{"id":25038,"date":"2020-12-31T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=25038"},"modified":"2020-12-18T08:20:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:20:34","slug":"on-this-day-dec-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/31\/on-this-day-dec-31\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Dec 31"},"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>33<\/strong> posts previously published on December 31st<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/31\/2025-reading-round-up\/\">2025 Reading Round-Up<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Every year, I set myself a goal of reading at least 52 books over the course of the year; this year I read 67. Here's a quick (not really) overview\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/31\/2025-reading-round-up\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/31\/the-flaming-arrow-by-jerry-oltion-and-kathy-oltion\/\">The Flaming Arrow by Jerry Oltion and Kathy Oltion<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 67\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; A particularly imaginative doomsday weapon that really had me lost as to how they were going to technobabble their way out of it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/31\/the-flaming-arrow-by-jerry-oltion-and-kathy-oltion\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/12\/31\/2024-reading-round-up\/\">2024 Reading Round-Up<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Every year, I set myself a goal of reading at least 52 books over the course of the year; this year I read 76. Here's a quick (?) overview\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/12\/31\/2024-reading-round-up\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/31\/year-50-day-243\/\">Year 50 Day 243<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy New Year, everyone. I even dressed up for the occasion. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/31\/year-50-day-243\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/31\/2023-reading-round-up-%f0%9f%93%9a\/\">2023 Reading Round-Up &#x1f4da;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Every year, I set myself a goal of reading at least 52 books over the course of the year; this year I read 74. Here\u2019s a quick (?) overview\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/31\/2023-reading-round-up-%f0%9f%93%9a\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/31\/2022-reading-round-up-%f0%9f%93%9a\/\">2022 Reading Round-Up &#x1f4da;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Every year, I set myself a goal of reading at least 52 books over the course of the year \u2014 an average of one a week. This year I made it to 68. Here\u2019s a quick (?) overview\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/31\/2022-reading-round-up-%f0%9f%93%9a\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/31\/%f0%9f%93%9a-sacrifices-of-war-by-kevin-ryan\/\">&#x1f4da; Sacrifices of War by Kevin Ryan<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Wraps up all the threads quite nicely, in a way that I didn\u2019t expect when I started the first book. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/31\/%f0%9f%93%9a-sacrifices-of-war-by-kevin-ryan\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/31\/%f0%9f%93%9a-demands-of-honor-by-kevin-ryan\/\">&#x1f4da; Demands of Honor by Kevin Ryan<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The series doing a really neat job of exploring the state of affairs with the Klingon empire from both Starfleet and Klingon viewpoints. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/31\/%f0%9f%93%9a-demands-of-honor-by-kevin-ryan\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/12\/31\/2021-reading-round-up-%f0%9f%93%9a\/\">2021 Reading Round-Up &#x1f4da;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My annual look back at what I've read over the past year. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/12\/31\/2021-reading-round-up-%f0%9f%93%9a\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/31\/2020-reading-round-up-%f0%9f%93%9a\/\">2020 Reading Round-Up &#x1f4da;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My annual look back at what I've read over the past year. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/31\/2020-reading-round-up-%f0%9f%93%9a\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/31\/on-this-day-dec-31\/\">On This Day: Dec 31<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from December 31 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/31\/on-this-day-dec-31\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/31\/23206\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; sixty-two of 2019: Enterprise, by Vonda N. McIntyre. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; An earlier look at Kirk\u2019s first mission after talking command of the Enterprise. Very different characterizations of the crew\u2014and the Klingons\u2014than what we now know\u2026but then, it was 1986. &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/31\/23206\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/31\/23203\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">No Comparison: Remembering \u201cStar Trek: The Motion Picture\u201d on its 40th Anniversary: &#8220;For those of us who get it, Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a spectacular swing for the fences. And for those of you who don\u2019t get it, it\u2019s your frakkin\u2019 loss.&#8221; &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/31\/23203\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/31\/23198\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Cyberdyne Systems | Speculative Identities: A deep dive into the Terminator universe&#8217;s Cyberdyne Systems from a graphic design\/branding\/iconography point of view. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/31\/23198\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/31\/2019-reading-round-up\/\">2019 Reading Round-Up &#x1f4da;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A look back at the books I've read this year <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/31\/2019-reading-round-up\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/31\/ramones-time\/\">Ramones Time<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">2020, 24 hours to go <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/31\/ramones-time\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/12\/31\/2018-reading-round-up\/\">2018 Reading Round-Up<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Every year, I set myself a goal of reading at least 52 books over the course of the year \u2014\u00a0an average of one a week. This year I made it to 60 (plus getting started on what will be my first book of 2019). Here's a quick overview\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/12\/31\/2018-reading-round-up\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/12\/31\/22013\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I\u2019m not closing my account, and will likely keep checking in on occasion to see what my friends post. But I think it\u2019s time for me to stop uploading to Instagram. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/12\/31\/22013\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/31\/good-riddance-2016\/\">Good Riddance, 2016<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">2016 is done. 2017 is here. Let's make it ours. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/31\/good-riddance-2016\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/31\/20796\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My #2016bestnine &#8211; very #Lego-centric! Let&#8217;s see\u2026me in my #geek #coexist shirt, me in my little #goth Lego boy costume, my Lego goth couple, my @cardsagainsthumanity Trump bug-out bag (which was funnier pre-election), Lego minifigs, the Lego #StarWars carbon freezing chamber, another shot of my costume, my mother-in-law using a real paper map, and the ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/31\/20796\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/31\/20796\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/31\/20799\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book sixty of 2016: Ancillary Mercy, by Ann Leckie. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (366\/366) This also marks the culmination of my silly little selfie-a-day project for the year! I considered trying to come up with something particularly creative or silly for the final photo, but in the end, decided that just another of the usual photos would be ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/31\/20799\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/31\/20799\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/12\/31\/19115\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It got cold last night &#8211; depending on which source we check, Eburg is somewhere between 5\u00b0 and -3\u00b0 this morning. The hoarfrost on everything is really pretty, though. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/12\/31\/19115\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/31\/the-interview\/\">The Interview<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thanks to the world's weirdest advertising campaign, we watched a dumb comedy that we'd otherwise have had no interest in. And in the end? Yes, dumb, but we've definitely seen far worse, and there were some laughs to be had. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/31\/the-interview\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/31\/mlk-on-inconvenient-protests\/\">MLK on &#8220;inconvenient&#8221; protests<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro\u2019s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen\u2019s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to 'order' than to justice\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/12\/31\/mlk-on-inconvenient-protests\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2012<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2012\/12\/31\/end-of-2012\/\">End of 2012<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, a fair amount went on in my life this year...not that you'd know from this blog. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2012\/12\/31\/end-of-2012\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/31\/happy-new-year-3\/\">Happy New Year!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">However you are celebrating (or have celebrated) the new year, enjoy it, and here's hoping we all have a good 2009! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/31\/happy-new-year-3\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/12\/31\/wrapping-up-2007\/\">Wrapping up 2007<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A little under eight hours left to go in the year, and as I look back, most of what stands out in my mind is just how incredibly _busy_ this past year has been, for Prairie and for myself. That's not to say it's been a bad year, but we just _never_ seemed to stop moving. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/12\/31\/wrapping-up-2007\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/31\/happy-new-years-eve\/\">Happy New Years Eve<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Looks like the plan is for Prairie and I to have dinner and rest for a bit, grab showers, and then head downtown to hit the Noc No along with gracesine, rainfromheaven...and whoever else may show up. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/31\/happy-new-years-eve\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/31\/eweek-best-and-worst-of-2003\/\">eWeek best and worst of 2003<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Forget about all this selling your soul to the devil crap -- he's so incompetent, he couldn't even get a wish to be 'famous' right, and I ended up with 'infamous' instead. Can I get a refund on this deal? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/31\/eweek-best-and-worst-of-2003\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/31\/trouble-in-georgetown\/\">Trouble in Georgetown<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As I got off the bus and started walking down the street, I heard a little commotion in one of the alleyways to my left. Looking over, I saw a young lady frantically running down the alleyway, coat open, trying to keep her footing in the fresh snow. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/31\/trouble-in-georgetown\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/31\/exhausted\/\">Exhausted<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ugh...this sucks. I was supposed to be at work early today, so I could leave early (all that New Years stuff), so I set my alarm for 8:30am and went to bed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/31\/exhausted\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/31\/oh-yeah\/\">Oh yeah<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">All in all, a very enjoyable trip. Except for the 15 degree below zero weather. Ugh. I am so not moving back to Alaska. Ever. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/31\/oh-yeah\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/31\/weblog-publishing-systems\/\">Weblog publishing systems<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just a quick test here &mdash; the new beta version of NetNewsWire Pro has a weblog editor built in. 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