Brandon Wilson @therealbrandonwilson

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I saw a post on the website Cheezburger.com, which somehow floated to my SmartNews feed. First of all, writing a paragraph and then posting screenprints of comments from social media does not count as anything close to a news story. Nevertheless, since I have personal experience with the topic, I...
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The worst nightmare in the mailbox

I am subscribed to the USPS Informed Delivery service. It is a free feature that sends me an email of the scanned mail that is scheduled to arrive in my mailbox along with notifications for any packages. I opened the email this morning, and when I scrolled down to the...
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2021-08-02 21:49:56

Metabolical - Book Darts
Chapter 21

Pg. 277 "There's no doubt that we eat more than we used to. But why? We have a negative feedback system in our brains called leptin, which, until fifty years ago, told us that we had enough energy to burn, and therefore prevented us from overeating. However, insulin blocks leptin...
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2021-08-01 18:50:48

Spoiled by Amazon

I have a new example I can add to the Brandonian Doctrine episode where I emphatically ask "Where's my order??"

Amazon has spoiled us. One-click ordering. Package arrives the same day or the next day or within two days. Confirmation of the order, confirmation of shipping, even a map that tells...
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2021-07-31 13:57:48

Met the deadline

Despite unrealistic expectations, team members out of the office, and reliance on a vendor to migrate data, we met the major deliverable that was technically not due until 8/4 but was changed to "as soon as possible" or "at least by Friday." I was down in the weeds with the...
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2021-07-30 23:15:42

Refer Another You

My company has doubled the referral bonus to anyone who refers a candidate with a specific skill set, which happens to be a system called QNXT that I specialize in.

Most referral programs offer anywhere from $1,000 - $2,500 to employees who refer a candidate who is hired and remains with...
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2021-07-29 23:40:07

Where the rubber meets the road

I'm not a coder, but I do work on technical teams that are responsible for configuring software based on client requirements. My team uses a UI with buttons and drop-downs, but the painful process of extracting and defining business requirements still applies. 

As anyone who is familiar with this type...
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2021-07-28 23:44:53

It's an employee's market

I had an email exchange with my boss today about a recent placement that was bungled by miscommunication regarding expectations for work travel. The client is asking for consultants associated with a particular project to travel 50% (every other week) once the "back to the office" initiative is in full...
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2021-07-27 15:19:57

Honest day's worth of work

I wonder if a career thief gets home at the end of the day and says, "Well, that was a dishonest day's worth of work."

Today I can say that I put in an honest day's worth of work. It was a full ten-hour day. I had multiple phone calls, created...
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2021-07-27 00:19:16

Metabolical - Book Darts
Chapter 20

Pg. 266 "Of the antibiotics sold in 2014, 80% were for use on livestock and poultry; only 20% were for human use. Those antibiotics given to animals survive slaughter and processing and are then delivered to our intestines."

Pg. 268 "Phenylalanine and tryptophan are essential amino acids, which means you have...
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2021-07-25 14:10:26

A solid three hours

I did not plan to sign on for blurk this morning, but in the same way that writing ideas come to me, I had ideas for how to conduct some analysis.

I rarely have extended periods of dedicated time for my second client because of all the day-to-day happenings with my...
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2021-07-24 19:43:59