My name is Derek Brooks

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Today, my doctor had to blast some wax out of one of my ear holes and it honestly seemed like it was the highlight of his day. He was straight giddy about it.

When a leader as good as Papanii reaches out and asks you to join him, it’s easy to take the call.

Stoked to be joining him and Rocket’s mission to help everyone home.

Headin to Detroit for the week.

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January Reset. No Gluten. No Alcohol.

I've been dealing with some minor, intermittent skin issues for years. It's been treatable, but last year the eczema came hard, spread further and was a little gnarlier... so I started seeing a dermatologist and allergist. They tested for chemical allergies, environmental allergies, had me change everything that I put on my skin or clothes and none of it helped. I suspected a food allergy or something, but the allergist disagreed, and wanted me to come in weekly to get shots. Yeah right.

Despite everything else they suggested, things got worse toward the end of the year... peak gluttony season.

In December, we did an "advent calendar of beer" from Confluence, so I was having at least half of a craft beer every day for nearly a month - …

Last seen in Des Moines, Iowa

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I mean. The deer wasn’t driving. I was driving… and saw an albino deer.
yeah the labeling and spam features do come in handy but i bet you are probably using the labeling in ways i havent even thought of lol
I’m unsure. Thought about using iCloud with my custom domain… but they’re missing a couple Gmail features I like, like labeling.
where will you center your webmail and such?
Yep. I stopped buying Google phones and all of their other products long ago because of this… and I’m looking to get off of Google hosted email and calendars as well.

It’s a bummer how much the Nest acquisition fucked up such a good product.