{"id":25018,"date":"2020-12-21T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=25018"},"modified":"2020-12-18T08:18:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:18:38","slug":"on-this-day-dec-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/21\/on-this-day-dec-21\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Dec 21"},"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>26<\/strong> posts previously published on December 21st<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/21\/weekly-notes-december-15-21-2025\/\">Weekly Notes: December 15\u201321, 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\/12\/21\/weekly-notes-december-15-21-2025\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/21\/dragons-honor-by-kij-johnson-and-greg-cox\/\">Dragon&#8217;s Honor by Kij Johnson and Greg Cox<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 62\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Not one of the better TNG entries. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/21\/dragons-honor-by-kij-johnson-and-greg-cox\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/21\/year-50-day-233\/\">Year 50 Day 233<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Pre-holiday-break week work shirt number three. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/21\/year-50-day-233\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/21\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-spirited\/\">&#x1f3a5; Spirited<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This shouldn't have been a musical. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/21\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-spirited\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/21\/25040\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Shortest day of the year \u2014 but from here on, things just get brighter. Let&#8217;s hope that applies figuratively and socially as well as literally. Happy solstice all; blessed Yule to those who celebrate in that manner. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/21\/25040\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/21\/on-this-day-dec-21\/\">On This Day: Dec 21<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from December 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/21\/on-this-day-dec-21\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/21\/22666\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Out for the Seattle Symphony\u2019s performance of Handel\u2019s Messiah. The last time I was at a performance of the Messiah, it was as part of the choir, along with both parents (also in the choir) and my brother (in the orchestra). It\u2019ll be nice to be in the audience with Prairie for this performance! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/21\/22666\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/12\/21\/apple-product-launch\/\">Apple Product Launch<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I&#8217;m ordering my tetra-fusion hole as soon as I can! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/12\/21\/apple-product-launch\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/21\/21445\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book forty-nine of 2017: Cloak, by S. D. Perry. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; #startrek #tos #section31 &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/21\/21445\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/21\/20748\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifty-six of 2016: Faces of Fire, by Michael Jan Friedman. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; #startrek #tos <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/21\/20748\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/21\/20751\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Books aren&#8217;t all that get collected at our house \u2014 the movie collection keeps growing too (only three of the just over eight shelves are visible here)! Looking forward to seeing if Santa brings any additions. ;) (356\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/21\/20751\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/21\/rogue-one-mini-review-and-machete-order-thoughts\/\">Rogue One Mini-Review and Machete Order Thoughts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A brief review of Rogue One, and some thoughts on why I don\u2019t think it should be part of the Machete Order. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/21\/rogue-one-mini-review-and-machete-order-thoughts\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/12\/21\/19094\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Know what I never had to do last winter? Shovel. Know what I&#8217;ve done four times so far, with more to come? Shovel. Ugh. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/12\/21\/19094\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/12\/21\/19097\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Snow, snow, and more snow. It&#8217;s a pain to deal with, but very pretty. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/12\/21\/19097\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/21\/18580\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So Prairie decided to make some Christmas cookies&#8230;. :D <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/21\/18580\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2013<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/21\/17169\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">All set for a pleasant afternoon with homemade Christmas tea time treats; fudge, cookies, and banana bread that&#8217;s fresh out of the oven, cider, and a Star Trek novel. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/21\/17169\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2012<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2012\/12\/21\/norwescon-36\/\">Norwescon 36<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">DJ W&uuml;di will be DJing the Thursday Night Dance at the upcoming Norwescon 36 science fiction and fantasy convention in SeaTac, Washington! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2012\/12\/21\/norwescon-36\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2011<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/12\/21\/trolling-middle-earth\/\">Trolling Middle Earth<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Where today, 'troll' is almost universally understood as the second of the above quoted definitions -- a person solely out to provoke annoyance -- I've always preferred the first definition. In _that_ sense, a properly constructed troll is something I've always respected. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/12\/21\/trolling-middle-earth\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/12\/21\/unhyphenated\/\">Unhyphenated?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Count-Palatine Michael the Unhyphenated of Fishbourne Sneething <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/12\/21\/unhyphenated\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/21\/was-blind-but-now-i-see\/\">&#8230;was blind, but now I see<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Back again, new and improved -- after swapping out my old, dead video card with a brand-spankin' new Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Special Edition, my Mac is back up and running. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/21\/was-blind-but-now-i-see\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/21\/nnw-missing-images\/\">NNW missing images<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is odd &mdash; sometime over the past day or so, NetNewsWire has suddenly stopped displaying images. Images on pages show up fine in Safari, but never load in NNW. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/21\/nnw-missing-images\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/21\/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-july-16th-2005\/\">Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: July 16th, 2005<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's official, folks: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince will be released July 16th, 2005. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/21\/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-july-16th-2005\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/21\/brrrrrr\/\">Brrrrrr<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Officially, it's 21 degrees here in Anchorage. Unfortunately, the side of town that my parents live on is always colder than the 'official' record &mdash; and their thermometer in the front yard is reading 8 degrees below zero at the moment. Yikes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/21\/brrrrrr\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/21\/heading-north\/\">Heading north<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In just about an hour, I'll be catching a bus to the airport, and heading up to Alaska to spend the next week with my family in Anchorage! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/21\/heading-north\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/12\/21\/im-shocked-really\/\">I&#8217;m shocked. Really.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Excuse me? Your marketing scheme for your new high-end ultra-reliable ultra-secure server operating system is to freely admit that your previous high-end ultra-reliable ultra-secure server operating system shipped not just with bugs? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/12\/21\/im-shocked-really\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/12\/21\/new-blog-software-movabletype\/\">New blog software &#8211; MovableType<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I switched my weblog software from NewsPro over to Movable Type. 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