Eight years ago my family moved from Taiwan to my hometown of KC. The first semester of school my son, a second grader, caught a cold so we sent him to school with a mask. This was a normal part of going to school in Taiwan: when you’re sick you wear a mask so you don’t get other people sick. About an hour after the start of school I received a call from the school nurse.
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In my state, most of those absentee and mail-in ballots need to be notarized. I’m become a notary public so I can help neighbors and community members who need it submit their ballots. Anyone have experience with this or suggestions? (My training / application are done.)
I’ve been setting up an Android phone for work and I’m surprised how much I have enjoyed it. Some very cool things that iOS doesn’t have that I could see myself really enjoying.
I really love cinnamon. Health Benefits of Cinnamon
The last embers of the fire. We have enjoyed spending time outside with our portable fire pit this summer. So nice to get outdoors and stare into the flames while talking. Something we miss when we’re indoors on screens.
It’s funny how different tools we use for work provoke different reactions in us. Even email, our collective dreaded foe, can be the right tool for the job. adamtervort.com/2020/08/w…
I had an interesting conversation with my younger brother the other day. He is a college student who has the beginnings of a nice career playing jazz music. Unfortunately the pandemic has a huge negative influence on musicians who play live music, including my brother. He’s been looking for another job to help fill the gap until his live gigs restart. He had an interview scheduled for the afternoon, then in the morning an opportunity related to his music came up.
When the world has been turned upside down, we can find normalcy in simple things like playing together in the park. adamtervort.com/2020/08/a…
In a meeting today one of my coworkers said “We don’t use email.” Wouldn’t it be great if something like that was true? Email can be pretty terrible at times, especially if it balloons to take up time that you would rather spend on other things. The problem is that even at a tech company, we still use email. Not everyone uses it, but if you work directly with people outside the company it’s almost impossible not to use it.