I pray, yes I do.

A lot. In my mind, God is the Great archetect of the Universe. In Qabalistic terms, God is the great singularity of creation. God is not the God of the Christian Bible. The great singularity of all. God is a Supreame being. God hears my voice. I talk with God every day through my diary. God is pure conciousness. AGLA.

Wow, a day without rain😲.I might soil my diaper, I'm so surprised. The sad part about all of this 500+ rain for July, is the mosquito's are going to hang around longer. 

Today sometime between 1 & 4pm, we're having the inspectors pay us a visit. They do every other month. It's rough on because she works today. That and its the last day of July. Anyway, that's all for now.

I was about ready to

settle in for a nice relaxing day, when suddenly Anne says, "We're going to try out Stacked! Mainstreet Millwoods." This was about 1:40pm. I didn't think there would be enough time. It was just one lrt ride away. We got there about 2:15pm. It was nice. I didn't like how they served my diet cola in a can and I had to ask for a glass. that was the only

drawback. We'll go back again. Denny's is better.

Looks like our massive July rain extravaganza has tappered off. I decided to go out for a bit of air, because I wasn't bothered by the mosquito's earlier. As soon as I got outside, I got swarmed like Ukranian drones hitting a Wildberries wearhouse. Anyway, that's all for now.

This has been the most wetest

summer we have ever had here in Edmonton since 1914. A typical summer here in Edmonton brings about 213–214 mm of rain across June, July, and August combined. This year, the city has already received more than a normal year's worth of total precipitation since June. In July almost 500mm of rain. In al my nearly 50 years here, I've never seen so much rain. It almost reminds me of being back home in Vancouver

One of these days Anne wants to try Stacked. It's a breakfast alternative to Denny's. Not that Denny's is bad. Stacked is right across the street from the Mill Woods LRT. So is Tim Horton's.😀 

Yesterday I thought I'd sign up to Substack but after checking it out its just a hosting site for people to get you to subscribe to their content. no thinks. Anyway, that's all for now.

Depending on how much sleep

I get, I hope to head out to get my compression stockings. Since the weather promises to be kinder on the body. 

On this date in 1965, a seminal event in rock and roll history took place when Bob Dylan "went electric" during his infamous performance at the Newport Folk Festival. 

A hero to the folk music community, Dylan's switch to electric guitar was seen as the ultimate act of betrayal by many in the audience, who booed the performance. Urban legend has it that event organizer Pete Seeger was so upset by the act  that he threatened to cut the wires to the stage with an axe

Tonight, it's Monday night Raw, and tring to sort out my Fender account woes. Setting up an account for Fender Studio Pro, is simmilar to Microsoft.  Such a headhache. But for Cad $20/month is a good deal. Anway, that's all for now. 

I don't mind Fl. Studio

but I want to try something different. I've been hearing a lot about Personus. Now Fender Studio Pro 8.  This thing is a beast. It has Tonality stem separation, its got a cleaner work flow. I even like the Impact One Drum machine.  For $289, it's a pretty good idea. I might pick it up this week put it on my account at Long & McQuade. We'll see, As far as I know its just a licnese and a USB stick. 

This week, the plan is too pick up the software then go get my compression stockings. And if there is time visit with that Doctor. I have Monday night Raw, tomorrow night, Elks Thursday and Smackdown Friday. Looks like a good week.

We had an intense thunder lightning storm last night. Lots of rain. I think this is the most rain we've had in July for a long time. Also, our local weather looks like its going back to the mid 20's. Anyway, that's all for now. 

It's been so hot

around here and my restless leg Syndrom, has affected my days. No energy to do anything. I did however, make a few phone calls, to ask the pharmacy to hold my stockings until next week. I paid for them over the phone. Also I called the registry about the Government ID.

The highlight of my week was watching the Elks win over the Riders. If anyone can miss a 57 yard field goal for a 2 point lead its the Elks on a critical game.

As I write this, we're getting a nice thunder storm. Torents of rain Anyway that's all for now.

I'm thinking about heading out

I called the vendor about my compression stockings. I asked if I could pick them up next week when the weather would be a bit more comfortable, instead of this +29°-+30°C, if I could pay for said stockings over the phone. I did, and I can come pick them up anytime. Excellent. Weather next week is forecast to be about +22-24°C.

Elks Win over the BC Lions last week, brought the Green & Gold to first place in the West for week 7. I don't know if the CFL keeps win loss stats for each week. Would be interesting to know. 

I had a nice relaxing day. The only issue with the compression stocking vendor is they don't deliver. Anyway, that's all for now. 

My plan is to get to the

Alberta register, Capilano Mall location and update the new Government ID. Its $54, which isn;t to bad. They close at 6pm. Also my compression stockings are ready for pickup at a nearby location. Also, I found a medical clinic nearby. I spoke with them earlier. One bus ride there and back. Good deal. 

I checked to see if my Anbernic RG35XXSP came with a micro sd card, that contained the system. it did. 

I forgot to do some research to see if the console took micro or mini HDMI so the games can output to the monitor. I have a Micro but not a mini. I'll need one of them as well, and I'll be placing that order today, and the BT earbuds. Should be about $60.

I'm going to need the ear pods so I can connect them to my iPhone. Reason so I can have some ambient music to aid in my sleep apnea. I think I have Central Sleep Apnea CSA due to my scoliosis. This less common type occurs when the brain fails to send the proper signals to the muscles that control breathing. In CSA, the airway is not physically blocked; rather, the body makes no effort to breathe for brief periods. 

I haven't played around with my

Anbernic RG35XXSP console yet. I hope to sometime today. I'm not going to Install MuOS at the moment. 

I think what I'm going to do this week is to get the updated Alberta ID at the registry over here by Capilano mall and then go to the clinic across the street on Terrace Road. I think I have a yeast infection. At least that's what Anne tells me. I'm hoping at the clinic I can get an OTC script for that, if its covered by Alberta seniors. I also need to ask about my sleep apnea and RLS.

I've been doing some initial research and I'd like to get into Bhakti yoga. I've been doing Pranayama (breath yoga) recently to help me focus. I think I'd like to get into Raja yoga. I had a friend (Richard) about 45 years doing Raja. We didn't have You Tube at the time. Anyway, that's all for now.

I enjoyed Smackdown

last night. As for the CFL Lion's/Elks game, it was quite the roller coaster ride. BC got off to a good start 7-3 but we pulled ahead and took the lead all night. Our D was the difference maker. Especially when in the last minute when the Lions had the ball 17-19. Lions needed a field goal to win 20-19. Our D had the Lions turnover on downs. Elks hadn't been 5-1 since before Jason Moss was coach. Elks are #1 in the West. 

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.

If I'm up in time, I'm going to watch WWE "Main event" It's on at 6pm 11am Mountain time on Netflix & the WWE Youtube channel. Anyway, that's all for now. 

I'm making some learning

headway with MS Word. Still haven't figured out how to program tabs or indents yet. 

I bought a Neewer teleprompter before we moved in here but it wasn't working for me. I know about online prompters that but they were subscription heavy dollar wise. The main appeal these online prompters have is they have an overlay feature. Just write the script, figure out font etc and read from the computer with the app/subject behind the transparrent script. 

Great for making eye contact with the audiance. Part of my job for the last 10 years has been reading from a script. I was kind of up against the clock as well. Not so with these. Yesterday I discovered an open source teleprompter that has no watermark, not time or word count. Aparently. I hope to do a test run on this over the weekend. This post segment has nothing to do with Trump.

Busy day today,I have Smackdown on at 6pm, and the Elks at 7pm. I can pick up where I left off on Smackdown after dinner and the news. Anyway, that's all for now.

Anne and I headed out of here about 3pm

It was a good trip to Clareview. The Evergreen bus was waiting at Clareview East to we took that up to Kal tire and walked the rest of the way to Dollarama. Anne got a few thing. I wanted some blank note paper. Anne ordered the steak Sammy. I ordered the Brigade burger. Allways good. After that we took the #104 to Pet Smart and into Costco. I hadn't been in Costco in a long time. Anne bought me a Costco Sundae for desert. I nished that and waited for her, and we went back to the Per Smart ETS bus stop. 

Anne took this photo of me before the us arrived to Coliseum station and to Capilano mall. We got home about 8:45pm.

Anne decided she wanted Pizza 73 so we had the grand slam pizza, watched the news and called it a day. 

My Miyoo mini handheld was an utter dissaster. I thought I was getting a handheld gamin console that could out put to the TV, through the USB C port. The port was for chaging only. I tried to get Onion OS installed and get a 3rd party program called Twilight which has that capability. I tried many times, following half a dozen guides, and just couldn't get anywhere with it. So, I did a bit of research and found an Abneric device. The RG35XXSP Flip Handheld Game Console has hdmi TV out and has thousands of games. I placed the $133 order. This will be the last handheld console, I will buy if it doesnt work. It's supposed to arrive on Saturday. Anyway, that's all for now.

I just came off

of watching an awesome new Howard Stern interveiw with keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. Recorded just the other day. Before that another intervieww days old of Mick Jagger.  I don't know who did that interview. 

 Yesterday I had one of those days that I did absolutely nothing. Anne made us a nice brunch and I watched some CFL football. It was one of those do nothing days.

Not much going on today. I have a few phone calls to make before wrestling: Ordering my Compression stockings, setting up a Doctors appointment for Thursday. Anne and I are going out for our monthly outing. Anyway, that's all for now. 

I never made it to

BoB yesterday morning. Anne wanted to visit the Corona Tim Horton's downtown because its the easiest one for us. She takes the 5:30 Strathearn to Churchill connector and the Capital line to Corona stattion. She returned home later then usual. She said the storm the night before and over night yesterday took out the Capital line LRT and ETS decided to shut the line down for the weekend providing contingency buses. Not very user friendly. When Anne returned she gave me the run down. I decided to stay home, dropping Merril a note why I wont be attending. I'll get the next one 2 weeks from today. 

The issue I'm having is lack of sleep. I have 2 sleeping disorders: Restless leg syndrom, and Apnea. Probably others. The only time I can get a good 5-7 hours is if I have a Melatonin pill or Nyquil. A glass of white wine also helps. Lets see what overnight brings.

It's been one of my Masonic ambitions to get my 32° and become a Grand lodge officer. I'll be getting my 32° in a couple of months. Another Masonic milestone will be my 25 year pin. That will be in March. The big one, is becoming a Grand Lodge officer. We have 2 Deputy District Grand Master candidates frim our lodge, putting their names in for DDGM. DDGM picks the officers for his year. I asked one of our DDGM candidates if he would consider me for a Grand Lodge officer appointment. If he's elected. That's in October. The banquet portion of my. I'm wondering if like the DDGM, I place my name on the ballot for a position. More on this later. Anyway, that's all for now.

Last nights storm

took out our power for about 15. Anne went to Corona Station Tim's and bought us breakfast. Me for Bob. When she returned she said that the storm took the Capital (main LRT line) offline and ETS had to deploy contingency buses. I took a video of the rain coming down outside my window. It's on my Facebook page.     

I was going to go to Long & McQuade in Highlands (which is on my way home) because of the LRT Capital line not running, so much for that idea.

I was going to save my Tim's for my 5pm dinner as a bit of a snack and watch the Stamps/Al's game. The above is still the plan. Anyway, that's all for now. 

We had an impressive

lightning/thunderstorm roll in here about 7:40pm. It was m assive. I aven't seen rain like that in a long time. Have we seen the worst of it yet? Probably not. 

Scottish Rite in the Edmonton Valley at least comes in 3 sections: Lodge of perfection, Rose Croix, and Consistory. The first 2 were the same fee. I assumed the last one in October. The last one like all the rest are 3 days each. followed by a complementary breakfast. I wont do the breakfst in October because our Lodge jusrisdiction annual meeting is on the same day. The fees are paid for the Consistory. I over paid thinking they were all the same amount. I overpaid by $50. The lodge secratary suggested the office uses that for next years dues. Good idea.

In the morning before I head out of here for BoB at about 7:30am tomorrow am, Anne wants to go pick me up some Tims breakfast. 

I might drop by Long & McQuade on my way home and get some new headphones because, the Bluetooth ones have a tendancy to make my wireless mic drop out in Fl. Sudio. Anyway, that's all for now.

I shut comments off here because I don't want

people giving me "advice." For example, 4 "people" bot's etc, I have no clue, visit this page every day. You could be Mary, Wade, Don, my sister, Master Greg or even fictional chracters..

Whoever you are, I'm on messenger. Drop me a line. Say hi. Sorry the above is stretched. You get the idea. 

The Elks are in Ottawa tonight. Hopefully we can pull off a win after Saturday's loss. The Elk's had a target on their back in Kelowna from a 0-3 win loss record. The Lions one of the only remaining teams still not on the winning side of the ledger needed the W more then we did. 

I've been following Russian/Ukrnian War since Putin invaded in February 2022. Did I her this right that Trump gave Kiev license to build patriot missles? This is a game changer. It's not like Ukraine will have these missiles immediatly, but if Trump is true to his word, then this changes the picture. Anyway, that's all for now.  

Not a lot going on for today

except laptop maintenance at 10am this morning. In the email reminder, they always say, it's from 10-3pm but it's been my experience, that tech support usualy is in and out of my laptop by noon. I shut it down and go back to bed. 

Yesterday I was researching the idea of upgrading my computer. Google told me all I need is an mATX mother board and appropiate CPU and uses DDR4 Ram. I recall buying 4 sicks 16Gb each and I paid about $300. Today that same Ram is about $1,600. Data farms are driving up the costof Ram. Ai and Bit coin I believe are the 2 main villains in the rising cost of tech. I have 64 Gb of Ram on my machine here. In my case because I like Intel, I'd need an LGA 1700 board. Most of these come with. 

Not much going on this week either. I have the Elks Ottawa game going on, tomorrow, Friday night Smackdown. BoB Saturday. Lets see if Don will make an appearence. If talking smack behind his back draws him out the plan worked. Anyway, that's all for now I can't wait for when the valley line West comes on line so I can wander into Tuesday night Bible study and Peoples church. Anyway, that's all for now.

We're about to get some warmer weather this week

weather this week as of today actually. Suposed to be around +26°C. We got some tall leafy trees that shade us well here. 

Today I'm pulling the trigger on the Akai MPC 27 keys g2. It's an expensive piece of gear. It's main screen can sync up from the software on the device and pair with the software on my computer. It can sample audio from my iPad as well.

I'll be at Momentum Saturday. Lets see if your going to be there Don. I've a feeling you wont, because your a coward. You done me dirty and you know it. I'm lauging because I'm inside your head diaper Don. lol. Anyway, that's all for now.

All 3 games of

heroes of might and magic, 3 of the Ultima games 1-3, were on sale for $31. I pulled the trigger. There were a few stop starts in the first HMM game. I'll get more into it today, since I don't have a lot going on. 

Yesterday I watched the Elks play BC Lions in Kelowna BC of all places. Elks brought their 3-0 to Kelowna. Lions were 0-3. Lions lost to Calgary in Kelowna last weekend.

Plus they had a whole week to practice on a field We never played on. We we're handed our first loss 24-42. The Lions were desperate for a win. We play Ottawa, Thursday 7pm. Should be a good one. 

Not much ia going on this week. I look forward to BabaLon's talk each morning. Tomorrow night is wrestling. I need to visit the clinic as I have some jock itch I'm dealling with, and i need a family Doctor anyway for AADL. Anyway, that's all for now.

Last night's past masters meeting

was really good. I didn't have anything to eat but the lava cake and a diet cola. We covered a lot of business, which obviously I cant get into here. Also, sticking with Masonry, I'm almost ready to resume the petition to Cryptic rite. They only meet 4 times a year and its an expansin of what I'm already into. 

I'm in the middle of installing Uvi's Digital Synsations Vol. 2 and Kawai vintage Legacy. Cant wait to get into it. I'm almost ready to pull the trigger on Akai MPC 37 g2. It's a 1 year annual subscription. 

Tonight its Smackdown, and Saturday BC Lions/Commonwealth. Can we make it 4 in a row? I doubt it. The Fajardo/Rankin connection doesn't want to slow down. Anyway, that's all for now.

Depending on the source

but CTV weather, claims we have had 262mm of rain in June. This is a record set in 1914. 

Not sure when Nathan is picking me up for our IPM dinner. At least 9 of us are going. Or said we're going to go. We're occupying an undisclosed room. Kind of like we did last year. But this is just for immediate past masters. That being me 😀 

I have my eye at the MPC 37 keys G2. I'm about ready to pull the trigger and put it on my account. The software of the G2 is also on the desktop. So what I'm doing on the MPC, displays on the desktop, as I can record it using OBS. Slick. The price is about as much as my computer. It will be paid off in 1 year. Anyway, that's all for now.