{"id":24716,"date":"2020-11-05T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24716"},"modified":"2020-10-30T16:16:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T23:16:36","slug":"on-this-day-nov-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/05\/on-this-day-nov-5\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Nov 5"},"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>22<\/strong> posts previously published on November 5th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/05\/year-50-day-187\/\">Year 50 Day 187<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So many cute little gnomes! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/05\/year-50-day-187\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/05\/24768\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f596; Discovery S03E04: Really enjoying the more relaxed and comfortable feel for this season. No major action set pieces, no overwrought drama, instead learning more about Adria and how the Trill are doing while the DIS crew start to work towards healing. Very welcome. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/05\/24768\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/05\/24766\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">2020 Should Be the Last Time We Vote Like This: &#8220;For decades, limiting who gets to vote has been a key strategy of the Republican Party \u2014 though usually people on the right have not been quite so proud of this fact. This year, as has happened often with Donald Trump, subtext became text.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/05\/24766\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/05\/24764\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#8220;What was that?&#8221; He stopped to stoop down to the child who had spoken to him as he walked along the path. Suddenly the child reached out and grabbed him, pulling him off-balance before scrambling on top of him as he landed in the dirt. He only got a glimpse of sharpened teeth. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/05\/24764\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/05\/on-this-day-nov-5\/\">On This Day: Nov 5<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/05\/on-this-day-nov-5\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/05\/13534\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">She was used to seeing the street disappear into the distance in fog, or in the dark. Seeing it fade away into nothingness in the bright light of mid-day, however, was a new experience. As she started walking, she wondered if she would fade away as well. Microblogvember: street <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/05\/13534\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/05\/21973\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book forty-three of 2018: Galactic Patrol, by E. E. \u201cDoc\u201d Smith. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/05\/21973\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/11\/05\/21400\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book forty-four of 2017: A Wrinkle In Time: The Graphic Novel, by Madeline L\u2019Engle, adapted by Hope Larson. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/11\/05\/21400\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/05\/20535\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Did some experimenting with self portraits today. Got a few I liked; here&#8217;s one. (310\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/05\/20535\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/05\/20538\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Good morning! #nofilter #sunrise <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/05\/20538\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/11\/05\/delicious-november-1st\/\">Links for November 1st through November 5th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between November 1st and November 5th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/11\/05\/delicious-november-1st\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/05\/star-trek-original-series-dvd-choices-suck\/\">Star Trek Original Series DVD Choices Suck<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I don't want my only option to be the new, George Lucas inspired, new special effects versions. I want the show that my dad introduced me to. The show that had me pointing excitedly somewhere behind me and over my shoulder, exclaiming 'Speeeeshhh!' as the _Enterprise_ flew by in the opening credits. The show I grew up with. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/05\/star-trek-original-series-dvd-choices-suck\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/05\/delicious-november-5th-2\/\">Links for November 5th from 10:26 to 15:23<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between 10:26 and 15:23, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/05\/delicious-november-5th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/05\/delicious-november-4th\/\">Links for November 4th through November 5th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between November 4th and November 5th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/05\/delicious-november-4th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/05\/ancient-technology\/\">Ancient Technology<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My anthropology teacher had shown the class directly before ours a movie using an actual 16mm film projector, and the look of confusion, wonder, and near-horror on the face of one girl in our class was absolutely hilarious. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/05\/ancient-technology\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/05\/toccata-and-fugue-in-d-minornot-bach\/\">Toccata and Fugue in D Minor&#8230;not Bach?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here's something interesting I hadn't run across before -- apparently there are strong arguments that Bach's famous organ piece 'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor' not only wasn't originally written for organ...but likely wasn't even written by Bach at all. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/05\/toccata-and-fugue-in-d-minornot-bach\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/05\/oops\/\">Oops!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I found the following anecdote in a Home Theater Forum review of the Finding Nemo DVD, and thought it was wonderful&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/05\/oops\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/05\/matrix-revolutions-first-impressions\/\">Matrix: Revolutions first impressions<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One benefit to being unemployed. If, while bouncing around the 'net, you happen to stumble across a reminder that today is the opening day for Matrix: Revolutions, the third and final chapter in the Matrix saga, you can immediately buy a ticket online for a show that starts in 20 minutes, walk to the theater, and see the film without having to think twice about it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/05\/matrix-revolutions-first-impressions\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/05\/lizette-this-is\/\">Lizette&amp;: This Is<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lizette&amp;, an excellent band from Sweden whom I've mentioned in the past, has finally finished their debut album! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/05\/lizette-this-is\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/11\/05\/voting-day\/\">Voting Day<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">You all are going to get out and vote in your local elections, right? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/11\/05\/voting-day\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/11\/05\/why-is-this-not-a-surprise\/\">Why is this not a surprise?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Looks like everyone's (least) favorite monopoly is up to its usual bag of tricks combined with lackluster security again. Good thing I'm naturally cynical, otherwise I'd be surprised at all this. 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