01: stochastic obstacle - It's impossible to reach a human if you call the New York Department of Labor.
02: EEPROM storage and snow - I get EEPROM storage to work on a slave Arduino while six to eight inches of snow accumulate outside.
03: finishing a difficult menorah - The solder flux doesn't cooperate, but I build it anyway.
04: cluster of palpitations - My heart behaves strangely for about a half hour. Also, the state of Tesla self-driving.
05: five glasses of opening wine in Woodstock - At the Five by Seven Show and then visiting a small second-hand boutiquie featuring science supplies.
06: not a good day to read about virtual memory - It made me want to crawl into a hollow log and sleep for a month.
07: five glasses of opening wine in Woodstock - At the Five by Seven Show and then visiting a small second-hand boutiquie featuring science supplies.
08: burnt rubber soup - That's what Gretchen detected at least.
09: cold enough for spit cities - Also: how writing to EEPROM via I2C on an Atmega328 is like programming on a Classic Macintosh.
10: blizzard outside the thrift store - Coming home from a failed car inspection with Charlotte, I stop at the Tibetan Center thrift store and buy a ukelele.
11: a time capsule of my early-1990s computer experience - Booting up my mother's old Power Macintosh for the first time since the early 2000s.
12: Charlotte without Neville must be on a leash - Disoriented by his absence, Charlotte the Dog almost gets hit by a car.
13: brief theatre performances on a cold December night - We drive up to Hudson for pizza and live performances of plays.
14: friendships are important - Even if they interrupt the flow of your creativity.
15: Pluribus and ChatGPT - The hive-mind in the former is starting to remind me of that latter.
16: mystery attractor in A's field - As I begin suffering from some sort of illness, the dogs keep vanishing into a nearby field.
17: sick, but acting healthy - Somehow I have a normal Wednesday despite whatever is wrong with me.
18: old man sounds from the teevee room couch - Bedridden completely by whatever is ailing me.
19: more hungry than nauseated - Lemon cake fixes the discomfort of leaving a bathtub while very sick.
20: like a miracle - My illness seems to lift in an instant.
21: frozen stomach contents - At least I got it away from Neville before it could melt all over our living room couch.
22: hive mind in the Walgreen - Not really, but it looked like that to me.
23: painting on a cylinder - Some pre-Christmas art.
24: small painting with a large brush - Maybe I just found the key to better art.
25: adequate Jewish Christmas at C Gourmet - Just before watching Marty Supreme.
26: a record firewood salvage - Seven or eight backpack loads before a big snowstorm while Gretchen picks up an Israeli dog at JFK.
27: a poop path for Neville - When there is a foot of snow on the ground, he'd like a little place to walk to take care of his business.
28: the last gasp of ISA - Nostalgia with old PC tech.
29: three working Socket 7 motherboards - They all seem to work, though I don't have too much use for them.
30: the persistence of phlegm - Still coughing it up two weeks after an illness.
31: diphenhydramine and New Year's Eve - The two don't really mix, especially if your spouse has plans of hanging out until the ball drops.