{"id":24945,"date":"2020-12-02T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24945"},"modified":"2020-12-01T09:45:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:45:30","slug":"on-this-day-dec-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/02\/on-this-day-dec-2\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Dec 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I 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>24<\/strong> posts previously published on December 2nd<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/02\/the-last-stand-by-brad-ferguson\/\">The Last Stand by Brad Ferguson<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\"> 59\/2025: \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f: A promising setup but a one-note Evil Leader antagonist; overall, a nicely average Trek adventure. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/02\/the-last-stand-by-brad-ferguson\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/02\/not-a-spotify-wrap-up\/\">Not a Spotify Wrap-up<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Streaming only accounts for maybe 10% of my listening, but here's what Apple Music thinks I've been listening to this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/02\/not-a-spotify-wrap-up\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/02\/year-50-day-214\/\">Year 50 Day 214<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We needed more books. But then, we _always_ need more books. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/02\/year-50-day-214\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/02\/on-this-day-dec-2\/\">On This Day: Dec 2<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from December 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/02\/on-this-day-dec-2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/02\/14285\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Seattle QFC debuts first apple ever bred in Washington, despite the state being the highest grower: &#8220;The apple variety was developed by Washington State University. Washington growers, who paid for the research, will have the exclusive right to sell it for the first 10 years.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/02\/14285\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/02\/there-are-no-humans-in-star-wars\/\">There are no humans in Star Wars.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Watching the Original Trilogy, we assume that the \u2018humans\u2019 of the GFFA (Galaxy Far Far Away) are biologically and sociologically identical to Sol 3 humans.  When obviously they\u2019re not! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/02\/there-are-no-humans-in-star-wars\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/02\/21430\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Worst. Fudge. Evar! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/02\/21430\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/02\/20679\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today\u2026today was a much needed good day. (337\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/02\/20679\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/02\/talk-about-what-we-are-actually-talking-about\/\">Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Don\u2019t let the apologists and obfuscations dominate the conversation. Name things for what they are. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/02\/talk-about-what-we-are-actually-talking-about\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2012<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2012\/12\/02\/christmas-2012-wishlist\/\">Christmas 2012 Wishlist<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Dad asked me to post my Christmas wish list, so here I go. As usual, what follows is links to four separate Amazon wish lists, as my occasional OCD tendencies mean I categorize my greed. Though I don't expect anyone other than my parents to get me anything...I've been surprised in the past, so feel free to indulge! ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2012\/12\/02\/christmas-2012-wishlist\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/12\/02\/close-the-washington-monument\/\">Close the Washington Monument<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">''Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of property to make us fearful.... But when we refuse to be terrorized, when we're indomitable in the face of terror, the terrorists fail -- even if their attacks succeed.'' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/12\/02\/close-the-washington-monument\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/12\/02\/the-proverbial-sausage-factory\/\">The Proverbial Sausage Factory<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is a fascinating look at a trial from a juror's perspective: hearing the evidence, trying to balance all the factors and evidence in coming to a decision, and watching the legal system at work. Perhaps of particular interest to me as a Law and Justice student, but the kind of thing that I think would be interesting no matter what. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/12\/02\/the-proverbial-sausage-factory\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/12\/02\/delicious-november-30th\/\">Links for November 30th through December 2nd<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between November 30th and December 2nd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/12\/02\/delicious-november-30th\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/02\/delicious-december-2nd\/\">Links for December 2nd from 12:37 to 18:08<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between 12:37 and 18:08, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/02\/delicious-december-2nd\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/02\/delicious-november-26th\/\">Links for November 26th through December 2nd<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between November 26th and December 2nd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/02\/delicious-november-26th\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/02\/raise-the-roof\/\">Raise the roof!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ain't no party like an Amish party, 'cause an Amish party don't stop! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/02\/raise-the-roof\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/02\/e12cv2-hanscoms-law\/\">E=1\/2CV^2 (Hanscom&#8217;s Law)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">E=1\/2CV^2: any given job will only require half of what you know, but will require proportionately more experience than you have. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/02\/e12cv2-hanscoms-law\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/02\/100-percent\/\">100 percent<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Abstinence is the only 100% sure method of avoiding STDs and unwanted pregnancy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/02\/100-percent\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/02\/abstinence-courses-wildly-off-base\/\">Abstinence courses wildly off base<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Our tax dollars at work: the abstinence programs that Bush is so heavily in favor of (as opposed to real sex education) are distributing wildly inaccurate information to teens. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/02\/abstinence-courses-wildly-off-base\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/02\/dead-milkmen-tour-diaries\/\">Dead Milkmen tour diaries<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">How very, very cool. Dean Clean, drummer for the Dead Milkmen, is posting his tour diaries from the band's first days of touring back in 1985. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/02\/dead-milkmen-tour-diaries\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/02\/amazon-linking-techniques\/\">Amazon linking techniques<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">According to onfocus, Amazon has changed the way they link to wishlists, breaking current wishlist links in the process&hellip;later in the comments, an interesting tidbit of information was posted&hellip;and all this reminded me of an important note from Jason Kottke regarding linking to items on Amazon with your Amazon Associates ID. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/02\/amazon-linking-techniques\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/02\/2003-weblog-awards\/\">2003 Weblog Awards<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Wizbang has opened up nominations for the 2003 Weblog Awards. In an uncharacteristic fit of self-aggrandizement, I went ahead and nominated this site for Best Looking Blog. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/02\/2003-weblog-awards\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/02\/god-is-good\/\">God is good<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">And God said, 'You have hot water, and can take a bath.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/02\/god-is-good\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/02\/im-back-2\/\">I&#8217;m back<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I had an absolutely wonderful and very relaxing Thanksgiving weekend with Prairie and her family. Details and pictures will be up later on, probably this evening. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/02\/im-back-2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from December 2<\/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-24945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24945","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=24945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}