01: overpriced pizza and Bob Mould with a guitar - Both disappointed.
02: sober socializing on the dock - It is unusual for me to spend so long sober with guests, especially at the lake.
03: deferred commands - Some commands cannot be acted upon immediately if they need to be acknowledged.
04: too soon for curry - But I made it anyway, more than three weeks after our return from Sri Lanka.
05: plentiful tuliptree habitat - I'm noticing lots of their seedlings in the forest.
06: the slow accumulation of Crazy Dave's litter - Today I decided to put a bunch of it in a pile for him to find.
07: getting stuck under some conditions - I have to do microcontroller work the moment I get to the cabin.
08: how to remotely stop sharing on a computer - I had our neighbor go into the house and switch off circuit breakers.
09: mystery microcontroller misbehavior - Not a great way to spend most of the day at the cabin.
10: a day for water hammocks - A beautiful day in the Adirondacks when I'm not being punished by technology
11: thirsty for oat milk - Something about bok choy & tempeh stir fry and a bath made me crave it.
12: the things I do outside are not workouts - Yet that's what my new smartwatch insists that they are.
13: a nest of perpetual job security - And how to attack it with ChatGPT.
14: maps tab - A way to track moving devices in my ESP8266 Remote Control system.
15: Idiocracy-adjacent - Driving to Virginia to attend a memorial for my mother.
16: my mother died a Christian - According to the story Joy Tarder told at her memorial service.
17: three sandwiches and vegetables - My brother Don travels out of Virginia for the first time since the 1980s.
18: my brother at the Garden - As mortifying as he is, I come across as a good brother.
19: Dream Weaver over and over - When my brother finds a song he likes, he doesn't listen to much else.
20: chili for the hungry man - The only way to easily make enough food for my visiting brother is by making a huge pot of chili.
21: food turning into shit before our eyes - My visiting brother acts as though his intestine is only a couple feet long. Today we take him with us to the Adirondack cabin.
22: communcating with the dock - Using Chinese walkie-talkies where cellphone signals do not reach.
23: brother bothers Polish people at the lake - There is a reason to be shy if you don't know basic rules about socializing.
24: worst guest ever! - But finally my brother leaves with his cousin and aunt for the next leg of his adventure.
25: could a pretty young woman convince you not to buy eyeglasses online? - I update my eyeglass prescription for the first time in years.
26: the adventures of naughty Charlotte - As revealed by her tracker.
27: the now-disfigured abomination - A minor disaster welding thin sheet metal.
28: clever I am - Reading a work email while stoned.
29: didn't want to leave him hanging - Actually working past the close of the workday because it was easy to do.
30: satisfying notchmaking - Not much work or skill for lots of good results.
31: obtaining data from a car - With the help of ChatGPT, I now have actionable data.