Welcome to my Blog. Anne and I live here in Clareview Edmonton Alberta, with our 2 cats etc. This blog is about my life, rants, politics, books, music production, Sports, some gaming, Freemasonry and some WTF-ish moments that give me pause. Feel free to contact me on my Twitter feed or YouTube channel Shannon on Sounds. Thanks for dropping by
it was +11°c yesterday afternoon on a cold mid month day in July. We had spotted showers all da
with my Steam game account. Sometime in 2020 as my then computer hard drive was running on fumes (space wise) I was purging this computer by megabytes. I bought a 2Tb m.2 ssd back in 2022 and upgraded the RAM. Fast forward to present day and ffter a bit of fiddling this afternoon, Steam is back up and running smoothly. I want to start playing some Indy games and streaming them on my gaming channel. Copyrite claim not withstanding of course.
For some reason I thought the Elks played today but the game is this Friday in Saskatchewan.
I'm getting a crash course in Hermes Trismegistus. It's very interesting stuff. The Hermetica was before the Bible or Quran. Of course since the Quran came later then even Constantine. Anyway, that's all for now.
The 1-4 Edmonton Elks will host BC lions at Commonwealth. Last year the Elks record was 4-14. Not good. Hopefully we can do better this year. The game starts at 5pm.
This came across my feed recently: In 1994, Susan Williams set a Guinness World Record for bubblegum-blowing with a 23 in-wide (58 cm) bubble. Susan had tricks and tips to blowing bubbles as big as she did, called the "Susan "Mont-Gum-ery" Williams technique, which she would say proudly before blowing her world record bubbles.🤔hmm.
I haven't been posting anything on my YouTube channel in awhile. It's not due to inspiration, but I'm just taking the summer off.
game was moved to a folder in what I thought was the proper folder (snes). ðŸ’I better make sure. After a brief online search. Nope, it's Play station 2. Then I watched a video on how to use Retro bat. Something about BIOS files. I followed as best I could. I need to watch another video.
It's ~ 2:15pm as I write this and we're getting a nice summer rain in July.
contact with the Scotish Rite Edmonton Valley. This is easier for me to do mainly because I don't think I can do elaborate physical degrees anymore. But this I can do. At first I told my contact I'd like to wait for a bit for personal reasons, but I'll be contacting my contact around November. Also, I don't need to join a Canadian Rite body to become a member of SR.
I've seen some game play on You Tube and the story looks engaging .
July 17, 1933, pilot Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan took off on a flight from New York to California, but ended up flying overseas to Ireland, due to what he claimed was a navigational error.
I had a nice relaxing day today. I didn't go out anywhere and or spend any money on an app. Anyway, that's all for now.
Yesterday. It was a Chinese food buffet by Abbottsfield Mall. Anne wanted to take the scenic route. I don't hate food but I don't order take out as well, but Anne wanted to try it. I liked the chicken balls, bornless por, white rice. Anne had to get me a plate as we for got yhe walker. Yang Mings has this
serving robot on wheels. It just came back from singing "happy birthday" to some people.
comming call. I answered. "Hello?" Nothing.. I hung up. Ok. I get another call a few minutes later. "Hello? Who is this?" The voice said, "I'm your grand daughter." I knew it was a scam. "Nice try, scammer. I don't have a Grand daughter." I hung up. I should have asked the scammer: "Do you know my name?" Something to that affect. I went to my television and looked for caller history, it read "Private." Yeah no kidding. I could have had fun with the call but the scamer knows they are messing with the wrong guy.
About 1pm the AC installer installed our AC in our bedroom window. We have our window screens on the inside keeping bugs etc out.. Not that we get that many hot days. This is good for me. I don't like warm weather
I thrive in +14°-+24°in that range area. That works for me, all year around.
Just before we moved in here I contacted the agency that workd with the Alberta Government about my compression stockings. They said I would need to go in for another medical assesment. They do this every 2 years, to see if my condition improved. They said that it would take 4-6 months before they can set up a time for me. They called this afternoon (yesterday). So I booked it for August 14th 1pm. I recorded it in my callendar.. If all goes well these patched up stockings I've been using for the last year, will be history and I could get a new pair end of next month, instead End of April 2026. Anyway, that's all for now.
Just mucking about at home. I want to get back to work asap, and hopefully, even if it's for one project, I'd be ok awith that.
The Icarus job is moving along nicely. Book 4 is: "The Icarus Changeling." Under $8.25. I'm tempted.
The AC installer is going to be here between noon and 4pm. Hopefully we can get that sorted out. We could be in for some more +30° days and more coming up. Not sure yet. Anyway, that's all for now.
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@Mosiac Stadium playing the Riders. Stamps 24-10 puts Calgary first in the West. lts see how the Elks do tomorrow. That game was supposed to be played Friday night but forest fire smoke caused the game to be delayed unil Saturday. As for the Elks, they host BC Lions Sunday 5pm. I'll be watching that one.
K-Days 2025 is introducing a variety of bold and unusual food options, including sweet and savory combinations and global fusion dishes. Expect to see items like pickle-dusted mini doughnuts, ramen noodle burritos, and cowboy candy mango soft serve on the menu, alongside more familiar favorites with unexpected twists. Too weird for me.
I'm not having much success installing Onion OS on my mii yoo mini plus. I'm going to try and get the sandisk 128Gb Ultra micro sd card. If that doesn't work, I don't know. Anyway, that's all for now.
notice for the AC work order. Maintenance will be paying us a visit to install the AC, Tuesday. Good stuff.
Happy Birthday, Nikola Tesla -- the pioneering inventor, electrical engineer, and scientist was born 169 years ago, during a fierce lightning storm in what is now Croatia. Grok that Leon!
Having our CA installed Tuesday means maybe Anne and I can go out for our monthly outing Wednesday. Anyway, that's all for now.
Tube always makes a claim for using a branded micro sd card when installing Onion OS for my MiiYoo mini+. The sd card I have even though the card has been formated, and the Onion OS files are on the card, my device fails to read them. I know my sd card is properly formated so the only thing is left is, you guessed it: A branded micro sd card. Non Prime Amazon has them for $22 for a 128Gb San disk as I've seen every guide on You Tube use them. However, that order won't be going out until the end of the month.
Our AC instalation work order has yet to be completed. This was last Thursday. We don't expect this to be handled until month end the way things are going. Anyway, that's all for now.
due to it being monthly laptop maintenance Wednesday. So far according to the screen there is no activity. Sometimes it takes awhile. I have some masking tape over the webcam for privacy reasons.
Petitioning for afiliate membership in a Canadian Rite lodge has been something I've been wanting to do for awhile now. I'm going to shoot out an email to our secratary requesting a copy of my membership card. Affiliation is more affordable then full membership. There is this Saturday lodge I like and some of the members know me. Plus, it's late enough that it doesn't conflict with BoB earlier on a Saturday. The affiliate lodge might conflict with my monthly breakfast gathering but the monthly breakfast lodge is usually much later. The point of all this is to join a Lodge of prefection etc and going foraward obtain my 32° before the year is out.
Still no word from maintenance regarding our AC instalation. Anne insists that there is a 24 hour notice when they will get here. For a service call? Anyway, that's all for now.
night. Elks scored 2 majors in the 1st Quarter. There were 2 kick returns to score. At the half it was 17 Ottawa, 22 Elks. There were 2 turnovers, one per each team. Finale was 33 Visitors 39 Elks Next Sunday week 6 BC lions, Elks. BC won the other night in Montreal. Lets hope we can make it 2 in a row.
I hope to finish this book by the end of the week and move onto something else:
Tonight I'm watching Monday night Raw, and doing my steps. I did 3.12k's worth yesterday. Last week i ended up with 20.64k or an average of 2.94k/day. Anyway, that's all for now.
11:30am. I did bassicaly nothing all day, except watching You Tube video, Facebook & reading.
Yesterday July 5 boasts a somewhat dubious birthday: Spam. On this date in 1937, Hormel Foods introduced the unique meat product to the world. The curious food with the strange name went on to acquire cult status, inspiring a Monty Python sketch and musical, Spamalot, a book of haikus about Spam, and not one, but two festivals devoted to celebrating the product.
My highlight of today will be watching the Elks host Ottawa Red Blacks @ Commonwealth & doing my steps, you tube. I love summer. Anyway, that's all for now.
in the next 24 hours. The highlight of my day yesterday was watching Smackdown and getting my mail. Exciting huh?
Even though the Amazon compression stockings I've been wearing recently have been holding up ok, no way are they 30-40 compresion ratio. The pair before these were patched at the heals because in my use case, that's usually where the material becomes worn down to expose skin. So we're back to the patched ones. I could buy a new pair but at $100/pair I'd also need a Doctors script. My next AADL authorization is 5 months away.
At this moment with a 0-3 can the Elks get their first win on Sunday? So far we're 0-3. The only team in the CFL that hasn't won yet. While the league has not officially discussed closing a team, financial instability and declining interest could create a situation where a team can no longer sustain operations. Only 2 teams so far have turned a profit. No need to panic just yet. Anyway, that's all for now.
show what she wanted done with the AC. They said based on what she showed them, they could set it up for us including plexiglass. The window screen is on the inside of the frame. I had to co sign a work order but because it's a Friday today they won't be able to do this until early to mid next week. We're getting a heat wave for Tuesday/Wednesday. Hopefully they will get here Monday.
With the exact information I was able to get an online Astrology chart. I don't want to use this for any divination or anything like that.
The Elks are hosting Ottawa FC Sunday It's a 5pm game. Speaking of football. Keeping with the football theme, Edmonton's own Arctic Pride womens football was in the news today. The Western Womens CFL Arctic Pride Are getting some traction. I hopeit's a success. Anyway, that's all for now.
+17°. What with the heat on hereand the central AC going, why the AC hasn't been shut down for the Summer? IDK.
These are early days but I'm trying to get myself an astrology chart, while I have this time off. I'm sure there are services to accomplish this online. I've been wanting to do this years ago but the only thing holding me back was getting my time of birth and now that I have time off, this is could be an interesting side project. Back in 2023 I ordered my birth records from the department of vital stats. I had the sense to write down the time of my birth in my calendar: 11:08am. I was mom's first child. I'll be playing with this tonight, and bouncing around email, you tube, reading my book, steps etc. Anyway, that's all for now.
and we seldom get +30°C this time of night even during summer. Even the day after Canada Day.
Today Alberta created it's own Police force called Alberta Sheriffs Police Service. Headquarters in Calgary. This is not meant to replace the RCMP🤔but to provide police services service to rural Alberta where the RCMP is lacking presence. On the surface this is a good idea. Most likely IMO this is a move to appeal to the Alberta separatists fringe group.
We've had our floor AC sitting idle since we moved in. With the building AC making it so hot in here and this current heat wave provided Anne inspiration to have our AC installed. We just need to see if it's compatible with the building's electrical system. Once that's done, Anne's going to get some plexiglass from Home depot or something, take out the screen mounted on the inside and install and maybe taped. Anyway, that's all for now.
about 10:30 we're going to the observation lounge to watch the Canada day fireworks.
Not much going on this week. Actually I'm taking July off from (unless something comes up) health related excursions and Lodge related activities. No outings. Nothing. I want to enjoy summer, without running around. I just want to stick close to home; read, you tube etc, CFL football, eat cheese doodles, get my steps in.
I think AADL might want to hall me in to do some testing on my leg circulation. When I last spoke with anyone they said 4-6 months. That won't be until around September or November. Happy Canada day everyone. That's all for now.
