{"id":24714,"date":"2020-11-04T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24714"},"modified":"2020-10-30T16:16:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T23:16:25","slug":"on-this-day-nov-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/04\/on-this-day-nov-4\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Nov 4"},"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>25<\/strong> posts previously published on November 4th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/11\/04\/a-civil-campaign-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: A delightful romcom, with a hilariously disastrous dinner party where everything goes wrong\u2026as it does in these things. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/11\/04\/a-civil-campaign-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/11\/04\/election-eve-2024\/\">Election Eve 2024<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's (the morning of) election eve 2024, and I'm actually feeling hopeful. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/11\/04\/election-eve-2024\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/04\/year-50-day-186\/\">Year 50 Day 186<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I wonder which is which? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/04\/year-50-day-186\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/11\/04\/25489\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 41\/2021: Perchance to Dream by Howard Weinstein &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f596;&#x1f3fb; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/11\/04\/25489\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/04\/24762\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Historians now note that what\u2019s particularly noteworthy about the 20th and 21st centuries in the geopolitical region then known as the United States is how long it managed to exist so near the point of collapse before the final dissolution into several independent nation-states. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/04\/24762\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/04\/24760\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">@help Just noticed that in the micro.blog macOS client (v 2.0.2 on macOS 10.15.7), timestamps are off by an hour (apparently not aware of the time change). Screenshot comparing the client vs. the web interface (which shows the correct timestamp) attached. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/04\/24760\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/04\/post-election-day-blues\/\">Post-Election Day Blues<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I simply do not understand why so many are so willing to actively support harming themselves and others. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/04\/post-election-day-blues\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/04\/on-this-day-nov-4\/\">On This Day: Nov 4<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/04\/on-this-day-nov-4\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/04\/13532\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">They had been observing the planet for close to seven orbits around its star, and yet they were still avoiding making contact. Never before had they found an advanced species where every identified language had the concept of &#8220;being mean\u201d. Microblogvember: mean <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/04\/13532\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/04\/20541\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy that my face fuzz is coming back. Even just stubble has me feeling more like I look like myself again. (309\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/04\/20541\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/11\/04\/19028\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Fun fact: The first time I saw the original Evil Dead was at a slumber party for my church&#8217;s youth group. I expect the parents upstairs would have been both horrified and amused if they&#8217;d known (and that&#8217;s assuming they didn&#8217;t\u2026but since adults frequently know more than they let on, who knows?). :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/11\/04\/19028\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/04\/obamas-victory-speech\/\">Obama&#8217;s Victory Speech<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/04\/obamas-victory-speech\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/04\/delicious-november-3rd\/\">Links for November 3rd through November 4th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between November 3rd and November 4th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/04\/delicious-november-3rd\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/04\/vote-2\/\">Vote!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hopefully, you're one of the many people who've taken advantage of the option to vote early in one form or another. If not, then _please_ take the time out of your day today to go by your local polling place and cast your vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/04\/vote-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/04\/just-a-quickie\/\">Just a quickie<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A couple brief bits -- I'm actually trying to do this one-a-day posting thing, but I'm also just home from work and ready to get some food in my system. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/04\/just-a-quickie\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/04\/prairies-birthday\/\">Prairie&#8217;s birthday<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We had a very pleasant evening last night celebrating Prairie's birthday. Since I worked 'til 9pm, she'd gone out to dinner with her sister Hope and Hope's boyfriend Peter, and they all met me back at home after they were done. Prairie had baked herself a cake, so we all sat back and enjoyed birthday cake after she opened her presents. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/04\/prairies-birthday\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/04\/they-made-a-sequel\/\">They made a sequel?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While I was not exactly overly enamored with Underworld -- 'disappointing and frustrating' were my actual words after seeing it, in fact -- I just took a look at the trailer for the sequel, Underworld: Evolution. I may end up wandering out to catch a matinee to see how it fares...the original _was_ quite pretty and nice eye candy, and perhaps they'll actually have invested in some slightly more competent screenwriters this time around. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/04\/they-made-a-sequel\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/04\/star-wars-episode-3-trailer\/\">Star Wars Episode 3 Trailer<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">oooh - you're _so_ not going to care about this -- and I really shouldn't, either -- but the first trailer for Star Wars Ep. 3 came out today <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/04\/star-wars-episode-3-trailer\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/04\/iq-redux\/\">IQ redux<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A little curious about what was causing a traffic spike, I checked out my referrers and search terms. Turns out that the majority of the spike is caused by people searching for information on how states voted combined with the state's average IQ, which first started going around the 'net back in May regarding the 2000 elections. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/04\/iq-redux\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/04\/works-for-me-2\/\">Works for me&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just once I'd like to see the psycho killer show up, hand the girl an entire Sara Lee cheesecake and say, 'Eat up. I'll go take care of the asshole for you.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/04\/works-for-me-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/04\/fun-with-bandwidth\/\">Fun with bandwidth<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Each of the posts that have been getting the most traffic have picked up so many comments that they were up to ~300kb each! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/04\/fun-with-bandwidth\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/04\/too-bad-i-dont-speak-japanese\/\">Too bad I don&#039;t speak Japanese<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It appears that there is a new Ghost in the Shell movie coming out in 2004: Innocence. Since everything's in Japanese, I don't have much of a clue what anyone is saying, but my lord does it ever look pretty! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/04\/too-bad-i-dont-speak-japanese\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/04\/puts-me-to-sleep-every-time\/\">Puts me to sleep every time<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In order to relax and calm down, he decided the best thing to do would be to watch a nice, calm, relaxing movie. Like Aliens. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/04\/puts-me-to-sleep-every-time\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/04\/mine\/\">Mine!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mine? Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/04\/mine\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/04\/so-close\/\">So close&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Much as I need to find another job, that commute is a bit much, so I had to call back and let them know that, much to my chagrin, I had to turn down the assignment. 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