/03\/guest-post-from-prairie\/\">Guest post from Prairie<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">To surrender, to blindly support someone just because he is the president, is the equivalent of saying we don't care about the future. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/03\/guest-post-from-prairie\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/03\/looking-forward\/\">Looking forward<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The same division in the country remains, the same stalemate. The other side just got the the ball a yard or two into our side of the field rather than the reverse. And we have to deal with the serious consequences of that. Tomorrow's the day to start. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/03\/looking-forward\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/03\/i-pledge\/\">I pledge&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently, Jeff Jarvis is proposing a 'Post Election Peace Pledge'. I don't doubt that Jarvis means well with his pledge. But this is one pledge I won't be signing on to. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/03\/i-pledge\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/03\/listblog\/\">LISTBlog<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My friend D has just gone live with her newest project: LISTBlog. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/03\/listblog\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/03\/alien\/\">Alien<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I just got back from seeing the Director's Cut of Alien &mdash; one of my all-time favorite Sci-Fi\/Horror films &mdash; at the Seattle Cinerama. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/03\/alien\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/03\/this-just-hasnt-been-my-best-week\/\">This just hasn&#039;t been my best week<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In my experiences with Microsoft, I made a mistake, and was immediately given the most extreme punishment possible. 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