My November month in review with links to and brief descriptions of my 19 November 2023 articles and four newsletters. https://thenewleafjournal.com/november-2023-at-the-new-leaf-journal/ #newleafjournal #november2023 #blog

Recapping our busiest month of 2023 both in terms of new full-length articles and visitors. Possibly related posts... The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100 Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… History of New York's Evacuation Day Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the… Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal…  ( 11 min )

Justin of our Justin and Justina duo looks behind a particularly inane protest to wonder what happened to that Ronald McDonald guy. Possibly related posts... Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal… The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to… Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) The Quince Shortage - Justin and Justina ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review Collected Justin and Justina Dialogues  ( 7 min )

A poem for those of us who needed a second to remember whether today is the last day of November. https://thenewleafjournal.com/the-days-of-the-month-poem/ #poem #poetry #childrenspoem #november

Sports Illusrated, fresh off an AI article controversy, selected Colorado Buffaloes college football coach Dion Sanders as its Sportsperson of the Year. Mr. Sanders took over as head coach at Colorado after the football team went 1-11 in 2022. Sports Illustrated noted that the team improved greatly in Coach Sanders’ first season: As for the […]

Overhearing a man drop "pie chart" in casual conversation about video games inspired a dialogue on pizza charts and mixing work and leisure. https://thenewleafjournal.com/justin-and-justina-a-slice-of-pie-chart-life/ #dialogue #piechart

I received an email from the Bing Webmaster Team: We hope this message finds you well! We've noticed it's been a while since you last visited Bing Webmaster Tools, and we've genuinely missed having you around! Webmaster Tools has undergone some exciting updates and improvements recently, and we think you'll be pleased with the enhancements […]

To hide items and make chatty NPCs or to make "hidden items" glow and one-line robot NPCs. Possibly related posts... The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) Ranking My Big Impression Video Games The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ  ( 8 min )

I am interested in alternatives to big tech software and services. It was for that reason that I switched to Linux in 2020. While I am not big on social media, I use Mastodon, Pixelfed, Minds, and NOSTR to help promote my writing on my self-hosted WordPress projects. I have had an interest in open source alternatives to Goodreads. There are a few interesting ActivityPub powered projects, but they are not quite what I am looking for. At the moment, I am trying Open Library. You can see my fresh profile and current reading. I like it thus far. Once you know where everything is, it is easy to navigate and organize books. I also like LibraryThing (not open source), but that is more geared toward collection management than reading tracking. My top request for Open Library is RSS/ATOM support. I maintain a static site with all of my feeds (including this site) and would like to be able to drop an Open Library feed in there without having to be creative. Libreture (for storing and managing DRM-free ebooks) and Inventaire (for cataloguing and trading physical ebooks) both produce feeds for user profiles. Alas, that seems to still be a missing feature for Open Library and LibraryThing. I could see others being disappointed with Open Library's relative lack of social functionality, but I think that may be more of a feature than a bug.  ( 2 min )

I published my previous Bearblog post (it has been a while) back in the middle of the spring anime season (see post). The year is coming to an end. Despite my having written in that post that there was no clear anime of the year front-runner as of the middle of the spring season, my current front-runner for anime of the year (expect my New Leaf Journal year in review at the end of December or early January) is from that very spring season (see my 2022 review). But I digress. Since last posting here, I acquired the emucafe.org domain to use for my new social publishing site. Because I paid the small fee for extra Bearblog features, I figured that I may as well use it here too. Thus, my new main domain here is newleafannex.emucafe.org. For anyone considering using their own domain with Bearblog, I will say that the set-up process works exactly as advertised in the docs.  ( 2 min )

When interpreting older songs, I try to find the darker side of these often up-tempo major key classics; often a love song is just a brush stroke away from being transformed into something menacing. Very interesting take that you demonstrate through the performance. Question: Can you think of any examples of folk songs that jump out to you where the songwriter intended for the song to change depending on how the vocalist interprets it? #Music #FolkMusic

I discovered that empty first like in alt text field for image in WordPress causes image to always be aligned left, regardless of other settings. #WordPress

I am using the Classic Editor here at The Emu Café Social, in large part because some of the IndieWeb plugins I am using require it instead of Gutenberg. I agree with this take by Mr. Baty in a vacuum that  the classic editor is better for writing than Gutenberg. However, I use Gutenberg over […]

The Gothamist published an article on the push to ban street vendors from the magisterial Brooklyn Bridge. I am 100% in support of banning street vendors from the Bridge, but I will focus on another point in the report. See the following quote: But vendors said there are not many legal spots where they can […]

Not to brag, but Amazon is telling me that it has been more than 5 years since I last broke my Hario v60 coffee glass. Not a big deal. As I said, I don't like to brag. https://thenewleafjournal.com/5-years-without-breaking-my-coffee-glass/ #coffee #coffeeglass #glass #hario #hariov60 #amazon #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal

I use a Hario v60 coffee dripper (02 size) to make pour-over coffee. I have a 15 oz Hario v60 coffee […] Possibly related posts... Persona 4, Coffee, and Children "Coffee Fruit Punch" - A Cookbook Abomination Rescuing a Ladybug On My Television American Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Home Menus From 1913 Hot Coffee on Summer Walks Tiki paralogue trick in Fire Emblem Engage Welcome to The Emu Café Recommended F-Droid FOSS Apps For Android-Based… "Technological Imbecile" Retweeted by President  ( 7 min )

A study of cases in which the paths of former NBA MVPs cross throughout their careers. Possibly related posts... Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo? The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho ESPN States Tim Duncan was "Born Overseas" 1997 Otis Thorpe trade and the 2003 NBA Draft Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review  ( 16 min )

My post on a 1913 magazine collection of reader-submitted breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus from the 50 states. I singled out several for looking good (to me). However, I do have some concerns about the AMOUNT of food... https://thenewleafjournal.com/american-breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-home-menus-from-1913/ #Cooking #Recipes #OldRecipes #ProjectGutenberg

"The toast is, "Freedom's favorite son, Health, peace, and joy to Washington!" Possibly related posts... History of New York's Evacuation Day Plain Song - Visual Novel Review Plain Song Christmas Special - VN Review Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines Most Important Dylan Songs By Half-Decade Familiar song in Angel Next Door anime "Mondrian" - Victor V. Gurbo on his Original Song The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations  ( 7 min )

A detailed history of New York City's Evacuation Day, a former holiday that landed on November 25 and was second only to Independence Day in NYC's patriotic pantheon. Possibly related posts... The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the… Anna Jarvis and the Origin of Mother's Day in the… 1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho Winds of New Beginnings: Pokémon Gold & Silver  ( 25 min )

Welcome to the 162nd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. Today's newsletter falls on New York City's Evacuation Day. What is Evacuation Day? You can learn about it in a link in our Leaves from the week that was section below. While I usually limit this humble newsletter to articles published from the previous Saturday to the Friday preceding the newsletter, I made an exception for New York City's patriotic holiday. Other than this exception, you will find your favorite (I hope) regularly scheduled newsletter sections below. Leaves from the week that was I published …  ( 8 min )

Fresh off the presses, my long, detailed history of a former official New York City holiday that landed on November 25: Evacuation Day. It commemorated the evacuation, or final departure, of the British military from Manhattan on November 25, 1783, which was followed by the entry of the U.S. military led by a certain General George Washington. https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-new-yorks-evacuation-day/ #nyc #history #EvacuationDay #GeorgeWashington #holiday

Happy Thanksgiving! Inflatable turkey seen in front of a grocery store in the Brooklyn NYC neighborhood of Carroll Gardens. https://thenewleafjournal.com/inflatable-thanksgiving-turkey-with-pilgrim-hat/ #nyc #brooklyn #carrollgardens #thanksgiving #inflatable #turkey #pumpkin #pixel3axl #newleafjournal #thenewleafjournal

Re-printing the first presidential Thanksgiving proclamation, from the pen of George Washington in 1789 (also noted are some 1789 arguments against a federal proclamation of Thanksgiving). https://thenewleafjournal.com/washingtons-1789-thanksgiving-proclamation/ #thanksgiving #GeorgeWashington #history #ushistory

It would not be Thanksgiving without an Brooklyn inflatable decoration article. Possibly related posts... History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines October 25 Thanksgiving in Grenada Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation Calvin Coolidge's 1923 Thanksgiving Proclamation Fallen Inflatable Thanksgiving Turkey When President Coolidge Spared a Raccoon From… The Eagle, the National Seal, and turkeys On Barry Bonds' IBBs in 2006 and 2007 A Broken Sign and Graffiti at the Brooklyn Heights Gristedes  ( 6 min )

A humorous and ultimately borderless search for the long sought-after "libertarian moment." Possibly related posts... New Leaf Journal Third Birthday Reader Proposals for Fact-Checking Reform Social webs of personal websites Wallabag Custom Search Engine Shortcuts Feeds and Read-It-Later for Online Reading Justin & Justina: The Most-Read New Leaf Journal… Productivity Window Shopping and Backlogs Applying Coolidge's Remarks on the Home to the Digital Home The Nice Boat 〜 A Look Back at the School Days Anime  ( 13 min )

Back in 2022, I wrote an article on the importance of being in good standing with Microsoft Bing for reaching searchers who prefer privacy-friendly search solutions. While Bing itself is far from privacy-friendly, many alternatives such as DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Ecosia, and Swisscows use Bing’s search index. That particular article was inspired by a post on […]

Update osmosfeed.yaml Added Victor V. Gurbo's Memos Feed  ( 2 min )

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13172 1908 True Crime book featuring 11 stories from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Added to my to-read list. #ProjectGutenberg #law #ReadingList

Welcome to the 161st edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. We have a solid week of publishing, so I look forward to sharing our new articles, links from around the web, and other news and notes to hold you over through Thanksgiving. Leaves from the week that was I published five new articles since mailing newsletter 160. "I Voted" Sticker Appears in Pocket I am going with the "magic" explanation. On Coach Jimbo Fisher's Buyout I could not pass on the opportunity to write about Texas A&M paying a man $76.8 million to not coach its football team. Hair Color in t…  ( 9 min )

I dare say Newsletter 161 is one of my finer newsletter efforts. Links to our 5 newest articles, 21 links from around the web, and a Thanksgiving-themed walk through our archives. Come for the new New Leaf Journal content, stay for external links to articles about birds looking at birds. https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/161/ #newsletter #buttondown #links #aroundtheweb #thanksgiving

After capturing an impromptu piano recital in my home featuring at least two Danbo and two stuffed chicks, I decided that I had accomplished everything I could as as a photographer. https://thenewleafjournal.com/hatchling-and-danbo-have-a-piano-recital/ #photography #danbo #piano #chick #stuffedanimals #kokeshi

I just published my article on Grenada’s annual October 25 Thanksgiving. As I explain in that piece, Grenada’s Thanksgiving commemorates the date of the commencement of the 1983 U.S.-led intervention to restore order on the island after a palace coup. It occurred to me right after publishing the article (somehow only after) to check whether […]

Examining Greanda's annual October 25 Thanksgiving, which commemorates the beginning of the 1983 American-led intervention to restore order in the small Caribbean nation. Possibly related posts... History of Thanksgiving Proclamations in the Philippines Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation Calvin Coolidge's 1923 Thanksgiving Proclamation Return to Shironagasu Island Review When President Coolidge Spared a Raccoon From… "Coffee Fruit Punch" - A Cookbook Abomination Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 Fallen Inflatable Thanksgiving Turkey Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ  ( 15 min )

Running The New Leaf Journal takes me interesting places. For example, it has taken me to Grenada over the last few days. Not literally, mind you. I am not much of a traveling guy (nor am I a big fan of planes or other vehicles). I am researching Thanksgiving in Grenada for what promises to […]

Last year, I published a history of Thanksgiving proclamations in the Philippines from the U.S. colonial era through the first President Marcos's significantly changed take on the holiday. https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-thanksgiving-proclamations-in-the-philippines/ #thanksgiving #philippines #history #ushistory #holiday

I have written a number of articles about hair color in Japanese anime, manga, novels, and games (usually visual novels) -- because why not become the internet's leading resource in something? I finally got around to creating a collection page for this very important 2D anthropology project. https://thenewleafjournal.com/collection/hair-color-in-japanese-anime-manga-and-games/ #anime #manga #visualnovels #haircolor #dresscodes

Examining the significance of Liu Shouxe's naturally silver hair in the Raven of the Inner Palace anime series. Possibly related posts... The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review Hair Color in The Apothecary Diaries Anime Additional Best of 2022 in Anime Awards Hair Color in A Dream of Summer Tokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies Brown hair and dress codes in Ippon Again! Understanding Hair Color in the Kimi ni Todoke Anime Series Hair Color Dress Code Rules in Japan Iroha Isshiki's Hair is Brown, as Expected?  ( 10 min )

Examining unusual hair colors in the main characters of Ming China-inspired The Apothecary Diaries. Possibly related posts... Hair Color in A Dream of Summer Tokyo High Schools Change Hair Color Dress Code Policies Brown hair and dress codes in Ippon Again! Understanding Hair Color in the Kimi ni Todoke Anime Series Hair Color Dress Code Rules in Japan Iroha Isshiki's Hair is Brown, as Expected? Hair Color and Albinism in Red Shift Visual Novel Kaori Orimoto's Hair is Blacker than I Expected Hair Color in Japanese Anime, Manga, and Games  ( 8 min )

It has been a rough year for search engines I reviewed. Peekier went offline and turned into a Kagi redirect last February. But again, my review lives on. https://thenewleafjournal.com/peekier-search-engine-review/ #peekier #searchengine

Elephind, a newspaper search engine that I used for a number of projects, has been taken offline. For those who are curious about what it looked like, my review lives on. https://thenewleafjournal.com/reviewing-elephind-a-powerful-newspaper-search-engine/ #elephind #searchengine

I have published a growing collection of articles on hair color in Japanese anime, manga, and games (usually visual novels). My […]

Texas A&M's decision to pay Coach Jimbo Fisher $76.8 million to not coach the school's football team raises questions about its priorities as an institution. Possibly related posts... College Football Coach Salaries and Buyouts and… Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo? The Japanese Citizenship Requirement for Sumo Stablemasters 1997 Otis Thorpe trade and the 2003 NBA Draft Sega of Japan's Yukawa Dreamcast Commercials Brown hair and dress codes in Ippon Again! Imagination in Pokémon Red and Blue Playing Through Cancer in Silence: Shawn Respert's NBA Story CUNY Un-Persons A Successful Alum  ( 10 min )

Re-printing "Pumpkin Pie," a seasonal early 20th century children's poem by Mary Mapes Dodge. https://thenewleafjournal.com/pumpkin-pie-a-childrens-poem-by-mary-mapes-dodge/ #poem #poetry #pumpkin #pumpkinpie #autumn #thanksgiving

I was surprised that no one gave me an "I Voted!" sticker when I voted in November 2023... then I checked my pocket. Possibly related posts... 1897 Magazine Offer - Pocket Kodak and Kodak No. 4… One Man, One Vote, Two "I Voted!" Stickers You Can't Fix Stupid - King Baby On Finding Money In Your Coat Pocket 〜 A Justin and… The "King Baby BKF" Sticker in Gowanus, Brooklyn Spare "I Voted" sticker for 2023 An Unpleasant Voting Odor The Downed Stop Sign in Vinegar Hill Card Hero and games on limited hardware  ( 7 min )

Welcome to the 60th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. After a brief unplanned hiatus, we returned to our ordinary publishing pace last week. Below, I share our newest articles, links from around the web, and news and notes about The New Leaf Journal. Leaves from the week that was I published five new articles since mailing the previous newsletter. October 2023 at The New Leaf Journal No one said these months in review had to be published in the month of review. Planning and Angel Next Door Season 2 The anticipated results of good article planning. Upgrading Pixel 3a XL …  ( 8 min )

SoraNews24 published an entire article about making a recipe released by 7-Eleven in Japan. I think the recipe looks good (“to die for” is probably excessive, however). But regardless of whether you think 7-Eleven’s sausage-butter-rice dish looks appetizing, I am sure you can join me in praising the convenience store chain for fully embracing open […]

Re-printing the first U.S. Veterans Day Proclamation, written and issued by then-President (and prominent veteran) Dwight D. Eisenhower 69 years to the day: https://thenewleafjournal.com/eisenhowers-1954-veterans-day-proclamation/ #VeteransDay #Eisenhower #veterans #ushistory #history

On October 11, 2023, Nintendo Life cited to reports that Disney is looking to purchase a video game company. This sounds very ominous so I am crossing my fingers that they do not buy a company that makes good games. Go for one of the companies that makes those terrible free-to-start mobile games!

I use a low-end Beelink mini-PC as a TV box (this will be a New Leaf Journal article eventually). I run Fedora on the mini PC and switch between GNOME and Kodi sessions depending on what I am doing. Yesterday, I upgraded from Fedora 39 to Fedora 40. The upgrade went smoothly. Everything appeared to […]  ( 2 min )

A friendly Halloween ghost scarecrow seen in America's first suburb, the New York City neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights. https://thenewleafjournal.com/brooklyn-heights-halloween-scarecrow/ #nyc #brooklyn #brooklynheights #halloween #ghost #scarecrow #brickwall #pixel3axl #thenewleafjournal #newleafjournal

A friendly Halloween ghost scarecrow seen in Brooklyn Heights, New York. Possibly related posts... Economical Halloween Scarecrows Halloween Cooking and Decorating Tips From 1913 The Trick-Or-Treating Halloween Daycare Ghost Flying 12-Foot Witch in Carroll Gardens A Trick-Or-Treating Halloween Ghost Among Gourds in… Return of the Happy Halloween Daycare Ghost The Happy Halloween Ghost The Wicked Car of the Gowanus - Car with Hat Carroll Gardens Halloween Snake Skeleton  ( 5 min )

From Mr. Heinrik Karlsson’s “A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox” Having idiosyncratic interests that grow in complexity means that if you pursue them too far you will end up obsessed with things that no one else around you cares […]

Seen in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, a Halloween snake decoration protecting flowers on a front lawn. https://thenewleafjournal.com/carroll-gardens-halloween-snake-skeleton/ #halloween #brooklyn #nyc #carrollgardens #snake #skeleton #flowers #lawn #sign #pixel3axl

A Carroll Gardens household puts a Halloween snake skeleton decoration to good use on their front lawn. Possibly related posts... A Walk Across the Hamilton Avenue Footbridge Flying 12-Foot Witch in Carroll Gardens Justin & Justina 〜 4th of July Grill Sacrifices to… A Trip Across Brooklyn's Summit Street Bridge Historic Districts and Looming Tall Buildings Flexible Hose Halloween Snake Creature Halloween Cooking and Decorating Tips From 1913 Balancing Bear Topiary in Carroll Gardens American Beauty Pasta Mural in Brooklyn  ( 6 min )

The Russian government is appropriating Soviet humor. (I dare say that this is a better example of Russia’s questionable Iran-coddling commentary than the one I used for an October 14 article at The New Leaf Journal.)

I return from a brief and unplanned publishing break with an important story (“important” is the operative word here). I use a MikroTik hAP ac3 internet router. However, I disabled its wi-fi functionality and use a low-end tp-link access point for wireless. The access point is right in front of my computer. I turned on […]  ( 2 min )

The original Mario Party for Nintendo 64 had some poorly-conceived mini games that required players to rapidly spin the delicate Nintendo 64 joystick. I remember them for destroying joysticks. Others claimed terrible injuries. This is the story of Nintendo's offer of gloves as a result of a settlement with New York State (I note the gloves would not have saved any controllers from harm). https://thenewleafjournal.com/history-of-the-mario-party-gloves/ #nintendo #n64 #marioparty #law #videogamehistory

On upgrading my Google Pixel 3a XL from LineageOS 19 to LineageOS 20. Possibly related posts... Installing GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel 6a From Murena Teracube 2e to Pixel 3a XL with LineageOS Installing LineageOS on a 2013 Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi) Review of /e/ - An Android Alternative For Mobile Phones The BunnyPress Chronicles: Story and Review A Segmentation Fault and a Peculiar Ghostwriter… Review of the Teracube 2e Smartphone Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ New Computer, New Leaf  ( 8 min )

I would say that the announcement of a second season of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten was a surprise... but I expected it when I wrote my review of what is now season one. Possibly related posts... The Enigmatic Life and Death of Emperor Otho The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten - Anime Review Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) The Best of Anime in 2022: Year in Review ACE Academy - Visual Novel Review Should the Pistons have drafted Carmelo? The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations The Best Anime Series of 2021 Four May Issues of The Nursery Magazine (1873-81)  ( 8 min )

We ended up only publishing nine articles in October 2023 due to some unexpected events, but our month-in-review structure is very aesthetic. Possibly related posts... The New Leaf Journal Celebrates Its First Birthday The Newsletter Leaf Journal at 100 The al|together and Insani Visual Novel Translations Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ A 2021 List of Alternative Search Engines and Search… The story of our Bing blacklisting Oldest Golfers to Contend for Majors Between the… The Newsletter Leaf Journal LXIX 〜 The Move(d) Leaf Journal  ( 9 min )

Welcome to the 159th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perenially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal. This newsletter comes to you as always from the waterproof keyboard of the editor of The New Leaf Journal, Nicholas A. Ferrell. As always? I should say except for last week. Two factors caused a lapse in New Leaf Journal publishing. Firstly, middling health commencing on October 24. Secondly, I had a decent amount of work for my law job to do while I was feeling sluggish. As a result, I did not publish any articles. Because I had no articles to share and I still had work to do last weekend, I let October 28 pass without a newsletter. While I have a few article drafts in the pipeline, I still have not published a new piece since October …  ( 9 min )