Last night after work

I'm at Clareview station and 3 days later after our first real snow, ETS has yet to clear the bus loop area of snow. Normally they are on top of it. So I'm getting off the back exit of the bus and I'm half knee deep in a snow bank. I took one move and ended up twisting my knee and boom, on both knees in the snow 👀. It took a few moments to get back up and collect myself but I got out of that and headed across the street to the apartment. 

Good intentions are all fine and well, but I wish roommates and boarders would know their place and quit interfering in people's lives. Especially when it doesn't concern them. We are not confused teenagers that need guidance or an older brother father figure. We don't need spiritual wisdom. When we want it, we'll go to church. Just because you live with me doesn't mean you own me. Stop being our moral compass. And we don't need insecure roommates etc being jealous over our friends. You are not my keeper. My home is not a sign in and log out computer.

My shift was ok last night, and the Oilers won in a shootout in St. Louis. From the looks of things work could run out on the 15th if not before. I'm ok financially for the next 30 days or so. Work could begin anew in the near year. As for tonight I'm at lodge. Its our installation night. I'm out of here at 5:30pm. Anyway, that's all for today.

My other job has yet to call me

saying they have work. My last contact was Good Friday week and I said I'd go into the office to pick up a small cheque. Its only for 4.5 hours. When I called the boss last week he said one of the projects they are hoping for are currently in negotiations with. So far I haven't been called back. I don't want them to think I quit or anything. So I've got to call them today.

I felt bad for Calgary Flames fans because they got swept playing Anaheim 4-0 last night after an amazing run down the regular season home stretch. The score in last nights contest was 3-0 Anaheim. Don't worry Flames fans, the way we're playing lately we're not that far behind. The only differences is we finished better then you did in the regular standings and our team Captain Connor McDavid won the Art Ross award. And we lasted a bit longer then you guys did. Its not do or die for us just yet. No need to panic. Our series is tied but the visitors this evening have momentum.

It seems like when ever I buy something like hardware, shortly after that the company makes a better version. This happened when I bought Native instruments Maschine Mk2 about 5 years ago. Shortly after that NI went and brought out Maschine Studio just as I was making my last payment on Maschine Mk2. Now its happening again with Novation's Circuit. Now they are about to release Circuit mono. Its kind of like a modified bass station with Circuit pads as an after thought. I don't know if Circuit mono is better, its not even  in stores yet.  

After I call the boss this morning, I'm out of here to get some bank forms for my 2 pension supplements, then off to work. The good news is the lady that drives my buddy and I home after work will be in tonight, so I can make it back in time for what's left of the 1st period and we'll have the game on in the car radio. Anyway, that's all for now.

Heading home after work

last night I felt good completing almost a full day on the job. Even the weather on my commute home felt good and I got work (more or less) secured for January and February.

This morning before bed, I thought about hacking my iPod Touch 5 gen, since i0S 9.3.5 there will no more os updates after that for this thing. A bit of YouTube research later, I came across several jailbreak options. All without the use of a computer. One video, (August) for i0s 9.3.5 demo a 4 step process. I did everything right but no Cydia. There were no changes on my iPod. Oops, I forgot to turn off the application (which wasn't made clear in this process/video. It was made clearer in another video) before shutting off my iPod. I tried again and the first attempt kept refreshing the process. I tried (properly this time) and still nothing. I found another video and a different process, which was more complicated but it works, more or less. When I use the Cydia app, the second process states this is a Cydia alternative (clone) My iPod still isn't jail broken and when in "Cydia" the first process keeps refreshing with other apps to try. Later on I'm going to delete all this stuff and try again back to the first attempt. Its a easy process as long as the instructions and the one hacking knows what they are doing. I hope hacking my new Ntendo 3ds is as easy. I'm trying to find a screen recorder my 32 bit iPod can handle, since Airshou wont work and Vidyo won't work on my 32 bit iPod. I'll be doing stuff like this over the Christmas break.

This week I'm at the other place on the South side until Thursday. I just have a out of my way stop to pick up my cheque for the 2 days. Then after Thursday, my Christmas break for 11 days begins. Excellent. Anyway, that's all for now.

26-30 is what our average temperature

will be like for the next 10 days, uggh. In other words its going to be hot but July has always been a hot month in the region, especially here in Alberta. I don't mind the heat but it just makes it hard for sleeping over night. At the moment its +17 but less then 2 hours ago it was +27 as this apartment retains the heat. It's probably 5 degrees hotter inside then it is out there. The heat affects people different ways. With Anne it tries her patience and she says things she doesn't mean. Its not her fault. 

I hadn't been to Tim's in awhile and Saturday morning seemed like as good as time as any to go get some breakfast. I usually go for the sausage egg sandwich hash brown combo/coffee and I wanted to put $20 on my Tim's card. I was ready to order and the clerk said they were out of eggs. I wasn't very happy, so much for breakfast. I'm at the corner of 107 and Jasper facing East and there was my #5 bus pulling out and away while I was in the crosswalk. I caught the bus barely and it was unusually loaded on a Saturday morning at 9am? I barely got a seat. What about breakfast? I had a long day ahead. Then I realized a Tim's alternative was MacDonalds but there wasn't one around. Then I remember my supervisor mentioning PetroCan as they have a A&W in each location. There was one at 111th Ave and 124th street just up the block. I had about a hour to kill before my 10am shift anyway. I ordered the breakfast sausage combo equivalent and coffee. It was like sitting in a mini food court meant for about 6 people but my meal was great and I had a nice walk back for about 4 blocks. I think I'll be going for my Saturday morning breakfast at PetroCan for at least the summer. It was a good experience.

Normally for a Saturday we have a full crew but we had less then 10 staff, including me. I had a decent day on the job and got home shortly before 7pm. I watched what was left of the Bomber/Riders game got my call from Anne and other then the fight we had after lunch about an hour ago and this heat, everything is more or less fine. Anyway that's all for now. 

Saturday after work

(my favorite time of the week) I rode the #5 bus to Corona station with a colleague having a friendly chat. He's about the same age as me. I wasn't about to hang around downtown too much as there's nothing to do anyway after 6pm. Now that baseball season is here in Edmonton I might check out a Prospects game at Telus field. The tickets are $20 for the bbq area. A burger and a adult beverage on a hot Saturday after work, sounds like a good idea.

In my email when I got home last night shortly after 7pm our lodge secretary sent a email notice about practice, tonight. I called our WM and he opened with "sounds like you have the same cold my wife has." So I said I'll be at lodge. Sorry about missing tonight's practice. 

Last night we got some badly needed rain. It was actually teaming rain about 3am. It felt good. With that and the sleeping pill I had a good 9.5 hours of sleep. I'm just working on my first coffee. Birds are chirping outside. Its a beautiful sunny day.

Tomorrow is very busy. I've got to run down to get a bank statement, meet with the caretaker to find out what's going on with us here and then I've got to head into work. I want to pop into Audrey's and pick up my book and into the job. Anyway, that's all for now.

Every movement

I made heading into work Friday was slow going but I felt better. I was able to find a bit of time to read but I wasn't into it as much as I wanted. 

For the first part of the shift, about 4 of us in the lunch room were folding letters. Then we did reminder calls. I worked until 8:30pm. I lost an hour because there was nothing for us me to do because I wasn't trained on the project currently under way. I didn't mind so much. After I filled my time sheet and checked my hours my bus came by shortly before 9pm. I did my banking and caught the train at Central and home.  

When I got home, I checked my email and Audrey's emailed me a copy of a invoice saying my Warhammer 40K Hours Heresy book was in. Book #30, so I'll be picking this up Monday on my way into work. As for today, its a full day of it. All I'm doing after work is going home to watch whats left of the Chicago/Ducks game #7 and pass out.

Heading into work Sunday

at 11am was nice and relaxing. The weather was very nice and mild holding about 0*. Very nice weather lately.

I got to Subway on the main floor of the building had a coffee and a cookie but after trying to buzz in there was no reply. So I waited for awhile inside Subway and 1 of my co workers arrived. Dave is a tech support young geek and a huge Oiler fan. We befriended each other shortly when he began working with us around September. He does tech support for a major computer company. So he began to show me this service from our mutual isp on "the go." I can have live tv streamed to my iPod touch from any hot spot. Its pretty cool. By this time next year, the city will have wifi in all lrt stations. I'd like to see wifi on all trains. It's a 10 minute commute but it would be handy to listen to Oiler games on my way home.

I thought I was going to get a full 7.5 hours, off at 8pm but I was off at 6pm. That was fine by me. I thought I did ok on the job as well. When I got home Anne had dismantled our Christmas tree and together we tackled the first half of the closet space where I had a bunch of junk stored in boxes dating back from before we got married. We had it all separated from what stays and what goes. Anne had a nice face time chat with her sister, and she had to go to Walmart for a few things and a cart to haul what we purged out to the dumpster for later.

This weekend the city opened up the new Clareview rec centre but there doesn't appear to be a Saturday evening adult swim. That's what we liked about the Eastglen when Anne had her car back in 2003. We didn't go often but it was nice to get out when we did.

When Anne returned she had a Papa John's pizza for us and that for our dinner. I answered some email and c2c (I'm envaneo) messages. We watched the evening news and that's been my Sunday. It was a decent day. 

The University of British Columbia (UBC) launched SPIDER. Its a telescope launched by a balloon some 36K for 20 days in Antarctica. SPIDER was the work of 5 different Universities. You can read more of SPIDER here.

I'm in tomorrow from 5-9, same with Tuesday. Wednesday is going to be our worst day because we're up early as pest control is going to do a spot check of our place. Hopefully we can get a bed bug clean bill of health. I've got work Thursday and I'm off Friday and Saturday. That's what it's looking like for the week. Anyway, that's about all for now.

As cold as it was

at 11am yesterday morning heading into work, it wasn't that bad. The ice that was plentiful is more or less gone in most places I need to go. The only real hazard was from Corona to the parking lot adjacent to the Matrix hotel. For the most part I didn't need to wear my cleats. 

My work day was steady. I had my first 10 minute break about 1pm and my half about 4:30 and I called Anne for a chat That reduced my shift to 3 hours. My next 10 was about 6:15. After all that and some bathroom breaks I still was able to keep my flow rate steady. 

The only regret Sunday was I couldn't make it for out lodge practice. I didn't have anything to do or say anyway. I wasn't really needed. I needed the hours.

 When I left I was exhausted and I had a headache. I shot this less then a minute clip from my iPod Touch last night about 8:30pm waiting for a Northgate bus. Anyway, I'm in from 5-9 this afternoon. It's a short and easy shift. Anyway, that's all for now.

The plan this evening after work was to check out

the box for my speakers to see if I can carry the box home or if I'll need a cab. I didn't get that far. The weather kind of discouraged me from checking it out. I might call in and ask them to drop the hold for me because buying the speakers is going to leave me short as it is.

I got my Warhammer 40K book order in at Audrey's to pick up after work. Space Marine battles: "Malodrax" and Horus Heresy "Mark of Calth." Now the Black Library decides to put the Horus Heresy out in Trade after I have all the rest in paperback."

Today, I'm in for a full day off at 5pm over to get my books and then a bus to City Centre Mall East food court Taco Tyme and then City Centre Mall West check out The Source, as I'm on the fence between the Kobo Glo and the Kindle Paper weight 2 just to look around and head home."Anyway, that's all for now."

My signature needed to be on

our ALCB liquor license as our lodge secretary and I arranged to meet me outside my office building down town. So in between red lights I was able to sign the ALCB form on the dashboard in the front seat as he drove me home. Normally I wouldn't get home until about 10:45pm when we're doing BC. I got home at 10:45pm last night. In record time, wow!

The payroll officer of my 2nd job emailed me yesterday saying something to do with my tax form. I probably messed up somewhere. Doesn't surprise me. I'll call her in the morning.

*A blog update: I called payroll in Calgary and I messed up on my tax form when I had filled that out when I got hired on. It's all corrected. My 2nd job doesn't send out a pdf pay stub like my first job does.

*At the moment I'm enjoying my first coffee. I had 7.5 hours of sleep but the hot chocolate Anne offered me before bed and the sleep time tea before that had me going to the bathroom about 6 times over night but I still got the sleep I needed.

*This has been on my reading list radar for awhile now: Warhammer 40K Space Marine Battles: "Malodrak." It's available in Trade and I'll probably order it when I have time off. There's also a new Horus Heresy book in there as well "Vulkan Lives" hopefully will be released in paperback in the Spring and same with "The Unremembered Empire" and  "Aurelian."

I wasn't much of a Peter O'Tool watcher but did enjoy him in "Lawrence of Arabia." I was sad to hear of his passing yesterday. We're losing a lot of great Hollywood stars.  

The schedule wont be posted for my first job until Friday so before I go into my 2nd job, I'll call to see if I have any hours over the holidays. Every bit helps. Anyway, that's all for now.

I'm kind of disappointed that

iGoogle has until the end of October before Google retires it November 1st. I don't like Chrome enough to have it as my go to site but I like the gadgets on my iGoogle site, like Science Shot and Trek today, and on the top there's a YouTube, Gmail and maps link. Maybe Firefox has something like iGoogle. I kind understand Google's reasoning for retiring iGoogle November 1st 2013. I suppose my alternative would be using my blog as my portal to the above sites. I'll be sad to see iGoogle go.

 I'm in the office from 6-10 this evening, so I still have a few hours left here before I leave out of here at 5pm. Then on Saturday I'm from 11am-6pm. That's a good 6.6 hours so in my half hour break I'll pop in over to Audrey's about 3pm or so and pick up a book on my special order shelf.

Last night while working on a track on Maschine, I was wondering why my music was clipping. There's a status bar where it says CPU and a volume meter. When the  status bar reads read, that means it's clipping causing static in my music. At first I thought, maybe it could be part of my routing in the audio to midi preferences. Or whatever it's called. I checked in there, and even increased the sample rate from 4100 (standard) to 4800. I still got clipping. After doing a bit of research I found that I needed a limiter. Limiter's help prevent clipping. Fortunately Maschine is so versatile that it has a limiter on its effects (FX) channel but it was recommended that the limiter be at -0.0db. Best I could dial it in was at -0.4db but I put one on Master, Groups, and Sounds. I still got the clipping. Then I figured that it's got to be my slow laptop but in checking earlier projects clipping is fine. So before bed I thought, "oh well, I'll do some more research over the weekend. Then this morning it came to me. I keep getting these pop up menu's at various times of the project that say "Sample(s) can not be found, ignore, ignore all, find cancel. I've been hitting cancel because in previous instances when this has occurred "find" points me to an empty folder on on my hard drive. So, this might tell me that these samples were just "one shot uses." I'm going to see what the forums have to say about this. But that's where I think my issue lies with clipping.

Yesterday I got into doing some more research on how to upgrade my Acer laptop. I thought, well maybe all it needs is a 2.5 hard drive (hd) upgrade. I need a internal hd running at least 7200 rpm to run the programs I use for music production. Most laptops hd's run at 5400 rpm. Not good enough for my needs. Then I looked around the Memory Express website (There's a link in my blog sidebar) and they have a few notebook hd's at 500Gb/7200 rpm. That would be a major upgrade. Basically its bring my laptop in clone my existing hard drive and install the new one copy the contents of my cloned drive back into the new hd. I'd probably need a copy of Windows 7 64bit as the copy of Windows 7 Ultimate is set at 32 bit. Including parts and labor it's about a $300 upgrade. If it doesn't work when I get my new PC in the Spring I can always use the OS and the hard drive. The upgrade will also allow a online Ram scanning service to scan to see if my system can take any more Ram. At the moment the scan won't work in a Windows 32 bit environment. Hence the Windows 7 64 bit install. I know that Windows can be reconfigured from 32 bit to 64 but it's a process that takes more time then I can give it and the earning curve is a bit steep for my skill, and patience. Best any Ram laptop upgrade can do is 16Gb Best desktop Ram is 32Gb but there are some 32Gb Ram kits that are slowly entering the market. That's x2 16 chips. I doubt my laptop's CPU would even run them little alone a 7200 rpm hd upgrade. The other thing I was thinking about getting is a 500Gb SSD upgrade, but that'd be almost as much as my laptop cost in 2009 dollars. My best option for music production is buying a desktop but that's going to be in the Spring if I get a income tax return. Then again, I might just book a appointment and get the hd install anyway just to see what if it'll work. If not then I can always reverse the procedure there at the time..

We're having a bit of a problem with our budgie bird we named "Sugar." He feathers are fluffed up and she's very quiet I don't think she's sick at all. This is called "Roosting." Sometimes birds do this to circulate heat or to keep warm.

Before I get on that train at Clareview I'm getting my Proline/6-49 ticket for this weekends games and draw for Saturday night. Saturday after work I'm going to try Burger Baron again to see if they're open and get some fries to take home. Anyway, that's all for now.

Our Siamese

cat is on his last legs. Anne took him into the vet yesterday morning to have his fluid looked at a tube down his throat and an appetite enhancer and his system flushed out. We got him back about 6pm and so far he hasn't eaten anything. That's what's worrying us the most at this stage. We're going to give him a few more days but at $200 a session like that we can't repeat the process as it's just going to drain us. We can help him along the way only so far and give him up until Thursday night. If after that  there's no change, then we'll be putting him down.The cat's only 8 years old which makes it sad. We think we should have had their shots while they were still in the litter and then take them home. What can you do?

Art Bell on radio again? It seems Art has a new show called, "Art Bell's Dark Matter," on Sirius XM Radio beginning on September 16, 2013. I'll still be listening to Coast because Coast is on AM radio which is free. Sirus is subscription based.

I had a short shift yesterday morning from 9-12:30pm. It's not what I'd hoped for. I was hoping to have my hours back 7.5 but I have a couple more weeks of this until the end of the month. Then I'm 1-9, which is ok. I might even do a odd Saturday morning in there as well, we'll see.

After work I went over to Audrey's and bought Horus Heresy book #16 and then cashed in  my club points and bought #22 and #23. There are 4 more books but not released in paperback yet. Also, there is one more Space Marine Battles book out now. I also have a bunch of David Webber's coming in but I'm not buying 2-3 books at a time for awhile yet.

So, I'm off today in for Wednesday from 9-12:30 off for the weekend and next week is a repeat of this week. I've got my income tax return saved for times like this. That's the trouble with research jobs you get maybe 8 months on and 3-4 months off, without pay. Anyway, that's all for now.

Its been a short week and short hours

and next week I've got most of the week off. I'm not complaining and I can take care of some other business as well.

Thanks for this Coast: The heinous Manson cult murders of Sharon Tate and friends on this date in 1969 were seen as the 'end of the 60's.' The Tate murders had become news on August 9, 1969. Today Manson is an old man at the age of 79.

I didn't make it out to get a cold one because of my hours next week. I went home and had a nice evening watching the Riders/Calgary game. I was rooting for Calgary and they gave the Riders a royal shellacking.

This way cool. Thanks i09. A strange, newly discovered particle could shrink a laptop computer's hard drive to the size of a peanut and an iPod's drive to the size of a rice grain. It's called a Skyrmion,it comes from Tony Skyrme, a British physicist who first theorized the particle's existence in 1962 – skyrmions are tiny magnetic fields that surround groups of atoms. I don't think we'll actually see Skyrmion based computers for a couple years yet and not in my lifetime but here's more of the article is here

So today I'm working on a track. I don't have a decent mic to put on any vocals so it's just a instrumental. For now. Anyway that's about all for now.

Friday is finally here

Last nights Esks/Al's game was slow to get underway but got going in the 2nd half. Esks 27 Al's 32. Either way if the Esks got that last rush to the end zone during the last 10 seconds, it would have been 34-32 still a Proline Tie. The Lions/Argo's game is on Tuesday kind of wrecking my 4 game weekend. Note to self, don't bet in favor for the Esks.

After work I'm over at Audrey's to get a Warhammer 40k CD  and a Horus Heresy book. I'm into the 2nd book of the 3 book "Space Wolf" Omnibus. I liked the characters in the first book but they appear absent in this 2nd book but show up in the 3rd. Also in the 2nd book of this Omnibus the Chaos Space Marines make an appearance and so do the Night Lords. Interesting stuff.

After that it's over to Wendy's for a bite to eat and head home. There's no CFL double header this weekend because of Tuesday's game. So tonight it's Calgary/Winnipeg.

I decided against upgrading and or buying parts for a new PC. I tweaked Slayer for my "guitar" and it sounds pretty good. However I'm looking at getting a 512Gb SSD drive but it has a SATA connection. I think all SSD's but I've seen a SSD drive installed in my version of Acer on YouTube, so I know it can be done. Anyway, that's all for now.

At 7:55 this morning

I didn’t even hear my iTouch alarm go off this morning and looking at the clock it was 7:55am! I had a shave, showered, dressed, got my cash together and my things and caught a 8:15am bus to Clareview got my CFL Proline picks and got a by hand 6/49 ticket and my coffee at Subway and at my desk 2 minutes before my shift at 9am!

I had a great start as well for the day pulling in about 7 completions in a 4 hour shift. At 1pm I booked off and headed over to Jack (the barber) and got a nice haircut. I didn’t know about this but Jack is a decent harmonica player and pulled it out of his pocket and played a few brief numbers. I walked up to my RBC and made my deposit. I wish I would have brought my Government ID along. I caught the train to Belvedere station on the tail end of the K-days parade and after a brief wait got the #11 over to Londonderry Mall. I looked around Coles etc, and found “Game on Sports.” I got a exchange for a XXL Esks t-shirt with no name on the back and I even got a $4 refund because the shirt was a bit cheaper. They added it onto my RBC account. After trying to find Albert’s I came across the Bell store. I explained what was going on with my Telus account and why I had to close it down. Bell had the same kind of Flex package for tablets and if I had my Government ID and my Ipad I would have internet on it right now. After that I found Albert’s and Bud’s lounge. A little side lounge attached to Albert’s. I ordered a Molson Dry and relaxed at the bar. On my way out I popped into “The Source” (Radio Shack) and asked if they had any i7’s in that order they were unpacking on the floor. Sadly no I found Dollarama and bought a bag of chips for the weekend and then into another store called “Champs.” They had a Edmonton Oiler‘s hoodie but it was in medium. Then into “Sport check.” I asked if they had any windbreakers or Oiler‘s hoodies/jerseys. I licked out almost everywhere and the clerk at  Sport check suggested I try “The Oiler‘s Store” in Kingsway. I had a brief wait for my #11 and then home.

I‘m currently watching the Argo‘s/Bomber‘s game. 21-6 at the half. Yikes. It doesn‘t look that good. So basically that‘s been my, not bad. Anyway, that's all for now.

My afternoon commute

 towards the office was easy going. I got inside the office by 12:30pm and had a chat with the staff. The first part went by ok ending up with 3 TCOB completions and a nice comment by one of the respondents. I called Anne and worked out the shift. I had my lunch break asked super if I could leave at 8pm. No problem. I have enough hours working a full week. I went from working mornings afternoon, to working 2 new campaigns, having trouble with my ISP, it was a hard week.

After work I went and picked up the 8th Horus Heresy Warhammer 40k book: “Battle for the Abyss.” I asked if Audrey’s could order me a few of the Horus Heresy audio dramas as I want to try some of them. There are a few YouTube videos with excerpt’s of said audio dramas. The good thing about these is that they account towards my Audrey’s book club membership. I’m looking forward to my first CD.

After Audrey’s I went to Queen Donair and got a order of fries to munch on the train. I keep the bag in my bag and eat from there because if the LRT police catch you eating on the train it’s a fine. Seems they are looking for any excuse to look for fines. It wouldn’t surprise me if next they are going to fine riders for using their cell phones or hand held devices! 

On my commute approaching Stadium I noticed the crowd in the stands in the new green and gold seats. I got home to watch the end of the 2nd half as the Eskimo’s in the 1st preseason game had the game in hand and I saw the last TD. Then close to the end a “Pick 6” The Riders took it to the end zone for a TD and the point after. Score was 33/24 Riders. Good thing it was just pre season contest. I’m not sure if the games this week were on Proline. I’ll look for them next week. After that I watched “Smackdown” Anne had rotisserie chicken from Superstore. I didn’t eat much.

Friday was a great day. Today, I’m working on my music and watching the 2nd game of the Stanley Cup finale. This is rare that we’re seeing a CFL game during the same time as the NHL playoffs. Sunday (fathers day) I’m taking Anne out for Pizza at Capital Pizza as we like to get a Dairy Queen ice cream for desert and shop at Giant Tiger. Then its back to the work week.Anyway, that's about all for now.

I woke up yesterday morning

and a blanket of fresh snow on the ground! It was cold waiting for the bus.

*An overnight update; Anne said the guy that is doing our taxes called yesterday. Maybe it's to say he wont be in today (most likely the weather) but I'll call this afternoon before she leaves to meet me later today at the office. I'm so exhausted I could call in and cancel for today, but it's on with the show.

This one is just too weird, suddenly being swallowed up by the earth on a golf course's fairway drove a wedge between Mark Mihal and a stellar round. The 43-year-old mortgage broker was counting his blessings Tuesday and nursing a dislocated shoulder sustained four days earlier when he tumbled into an 5.5 metre deep sinkhole on the 14th hole of the Annbriar Golf Club near Waterloo, Ill. Read more here:

At work this morning I need to ask the boss if I can book off half an hour early so Anne and I (she’s meeting me at my office) at 4:30pm can go to her building to see if we/I owe Revenue Canada this year or if I get a break as one of her co workers does taxes as a business. Now I won’t mind if I owe something like $50, $100 something like that. We need it paid off to get that GST check every 4 months. We might not even qualify for that. Then after that, we’re boarding the #12 bus by The Bay out to the Kingsway Ramada Inn for her birthday dinner.  She’s got some shopping to do and I’m heading back downtown catch the train home to watch what’s left of the Oiler/Wing’s game and watch Smackdown. I’m up early to get my haircut, Tim’s breakfast, Audrey’s for my book down to LM pay off Machine bill at LM catch the #2 bust to The Bay and walk down to Freemason Hall. So, I’ve got a busy next couple of days.

 Another one for my WTF files: One of Britain's most famous "madams" announced in January that she was coming out of retirement to set up a brothel exclusively catering to disabled people and the terminally ill. An ordinary brothel would be illegal in the town of Milton Keynes (45 miles from London), but Becky Adams insists that the government could not shut hers down without illegally discriminating against the disabled. [Milton Keynes Citizen, 1-11-2013] Unfortunately I don’t have a link for it but that’s why we have Google, right?

This is good local news: Yesterday the Ottawa announced $250M in LRT infrastructure money for the Millwood’s/Downtown LRT. The line will begin in 2015 and will be open for business by 2017. It’s the 2nd route over the North Saskatchewan river. This means the City of Edmonton has $1.050B, they still need about another $800M and the City hopes to get that much from the Province (despite current cutbacks) We don’t need the money now, we can get it in 2017. By that time the current Government might not be around. Anyway, that’s about all for now.

Now if I looked at the availibility board

Friday on the eve of the long weekend like I should have, I would have left from home about 9:30am for a 10:30am training session. But, I failed to look at the board and as a result, I headed in what I thought this morning at 8am, was my usual time of day. In other words, I lost an hour and a half potential sleep. We began a new study and we had a almost a 4 hour training session. Half an hour for lunch,we didn't get under way until about 2pm,making it for a short day. Works for me.

This one cracks me up: The folks at ‘LivesOn’ allows you to Tweet "beyond the grave." It's an app that collects RSS feed pertaining to one's Twitter profile,interests etc on their behalf and continues to send out Tweets long after as they say "kick the bucket". Click the link above for the full story. I like this.

The Oiler's dropped another one last night, LA got a lucky bounce on a rush and took a game tied at 1 with something like .46 seconds left on the clock sending the game to a 2-1 win for LA and got an empty net goal. The Oiler's put the effort in but it was a lucky bounce on the rush. Anyway that's about all for now..

Today is my banking day

and after I make a deposit, its across the street to Audrey's books as they have the recent "Fate of the Jedi book" there and then up to the office. After work, it's Eat along Jasper ave to my RBC by way of the LRT. Normally I'd just walk there. Then I have Saturday and I'm done for the week.

After work tomorrow, it's off to LM to make a payment and then hobble over to Wendy's or maybe even Denny's. I think this time, I'm going to go to Denny's. I only have to cross 1 street (103rd) and North on 104th and a block away from the National Film board and I'm there but we'll see.

Actually Anne makes an interesting point that because I'll be getting my vacation pay anyway (and I'm taking a week off) My vacation pay will not only cover my website but also it will cover my Lodge dues and my LM bill, cool. Anyway, that's about all for now.