Not much happening

yesterday. I was up from a rough night of RLS. Maybe 3 hours sleep, overall. I went back to bed about 11am. I woke up again about 2:00pm. Anne made us a quick lunch before she begane her shift. 

For the most part I watched Smackdown. The show, was lame and draged out until the match before the main event.That took me to roughly 8pm.

After Smackdown, I went and checked on my mail. I stepped out to get some fresh air. For once no smokers out there. Anyway, that's about all for now.

With some help from Anne

after dinner last night, we did some purging of cables on the floor behind my computer. We took out 2 AC power barsand have everything plugged into the tower, still 7 outlets free and 3 usb ports, free. I'm not powering up the work laptop until we're recalled to take on a new project. I'm going to skip this next project and see if I can take a year off to see what my rent will be like. 

I'm still on the mend. Anne doesn't want me to go out until for the rest of the week. Not even to the district meeting Saturday. I haven't been to one since 2014. I might be able to go to lodge practice Sunday, and Lodge next Thursday followed by Scottish Rite, Friday. Speaking of which, there is a 32° jewel availible, $60. Out of my Price range for the time being.

As for the rest of the week, I'm home today, "Smackdown," tomorrow. I was going to go to BoB Saturday but Anne deson't want me out. Possibly Sunday. But I need to wait at least 10 days from the last time I had the flue. Aparently until I can get my Flu & RSV. Wait 2 weeks and get my covid shot and I can't remember what the 4th one is called. Anyway, that's all for now.

I'm not posting much to

Facebook much these days. Most of my  messages are from Messenger. It's just that my followers engage me on the Messenger platform anyway. You can always reach me here . 

The day after I got my 32° in Scottish Rite I developed the 24 hour flue Saturday night. I didn't throw up much. But 4 days latter bam!

I enjoyed getting out to Al. Shamal. Mostly the Toyoto dealership. I bought a chese burger fries there Friday and really enjoyed it. A nice meal but the cab ride was $10 from Toyoto to Al Shamal. It took me from February to October three 3 day sessions. Anyway, no outings this week. That's all for now.

It took 9 months

But I can now lay claim to being a 32° Scottish Rite Mason. After this it's Knights Templar, probably next year. I'm stopping at 4 Masonic bodies. That should be enough. 

Elks are in Regina thisafternoon for a 1pm game. Elks are a target and the game could go anyway Anyway, that's all for now. 

Anne and I headed out of here

about 3:30pm. She wanted to try a take out over at the Bejing place, or what ever it's called now. I caught my cab to the Al Shamal. I had difficulty finding the entrance. Found it. <note to self.  The evening was interesting but it was difficult sitting in one place, stirring in a chair. That's RLS. I got a ride home from Mustafa. Nice fellow. He said he can do the drive home, tonight and Friday for me.

We got up to 16°C yesterday. A bit more of the same for today and then Friday, mid single digits.  

Hopefully our weather will be like last year for the season. 

My new Dell monitor is working just fine. I like the joy stick controler bottom right back of the display. The joystick activates the on screen menu. Very cool. The speakers are a nice touch but I wont use them much. I should have got the USB  Hub version that would have double the price. Anyway, that's all for now. 

The great referendum

 Is over. For now. Not that I was following it. I didn't participate in the referendum voting because I can't stand for more then 5 minutes without sitting down. Depending on the outcome, this was a dress rehersal for another one that's binding. I  doubt this will be the last word on the topic. Hopefully that will be it for another year.  

I finally have my issues fixed with OBS and Fl. Studio. I think from here on in its just plug and play. 

So, what's next? Well I've got the next 3 days with Scottish rite. My Amazon order is expected here on Thursday. 

This stiff old body has some cable managment to do. I also ordered this "tower power bar" that has 12 outlets.Anyway, that's all for now.

Anne took a look at the monitor

and suggested I order a new one from Amazon. Apologies to local retails that have the same Dell 27" monitor I ordered earlier. The monitor I was shopping for needed to have at least 2 HDMI ports. Most on Amazon had 1. I looked for USB C and A ports but that would have doubled the price. Also, unlike my current monitor, the new one can flip into portrait mode and has 2 front 3 watt speakers. Not that I'd use them at all.  Just a nice extra touchI placed the order: $200. Plus I bought an upright AC power bank that has 12 inputs and 2 USB C and 2 USB A ports. This will clean up my spiders web of cables on the floor. The order should be here next week. 

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the tragedy that happened during the fire at CFB Wainwright on Saturday. 4 soldiers died in a fire accident caused by heavy winds and a grass fire durring a training exercise. 19 people are in crittical condition. Many more injured. My heart goes out to the all involved.  

The reason why Anne and I are not voting in todays referendum is because is literally a "dress rehearsal" or a preliminary step for another one. The ballot does not ask voters to immediately separate from Canada. Instead, Question 10 asks voters to choose between remaining a province of Canada or authorizing the government to commence the legal process under the Canadian Constitution to hold a second, binding provincial referendum specifically on whether or not Alberta should separate. This is what I think people dont get. Besides the 9 questions really slow things down and I'd need to bring my 2nd walker along as I can't stand for long periods of time. Anyway, that's all for now.

Yesterday, my computer monitor

 began to display a couple of horizonatl lines from fram bezel to bezel. Now I need a new monitor. My lodge/chapter/AASR dues are more important at the moment. I can make due with this monitor, even when I get the new Mac Mini. It won't be on my line of credit either. I think though I'd like to get a USB mic. This Rode  video Go 2 mic is causing me some greif.

This week is a milestone in my Masonic career as I'll be going through the Consistory. This will get me up to my 32°. I should have done this even before I became a Master Mason. 

Or as late as when I was on full pension. This will be Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. It's not a big hardship on my time. It's just getting there and back. I don't have to do anything but stay awake. seriously. 

I enjoyed the Winnipeg/Elks game Friday night. Elks forced 2 turovers. We had 24 first downs to Winnipegs 22. Cody Fajardo (Edmonton Elks): 70.6% completion rate, completing 12 of 17 passes for 120 yards. Zach Collaros (Winnipeg Blue Bombers): 84.8% completion rate, completing 28 of 33 passes for 331 yards. Collaros had a better go of it Friday. We won however 35-27. I think we play in Regina next week. Anyway, that's all for now.

Not that I've been busy

since my last post. Not much going on. Keeping myself busy with lodge last Friday. Money in the bank Saturday watching a few Oilers games.

Anne & I went out to iHop South Park Mall last night, iHop. Get out while the weather is reasonably "favourable." It was a 4.5 hour outing. I waited for Anne for about walf an hour as she was in Walmart next door. We got in at 8pm.We transfered at J.P Wagner school as the bus was on the way to take us home. We went out to that iHop 3 times this year. The pancakes are good.

 I'll be watching Winnipeg/Elks at Comonwealth. We have an opertunity to obtain first in the West. Elks hadn't had this opportunity since 2015 and we won the Grey Cup that year. After that it's Smackdown. Should be a good weekend. Anyway, that's all for now.  

Since I was unsure of

WWE Money in the Bank, whether it was on Netflix or ESPN, I decided to see if it was on Nitflix anyway. Sure enough there was the thumbnail logo for the 2026 Money in the bank. It was a good 3 hour show. I was also not sure when my Oilers Sharks game was on. It was on earlier during the afternoon. At least I was able to keep track of the Elks game Friday night (Elks won):

No contest. The local community was hurting due to Stelco layoffs.  I was also able to watch "Money in the bank" but missed out on the Oilers/Sharks team. Oilers won 3-1. 

We're not having any work project until after the Alberta Referundum becuse we think the community will be stressed out over all the calls on politics they get.

I decided to get the mac mini, but I'll order it at the end of the month. Yes I know all about the bugs from its initial release of MacOs 27 Golden Gate. I'm putting most of my stuff on my external 500Gb m.2 drive anyway. Anyway, that's all for now. 

I'm hoping my Lodge

brother will have no work snags this afternoon. We're looking at a 5pm pick up Jim time. I'm all set up with doing everything on my iPhone. I just need to shave and as long as he has the green light, I'll be waiting down stairs at ~ 4:45pm. knowing my luck this weekend, I'll get the can't make it to pick you up message in messenger to activate plan B. 

I'm all set up with Apple "Affirm" payment plan. I know the Mac mini configuration I want. I did my research. I'm looking at the M6 Mac mini, 32gb Ram, 1Tb hard drive with Logic pro. I'm not sure about the ~ $100/month plan. It's doable. The 1Tb is ok but I have some large music libraries. T only things I want on he I have an old iOmega 1 Tb drive for that. The only programs I want on the internal SSD is Omnisphere 3 and UVi Sonic pass. I won't go over 500gb on the internal drive. This could be wishfull thinking on my part. I've used sys links before so maybe there is that. I'm looking to order the Mac for sometime in November. There are a few lose ends I need to cover. 

The Good: Lodge degree night tonight. The bad: It's on my same time as my Elks/Hanilton game. The Good: It's WWE "Money in the bank" Saturday: The bad it's on ESPN and I'm not subscribed to that. The Good: Oilers/Sharks at 2pm. At least I can watch that. Knowing my luck the Oilers will lose this one. Not only that but Anne gave me that Senna Tea "shit tea." Guess what I'll be doing tonight at Lodge. Anne's heart is in the right place, but geese already. Anyway, that's all for now.

It's been an easy week so far.

Anne & I never made it out to Bearshill Casino. Mainly because we'd be spending about $50 each. We're trying to go easy on our money this month. Plus the outing yesterday would have cut into our monthly outiong where Anne and I like to go out to, iHop, Denny's or Rickies. That's coming  up next week. 

I did spend about $8 bucks on an app called Porthill audio for my iPad. What's cool about this is how it interfaces with Koala sample. 

I can get a sample from You Tube, say something in the public domain copy the audio into Koala, condense the audio individual stems, pitch the audio up or down and or add some FX like tape echo etc and make a beat out of the audio slices. Etc. Also, I ca get the audio from my device and use it for my lodge.

Outside of the Oilers game tonight, I have an emergent Lodge meeting Friday. Then let the long weekend begin. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Anne rode in with me on the Valley/Capital line as

far as Coliseum station about 6:30pm last night. My destination: Highlands Masonic Hall. Our secratary brought with him the book of the work I requested. My evening went well. This was about 6:30pm last night. Sun was very bright.

Anne had a great idea: Lets opt out of the Casino outing tomorrow. I've been pushing it since last Thursday night. Its an early outing for us and we'd be gone away from our cats for about 5 hours, and spending close to $50. Besides, it compromises our mid week outing. Good call Anne. Anyway, that's all for now.

Thursday was Lodge

Friday was Al Shamal (AASR) Saturday morning at Momentum. It was nice being with the guys. The topic was on forgiveness. I can forgive Mary for ghosting me. I'm forgiving her for myself not for her, so I can heal and move on. I hope to God, I never see her or her husband again. I'm in his head, which is why he wont come out to momentum. He lied to me, and he knows I know. He and Mary are in suspension. Some days are better then others. This evening its our finale practice for Friday. Plus other things going on. More details later.

One of those details could be bus outing. Our provider has bus outings every month. These are posted in the elevators. It's a $5 sign up. We've been late on a few of these before.

I'm getting change on the way home. or ask my Lodge brother if we could get a coffee on the way, and change back. I'll figure something out. Also, our provider was saying they have a new bus.

One of my co workers in chat was telling me I should sign up for home care. It's free. I'm having fungus issues with nail and foot care. Life is good. Anyway, that's all for now.

I'm still going to

support the Oilers even though I can't watch any of the games. At least I can listen to the play by play on the radio, and watch the replays on sportsnet immediately following. It's not quite the same thing. 

I told myself over and over, don't buy anything on impulse. So I did. It was a drum machine, that looked like it can do some amazing things. $54 USD. 

The above is hardwear. I had trouble installing it. I still don't have it working properly. I should have bought Little drum machine instead. This still might have potential. 

I've got lodge tonight, Al Shamal Friday night 🤔I think. I'll need to text Gordan about this. And BoB Saturday morning. That depends on my call to ETS if Coliseum station is shut down. I'll call before I head out to lodge. If it's ok, I'll call about getting my flue/covid shots etc. Elks are on a bye week, so I have lots of time off. Unless I go back to work. I hope not. Anyway, that's all for now. Happy October everyone.