IVR Voice Gating, a reminder.
Did you know? Whenever you get an interactive voice recognition system by calling a big business, many of them are set up with voice gates that will dump you into specific queues. Certain words, phrases, and tonalities can pull you to the front of the queue as a VIP. VIP, in this case, is often […]
An interesting year in the rear view mirror.
Hey, folks. Welcome to 2020, and all the insights that come with being in the rear view mirror. As the sun sets on 2019, I’m looking back at things I have learned, and realizations that are taking me full speed into a year with an extra day under its hood. Last year, I learned how […]
Mail Order Pharmaceuticals, Revisited.
Xial gnaws at the spleen of Pharmaceutical Benefits Management companies for double damage.
On Annoyances with Mail Order Pharmacies
In which Xial gets angrier than usual over a pharmaceuticals delay, and expresses ire for mail order pharmacies.
Re-homed: Lick dot Blue.
In which Xial relates frustration on bargain hosting and a change in hosts not even 16 months after the last one.
A thought on Cinnabon…
I gently label it: I miss the days where I could order any of their rolls, ask for pecans and be charged only for the pecans. Instead, I’m charged for caramel and pecans, but get pecans only, rather faithfully. This used to not be the case, but then the local kiosk changed register systems. With […]
Courtesy of What the Forecast, my local weather…
If I didn’t need groceries, I would!
Speaking of making healthcare better for folks…
Xial is getting ready for Extra Life, looking for an audience and a hand in helping children.
Two weeks with the FreeStyle Libre.
Xial talks a little more about the continuous glucose monitor experience thus far.
Diabetes, Cellphones, and a Strange Realization.
So as I mentioned in a previous post, I now have a continuous glucose monitor — the FreeStyle Libre 14 Day system. The piece of hardware that I wear will pull a rolling eight hour number for my blood sugar that I can check at any time and see how I’m doing. I grazed over […]
