Doors and windows

Apparently these people are related to me. I just had a nice amusing conversation with Grandma (who has always declared she has no living relative other than us). She googled her family name and found this website, then wrote to the Admin who said she had specifically put the site up 5-odd years ago to find my grandma. Fascinating!

In other news, I went on the most exciting job interview today. It's at this hearing aid fitting practice. The guy who runs it used to be a professor at UCSF in biophysics/neuroscience, and runs his practice like a research lab. Most audiologists are salesmen in white coats, with minimal training in audition theory, but this place is so incredibly different. It's not all about sales, as some of my other interviews have been, because they're not fighting to convince anyone. Customers come by word of mouth. He can't even sell new model hearing aids, because they are no longer designed to have complex fiddle-factor (ever since he published a certain research paper a few years ago, which scared off many manufacturers from providing this ability), so he buys an old model and redesigns it to custom fit each patient. I am so incredibly excited right now. So what if it's in Walnut Creek? This is a field with enormous potential, and I would be losing out if I didn't jump in. I think they appreciated my enthusiasm and educational background, so here's hoping!