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  • I’m going deaf. For real.

    Alternative title was “It should be at zero” but I felt the click through on that would be low. It’s been long joked that I don’t listen, or I don’t catch what people say and to be honest, I didn’t think I had really any hearing trouble. Sure I guessed I had tinnitus but that…

    Doug

    March 12, 2019
    self
    audiology, deaf, hearing, hearing aids
  • Onboarding with Donut

    I wrote most of this back in August time, but it’s been sitting in my drafts folder. Posting now as I’ll be working on bringing Donut to more Happiness Engineers. As I mentioned, I’m on rotation to the JPOP division at work. It’s been a long minute since I went through any learning or on-boarding…

    Doug

    March 11, 2019
    self
    donut, donutai, jetpack, remote working
  • Four seasons in a day

    …but only one photo. There has been rain, sunshine, clouds, and snow today.

    Doug

    March 10, 2019
    Dundee, self
    photos, snow, weather
  • Brechin Diocesan Synod

    I was at the Brechin synod today, it’s been a long minute since I’ve been involvedwith church stuff so it was good to be back. I’m getting involved with the communication group to start getting churches online, and help those who already have a website make it better if needed. It is nice to be…

    Doug

    March 9, 2019
    faith, self, support
    Brechin, church website, episcopal, pisky
  • The Customer Service Survival Kit

    …What to Say to Defuse Even the Worst Customer Situations We’re starting a book club in my team and going through this book, “What to Say to Defuse Even the Worst Customer Situations” by Richard S. Gallaghe. I’ve heard a lot of good things about it, it’s one of those books which is recommended for…

    Doug

    March 8, 2019
    book
    books
  • World Book Day 2019

    It’s that time again, and I couldn’tbe bothered to look out the previous posts but we’ve had Chase from Paw Patrol and Hungry Caterpillar. It took some time to make Fantastic Mr Fox realise that he didn’t have to eat everybody.

    Doug

    March 7, 2019
    👦🏼
    fantastic Mr Fox, world book day
  • Crayons Can Melt on Us for All I Care

    I’ve just wasted, 10 seconds of your life Matthew Thiessen Lies, the track is 12 seconds long 🙄

    Doug

    March 6, 2019
    music, self
    Relient K, short songs
  • Cobra Paw

    Played this game at Ian’s the other week. It’s literally a game of quick matching. You have tiles on the table, each file has two ends with a glyph/character on it in colour. You roll a dice and the players need to be the first to grab the tile one handed. Someone already has the…

    Doug

    March 5, 2019
    boardgames, friends, Tabletop
    boardgames, cobra paw, Tabletop
  • Romans cleaning teeth

    The Romans used to clean and whiten their teeth with urine. Apparently it works. Please don’t do it, though. small talk “knowledge” Sometimes that small talk app turns up the weirdest facts – I thought it was their version of shampoo 🙈 Download it from the iOS app store

    Doug

    March 4, 2019
    self
  • Workin Moms

    Started watching a new show, Workin Moms, on Netflix. The titleis the premise, it’s four moms who adjust to life after maternity leave to varying levels of success. Created by, produced by, directed by, and staring Catherine Reitman, it is the style of sitcom I find enjoyable. Reminds me a bit of Life In Pieces…

    Doug

    March 3, 2019
    self, tv show
    tv series, tv watching, Workin Moms
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