{"id":24848,"date":"2020-11-23T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24848"},"modified":"2020-11-17T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T23:34:39","slug":"on-this-day-nov-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/23\/on-this-day-nov-23\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Nov 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<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>29<\/strong> posts previously published on November 23rd<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/11\/23\/weekly-notes-november-17-23-2025\/\">Weekly Notes: November 17\u201323, 2025<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A week in the life of\u2026. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/11\/23\/weekly-notes-november-17-23-2025\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/23\/year-50-day-205\/\">Year 50 Day 205<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy Thanksgiving, or Friendsgiving, or stuff-your-face-giving, or if nothing else, happy Thursday! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/23\/year-50-day-205\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/23\/%f0%9f%93%9a-here-there-be-dragons-by-john-peele\/\">&#x1f4da; Here There Be Dragons by John Peel<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Any interesting bits are far overshadowed by the rest. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/23\/%f0%9f%93%9a-here-there-be-dragons-by-john-peele\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/11\/23\/25512\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I&#8217;ve been neglecting my blog for a while, and have just added a number of (backdated) posts, but there&#8217;s one particularly important item of note: I&#8217;m about to start a new job as Program Manager for Accessible Technology at Highline College. Looking forward to this new adventure! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/11\/23\/25512\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/11\/23\/25507\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 47\/2021: Spartacus by Terry Mancour &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f596;&#x1f3fb; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/11\/23\/25507\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/23\/24912\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The best part of being a bounty hunter was the chase, pursuing prey across planets and star systems, using every trick she could until she ran them to ground. The worst part was the time after the capture, when there was nothing to fill the days as she waited for a new contract. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/23\/24912\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/23\/of-goth-diversity\/\">Of Goth Diversity<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Let\u2019s bring back the 'creature' in Creature of Darkness. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/23\/of-goth-diversity\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/23\/on-this-day-nov-23\/\">On This Day: Nov 23<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 23 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/23\/on-this-day-nov-23\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/23\/13642\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The aliens had studied us long enough to be able to use what we perceived as a woebegone appearance to their advantage, preying on our sympathies and our desire to help. It was far too late when we discovered how our better natures had doomed us all. Microblogvember: woebegone <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/23\/13642\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/23\/13640\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; fifty-four of 2019: The Sundered, by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; Captain Sulu and the crew of the Excelsior mix it up with Tholians and a mysterious new race with ties to Earth. A good, easy bit of fluff to spend a quiet day reading. &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/23\/13640\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/23\/13637\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; fifty-three of 2019: Kushiel\u2019s Dart, by Jacqueline Carey. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; Not bad, and I enjoyed the sexual politics, but not my thing. This is definitely (mostly) in the \u201clife in medieval Europe\u201d style of fantasy, which I\u2019m less enamored of than more fantastical fantasy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/23\/13637\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/23\/21983\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifty-one of 2018: Make Something Up: Stories You Can\u2019t Unread, by Chuck Palahniuk. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/23\/21983\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/23\/21986\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifty of 2018: The Mask of Cthulhu, by August Derleth. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/23\/21986\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/23\/20625\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I don&#8217;t have to go to work tomorrow! Or the day after! Or the day after that! Or the day after that! (328\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/23\/20625\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/23\/20628\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We got a two-pack of &#8220;grow zombies&#8221; (the little toys you put in water so they get bigger) for Halloween, so one went in the water while one stayed dry. After about a month, here&#8217;s the end result! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/23\/20628\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/23\/20631\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">And\u2026another Snapchat filter as penance. Good thing we&#8217;re approaching the end of the year, and the end of this project! (327\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/23\/20631\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/23\/being-feminist-is-not-a-shield-against-criticism\/\">Being feminist is not a shield against criticism<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I\u2019m far from perfect; I can, do, and will make mistakes; and when I do, I need to own up to them and try to avoid doing so in the future. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/23\/being-feminist-is-not-a-shield-against-criticism\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/23\/estroblaster\/\">EstroBlaster!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently, I'm a 50-something gun-toting impotent Republican. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/23\/estroblaster\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/23\/lost-s02e08-collision\/\">Lost s02e08: Collision<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Scribbled notes while watching tonight's episode of Lost. Spoilers, obviously, so only read further if you want to... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/23\/lost-s02e08-collision\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/23\/buying-a-camera\/\">Buying a camera?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh, by the way...on the off chance that any of my Seattle-area readers are considering or planning on buying a camera this holiday season, I'd love you forever if you came by the Kit's Cameras store in the Northgate Mall while I'm working. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/23\/buying-a-camera\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/23\/top-20-geek-novels\/\">Top 20 Geek Novels<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Guardian UK ran a survey voting for the top 20 geek novels written since 1932, and in 'net meme tradition, here's the list with those I've read in bold. 13 out of 20...65%. Not bad, but I could do better. Time to add to the ever-growing reading list! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/23\/top-20-geek-novels\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/23\/bush-targets-al-jazeera-for-bombing\/\">Bush targets Al-Jazeera for bombing<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">President Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar, a 'Top Secret' No 10 memo reveals. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/23\/bush-targets-al-jazeera-for-bombing\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/23\/the-complete-u2\/\">The Complete U2<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So U2's 'digital box set' hit iTunes this morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/23\/the-complete-u2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/23\/fbi-monitoring-antiwar-protests\/\">FBI monitoring antiwar protests<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Federal Bureau of Investigation has collected extensive information on the tactics, training and organization of antiwar demonstrators and has advised local law enforcement officials to report any suspicious activity at protests to its counterterrorism squads, according to interviews and a confidential bureau memorandum. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/23\/fbi-monitoring-antiwar-protests\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/23\/css-hints-and-tips\/\">CSS Hints and Tips<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Dave Shea at Mezzoblue is working on a CSS Crib Sheet\/Best Practices\/hints and tips post. Lots of good information and suggestions in those posts for writing good, clean CSS. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/23\/css-hints-and-tips\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/23\/lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-special-extended-edition\/\">Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Special Extended Edition)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">First off, and most simply, if you're a fan of the series, there's no question about it. This is a must-buy DVD (as is, incidentally, the extended edition of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring). Feel free to stop reading this and just go buy it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/23\/lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-special-extended-edition\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/23\/the-biggest-cause-of-failure-is-success\/\">The biggest cause of failure is success<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">What if Google set up an agreement with hosting sites in which, in order to offset the cost of bandwidth spikes, Google AdSense ads could be (semi-)automatically added to a site when they reached a certain bandwidth point? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/23\/the-biggest-cause-of-failure-is-success\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/11\/23\/day-after-thanksgiving-part-2\/\">(Day after) Thanksgiving, Part 2<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There are probably many other things and people that I should add to this list, but this will do for now. This Thanksgiving season, those are the things I value the most. It's a day late -- but Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/11\/23\/day-after-thanksgiving-part-2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/11\/23\/day-after-thanksgiving-part-1\/\">(Day after) Thanksgiving, Part 1<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">(I'd mentioned earlier that I had two posts planned for Thanksgiving. I didn't get around to putting them up Thanksgiving day, so they go up today, instead.) A Thanksgiving Prayer, by William S. 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