{"id":24838,"date":"2020-11-18T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24838"},"modified":"2020-11-17T15:33:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T23:33:26","slug":"on-this-day-nov-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/18\/on-this-day-nov-18\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Nov 18"},"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 18th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/18\/year-50-day-200\/\">Year 50 Day 200<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The tasty tasty cardboard goodness of a Totino's Party Pizza. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/18\/year-50-day-200\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/18\/accessing-higher-ground-2022\/\">Accessing Higher Ground 2022<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On this last day of the 2022 Accessing Higher Ground conference, I put together a thread about the week. This is a lightly edited version for this blog. Be warned, this isn't short. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/18\/accessing-higher-ground-2022\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/18\/24869\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">\u201cHow is it you\u2019ve been able to manage being isolated out here for so long?\u201d \u201cI was born in 2013. My parents were fanatical antivax isolationists, so I didn\u2019t see anyone other than them from 2020 until they died in 2033. I never developed much dependence on other people.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/18\/24869\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/18\/24899\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">She didn&#8217;t know quite when she&#8217;d first realized the fluid was seeping from her walls, or why she&#8217;d ever been tempted to taste it. But she was increasingly worried that she&#8217;d so quickly developed such a strong dependence on the substance to get her through the tedium of her day. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/18\/24899\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/18\/on-this-day-nov-18\/\">On This Day: Nov 18<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/18\/on-this-day-nov-18\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/18\/13584\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The parts arrived in the mail, each one with just enough instructions to allow him to attach it to what had come before. Who sent them or what they would build were the mystery that kept him working, but the quantity of needles was starting to worry him. Microblogvember: build <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/18\/13584\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/18\/monty-python-and-enjoying-problematic-media\/\">Monty Python and Enjoying Problematic Media<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There are the Monty Python skits everyone knows and remembers fondly. Then\u2026there are the others. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/18\/monty-python-and-enjoying-problematic-media\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/18\/20592\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Choir fall concert night! (323\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/18\/20592\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/18\/a-resurrection\/\">A Resurrection<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It won't always be easy, and it may take some time for me to really get into the routine again. But to me, this is important. I will not be silent. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/18\/a-resurrection\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/18\/oscar-the-adults-only-grouch\/\">Oscar the Adults-Only Grouch<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">According to an earnest warning on Volumes 1 and 2, 'Sesame Street: Old School' is adults-only: 'These early \u2018Sesame Street\u2019 episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today\u2019s preschool child.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/18\/oscar-the-adults-only-grouch\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/18\/frack\/\">Frack!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hehe -- Prairie and I just finished watching Season One of Battlestar Galactica. I'd seen it before, 'twas the first time for her. She's hooked. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/18\/frack\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/18\/sonys-rootkit\/\">Sony&#8217;s rootkit<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In one of the (many) stories that have been flying by my radar without being remarked on over the past few weeks, it recently came to light that Sony has been using some _incredibly_ nasty \"copy protection\" schemes on many of its audio CDs. Wired News has an excellent rundown of the situation that's worth reading. _This_ is how the major corporations are treating their customers these days. It's not a pretty thing. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/18\/sonys-rootkit\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/18\/could-i-be-a-us-citizen\/\">Could I be a US Citizen?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh. Oops. Okay, so it&#8217;s been a long time since high school, but still&#8230;I need to do some studying! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/18\/could-i-be-a-us-citizen\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/18\/top-artists-according-to-lastfm\/\">Top Artists according to last.fm<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From Adriaan: last.fm has nice charting tools, mapping out your listening trends. From data collected over the past year, this list appears to show my top artists. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/18\/top-artists-according-to-lastfm\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/18\/resurrecting-the-evil-dead\/\">Resurrecting the Evil Dead<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The good news: the previously rumored 'Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash' is probably dead. The bad news: that's because Raimi is remaking The Evil Dead (bad enough) and will be letting someone else direct it (worse). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/18\/resurrecting-the-evil-dead\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/18\/same-sex-marriage-ok-in-massachusetts\/\">Same sex marriage OK in Massachusetts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Massachusetts' highest court ruled Tuesday that the state cannot deny gays and lesbians the right to marry and ordered the state's lawmakers to devise changes in the law within six months. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/18\/same-sex-marriage-ok-in-massachusetts\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/18\/apple-updates-imac-g5-families\/\">Apple updates iMac, G5 families<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">New goodies from Apple today! The mid-range G5 is now a dual 1.8Ghz machine, and a new iMac was announced with a 20 inch screen. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/18\/apple-updates-imac-g5-families\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/11\/18\/karen-by-night\/\">Karen by Night<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just a silly little song that I hadn't heard in a while that popped into my headphones during work today, as a way for me to start actually posting here again, after a few busy weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/11\/18\/karen-by-night\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/11\/18\/boo-ya\/\">Boo-ya!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm online! It's slow , it's not under my name yet, and it's not on the mac -- but I'm up! 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