{"id":25024,"date":"2020-12-24T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=25024"},"modified":"2020-12-18T08:19:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:19:14","slug":"on-this-day-dec-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/24\/on-this-day-dec-24\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Dec 24"},"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>19<\/strong> posts previously published on December 24th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/24\/wagon-train-to-the-stars-by-diane-carey\/\">Wagon Train to the Stars by Diane Carey<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 63\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: An interesting start to this six-part series, but with some very odd Orions. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/24\/wagon-train-to-the-stars-by-diane-carey\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/24\/%f0%9f%93%9a-foreign-foes-by-greg-brodeur-and-dave-galanter\/\">&#x1f4da; Foreign Foes by Greg Brodeur and Dave Galanter<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not a stinker, but not a standout, either. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/24\/%f0%9f%93%9a-foreign-foes-by-greg-brodeur-and-dave-galanter\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/24\/year-50-day-236\/\">Year 50 Day 236<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's a cookie baking day! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/24\/year-50-day-236\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/24\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-edge-of-the-sword-by-kevin-ryan\/\">&#x1f4da; The Edge of the Sword by Kevin Ryan<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On the one hand, it\u2019s a combination of common tropes, on the other hand, it\u2019s done quite well. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/24\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-edge-of-the-sword-by-kevin-ryan\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/12\/24\/the-anonymous-sister\/\">The Anonymous Sister<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A hundred million terrorists in the world and I gotta kill one with feet smaller than my sister. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/12\/24\/the-anonymous-sister\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/12\/24\/25624\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So, what would really happen if you tried to have a completely 'normal' Christmas aboard the ISS? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/12\/24\/25624\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/24\/25055\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f596; Discovery S03E11: Nice to finally get back to some good ol\u2019 Trek weirdness. Mysterious unexpected post-transport things! Hologlitches! Plus, we\u2019ve tossed Harry Potter and the end of Labyrinth in there just to mix it up a bit. I\u2019m still underwhelmed by Osyraa, though. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/24\/25055\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/24\/on-this-day-dec-24\/\">On This Day: Dec 24<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from December 24 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/24\/on-this-day-dec-24\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/24\/dennys-grand-slamdance\/\">Denny\u2019s Grand Slamdance<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This whole thing is absolutely wonderful. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/24\/dennys-grand-slamdance\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/24\/21466\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A holiday hotel room. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/24\/21466\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/24\/21463\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A holiday hotel room. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/24\/21463\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/24\/20763\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifty-eight of 2016: The President&#8217;s Vampire, by Christopher Farnsworth. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (359\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/24\/20763\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/24\/happy-holidays-2\/\">Happy Holidays!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This just floated across my Facebook feed, and seemed appropriate for the season. Happymerry Holidayschristmaskwanzaasolsticenewyear! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/24\/happy-holidays-2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/24\/delicious-december-23rd\/\">Links for December 23rd through December 24th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between December 23rd and December 24th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/24\/delicious-december-23rd\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/12\/24\/christmas-eve-nostalgia\/\">Christmas Eve Nostalgia<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So for me, this is a perfect Christmas Eve present. I get to revisit part of my childhood with some good old music, Prairie's enjoying hearing the songs (and watching me bounce around as I remember bits and pieces of them), and I get some more _good_ Christmas music to add to our collection. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/12\/24\/christmas-eve-nostalgia\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/24\/happy-holidays\/\">Happy Holidays<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Fr&ouml;liche Weinachten, Merry Solstice&hellip;whatever works in your particular instance, have a good holiday weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/24\/happy-holidays\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/24\/if-abraham-lincoln-grew-up-on-aol\/\">If Abraham Lincoln grew up on AOL&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">FOUR SCORA AND SEV3N Y3ARS AGO OUR FATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS CONTIENNT A NU NATION CONCAIEVD IN LIEBRTY AND D3DICAETD 2 TEH PROPOSITION TAHT AL MAN R CR3AETD AQUAL!1!!!11! LOL <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/24\/if-abraham-lincoln-grew-up-on-aol\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/24\/the-dangers-of-molasses\/\">The Dangers of Molasses<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On a hill above the city, a 90-foot wide tank of molasses intended to be used for production of rum suddenly ruptured, sending two and a half million gallons of molasses in a wall eight to fifteen feet high down into the unsuspecting Boston neighborhood at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/24\/the-dangers-of-molasses\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2000<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2000\/12\/24\/lorelei-mackenzie-markin\/\">Lorelei Mackenzie Markin<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I just got word from one of my closest friends that she had her baby this morning! Congratulations both to Miranda and her daughter, Lorelei Mackenzie Markin, both of whom are doing wonderfully well, I'm told. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2000\/12\/24\/lorelei-mackenzie-markin\/\">&#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 24<\/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-25024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25024","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=25024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}