Marv’s Midlife Meanderings

Tuesday March 30th 2021... Got in late again, around 8:20am. I left the office at around 8, parked up between five past and ten past, and then used walking to get money from the cash machine as an excuse to finish listening to a podcast I’d started listening to! It’s taking over... It’s all about getting those shows listened to, because once again I’m thinking of how I’ve got nine days off again from next Tuesday, and how I don’t listen to podcasts outside of work time for the most part.  I’m using my accrued holiday time you see, because if I don’t use it then I will lose it. Someone at work told me that staff returning from being on furlough also have to use their holidays up, to which I said “they’ve just had lots of time off already!” That’s bloody cheeky if you ask me! I wish I had all the time off with pay that they’ve had!  Look at what I’ve done while working nigh on seventy hours a week at work. I’ve still got two episodes per week of my podcast coming out. Now, I don’t think

  Monday March 29th 2021 - After getting to bed for about half past six, I woke up at a quarter to one. I went to Morrison’s, but there were some items that they didn’t have because they seem to be a bit shit with what they’ve got in lately.  I got to work for my seven o’clock start, and it was a relatively easy night, albeit in the back up van again, which meant listening to podcast shows through an earpiece all night long again. I got a fair bit listened to though. More would have been nice. When I listened to the show Unknown Passage it resonated with me that the presenter mentioned that you shouldn’t have earphones in when you’re on your own at night, which is exactly what I’m doing when I’m doing my site checks so that I can get my listening done! What I listened - Mission Log  (1:15) - (ep 97)  Encounter At Farpoint  sold immediately into syndication, as studios wouldn’t automatically order an entire season!  Ken  - “who’s the bald guy in  Kirk ’s chair, and tell security there’s

  I thought that I would write a post about something that I want to bring to people’s attention. As everyone who follows my social networks will know, I’ve been having fun with creating a podcast show all of my own.  Pods Like Us is a show that talks about podcasts and podcasting. #Meta  Back when I started the podcast, I will be honest and admit that it was intended as a show that reflects my love of certain shows that I am an avid listener of, and why I love these shows. I knew straight away that I would have to stretch the idea out to look at shows that aren’t usually in my field, which I’m happy with, because I am naturally a knowledge nerd! Initially I asked hosts of shows I was a known listener of to take part, and a very few others, and was surprised with the responses that I got for the most part! When that 16 show run finished at the end of November, I had already started recording shows for season two, and in December I recorded and posted up three Christmas related bonus ep

  Sunday March 28th 2021 I got in from work on Sunday morning at 5:20am, in bed a little after six. I woke up a fair number of times for seemingly no reason whatsoever, eventually getting up at I think 1:30 or 2pm. I don’t remember!  I had a very quick look at the audio for my chat with  Ethan  from  Cineflek , and it is bad - speeding up occasionally. Not great! If I re-record my dialogue, then it could come across as very static, for want of a better word! Why on Earth didn’t I record myself with software locally to counteract this possibility?  That’s actually how I learned to do just that! My night shift started at 5pm. I had another alarm call in the shift, received around 20 miles away from the site, where the only way back was twisty turny country roads .   I finished at 6am. My Podcast Listening - The Aud Pod  (0:22)-  Mike  is speaking with  Jeff  from  Just Jeff & The Dazzlingly Uncool . Their show sees him, his brother  Rocky  & guests share their anecdotes and just

  Saturday March 27th 2021 Got in from work at ten past seven in the morning, and it took until nearly 10 to fall asleep. I’d been tired earlier, but somehow had gone past tiredness. I woke up before three in the afternoon, and was fighting tiredness all night long (all night). I started work on what I was planning to release as the Wednesday March 31st episode of Pods Like Us, but in the night I decided to switch it for a different episode instead. The wonder of having five episodes in the bag to edit. Had an alarm at one site caused by a spider on the sensor itself.  Podcast listening - Keeping Up With The Cardassians  - we need a guide to  Nick ’s nerd voices! Are fans of  Lord Of The Rings  more nerdy than  Star Trek ?  Nick  &  Rob  would break a tangentimeter! So many tangents...  DC  vs  Marvel ,  Star Trek vs  Star Wars . “Why fight? Just enjoy what you enjoy!” They’re looking at the episodes  The Nagus  and  Vortex . Course corrected the  Ferengi . “I didn’t think you had

  Friday March 26th 2021 - So I got in from work at about 8:10am, and I got up at 3pm. I’m not sure what I did before leaving for work. I got to work at about 6:20pm. I purposely get into work late for mobile one on a Friday to avoid the cleaner, because she always parks he car a few inches from the front of the van. The van... Once again I’m in the rubbish van that means listening to the podcasts through my Bluetooth earpiece all night. Not the greatest idea considering the danger to my right ear, but needs must.  I did try to use the Bluetooth speaker, but that was such a scratchy sound that I couldn’t put up with it. Luckily I’m on Mobile 2 for Saturday and Sunday night, so I’ve got the normal vehicle. I hope I’ve not jinxed myself there! No call outs for the night, which is good because I felt rubbish all night. I’ve still obviously got side effects from last weekend’s vaccination.  Podcast suggestions - Adam & Craig 0:57  👍🏻   Beatles Books 0:46  👍🏻   Binge Bros 0:36  👍🏻