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-* Spent Thanksgiving in Troy/Albany
+We spent the week of Thanksgiving with my sister near Albany, New York.
+
+It was great for Nevie to get some extended time with her cousins.
 
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-* Troy Turkey Trot
-	* [Result][1]
-	* [Certificate][2]
-* [`mdrenum`][3]
-	* [available on GitHub][4]
-* New song
-	* [201 Pocket Piano][5]
+In what's now I guess an annual tradition, I ran a 10K the morning of Thanksgiving, this time the [Troy Turkey Trot][1]. I felt great, and I'm happy with my time ([results][2], [certificate][3]). Claire joked that someone once told her that after you run a marathon, a half-marathon becomes your favorite race distance. That's how I feel about 10Ks -- it's like the first half of a half-marathon, before it really starts to suck.
+
+[1]: https://troyturkeytrot.com/
+[2]: /journal/dispatch-10-december-2023/ttt-result.pdf
+[3]: /journal/dispatch-10-december-2023/ttt-cert.pdf
+
+I spent few evenings building a tool to keep Markdown links in order, which I've called `mdrenum`. I documented the process thoroughly in a [separate post][4]. Super fun to make and quite useful for writing these posts. It's up on [GitHub][5] if you're interested.
+
+[4]: /journal/keep-markdown-links-in-order-with-mdrenum/
+[5]: https://github.com/dce/mdrenum
+
+I bought a [201 Pocket Piano][6] after seeing it on [Bonobo's gear list][7] so that I could make some music while we were traveling. This thing is cool! Great sounds and patterns, MIDI in/out, battery powered and a built-in speaker. The company that makes it releases new synths pretty regularly, and it's super straightforward to swap them out -- just plug it into your computer, hit a couple keys, and it shows up as a drive.
+
+[6]: https://www.critterandguitari.com/201-pocket-piano
+[7]: https://equipboard.com/pros/bonobo
+
+Here's a new track I made with it, called "Cirrus" (keeping with the cloud theme):
 
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-* ["Good tests" post][6]
-* [Holiday gift guide][7]
+I published a few other things this month: ["Maintenance Matters: Good Tests"][8] on my company blog ([mirrored here][9]). I also had to do a company-wide presentation and ended up just doing a gift guide of things we own and recommend. Doesn't seem worth a standalone post (this is not that sort of website) but I did [copy the list into a note][10].
 
-[1]: /journal/dispatch-10-december-2023/ttt-result.pdf
-[2]: /journal/dispatch-10-december-2023/ttt-cert.pdf
-[3]: /journal/keep-markdown-links-in-order-with-mdrenum/
-[4]: https://github.com/dce/mdrenum
-[5]: https://www.critterandguitari.com/201-pocket-piano
-[6]: /elsewhere/maintenance-matters-good-tests
-[7]: /notes/2023-holiday-gift-guide
+[8]: https://www.viget.com/articles/maintenance-matters-good-tests/
+[9]: /elsewhere/maintenance-matters-good-tests
+[10]: /notes/2023-holiday-gift-guide
 
 This month:
 
 * Adventure:
-* Project: [Nev art table][8]
+* Project: [Nev art table][11]
 * Skill:
 
-[8]: https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/flisat-childrens-table-30298419/
+[11]: https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/flisat-childrens-table-30298419/
 
 Reading:
 
-* Fiction: [_Title_][9], Author
-* Non-fiction: [_Title_][10], Author
+* Fiction: [_Title_][12], Author
+* Non-fiction: [_Title_][13], Author
 
-[9]: https://bookshop.org/
-[10]: https://bookshop.org/
+[12]: https://bookshop.org/
+[13]: https://bookshop.org/
 
 Links:
 
-* [Title][11]
-* [Title][12]
-* [Title][13]
+* [Title][14]
+* [Title][15]
+* [Title][16]
 
-[11]: https://example.com/
-[12]: https://example.com/
-[13]: https://example.com/
+[14]: https://example.com/
+[15]: https://example.com/
+[16]: https://example.com/