I had a nice relaxing day

yesterday. I relearned about pranayama yoga from Lon Milo Duquette (Baba lon), yesterday. I need to get his Tarot deck, because my Thoth Tarot deck is a collectors (to me) item and I need something a bit smaller. I have a few places here in town where I'm going to enquier if they stock Duquette's Tarot deck. Or a smaller Thoth deck for working purposes. Or something similar. Baba Lon places (The Universe) card in his pocket while doing pranayama. It's a neat exrcise. I'll be making a few phone calls today.

I'm about to start July's calendar for tomorrow. Speaking of which tomorrow is Canada day. Elbows up. Anyway, that's about all for now.

The bgp meeting was really good

as we had ~ 12-15 members were in attendence. Also Rickies took our orders right where we were. I ordered the ham and egg omelette with cubed hash browns and coffee. Nathan had the same. We covered a lot of grownd and were done by 1pm. Our SD offered me a ride home, which was damn nice of him. It was a warm day out there heading to the SD truck. I showed him my building as we went by and asked him if he go a bit further to Bonny Doon mall. I thanked him on arrival.

I needed to have my cell phone account topped up as I can't recall how I did it online. The clerk @ Rogers got that set up for me. I asked about a cell phone upgrade as I'm using an iPhone 11. It might be running 3G which most serivice providers are retiering 3G soon. The recent iPhone has greater memory capacity, 5G and has a USB C port for charging etc. The cell phone is C $65 up from my. The difference is $28. Or $336/year.

Outside. by the South Entrance I saw some seniors waiting for a bus. I was fixiated on the #525 for some reason but there was a senior from our building as I coud tell by the blue entrance fob on her key chain. I called bus link #311 and my bus was an hour away. The lady said she was waiting for the #524. I decided to take the train home and as soon as I aproached the entrance here was the senior exiting off the bus waited the #524. Note to self: Get the #524 next time.

I'm taking the week off from outings this week. I'm going to call my Doctors office to see if I can book an appointment. I was given 2 forms to fill out but they had got lost in the move. I'm calling Friday for next week.. Anyway, that's all for now. 

I'm up at

about 8am for the "Board of General Purposes" meeting. At least I get a ride there, even though I'll be taking the bus back. to Clareview and train home. The meeting is at 10am. We should be done by noon, I should be home before Anne gets out of bed. 

Next week, I'm not going anywhere. no doctors appointments, nothing. 

Sunday I need to (by phone) contact my cell phone service provider and pay my bill. I forgot how to do that by phone. Anyway, that's all for now.

Anne & I went

out to the Chapter BBQ. It was nice. The chicken was a bit on the processed side. We had more visitors then members. The 2 couples we sat with we're both interested RA prospects. I wasn't impressed that the pop wasn't free like our Lodge BBQ. 

Tomorrow its the BGP meeting as Nathan in Fb chat said he'd pick me up about 9:30am but I'd be shooting Merril a message in chat saying that I'm engaged in another meeting and that I'll be back in September for BoB. I'll have to find my own way back from the BGP meeting, but that's easy to do. I'll take the #54 back to Clareview and the Capital line train, etc. As for today/evening, I'm home andtaking it easy.

In one of Tech Dweeb's videos today he showed how Retro games (In public domain) can be downloaded on a USB thumb drive and with an emulator can be played on just about any Windows Machine. Anyway that's all for now.

We hope to be out of here

by 5:30 this afternoon for our Chapter BBQ. Hopefully we wont get any afternoon showers on our way. I'm bringing my cell phone along so I can keep track of the Elks/Bombers game.

We had a massive Thunder storm/cell pass through here yesterday about 4pm. By 4:45pm it was all but over. Hopefully we'll be able to avoid all of that.

We're going to be having Pub night tonight downstairs in the main lounge and a guitar player. The Theme is Canada day. The event will be ending at around 10pm-ish. Maybe there will be enough time to get a cold one and head upstairs. Tomorrow is coffee club in the main lounge. Anyway, that's all for now.

Mac chicken strips

and a potato patty, was my dinner last night. I don't mind dinners like that.

Not much going on for today. A bit of a myster solved yesterday. I've often seen in Hermetic circles this symbol ∴ displayed. I've always wondered how this was done. Google said" press numb lock press Alt and 8756 ∴ I can't do that here. Unless I CP in Libre Office Writer 😀excellent.

The Leelaverse has her Art show on @ 3pm. It being Wednesday the coffee club downstairs starts at 9am. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For 1 Dollar you get a cup of coffee and a donut or muffin. It's a nice touch. I haven't been down there yet. I haven't even been to the court yard or basement. Anyway, that's all for now.

So far Chapter BBQ Thursday is a

 go. If we get offered a ride, no problem. If not, no problem. The Coliseum bus is about every 20 minutes.

Lon Milo Duequette yesterday talked about catalyst events that shape our lives. I've had several: The Beatles, Scoliosis 1968; Star Wars movie 1977, moving to Edmonton, Army & Navy wearhouse, SCA & OTO, Ellen, Edmonton Oilers, Advance Squad Leader game, death of John Lennon, 1987 Tornado, Dad and mom passing & marriage, Freemasonry, iPad music production, moving into a seniors residence, Royal Arch.

I didn't get much done yesterday. Just a bit of reading from "Icarus Job". Anyway, that's all for now.

Anne took our cat Skippy

to the vet for her monthly shot, and to pick up some pop on the way back. 

I'm still kind of luke warm about going to the Chapter BBQ Thursday. It depends on if Anne wants to come with me or not. I'll call Perry the night before. I'll site family situatiion, type thing, which has been the case lately.

Sometime in July I want to go to our new family Doctor up there by Londonderry mall area. I need a few forms and a perscription for compression stockings. The forms got lost. 

During our last Saturday emergent meeting we had a brief board of General purposes meeting. It was just a few of us by the scratary's desk. I added my 2 cents worth. Not much more I can say to it then that. This frees me up for another event I'd like to attend that morning. Anyway, that's all for now.

This week my bank introduced a

2 factor authentication 6 digit code, delivered by voice over the phone. I tried several times to get the online banking app to accept the code. No dice. I spent a good hour with my bank trying to reset my phone number to my cell phone. It was suggested to go to my local branch where they coud deactivate the authenticator code at the branch level. I tried again after dinner, and this time I got it accepted😀 

My birth Tarot card from the Major Arcana is #19. The Sun. The Sun card is the embodiment of great joy of life, vitality, warmth and confidence. It also means the enlightening power of consciousness, with which we get a clear picture and overcome our troubles, irritating factors and our ghostly fears. It gives you youthful freshness and a feeling of rebirth. It symbolizes the sunny side of life. At a deeper level of interpretation, he calls for us to overcome the darkness, unfold our sunny nature, redeem our dark brother or sister, helping the light. Works for me. Anyway, that's all for now.  

It was a easy day

today. Not a lot going on. Mostly just bouncing between You Tube, Face book, email.

I watched Smackdown (wrestling) I went down to the main floor just to get a change of venue, and to drop off a card that came with the 2 gift cards we received eariler. Signing up for a newsletter, outings and events here, that sort of thing. No mail. Not even junk mail. 

I've got one of Tech Dweeb's video's qued up on Dos games how to set up emulators for Windows. Mos ot these Dos games are in the public domain. Some are free. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Last nights Elks home opener at

Commonwealth Stadium started off good with Elks opening the scoring with a field goal. Then another. it was all Montreal after that. It was like 38 6 in the 4th Q. Suddenly Elks got 22 points. 38-28. The game was very entertaining. I'm ok with the loss. Elks woke up in the 4th quarter.  Next up June 26th in Winnipeg. 

Anne's getting all paranoid about going to the BBQ next week because there could be some children there like last year and she's concerned that she might get measeals due to the recent outbreak and all. I can understand that. I might not attend anyway. 

I've been wanting to get a hand held game system like a Steam Deck for awhile. I've had my MiiYou mini plus for awhile now and haven't used it much because there is no TV out. I have DosBox for my computer but I haven't used that much either. I hope to get into playing some Dos games. I can play Dos games on most hand held's but a Steam Deck is one I've been looking at lately. When I get out of debt. Maybe this time next year. Anyway, that's all for now.

When I was downstairs there

were these 3 ladies gathering around by the office. One of them had their little puppy with her. They were talking how 3 of the residents here lost their spouse this month. Anne and I are at that age. Thing is we could go at anytime. Me especially what with my diabetes. These senior homes are like meat markets, in alive, out in death. Just the way things go. I just hope I can last long enough to get my 25 year lodge pin and maybe long enough to see the Oilers win a Stanley Cup. I don't care about Mary. That's all for now.

The Oilers barely showed up

as Panthers got the first goal. It was 2-0 at the end of the 2nd period. Florida Panthers totally out played the Oilers. Skinner coughed the puck up, which made the score 3-0 in the 3rd. About 7 minutes remaining, Skinner was pulled to get the extra man but Florida scored into an empty net. 4-0. What? We pulled Skinner again? 5-0 Near the end we got 1 goal. 5-1 finale. The Oilers ran out of gas in the 3rd. This had to be the worst game the Oilers played this series. Skinner was horrible. Hopefully Oilers will be able to utilize  Samual Jonsson for the 2025-26 season. Anyway, that's all for now. 

I'm getting an average of

about 4 & a half to 5 hours of sleep every day. Not bad for an old guy (72) that does nothing all day. My step count is usually about 3,100/day.

Not much on my plate this week. Tomorrow is Game 6 with the Oilers in Florida in the NHL Stanley cup finale. I'm not going anywhere this week at all. No go, no spend $. Good formula. I almost forgot there is a CFL game on CFL+ Elks are hosting Montreal. 

I haven't given up on my music. We just came off a rough move late March, work, appointments, and life just got in the way. I'm taking the summer off. Be back at the channel after Labour Day weekend. Anyway, that's all for now. 

My Amazon order is out for delivery

 

I've never ordered anything medical related before from Amazon. Expectations are low. We ordered some compression stockings, XL and 30-40 compression ratio size. For just under $20 we can't compare $100+ stockings to $20. I'd be surprised if I can even fit into these things. 

What I've got to look forward to for this week, is Game #6 of the Oilers/Florida game. Can the Oilers force a game 7 Friday or will The Oilers end their season, Tuesday? We'll see. Also the Elks are hosting Montreal for a Thursday night CFL football game @ Commonwealth. Its the season home opener for the Elks. Then there's Friday night Smackdown. All that and I'm not going anywhere nor spending any money. I have $21 coh and I get paid next week. So far so good.

I'm considering writing a sci-fi mystery novela Publishing on Amazon is free. Amazon takes plagiarism very seriously. Using Ai is being resourcefull. It's not cheating. There are Ai checkers to see if a work was Ai generative. The thing is, using your own prose to fill in gaps, like fore shadowing etc. Anyway, that's all for now.

Game 5/7 on tonight

at Rogers place arena. Most likely the Oilers won't win Stanley in game 7. 

Ok a heart to heart rant here folks. Mainly because this is where or near the end of the series, officiating takes control of the game. It's part of the NHL Stanley Cup officiating playbook. Penalty calls will be "missed" and other ones will be awarded. Usually in favour of US teams. It's sometimes a subtle shift. It's not a whine but me facing a certain reality of the modern hockey era in the NHL. Last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup was the 1993 Montreal Canadians. Betman made sure that his first year as Commisioner would be the last time a Canadian team would win the Stanley Cup. Now that's mostly theory (or is it?) on my part but it's shared by many others as well. Most of us older guys know. TV commentary knows but can't say anything. Everyone thinks The Edmonton Oilers are going to win this year. Sorry people but it won't be the case. Some will say "There are more American teams in the NHL." It's not even that. If I had a thousand bucks to bet win or lose on the series winner, it'd be Florida Panthers. I love my Oilers team. This is the best Oilers team since 1987 IMO, and we could have a dozen McDavid's and Draisaitl's, best goal tender in the world. We would still lose. It's out of the player hands. To a point. In this case, I give all the credit to Florida. They are the better team. We just have to pretend it's all above board. It's real sports entertainment. I know the real cause here. Most of us do. So lets cheer Canada's team and put on a brave face. The Oilers are a great team in the regular season.

Sorry but not this year. I think McDavid is begining to figure this out. Anyway, that's my rant.

I got to thinking on this day June 13th Friday

what a year we've had, Anne and I Moving out of our last residence to a seniors place is an achievement in it's own right. For me, obtaining my Royal Arch degree and getting that beautiful certificate. What would make this even better if the Oilers win the Stanley Cup. This would then (under such a scenario) be an iconic year. I just wanted to toss that out there.

Anne and I went out to Meadowlark Mall for my eye appointment yesterday

for my eye appointment. It was smokey out there. I was an hour early but Anne went over to Walmart as I waited to be called. There were 20-30 people waiting. I got called in for drops. Then a bit more wiating. They did an OTC scan of both eyes. Then some photographs. Immediate results. No change in my eyes since birth. No dieabetic damage😀That was my main concern. The Doctors there said they would forward the results to my Ophthalmologist where I got my glasses from last April. Anne met me outside in the mall as she returned with some KFC she was stuffing her face with. She also bought me a Tim's breakfast for later today. My vision was really impaired as I waited for her to finish.

My vision got worse as we got outside as we worked our way out of the busy mall parking lot trying to get to the corner of 159th street & 87th Ave as it was blocked off due to LRT construction. One of the Marigold LRT workers stopped traffic for us so we could cross the street. Very nice of them. Fortunatly, there was a barricade we could sit on waiting for our bus. Across 159th street West of us, an apartment building was being built. I think this was the first apartment being built in the area since the 1970's. I did a Google street view of the property. 

The red dot is where we were sitting. The red square area is the new apartment is being built. 

Once we caught our #4 bus to Campus station through the University Anne suggested we get some lunch at Rickies, where we were in April and we get the #501. Anne ordered some soup and I a cheese burger. We got home shortly before 3:45pm. There was somebody in the office and I tapped on the glass. I asked if they accept cattered food. Yes they do. Excellent. I sent our JW a text and he asked how much notice do we need? I said Friday. I'll go upstairs before the Oilers game and take some photos and send them off to chat. Anyway, that's all for now.

My PCN appointment

 Thursday turned out better then I expected. Anne needed the cell phone because of the Amazon order she was expecting. No photos of my outing are availible. The foot nurse took me in early. She cleaned up the calluses on my feet trimmed my toe nails and did the ABi scan. I wasn't sure about the pin prick test but the 5 pin touches on each foot I scored 10 out of 10. I did really well. I was out by 3pm. It was so warm that day I had to remove my wind breaker once I got to the bus stop at Winston Arms apartments. I was home by by ~ 4pm. 

I hailed Nathan in chat to see if he could pick me up for lodge. He picked me up at 5:45pm. Anne made me a bite to eat. I dreassed got my iPad BT speaker for Lodge. We were at lodge by 6pm. O if it could be that way for every lodge meeting. Even taking ETS Valley line Churchill connector and the Capital line to Coliseum Sation just to get the #8 bus is demanding enough for a 71 year old seniior with a can and a back pack. Lodge was quick and easy, in and out.

When I got home, I just through off all my cloths on my office floor. I felt woozy in the head. Stomach bothering me. I couldn't eat. I was screaming and moaning in my office chair. This happened this time last year when I was in Wetaskiwin. I felt better once I laid down the fan blowing cooler air in my face. I passed out. I didn't even hear Anne climbing into bed. I woke up next on the bathroom floor! There was very little feeling in my legs.. I was able to drag mysel with my arms sliding on my bum.. Beside the bed I got into push up position and got to my hands and knees. With great effort I sat on the bed andclimbed in. This was about 10:30am. Friday. I slept until ~6:45 missing most of game 2, Oilers lost in Double OT 4-3. I felt much better and finally got some feelin in my legs and was able to move around the apartment. Anyway, that's all for now.  

I'm out of here

about noon to the lrt then Churchill Connector/Capital lineto Belvedere station and then to my PCN foot nurse appointment. While I'm there I need to see if there is anyone that can write me a script for compression stockings and if this PCN has an AADL authorizer. After that, it's home get a bite to eat dress for lodge, and head out.

Anne's got an Amazon order arriving again but we changed our phone number for my cell number, so I won't be taking it with me this afternoon. 

The Oilers took game #1 last night. There was about 2 minutes and some change in OT and Florida got a penalty for delay of game. Oilers took advantage of that and scored FTW. Anyway, that's all for now.

Tomorrow morning I need

have my work laptop powered on for the usual monthly maintenance. Other then this, my day is open. Other then that, not much going on for today.

It was on this weekend (1980) Richard and I

went to Vancouver by Greyhound bus. Richard Lord and I had a mission to source out some Rattan wood because it is favoured wood for SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) fighter practice. We couldn't find Rattan wood here in Edmonton. Richard had managed to have some SCA people in Vancouver host us for the weekend. We never did get ant Rattan wood,but it was s good experience. There wasn;t time to check in on family and I was on holiday from work anyway. It was about this time of night we would be pulling into the Greyhound bus tereminal downtown. Those were crazy days. 

Game one Stanley Cup finale will have the visiting Florida Panthers facing off with the Oilers in the best of 7. The good news for the Oilers is we have home ice advantage, so if this goes 7 games, a Stanley cup will be awarded here. McDavid's $12.5m contract is up July 1st. Will McDavid stick around? Will the Oilers pay him for another extension? Will McDavid exercise his Non Movement Clause if the Oilers can't come to terms? It's going to be interesting in the weeks ahead.  

I've got 4 days off including today. Thursday mid afternoon, I have a visit to the Fort Road PCN and then Lodge. I have one other event after that and that's for Chapter and that's our BBQ. Should be a good time. Anyway, that's all for now.