Inside My Mind

I haven't figured this out yet, but I have trouble understanding British accents. My wife and I will sit down to watch a TV show or movie and the minute someone starts speaking in a British accent, I find myself losing the plot. For some reason, my brain does not process the conversation. Funny, because I do not have the same problem with other accents. I can follow Nordic, Slavic, Middle Eastern, African, French, German, Indian...most all others. But when I try to follow "Call the Midwife" or "Downton Abbey" or "Sherlock", I need the TV turned up and no other distractions. Maybe it's a type of attention problem. Maybe it's hearing loss at a certain pitch brought on by years of listening to loud music. I have noticed that I do better with "Sherlock" than the others, but maybe that's because I like the story line and concentrate more on following the story. Maybe it's my southern heritage and tendency to hear and speak more sl...

Ongoing list of apps/programs I've tried and my opinions about each: Informant- I have used this for years with many iterations and have been loyal to the company. The move to primarily iOS has left some of my devices behind, but I have tried to stay with it because of a long-time investment. I have to admit, the recent “upgrade” is what made me sort looking for other options. Sadly, I have had to leave this behind for some of these reasons. Pros Multiple priorities for sorting tasks Templates added easily Projects with multiple tasks easily added and copied Easy copying of tasks Easy to skip occurence of repeating task Combines calendar AND tasks, making one app for both- helps me schedule tasks on future days knowing commitments Cons Sync through Toodledo to get to Windows, therefore requires subscriptions to both Informant AND Toodledo for full functionality Possibly too many options. Can take a while to get everything zoned in Search can be confusing Having p...