{"id":24854,"date":"2020-11-26T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24854"},"modified":"2020-11-17T15:36:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T23:36:03","slug":"on-this-day-nov-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/26\/on-this-day-nov-26\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Nov 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I hit 20 years of blogging yesterday, 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>27<\/strong> posts previously published on November 26th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/26\/year-50-day-208\/\">Year 50 Day 208<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's chilly outside, but I'm quite cozy in front of the fire. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/26\/year-50-day-208\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/26\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-girl-who-married-a-skull-and-other-african-stories-edited-by-c-spike-trotman-kate-ashwin-kel-mcdonald-and-tanaka-stotts\/\">&#x1f4da; The Girl Who Married A Skull and Other African Stories edited by C. Spike Trotman, Kate Ashwin, Kel McDonald, and Taneka Stotts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I\u2019ve enjoyed all of these, and am looking forward to getting the final volume. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/26\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-girl-who-married-a-skull-and-other-african-stories-edited-by-c-spike-trotman-kate-ashwin-kel-mcdonald-and-tanaka-stotts\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/26\/tamamo-the-fox-maiden-and-other-asian-stories-edited-by-c-spike-trotman-kate-ashwin-and-kel-mcdonald\/\">&#x1f4da; Tamamo the Fox Maiden and Other Asian Stories edited by C. Spike Trotman, Kate Ashwin, and Kel McDonald<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A nice selection of funny, mysterious, charming stories. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/26\/tamamo-the-fox-maiden-and-other-asian-stories-edited-by-c-spike-trotman-kate-ashwin-and-kel-mcdonald\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/26\/the-nixie-of-the-mill-pond-and-other-european-stories-edited-by-kel-mcdonald-and-kate-ashwin\/\">&#x1f4da; The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories edited by Kel McDonald and Kate Ashwin<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As this one is European stories, it was the first with stories I recognized. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/26\/the-nixie-of-the-mill-pond-and-other-european-stories-edited-by-kel-mcdonald-and-kate-ashwin\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/26\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-night-marchers-and-other-oceanian-tales-edited-by-kel-mcdonald-kate-ashwin-and-sloane-leong\/\">&#x1f4da; The Night Marchers and Other Oceanian Tales edited by Kel McDonald, Kate Ashwin, and Sloane Leong<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">More short graphic adaptions of fables from around the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/26\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-night-marchers-and-other-oceanian-tales-edited-by-kel-mcdonald-kate-ashwin-and-sloane-leong\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/11\/26\/25523\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; First re-watch in a few years. Some sequences really could have been dropped (the mountain giants add nothing except a few minutes of running time), others are just tonally weird (the goblin city sticks out as being goofy in the midst of serious sequences). But that said, it\u2019s still ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/11\/26\/25523\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/11\/26\/25523\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/26\/24920\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f596; Discovery S03E07: After last week\u2019s action, really liked having a week of talky-thinky Trek that expanded both the season arc and the overall world building of the new era. Vulcans! Romulans! TNG throwbacks! Plus a nice tribute to NuTrek\u2019s Chekov, the late Anton Yelchin. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/26\/24920\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/26\/24930\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While spell development was superficially similar to most any other sort of creative process, the fine-tuning was killer. There were just so many variables to know what to adjust \u2014\u00a0ingredients, gestures, words, tone of voice \u2014\u00a0that those final touches could be quite dangerous. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/26\/24930\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/26\/on-this-day-nov-26\/\">On This Day: Nov 26<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 26 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/26\/on-this-day-nov-26\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/26\/13916\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Baby Yoda Has Conquered the World: \u201c\u2018I had a day with one of the weirdest moments I\u2019ve ever had directing,\u2019 [Director Deborah Chow] told Vanity Fair. \u2018I was directing Werner with the puppet, and Werner had just fallen in love with the baby. Werner, I think, had forgotten it wasn\u2019t actually a live creature, and ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/26\/13916\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/26\/13916\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/26\/13751\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">He watched the floor in satisfaction from the DJ booth as the crowd moved to the sounds of the music. Those recordings of readings from ancient texts he&#8217;d layered into the mix had definitely helped. Now nobody could stop dancing until he decided it was time. Microblogvember: mix <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/26\/13751\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/26\/13749\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Bruce Wayne warns wealth tax on billionaires could result in fewer crimes foiled via jet-powered cars: &#8220;When asked whether a wealth tax could help curb costumed murders by investing in public schools, job retraining, and community mental health initiatives, Wayne responded, &#8216;Sure, but do any of those programs involve a 7000 pound car that can ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/26\/13749\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/26\/13749\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/26\/20640\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifty-one of 2016: Dreadnought!, by Diane Carey. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/26\/20640\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/26\/20643\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifty of 2016: Ishmael, by Barbara Hambly. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (330\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/26\/20643\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/11\/26\/19061\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mmmm&#8230;that&#8217;s a good looking Thanksgiving spread! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/11\/26\/19061\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/11\/26\/19064\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A little classic gaming with friends on Thanksgiving. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/11\/26\/19064\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/11\/26\/tear-gas-banned-in-war-used-on-the-streets\/\">Tear Gas: Banned in War, Used on the Streets<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The use of tear gas by the US police (and in other countries) is something I find seriously troubling. How can we justify using a chemical agent banned from use in warfare on our own citizens? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/11\/26\/tear-gas-banned-in-war-used-on-the-streets\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/11\/26\/debate-links-regarding-ferguson-and-darren-wilson\/\">Debate links regarding Ferguson and Darren Wilson<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just found this excellent Tumblr post laying out the most common arguments defending Darren Wilson or condemning the Ferguson protests, and linking to a wealth of stories and resources addressing those points. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/11\/26\/debate-links-regarding-ferguson-and-darren-wilson\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/11\/26\/mike-browns-shooting-and-jim-crow-lynchings-have-too-much-in-common\/\">Mike Brown\u2019s shooting and Jim Crow lynchings have too much in common<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">About twice a week, or every three or four days, an African American has been killed by a white police officer in the seven years ending in 2012, according to studies of the latest data compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. That number is incomplete and likely an undercount, as only a fraction of local police jurisdictions even report such deaths \u2013 and those reported are the ones deemed somehow 'justifiable'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/11\/26\/mike-browns-shooting-and-jim-crow-lynchings-have-too-much-in-common\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/11\/26\/so-long-space-needle\/\">So Long, Space Needle<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Space Needle will once again become this city's tallest building in April 2009, when NASA launches the tower into Earth orbit. The rotating restaurant will provide simulated Earth gravity, not to mention fresh salmon and Dungeness crab from Washington and Alaska waters. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/11\/26\/so-long-space-needle\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/the-trickiest-zen-on-the-menu\/\">The trickiest zen on the menu<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I wanted to take a moment to point out Pops' domain, 2 Hour Lunch. I discovered his site at some point during the TypePad beta testing process, and he's become one of my favorite reads. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/the-trickiest-zen-on-the-menu\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/bad-santa\/\">Bad Santa<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I first heard about Bad Santa thanks to Pops about a week ago, and it immediately sounded like something that would be right up my alley. Roger Ebert's review has just solidified that. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/bad-santa\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/digital-elocution\/\">Digital elocution<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So what do you do if you're trying to put together campaign commercials for a President who can't seem to string together more two multi-syllabic words without stumbling? Simple! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/digital-elocution\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/capt-yee-charged-withbeing-a-shmuck\/\">Capt. Yee charged with&#8230;being a shmuck<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Two counts of failing to obey a lawful general order, adultery, conduct unbecoming an officer, making a false official statement and failure to obey an order or regulation (the latter two charges stem from allegations that Yee viewed and stored pornography on a government computer). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/capt-yee-charged-withbeing-a-shmuck\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/troy-2\/\">Troy<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another film I'm really looking forward to seeing &mdash; Troy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/troy-2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/just-what-i-always-wanted\/\">Just what I always wanted!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Amuse your conservative friends and annoy your liberal neighbors with the brand new Ann Coulter Talking Action Figure. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/26\/just-what-i-always-wanted\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2000<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2000\/11\/26\/colophon\/\">Colophon<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">djwudi.com gets a Colophon, with details on the construction and maintenance of the site. All sorts of nifty geek goodies in there. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2000\/11\/26\/colophon\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}