{"id":25012,"date":"2020-12-18T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=25012"},"modified":"2020-12-18T08:18:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:18:00","slug":"on-this-day-dec-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/18\/on-this-day-dec-18\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Dec 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[]'><\/div>\n<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>26<\/strong> posts previously published on December 18th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/18\/year-50-day-230\/\">Year 50 Day 230<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thankfully, feeling much better today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/18\/year-50-day-230\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/18\/%f0%9f%93%9a-debtors-planet-by-w-r-thompson\/\">&#x1f4da; Debtors&#8217; Planet by W.R. Thompson<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An above average entry in the series, even with potentially annoying characters. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/18\/%f0%9f%93%9a-debtors-planet-by-w-r-thompson\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/18\/%f0%9f%93%9a-neuromancer-by-william-gibson\/\">&#x1f4da; Neuromancer by William Gibson<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Still feels almost like it could have been written today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/18\/%f0%9f%93%9a-neuromancer-by-william-gibson\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/18\/on-this-day-dec-18\/\">On This Day: Dec 18<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from December 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/18\/on-this-day-dec-18\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/18\/impeached\/\">Impeached<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Two for two <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/18\/impeached\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/18\/22030\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thanks to micro.blog\u2019s ability to import Instagram archives, all 1,512 posts, from my first on 12\/14\/13 to my last on 12\/31\/18, are now on my blog (all tagged as from:instagram, on the chance someone wanted to browse back through them all). Nice to be out of that walled garden! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/18\/22030\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/18\/20733\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifty-five of 2016: Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/18\/20733\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/18\/20736\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A pleasant way to start the day, reading in the library by the Christmas tree. (The book is #HiddenFigures, about the black women scientists behind America&#8217;s aeronautic and space flight industries.) Photo by Prairie. (353\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/18\/20736\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/12\/18\/amc-theaters-oks-bringing-in-drinks-and-snacks\/\">AMC Theaters OKs Bringing In Drinks and Snacks<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On those rare occasions when I do go see a film in the theater, I'll be taking advantage of Prairie's largest purse and bringing in my own snacks _and drinks_. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/12\/18\/amc-theaters-oks-bringing-in-drinks-and-snacks\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/18\/emergency-preparedness\/\">Emergency Preparedness<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's a bit late for SNOWPOCALYPSE 2008, but for future reference, a handy guide of what to do... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/18\/emergency-preparedness\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/18\/the-vp-is-out-of-control\/\">The VP is out of control!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While I _know_ it's just two headlines smooshed together, the sudden image of Dick Cheney going completely feral and lashing out at anyone around him was enough to give me the giggles for a few minutes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/18\/the-vp-is-out-of-control\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/18\/made-it\/\">Made it!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, we survived! Man, that's a lot of movie. When all's said and done, it was a lot of fun, and all agreed that it was well worth doing, and definitely something that should be done again. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/18\/made-it\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/18\/getting-ready\/\">Getting ready&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just some general ramblings while we putter around and get ready for the day&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/18\/getting-ready\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/jose-padilla-held-unconstitutionally-says-us-2nd-court-of-appeals\/\">Jose Padilla held unconstitutionally, says US 2nd Court of Appeals<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We also conclude that Padilla\u2019s detention was not authorized by Congress, and absent such authorization, the President does not have the power under Article II of the Constitution to detain as an enemy combatant an American citizen seized on American soil outside a zone of combat. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/jose-padilla-held-unconstitutionally-says-us-2nd-court-of-appeals\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/annoy-the-ultra-right-wing\/\">Annoy the ultra-right-wing!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The American Family Association is currently running a poll to determine how people feel about the legalization of marriage between people of the same sex. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/annoy-the-ultra-right-wing\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/walmart-has-an-online-music-store\/\">Walmart has an online music store?!?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I had no idea this was even in the works, but it appears that Walmart has an online music store now. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/walmart-has-an-online-music-store\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/marrs-pump-up-the-volume\/\">M\/A\/R\/R\/S: Pump Up the Volume<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Pump up the volume, pump up the volume, pump up the volume, dance! Dance! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/marrs-pump-up-the-volume\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/blogdating\/\">BlogDating<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Nothing wrong with a little mental nookie! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/blogdating\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/toysight\/\">ToySight<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">ToySight is hands down one of the coolest games for the Mac that I've seen yet. It's a collection of several small mini-games and 'toys' that you play by using your iSight camera as the controller! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/toysight\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/about-airplanes\/\">About airplanes<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/about-airplanes\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/thats-gotta-hurt\/\">That&#039;s gotta hurt&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I turned around just in time to watch a car skid to a stop in the middle of the street with sparks flying out behind it, as its front left tire went rolling and bouncing across the road. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/thats-gotta-hurt\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/911-could-have-and-should-have-been-prevented\/\">9\/11 could have and should have been prevented<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">For the first time, the chairman of the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks is saying publicly that 9\/11 could have and should have been prevented. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/18\/911-could-have-and-should-have-been-prevented\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/18\/well-of-course-2\/\">Well, of course!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lott said he would survive any challenge to his post as majority leader, and Tuesday he picked up the support of a few GOP senators, including Alaska's Ted Stevens, who vowed to 'defend my friend.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/18\/well-of-course-2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/18\/caught-by-the-zeitgeist\/\">Caught by the Zeitgeist<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Last October I ran across a website claiming to be a protest against the latest installment in the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, 'The Two Towers'. Over the past week and a half or so, as the release date for LotR:TTT has grown closer and closer, that entry on my site has suddenly been getting a highly unusual amount of interest. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/18\/caught-by-the-zeitgeist\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/18\/whos-protecting-eli-lilly\/\">Who&#8217;s protecting Eli Lilly?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There is now substantial evidence that due to the mercury content, Thimerosal may be the cause of autism in many, many children, and Eli Lilly has been facing a number of lawsuits from parents looking for some help in caring for their children that were affected by the drug from this company. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/18\/whos-protecting-eli-lilly\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/12\/18\/two-quick-things\/\">Two quick things<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One silly that popped into my head: why is the plural of box 'boxes' when the plural of ox is 'oxen'? 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