{"id":25030,"date":"2020-12-27T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=25030"},"modified":"2020-12-18T08:19:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:19:47","slug":"on-this-day-dec-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/27\/on-this-day-dec-27\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Dec 27"},"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 27th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/27\/complete-guide-to-the-nikon-z5ii-by-thom-hogan\/\">Complete Guide to the Nikon Z5II by Thom Hogan<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 65\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Excellent reference guide to the Z5II in need of a bit more editing. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/27\/complete-guide-to-the-nikon-z5ii-by-thom-hogan\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/27\/year-50-day-239\/\">Year 50 Day 239<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Visiting mom, and her first holiday lobster since 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/27\/year-50-day-239\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/27\/%f0%9f%93%9a-river-of-blood-by-kevin-ryan\/\">&#x1f4da; River of Blood by Kevin Ryan<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A strong conclusion to the trilogy, which as a whole is definitely above average for Trek novels. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/27\/%f0%9f%93%9a-river-of-blood-by-kevin-ryan\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/27\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-glass-onion\/\">&#x1f3a5; Glass Onion<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/27\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-glass-onion\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/27\/25066\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I always appreciate it when a publisher pays attention to the design of the hardback binding under the dust cover. The design for this book is particularly nice. &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/27\/25066\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/27\/25063\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; fifty-three of 2020: The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; A little journalism and a lot of alcohol in late \u201850s Puerto Rico. You can definitely see the seeds of the later Fear and Loathing in this. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/27\/25063\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/27\/on-this-day-dec-27\/\">On This Day: Dec 27<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from December 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/27\/on-this-day-dec-27\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/27\/23146\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In Portland (well, just outside of Portland, in Happy Valley) for a holiday visit with Mom. Tomorrow I get to see the newest Star Wars film and finally get to stop trying to avoid spoilers (which I think I\u2019ve done fairly well at, only heard two minor ones so far). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/27\/23146\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/27\/21477\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifty-one of 2017: Abyss, by David Weddle and Jeffrey Lang. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; #startrek #ds9 #section31 &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/12\/27\/21477\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/27\/20781\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Still processing, but have been staying in touch with mom and my brother, and Prairie and I have our travel plans made. Thanks to everyone for your kind words and messages over the past day. (362\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/27\/20781\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2013<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/27\/17196\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I&#8217;m quite curious as to what pattern they suggest for funerals. They do say every occasion&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/27\/17196\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/27\/17199\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#8220;Helping&#8221; Prairie choose embroidery thread colors. Not 50 shades of grey, but we found four or five. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/27\/17199\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/27\/been-a-good-christmas-this-year\/\">Been A Good Christmas This Year<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I keep hearing and seeing people grumble about this Holiday season. Between the economy sucking everyone's spare change away and Snowpocalypse 2008 burying the entire Northwest coast under more snow than has been seen in a decade (or more), it seems like _nobody's_ happy. Well, just to buck the trend, we're not doing too badly here. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/27\/been-a-good-christmas-this-year\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/27\/silktide-sitescore\/\">Silktide Sitescore<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From what I can tell, my site gets a fairly good score from Silktide, a web development firm based out of England. Some of the areas I got marked down on aren't a surprise at all, but I did get a laugh out of the one section that I was rated as 'Very Poor'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/27\/silktide-sitescore\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/27\/top-word-lists-of-2003\/\">Top Word Lists of 2003<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">YourDictionary.com has released their Top Word Lists of 2003. Did you know where 'ok' came from? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/27\/top-word-lists-of-2003\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/27\/i-need-a-new-router\/\">I need a new router<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've got $75 of gift certificates to Best Buy thanks to a promotion through work, and I need to get a new router &mdash; but I don't know quite which one to go for. Anyone have any suggestions? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/27\/i-need-a-new-router\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/27\/still-digging\/\">Still digging<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">(This post is mostly me whining. Feel free to ignore it.) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/27\/still-digging\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/12\/27\/christmas-in-alaska\/\">Christmas in Alaska<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It was a lot of fun, and seeing friends and family again was great...but I've gotta say, I'm so glad I'm living down here now. Seattle is definitely much more 'me' than Anchorage ever was. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/12\/27\/christmas-in-alaska\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/12\/27\/im-in-the-wrong-business\/\">I&#8217;m in the wrong business!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Microphage Lumber and LSD -- Your Source! 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