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October 2017 01: Americans are a dark-fearing people
- Possible differences between the designs of motion-sensor bulbs for American and Chinese customers.
02: even the lowest-information of low-information voters
- A serious problem for the good guy with a gun theory. Also: I don't appreciate clickbait when matters are dire.
03: geopolitical shambles
- The diaster of Donald Trump in Puerto Rico.
04: with two cats at the vaccination clinic
- I take some time out of my busy workday to get the cats vaccinated on the cheap.
05: the fate of Gretchen's lady parts
- The prescription for organs as infected as Gretchen's is a complete hysterectomy.
06: between a slightly-intoxicated me
- Amused as the Slack we built is demonstrated as something for the entire Organization.
07: the vegetarian police
- After the first spaghetti in New Paltz post-sickness, Gretchen buys jello.
08: unfortunately provided as subtitles
- Entertained by the Finish metal band Nightwish.
09: resemble lukewarm pea soup in most of the characteristics
- Pouring a concrete footing on an unusually warm day.
10: let the robots do the work!
- A successful, though not completely flawless launch of a website for my remote employer.
11: Fire on the Mountain
- At the pet store, I hear an old song I hadn't heard in many years.
12: vacuuming masseuse
- On a chilly October morning, Gretchen was slow in returning from the forest for her massage.
13: #dealwithit
- The range of expression in Slack just increased.
14: Janet's chipmunk
- Also, a new diner discovery in Saugerties.
15: increasingly-desperate calls of late-season katydids
- On a mid-October cleaning jihad, I discover evidence of dogs using a hitherto-unused bedroom as a bathroom.
16: chicken soup weather comes to Albany
- It's cold in Albany when we arrive the night before Gretchen's hysterectomy.
17: hysterectomy day
- Gretchen gets operated upon by a futuristic robot in Albany.
18: the one time when a big comfortable car might've been welcome
- Post-hysterectomy, Gretchen and her parents return from Albany in a Honda Fit.
19: sticking with non-narcotic painkillers
- Narcotics are only useful for occasional isolated recreational purposes.
20: why Excel tabs make for a poor interface
- They're trying to do a job best left to the file system, and they're easy to overlook.
21: Gretchen's memorized poems
- Despite recent surgery, Gretchen manages a powerful memorized performance of her poems in Manhattan.
22: a non-toy shopvac
- And something of a toy music keyboard.
23: the ordeal of an overly-generic database
- WordPress is trying to be a bit too generic, and so writing queries on its database is hard.
24: autumnal insect invaders
- Stink bugs, assassin bugs, and giant yellow-faced Japanese hornets.
25: ephedra and kratom overlap
- Usually I don't drink these two different tea on the same day.
26: quality of his artificial intelligence
- Sometime you have to play with a robot to figure out how smart it is.
27: partying hard tonight
- Drinking a beer while the next strongest beverage at our table is chamomile tea.
28: a slide down the guy wire
- Treed by a visiting pit bull named Missy, Janet the Cat has trouble coming back down.
29: spotted adorably with raindrops
- Neville's relationship with the rain and watching Stranger Things.
30: what will robots watch once we're all gone?
- It's hard to imagine them being entertained by such animal interests as sexuality, individuality, and mortality.
31: Slack Halloween outage
- Also, my outfit this year was entirely virtual.
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