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6 crucial tips before inviting people in on work video calls. What’s behind you?

May 7, 2020 marvinmidlife Redundancy, Interviews, Work

Work video calls can be great, but they also allow all sorts of people a peek inside your house. Be careful what’s in the background if you don’t want them to look at you in a different way in the future.

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Ask Marvin

I hate PowerPoint with a passion. What can I do?

November 12, 2019 Aunt Marvin Ask Marvin

am rubbish at Powerpoint. My slides always have clashing colours or boxes that don’t align, and look like a ten year old has done them compared to other people’s.

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dull work meeting

A brilliant excuse. Is daydreaming in dull meetings part of evolutionary make-up?

November 7, 2019 marvinmidlife Redundancy, Interviews, Work

Office meetings can be dull, but are a necessary part of work life even if half the room is daydreaming or messaging their friends. It’s an evolutionary thing.

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Feature: Hip Replacement

hip replacement story starting with arthritis
A hip replacement story, from initial twinge to running around post op.

Working lives

  • Work meetings need a good room Are your work meetings a disaster? 6 things you can do to stop wasting your life.
  • Redundancy 10 surprising redundancy facts to know if you’re leaving soon…
  • interview clothing Wearing inappropriate interview clothing could cost you the job. What should you wear?

Most Liked Posts

  • 12 months after - a total hip replacement recovery story....
  • Total hip replacement recovery story. Painfully limping along in weeks...
  • 18 months after my hip replacement and some bad habits...
  • Hip replacement recovery days 6 to 21. Coming on in...

Health, Fitness and Hips

  • False memories are made by a creative brain Remember that special holiday? Possibly not. What are false memories and how can you make the best of them?
  • Low fat or middle-age spread Middle-age spread is not low fat margarine, but do people find it as tasty?
  • 6 months after hip replacement, Six months after hip replacement. Did it exceed all expectations?
  • Dentist's chair Man trying to recreate Gascgoine’s “dentist’s chair” celebration ends up having root canal surgery

Most Liked Posts

  • 12 months after - a total hip replacement recovery story....
  • Total hip replacement recovery story. Painfully limping along in weeks...
  • 18 months after my hip replacement and some bad habits...
  • Hip replacement recovery days 6 to 21. Coming on in...

Ask Marvin Answered…

  • Father Christmas is fat, grey and old. I’m exactly the same, and yet no one wants me in their house at Christmas. What can I do?
    Aunt Marvin
  • My work suit no longer fits, and my birthday suit isn’t what it was. What can I do before I return to the office?
    Aunt Marvin
  • I have been offered a promotion at work but it could mean sacrificing my friends. Should I take it?
    Aunt Marvin

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midlife issues

  • Canal boat holiday better tgan camping? Camping or canal boat holiday? What’s better for grumpy middle aged men?
  • Male grooming The dangerous minefield that is middle aged male grooming
  • Lagotto puppy It’s a dog’s life. Why buying a puppy might not be the answer to midlife stress

In Other (Largely Fake) News

  • photo of man leaning on wooden table Working from home is fun again. Thanks kids, enjoy school!
    September 7, 2020
  • Dentist's chair Man trying to recreate Gascgoine’s “dentist’s chair” celebration ends up having root canal surgery
    July 26, 2021
  • Covid Christmas devastation Santa warns of Covid Christmas present “disaster” as new rules threaten both deliveries and traditions
    November 29, 2020

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