{"id":24722,"date":"2020-11-08T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24722"},"modified":"2020-10-30T16:17:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T23:17:14","slug":"on-this-day-nov-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/08\/on-this-day-nov-8\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Nov 8"},"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>19<\/strong> posts previously published on November 8th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/08\/year-50-day-190\/\">Year 50 Day 190<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Tazo's Glazed Lemon Loaf tea is amazing. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/08\/year-50-day-190\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/11\/08\/25498\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 44\/2021: My Brother&#8217;s Keeper: Enterprise by Michael Jan Friedman &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f596;&#x1f3fb; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/11\/08\/25498\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/08\/24782\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">They had been trying for hours to get the hull plates to bind together properly as air slowly leaked out into the void of space. Something was preventing the solvents from working, and it was only a matter of time before their suit\u2019s tanks would be their only breathable air. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/08\/24782\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/08\/difficult-listening-hour-2020-11-07-biden-harris-win-edition\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2020.11.07: Biden\/Harris Win Edition<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">90 minutes of upbeat, happy, celebratory songs. Congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris! It's been a long four years. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/08\/difficult-listening-hour-2020-11-07-biden-harris-win-edition\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/08\/on-this-day-nov-8\/\">On This Day: Nov 8<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/08\/on-this-day-nov-8\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/08\/13552\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">New addition to the library: Number 230 of 1,250 signed copies of #nwc37 Special Guest of Honor Seanan McGuire\u2019s collection Laughter at the Academy, from #nwc42 Spotlight Publisher Subterranean Press! Supporting Norwescon and our GoH\u2019s one book at a time. :) &#x1f4da; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/08\/13552\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/08\/13548\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">He had said he wanted to be a star his entire life. They didn&#8217;t understand until he started to glow, incandescent, heat pouring out of him, immolating everything around him as he grew ever larger, brighter, and hotter. He finally got his wish. Microblogvember: star <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/08\/13548\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/08\/20566\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not going to lie\u2026kinda freaking out a bit. Even if Clinton manages to carry it, I am so incredibly saddened and frightened by our country. And if she doesn&#8217;t&#8230;I just don&#8217;t know. #election2016 (313\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/08\/20566\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/08\/20574\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay, folks: this is about as patriotic as I get. Flag #chucks and #CaptainAmerica undies. :) If you haven&#8217;t already, get out there and #vote, and lets make sure we move our country forward, and not succumb to fear and hate. #imwithher #election #election2016 #2016election <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/08\/20574\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/11\/08\/19055\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An historic moment: The last moments before sending my final presentation for my master&#8217;s degree off to my committee chair. Unless something wonky happens, from here on out its just waiting for the paperwork to process. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/11\/08\/19055\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/08\/secrets-of-the-2008-campaign-ebook\/\">Secrets of the 2008 Campaign eBook<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Obviously, seeing as how the only thing keeping me from breaking copyright criminally (rather than simply fragrantly, which is were I stand now) is that I'm not charging for this, so should Newsweek decide to give me the smackdown, this will be disappearing faster than Sarah Palin leaving the stage after McCain's concession speech. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/08\/secrets-of-the-2008-campaign-ebook\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/08\/any-questions\/\">Any Questions?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As long as I'm trying to come up with things to babble about, I might as well haul this idea out: anyone out there have any questions? Toss 'em at me. I'll see what I can do to answer them. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/08\/any-questions\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/08\/wikipedia-as-political-commentary\/\">Wikipedia as Political Commentary<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's not that this kind of thing doesn't happen often, it's just the first time that I've seen it before it got fixed. Currently, a Wikipedia search for Scott McClellan returns this... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/08\/wikipedia-as-political-commentary\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/08\/before-i-was-around\/\">Before I was around<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Last time I went up to visit my folks in Anchorage, I snagged some old family photos. I'm (finally) starting to get some of them scanned in. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/08\/before-i-was-around\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/08\/voting-nov-8th-general-election\/\">Voting: Nov. 8th General Election<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My votes for today's ballot (yes, I'm just now filling it out...but at least I'm voting, even if it's on the deadline day). Thanks to Metroblogging Seattle's endorsement rundown, too. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/08\/voting-nov-8th-general-election\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/08\/the-divided-states-of-america\/\">The Divided States of America<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This will probably be my last political post for a while, but it was too good not to pass on. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/08\/the-divided-states-of-america\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/08\/im-such-an-underachiever\/\">I&#039;m such an underachiever<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Some days I think I'm doing okay in my life. I may not have a set career or a ton of money or anything along those lines, but I'm not doing too badly. Then, I find things like this&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/08\/im-such-an-underachiever\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/08\/the-purity-of-the-english-language\/\">The Purity of the English Language<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/08\/the-purity-of-the-english-language\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/11\/08\/enterprise-breaking-the-ice\/\">Enterprise: Breaking the Ice<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just how much gravity does an 86km diameter snowball have? 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