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Show Notes - Week of October 7, 2019

13/10/2019

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Greetings and Happy Thanksgiving from 53.5° north latitude. This week's post will be remarkably short unfortunately, mainly as a result of our relentless push toward launch of our new system in three weeks. Only one solid idea worth sharing, hardly any reading, one beer, and one new word. ​

I kinda feel like I'm living in a Three Dog Night song this week. 

Quote:
I participated in a meeting this week where one person was providing commentary on what to expect at the launch of our system. He made a comment about how to provide feedback in a stressful time that I quite liked:
​If you don't have anything nice to say, at least be specific.
In other words, if you have feedback but cannot put it nicely or politely, at least make the feedback succinct and detailed enough that the recipient can do something with it. 
New Beers:
Just one new beer this week. Beau's All Natural Brewing Company is a brewery that I had not 
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New Words:
This section has evolved over the six months that I have been writing on this site to be called "New Words". However, this week is really should be called "New Word", since there is only one word to share. Old habits die hard, even if they are less than six months old. ​

polysomnography
poly·​som·​nog·​ra·​phy
NOUN
medical
  1. The word polysomnography, derived from the Greek roots "poly," meaning many, "somno," meaning sleep, and "graphy" meaning to write, refers to multiple tests performed on patients while they sleep. Polysomnography is an overnight test to evaluate sleep disorders.
  2. The technique or process of using a polygraph to make a continuous record during sleep of multiple physiological variables (as breathing, heart rate, and muscle activity)
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