I decided against going out to

lodge this evening. If it was a regular lodge night sure. It's a Past Masters night. Meaning to say, it's going to be a long night. I'll go to the next one in October.

On this day in 1940, near Montignac, France, a collection of prehistoric paintings was discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the ancient artwork (estimated to be between 15,000 and 17,000 years old) after following their dog down a narrow entrance into the Lascaux Cave 

Tommorrow the Elks are in Toronto. I don't like the start time but its an afternoon game. If we can win even 3 out of the remaining 6 games, we improve our win loss record more so then last year. Anyway, that's all for now.

The window cleaning crew

has yet to appear at the back of the building/courtyard area. The noticed from Monday to Friday. We'll see.

Yesterday the plan was to get yhe Onion OS installed onto my Miiyou mini plus hand held device. I tried previously but I couldn't get it to load. Then I realized that maybe the micro sd card wasn't formated to Fat32. There''s no way Windows can format the card to Fat32. Is there a way I can format the sd card outside of Windows? Mr. Google directed me to this website were It can.. The free program is called Fat32.gul It woked like a charm. Now I just need to install Onion OS. My project for the weekend..

It was 24 years today that the World trade center buildings were destroyed, comonly known as 9/11. Anne and I were married barely 1 year. I was still in my 40's, I remember on the bus heading towards work on Jasper Ave. Wondering whay there was a crowd gathering watching a TV screen. I was going to pick Anne up after work, where she was working at the Norwood Legion. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Apple had their

 WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) event earlier. iPhones are getting a bit bigger. new improvements on the hardware. i0s 26 coming out next month. Nothing really new

The Hank McCune Show, a sitcom that debuted on this day in 1950, had the distinction of being the first TV program to make use of 'canned laughter' the noxious pre-recorded laughs often dubbed into a soundtrack. 

As a kind of preview of Y2K, it was feared that the date 9/9/99 would cause problems for computers as some data systems used the digits 9999 to mark the end of a file. I remember working security guard work in the West end on New Years eve 1999 doing the graveyard shift, worried if my computer would activate, when I got home. Sure enough it did. LOL 

Not much going on this week. Sometime later this month our seniors residence is organizing a bus trip to the Wetaskiwin museum Might be fun. Anyway, that's all for now.

Earlier yesterday afternoon, Freedom Centre Church had fan fest. They have tents out on the grass area, a Babee going. Free pop burgers/hotdogs, games etc, rides for the kids. I bet if Don knew I was there, he'd pack up Mary Blake & head for home. Talk about posessive. Don had a falling out with me, because I was trying to figure out why Mary ended our friendship and going on and on about it in chat on Facebook. He had enough and blocked me. So now I'm his enemy.🤣I think Don was behind Mary's decison to end our friendship. I also suspect there was some hanky panky going on between Don & Mary. I can't prove anything of course, since Don is controlling the narrative and going to such great lengths to prevent Mary & I from crossing paths. If Mary at some point wants to renew our friendship, fine but no going out. Just chat.. Don? He blocked me on Face book, I dont refriend. But I digress.

I almost forgot. Today is National Star Trek Day. The show first aired on this date 59 years ago, in 1966. I was 14 when it debuted, and I still remember Mom letting me watch the very first episode on our family’s black-and-white TV. 

At the time, we were living on Regan and Haily in Coquitlam—the house is still standing today. Later, I watched many more episodes while recovering from my back surgery. Mom and Dad had gotten me a small portable TV, which sat to my left as I lay bedridden in an upper-body cast. I’d have to roll onto my side just to watch. Even so, Star Trek was a big comfort during that time, though I did end up missing much of the final season while I was in recovery. I have fond memories of watching Star Trek the origional series.

On my bucket list is to be active once again with the Order Templi Orientis. OTO. I'll need 2 years of dues to do this. I can do that easy enough. this year. Shorty after that I want to join the Scottish Rite Masonry and get my 32°. That's 3 masonic bodies before it's all said and done. Anyway, that's all for now.

Its game say today

at Commonwealth. 5pm. I think the oast time I was at a game was 2011. We were sitting in the dissambled section. in the corner beside the scoreboard. These days with my limited mobility, I could barely get to the stadium. It's the stairs, basically.

Today (in the US) its National read a book day. Here in Canada our equivalent to National Book day is April 23rd. If I put in the effort from Sun up to Sundown I might be able to read a 75,000 word novela. Or a comic book. That's a book right? Last comic book I read was in the 80s

The bronze Amelia Earhart statue stolen from Harbour Grace, N.L. in April 2025 has been found, albeit in pieces, by the RCMP in August 2025. The statue was located in a wooded area and all parts have been accounted for, allowing for its eventual restoration and return to the town's Spirit of Harbour Grace Park. Anyway that's all for now.

I had a great time at lodge

last night. We must have had close to 30 breathern show up. Good energy. I got a ride home from Nathan. He's going to the elks game tomorrow night..

On September 4, 1985, the first pictures of the Titanic wreck were released, after a joint American-French expedition discovered the sunken ship. In the waters off Nova Scotia.

Speaking of Elks football. Saturday at 5pm is the rubber match. Looking forward to the game. Our front line needs to do better in protecting our QB. 4 sacks in one game is crazy. Anyway, that's all for now.

Launchpad is one of those

cool apps I find to be a go to source when making music on my iPad. I usually mix it with other apps. Launch pad is by subscription. $14.95/month. Quit any time. I was in between subscriptions. I wasn't paying attentiion when I ordered it again because I use Launchpad in Lodge as well as Chapter. I accidently clicked on the annual plan which is C $74. What a heartache. I was at ~ C $162 so now I'm at about C $85. I still have our outing and my min deposit payment for something else. It was birthday $ anyway, so I don't feel to bad about it.

On September 3, 1976, the Viking 2 spacecraft landed at Utopia Planitia on Mars and sent back the first close-up, color images of the planet's surface.

I'll probably be out of here about 5pm for lodge to be there at 6pm. I like to set up doa bit of a sound check. Should be an easy night for me. I already have a ride home. I'm going to have a cold beer as well with the guys. At least heading out of here will be nice. I just got to remember to charge up my bluetooth speaker. Anyway, that's all for now.

Tech support was an unusually

long session that began at 10am. That's all fine and well. The had to restart about 3 times. That wasn't what bugged me. Anne had ordered a cab for a pick up at Clareview East. The cab company office called to confirm my ride was there, and then the driver was waiting for Anne and then the dentist office was also waiting for Anne and called me. As if that wasn't enough, Buster was all over me for treets and or dinner. I figured that out and complied. No bugging me I really didn't mind so much.

I don't facebook refriend. I will Mary only because she made an effort to end the friendship. I feel she was being coerced. Mary also left the door open. I can see her Facebook posts but not respond to them. I also can't chat with her. I will not refriend Don regardless. I feel he was infuencing Mary big time. Don't won't come to BoB because I'm in his head. Telling me I need counselling over a broken heart.

This time tomorrow, I'll be setting up my iPad for lodge music. Should be a good easy night. Anyway that's all for now.

I was going to go out to

Bonnie Doon Mall this afternoon, but as soon as got near an opened window and smelled the air, that was enough to make my decision for me. Stay home. So I paid the bill online.

I wanted to go to the Telus store to see if and what kind of plan I can get for my own device similar to my Chartr plan from Rogers. The whole idea behind that is so I can have my cell phone 

on the same network so I can turn my cell  phone into a webcam. My iPhone 11 has continuity camera that allows for the iPhone to be used as a webcam with my iPad. I'll need a few more pieces to get it to do that first though. 

I have lodge music loaded up for Thursday night. I have some Launchpad ambient music in AUM for a segment in lodge. My night will be an easy night. Anyway, that's all for now.

It's labour day

here in Canada and US. I used to enjoy this long weekend when I was working with the Army & Navy in the 80s. That was the last full time real job I had. That's another story.

Wednesday, my employer is doing laptop maintenance by remote. They do this once a month just to make sure the laptop is running smoothly. We get a small stipend a few times a year because we half to get up early to power up the computer. This way tech support can call us if there are any issues.

Tomorrow, I'm heading over to Bonny Doon Mall, (Rogers) to pay my cell phone bill. Giid time to go because we're out of the heat wave. I want to visit the Telus store as well, because I want to use this bought phone as a webcam but it needs to be on the same wifi network. Plus I can get a bite to eat as well. Anyway, that's all for now.