NLJ Articles Volume 1 (1-246)

Below, you will find volume one of the collected articles of The New Leaf Journal. Volume 1 covers the first 246 New Leaf Journal articles, beginning with April 2020 and running through February 2021. We are currently working on what will become volume 4 of our collected articles (see list). You can visit the completed volumes 2 (247-494) and 3 (495-744). Do note that this is nothing more than a list of articles published by date with links. We are working on curated, topical selections of articles.

Table of Contents

Month	Quick Link	Total Posts	Post Numbers
April 2020	Go to April 2020	2	1-2
May 2020	Go to May 2020	30	3-32
June 2020	Go to June 2020	21	33-53
July 2020	Go to July 2020	20	54-73
August 2020	Go to August 2020	16	74-89
September 2020	Go to September 2020	31	90-120
October 2020	Go to October 2020	25	121-145
December 2020	Go to December 2020	25	167-191
January 2021	Go to January 2021	29	192-220
February 2021	Go to February 2021	26	221-246

April 2020

1. About The New Leaf Journal (Editors: April 27, 2020)
2. Introducing “The Quarantine Sessions (VVG: April 30, 2020)

May 2020

3. Against Half-Way Yogurt Thievery (NAF: May 2, 2020)
4. The Quarantine Sessons: “Frankie & Albert” (VVG: May 3, 2020)
5. Carroll Gardens Inflatable Uncle Sam Tribute (NAF: May 4, 2020)
6. Seeing the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds from Columbia Street Waterfront District (NAF: May 5, 2020)
7. The Quarantine Sessions: “Love Henry” (VVG: May 6, 2020)
8. Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Black Squirrels in Brooklyn (NAF: May 7, 2020)
9. Uzbek President Mirziyoyev’s War and Peace of the Union (NAF: May 8, 2020)
10. Previewing Bob Dylan’s “False Prophet” (VVG: May 9, 2020)
11. “I’m a Little Maxed Out on Existentialism” (NAF: May 10, 2020)
12. New Leaf Journal Updates (NAF: May 11, 2020)
13. NIXON and the Illness of Apple in Animal Crossing (NAF: May 12, 2020)
14. TI-89 Haiku: Boerum Blue Jay and Black Squirrel (NAF: May 13, 2020)
15. Mosley on Mayweather: Confidence and Fear (NAF: May 14, 2020)
16. The Quarantine Sessions: “The Railroad Boy” (VVG: May 15, 2020)
17. Welcome to The Emu Café (NAF: May 16, 2020)
18. NLJ Week In Review (May 10-16, 2020) (NAF: May 16, 2020)
19. The Matter of Great Wall – But Not Those Walls (NAF: May 17, 2020)
20. Insomnia Diaries: TikTok and Lucille Bogan (VVG: May 19, 2020)
21. Response to Victor: Tik Tok No (NAF: May 19, 2020)
22. Boston Police and Peacock Maintenace (NAF: May 20, 2020)
23. The Downed Stop Sign in Vinegar Hill (NAF: May 22, 2020)
24. NLJ Week in Review (NAF: May 23, 2020)
25. Against Chinese Government Propaganda (NAF: May 24, 2020)
26. A Second Look at the April New York City Flyover (NAF: May 25, 2020)
27. Remembering Second Lieutenant Carleton Burr for Memorial Day (May 25, 2020)
28. Google’s Mysterious Pro-Chinese Government Errors (May 27, 2020)
29. Defining What The New Leaf Journal Is (VVG: May 28, 2020)
30. NLJ Week In Review 4 (May 30, 2020 (NAF: May 30, 2020)
31. The Last Stand of Constantine XI (NAF: May 30, 2020)
32. The Trees Leaf In May (NAF: May 31, 2020)

June 2020

33. Keep the Pet Millipede From Drowning (NAF: June 1, 2020)
34. The Quarantine Sessions: An Original Composition (VVG: June 4, 2020)
35. On NYC Curfews and Essential Workers (NAF: June 4, 2020)
36. Irene Triplett, Last Civil War Pensioner, Dies (NAF: June 5, 2020)
37. Get Off My Lawn, Prime Minister Morrison (NAF: June 5, 2020)
38. NLJ Week in Review 5 (June 6, 2020)
39. On When to Watch Credits or Leave a Bad Movie (NAF: June 6, 2020)
40. Matter of Man, 12 I&N Dec. 305 (BIA 1967) – BIA Hong Kong Precedent (NAF: June 8, 2020; Title changed on January 22, 2022)
41. The New Leaf Journal Twitter (NAF: June 10, 2020)
42. NLJ Week in Review 6 (June 13, 2020) (NAF: June 13, 2020)
43. Some U.S. President Birthday Facts (NAF: June 14, 2020)
44. Some Technical Difficulties (NAF: June 18, 2020)
45. NLJ Week in Review (June 20, 2020) (NAF: June 20, 2020)
46. Reviewing Three Boutique Guitar Strings (VVG: June 25, 2020)
47. A Necessary Compensatory Ideology (NAF: June 26, 2020)
48. Persona 4, Coffee, and Children (NAF: June 26, 2020)
49. NLJ Week in Review 8 (NAF: June 27, 2020)
50. Introducing The New Leaf Journal Guestbook (NAF: June 27, 2020)
51. Examining the-Man-With-the-Hose (NAF: June 28, 2020)
52. A Fogy’s Take on New Video Game Accessories (NAF: June 29, 2020)
53. Thomas Sowell on Hard-Core Troublemakers (NAF: June 30, 2020)

July 2020

54. Benjamin Harrison’s Memorable July 4, 1888 (NAF: July 2, 2020)
55. The New Leaf Journal Newsletter (NAF: July 3, 2020)
56. Calvin Coolidge’s July 4, 1918 Remarks in Fairhaven (NAF: July 3, 2020)
57. NLJ Week in Review 9 (July 4, 2020)
58. Review of the Original Persona 4 Artbook (July 5, 2020)
59. The Quarantine Sessions: “Goodnight, Irene” (VVG: July 6, 2020)
60. An Almost Entirely Twitter-less Success Story (NAF: July 7, 2020)
61. An Unclear and Indistinct Idea of a Truth Tree (NAF: July 9, 2020)
62. NLJ Week in Review 10 (July 11, 2020) (NAF: July 11, 2020)
63. Constantine and the Last Vespers at Hagia Sophia (NAF: July 14, 2020)
64. Please Ring the Doorbell – A Delivery Story (VVG: July 15, 2020)
65. Ko Ko for Koko Analytics – Early Impressions (NAF: July 16, 2020)
66. Matt Damon’s Brooklyn Heights Crane Game (OM: July 17, 2020)
67. NLJ Week in Review 11 (July 18, 2020) (NAF: July 18, 2020)
68. Capo vs Capo, a TikTok Debacle (VVG: July 21, 2020)
69. The Model and the Model Maker (NAF: July 22, 2020)
70. NLJ Week in Review 12 (July 25, 2020) (NAF: July 25, 2020)
71. Teaching the Art of the Video Game Snafu (NAF: July 25, 2020)
72. I don’t want your emu and I don’t have to feed it (NAF: July 29, 2020)
73. Seeing Hopkins-Jones II at the Theater (NAF: July 31, 2020)

August 2020

74. The 999 Life of Herman Cain (NAF: August 1, 2020)
75. NLJ Week in Review 13 (NAF: August 1, 2020)
76. CNN Hides the Fruit of Forbidden Knowledge (NAF: August 2, 2020)
77. The Little Stream Mushroom (VVG: August 4, 2020)
78. Tik Tok for TikTok on Federal Government Devices (NAF: August 8, 2020)
79. NLJ Week in Review 14 (Aug 8, 2020 (NAF: August 8, 2020)
80. The Maybe-Albino Sparrow in the Heights (NAF: August 12, 2020)
81. A Lemon-Flavored Motherboard (NAF: August 14, 2020)
82. A Tanka on Avoiding Mosquitoes (NAF: August 15, 2020)
83. A Wayward Emu Loses Its Way to the Emu Café (NAF: August 16, 2020)
84. Tranquility at the Foot of the Manhattan Bridge (NAF: August 17, 2020)
85. New Computer, New Leaf (NAF: August 23, 2020)
86. Bulding an Airline Res-O-Glas Guitar Copy (VVG: August 26, 2020)
87. A Brave Little Tree Grows in Manhattan (NAF: August 27, 2020)
88. Reviewing The Great Suspender Extension (NAF: August 28, 2020)
89. New Leaf Journal August 2020 Review (NAF: August 30, 2020)

September 2020

90. The Fallen Treen in Brooklyn Heights (NAF: September 1, 2020)
91. The Pigeon in the Puddle (NAF: September 2, 2020)
92. 75th Anniversary of the Japanese Surrender (NAF: September 2, 2020)
93. The BunnyPress Chronicles: Story and Review (NAF: September 3, 2020)
94. The End of the Western Roman Empire (NAF: September 4, 2020)
95. Bed in Summer, Bed in Winter (NAF: September 5, 2020)
96. Pressed Flowers and Butterfly on Canvas (NAF: September 6, 2020)
97. Our Friend the House Centpede (NAF: September 7, 2020)
98. Learning How to Change a Twitter Username (NAF: September 8, 2020)
99. Ambiguous Killer Hallucinogenic Weed Headline (NAF: September 9, 2020)
100. Is my cat deaf, or does she not just give a… (VVG: September 10, 2020)
101. Some Thoughts to Mark September 11, 2020 (NAF: September 11, 2020)
102. 100 Articles and Counting at The New Leaf Journal (NAF: September 12, 2020)
103. The Red Car on Roosevelt Island (NAF: September 13, 2020)
104. Struggles With a Fresh Install of Peppermint OS (NAF: September 14, 2020)
105. Appellate Courts and Lower Court Defiance (NAF: September 15, 2020)
106. The Pony-Sizing Cannon (NAF: September 16, 2020)
107. A More Perfect Constitution Day (NAF: September 17, 2020)
108. Lysander and Cyrus the Younger’s Garden (NAF: September 18, 2020)
109. Augustus and the Comedy of Life (NAF: September 19, 2020)
110. Reflections on Digital Music Shows (VVG: September 20, 2020)
111. The Mysterious Pinterest Tracker (NAF: September 21, 2020)
112. The Pigeon on a Step (NAF: September 22, 2020)
113. Immigration Issues in NYPD Chinese Agent Case (NAF: September 23, 2020)
114. The Great Suspender and Twitter Stardom (NAF: September 24, 2020)
115. The Steps on the Triborough Bridge (NAF: September 25, 2020)
116. The Longest Year of School Finally Ends (NAF: September 26, 2020)
117. Working to Save The Bitter End (VVG: September 27, 2020)
118. The Newsletter Leaf Journal VIII (NAF: September 28, 2020)
119. First Date Questions About Jail History (NAF: September 29, 2020)
120. New Leaf September 2020 Review (NAF: September 30, 2020)

October 2020

121. Setting Up SoloKeys with Peppermint OS (NAF: October 1, 2020)
122. Nineteenth Century Autumn Dress Trends (NAF: October 3, 2020)
123. Victor V. Gurbo Makes a Video Game (VVG: October 5, 2020)
124. Response to Victor – Victor’s Tyrannical Tendencies (NAF: October 6, 2020)
125. Camels, Ticks, and Inter-Middle East Put-Downs (NAF: October 7, 2020)
126. The New Leaf Journal Hosts Google Fonts Locally (NAF: October 9, 2020)
127. An Optical Audio Cable Packaging Story (NAF: October 10, 2020)
128. Victor Expands His Jingzi Jingzi Game Project (NAF: October 11, 2020)
129. The Pinterest Tracking Script Has Left Us (NAF: October 12, 2020)
130. Farming Gold Roses for Money in Animal Crossing (VVG: October 13, 2020)
131. Winds of New Beginnings: Pokémon Gold & Silver (NAF: October 15, 2020)
132. New Bark Town and The New Leaf Journal Slogan (NAF: October 16, 2020)
133. Justin & Justina 〜 The Dangers of Heroism (NAF: October 17, 2020)
134. The Happy Halloween Ghost (NAF: October 18, 2020)
135. The Aesthetic Digital Environment (NAF: October 19, 2020)
136. Two Downed Stop Signs in Brooklyn Heights (NAF: October 20, 2020)
137. Experiences in the Yandex Webmaster Portal (NAF: October 21, 2020)
138. Halloween and the Pumpkin with a Mask (NAF: October 23, 2020)
139. Whyever Do The Cicadas Cry – A Study of a Word (NAF: October 24, 2020)
140. Trying Open Camera on BlackBerry Classic (NAF: October 25, 2020)
141. Halloween Spiders in Brooklyn (NAF: October 27, 2020)
142. Economical Halloween Scarecrows (NAF: October 28, 2020)
143. The Trick-Or-Treating Halloween Daycare Ghost (NAF: October 29, 2020)
144. The Heroic Fallen Trash Can Rescue in Gowanus (NAF: October 30, 2020)
145. Visual Novel Review: Bad End (NAF: October 31, 2020)

November 2020

146. New Leaf Journal October 2020 Month in Review (NAF: November 1, 2020)
147. The L-Shaped Desk on Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn (NAF: November 3, 2020)
148. Women’s Fashion Trends for January 1841 (NAF: November 5, 2020)
149. The Bees of October (NAF: November 6, 2020)
150. The Wicked Car of the Gowanus – Car with Hat (NAF: November 7, 2020)
151. Recursive Fun With Yandex Search Carousels (NAF: November 8, 2020)
152. Golf and Immigration: Matter of Masters (NAF: November 10, 2020)
153. Veterans Day and World War I Double Quarantines (NAF: November 11, 2020)
154. An Early Review of Pixelfed – Instagram Alternative (NAF: November 13, 2020)
155. Justin & Justina 〜 The Pumpkin Taker (NAF: November 14, 2020)
156. Persona 4 Golden Digital Artbook Review (Steam) (NAF: November 15, 2020)
157. A Query About Multi-Path Video Games (VVG: November 17, 2020)
158. Saw-whet? The Rockefeller Christmas Tree Owl (NAF: November 19, 2020)
159. The Holiday Inflatable Dragon in Brooklyn (NAF: November 20, 2020)
160. Like a Verbal Tic (NAF: November 21, 2020)
161. “Coffee Fruit Punch” – A Cookbook Abomination (NAF: November 23, 2020)
162. Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation (NAF: November 25, 2020)
163. On Children and Internet Sharing (NAF: November 27, 2020)
164. “Technological Imbecile” Retweeted by President (NAF: November 28, 2020)
165. On Choices in Story-Heavy Video Games (NAF: November 29, 2020)
166. New Leaf Journal November 2020 Review (NAF: November 30, 2020)

December 2020

167. Historic Districts and Looming Tall Buildings (NAF: December 1, 2020)
168. Reviewing the HALOmask and är Mask (VVG: December 2, 2020)
169. Justin & Justina 〜 A 5% Chance of Rain (NAF: December 3, 2020)
170. Sowell on Walter Williams and Objective Teaching (NAF: December 4, 2020)
171. Proposals for Fact-Checking Reform (NAF: December 6, 2020)
172. Apollodorus and the Gourds of Hadrian (NAF: December 8, 2020)
173. Most Important Dylan Songs By Half-Decade (VVG: December 9, 2020)
174. Upcoming Ferrell Vs Gurbo Pokémon Draft Battle (NAF: December 11, 2020)
175. The Case for 1-to-0 Decades (NAF: December 12, 2020)
176. NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web I (Editors: December 13, 2020)
177. Kaga no Chiyo Autumn Haiku on Unrequited Love (NAF: December 14, 2020)
178. Mary Lennox and Winter Walks (NAF: December 16, 2020)
179. Brooklyn Snowman and Winter Storm Gail Sights (NAF: December 17, 2020)
180. Walking with Epictetus in the Snow (NAF: December 18, 2020)
181. Justin & Justina 〜 AD vs CE (NAF: December 19, 2020)
182. NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web II (Editors: December 20, 2020)
183. The Wit and Losses of Robert Morris (NAF: December 21, 2020)
184. The Quarantine Sessions: Covering The Beatles (VVG: December 22, 2020)
185. An Inquiry Into the Nature of Santa Claus (NAF: December 23, 2020)
186. Justin & Justina 〜 A Christmas Present Struggle (NAF: December 24, 2020)
187. Snowman with One-Eyed Frog Hat – Pure Evil? (NAF: December 26, 2020)
188. NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web III (Editors: December 27, 2020)
189. Anime Recommendations of the Decade (2011-20) (NAF: December 29, 2020)
190. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Car with Antlers (NAF: December 30, 2020)
191. New Leaf Eve: December NLJ Month in Review (NAF: December 31, 2020)

January 2021

192. Justin & Justina: Most-Read NLJ Content of 2020 (NAF: January 1, 2021)
193. The Unicorn in the Snow in Brooklyn (NAF: January 2, 2021)
194. NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web IV (NAF: January 3, 2021)
195. Why Vintage Guitars Sound Better (VVG: January 4, 2021)
196. Reviewing January 1897 Birds: A Monthly Serial (NAF: January 5, 2021)
197. Implementing Article Series With WP Post Series (NAF: January 6, 2021)
198. A Charming Hometown Tax System Story (NAF: January 7, 2021)
199. The Two Decade Mario Party Finally Ends (NAF: January 8, 2021)
200. Bird in Review 〜 The Nonpareil (NAF: January 9, 2021)
201. NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web V (Editors: January 10, 2021)
202. The Rotting Pumpkin 〜 A Salvador Dali Painting (NAF: January 11, 2021)
203. The American Bee Journal World’s Fair Report (NAF: January 12, 2021)
204. Bird in Review 〜 Resplendent Trogon (NAF: January 13, 2021)
205. The Found Parakeet of Brooklyn Bridge Park (NAF: January 14, 2021)
206. A Miniature Portrait of Laura Coombs Hills (NAF: January 15, 2021)
207. Bird in Review 〜 Mandarin Duck (NAF: January 16, 2021)
208. NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web VI (Editors: January 17, 2021)
209. Follow The New Leaf Journal Pixelfed Atom Feed (NAF: January 18, 2021)
210. Usagi Drop 〜 A Complicated Anime Pick (NAF: January 19, 2021)
211. A Pigeon on a Step in Sunset Park (NAF: January 20, 2021)
212. The Falcon of The Queensboro Bridge (NAF: January 22, 2021)
213. Bird in Review 〜 The Golden Pheasant (NAF: January 23, 2021)
214. NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web VII (NAF: January 24, 2021)
215. Justin & Justina 〜 Existential Social Media Misery (NAF: January 25, 2021)
216. From Planes to Trains in Switzerland (NAF: January 26, 2021)
217. Interesting Case on Japan’s Dual Citizenship Ban (NAF: January 27, 2021)
218. Bird in Review 〜 Australian Grass Parakeet (NAF: January 29, 2021)
219. New Leaf Journal January 2021 Review (NAF: January 30, 2021)
220. NLJ Recommendations From Around the Web VIII (NAF: January 31, 2021)

February 2021

221. Bird in Review 〜 The Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock (NAF: February 1, 2021)
222. Justin & Justina 〜 On Robin Hood and GameStop (NAF: February 2, 2021)
223. The Arrival of Sparrows in the United States (NAF: February 3, 2021)
224. A Bike in the Snow in Brooklyn (NAF: February 4, 2021)
225. Blob Dylan(?) Seen in Bushwick (NAF: February 5, 2021)
226. Around the Web 〜 Hair Dye in Japanese Schools (NAF: February 7, 2021)
227. Fish Art in DUMBO’s Main Street Park in 2008 (NAF: February 8, 2021)
228. LoveChoice Review 〜 A Steam Visual Novel (NAF: February 9, 2021)
229. Bird in Review 〜 The Red Bird of Paradise
230. The Pigeon on a Limb (NAF: February 11, 2021)
231. Iroha Isshiki’s Hair is Brown, as Expected? (NAF: February 12, 2021)
232. The Pine Tree Lovers of Takasago (NAF: February 13, 2021)
233. Photographing a Squirrel Kiss in Three Acts (NAF: February 14, 2021)
234. The Golden Maple Leaf Journal (NAF: February 16, 2021)
235. Justin & Justina 〜 White Day Reciprocity (NAF: February 17, 2021)
236. “Washington’s Birthday” Poem by Sangster (NAF: February 18, 2021)
237. “Like… and Like… Yeah” – The Abuse of Like (NAF: February 19, 2021)
238. Quarantine Session: Cash’s Folsom Prison Blues (NAF: February 20, 2021)
239. Around the Web 〜 RSS as a Facebook Alternative (NAF: February 21, 2021)
240. A Children’s Poem on George Washington (NAF: February 22, 2021)
241. Bird in Review 〜 Yellow Throated Toucan (NAF: February 23, 2021)
242. DHS Horse Appropriations and CBP Horse Patrol (NAF: February 24, 2021)
243. “Mondrian” – Victor V. Gurbo on his Original Song (VVG: February 25, 2021)
244. Reviewing the Mondrian Theme for KDE Plasma (NAF: February 26, 2021)
245. Snowman with Mask 〜 It’s the thought that counts (NAF: February 27, 2021)
246. New Leaf Journal February 2021 Review (NAF: February 28, 2021)