There's been way too many of these types of

incidents where clumsy people inadvertently wreck valuable objects of art. Its not necessarily the perpetrators at fault here. The real blame is with the careless way these objects are displayed and exposed by the very venues themselves. To get more of what I'm talking about go here.

Forest fires close to the Canadian boarder in Washington state are causing complications in Southern Alberta. So much so that the City of Calgary has issued a health advisory warning. Even the Calgary Stampeders football club were having trouble on the practice field yesterday. With a full moon out tonight the moon, thanks to the fires will be almost blood red.

I'm not a huge TV watcher. I might do 15-20 hours a week. Now that I have this time off I'm watching more CFL football. Looks like I'll be watching a bit more TV because this Saturday on Space, begins the new season of Doctor Who. We missed last season due to work that sort of thing. I hope to catch more episodes this year then last year.

In my current line of work, I'm like a contractor. I have a job but there's just a shortage of work until the next project. What do most contractors do between contracts? They go on ei and wait by the phone or call to see if anything is is happening. That's essentially what I'm doing now. So today I'm calling the office to get a update. If there's no answer then I'll go in on my own about 8pm to see if anyone I know is leaving the building around closing time. Then go in the next day. I'm sending my resume out again today. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Its been over a month now

since I had any meaningful work. Thirty eight days exactly. I had 1 shift July 24th and even if I didn't have the lodge bbq all I would have got out of that last project would have been about 2 days. I'll be putting more resumes for other part time work. The idea is for 3 and 3 days. 

Last nights Stamps Riders game was close but not the outcome I was hoping for: 34-31. The Riders had a costly penalty and too many turnovers. Now the Stamps are first place in the West. Its Redblacks/Argo's at about 1pm today. So, that was week 9 in the cfl.  

With my new yahoo email account I was able to have installed a feature on my iPod touch absent since I got the iPod: A new Flikr account. Now, I can upload photo's and video's directly from my iPod to my Flikr account. Of course I need a wifi connection but there's no shortage of those around on my commute, so I'm happy about that.   

Anne wants to take me out for Sunday brunch today over here at Humpty's. We really can't afford it. We haven't been there in years. I'd rather have brunch here because if we got out time wise could compromise my Summer slam. We have a Cora across the street but it hasn't had great reviews. Hopefully Anne will change her mind because of Summer slam. I'm going to let her sleep in as much as possible. The longer I let her sleep, the "its too late to go" she'll say. Anyway, that's all for now.

Since January of this year

I've had 2 colds and I've got something that just activated over night Friday. If this gets developed then this will make 3 for the year. Ordinarily I just get 1 cold a year. The blood test I took a few weeks ago yield up nothing. I'm at a loss here for an explanation as to why I've got 3 colds.

This week's forecast is in the 30's. It's not official or anything as far as I know but I'd say we're in a drought here in Alberta. Especially if farmers have to get hay from other provinces. Here in Edmonton, we've had under 40mm of rain since July 1st. Hopefully we'll get some rain soon.  

Update: I had a decent sleep overnight and I'm feeling better. Still having episodes of phlegm through out the night. My scratchy throat is less scratchy and I'm about to have my first coffee for the day on this. The downside is my voice is rough and hoarse. Other wise, no worse for wear. 

My 10 year old Xp computer as pictured here life cycle is almost at an end. I'm looking at a refurbished system for about $200. It's an Intel pc with 4Gb and whopping 160Gb!
 
  Friday I walked into the office and the super said the boss has the cheques. They had a small crew doing clean up The boss said if I call Wednesday he'll know with more surety what the week of the 18th will be like. August usually slows down. They will be back in September with more frequency. 

Since last Thursday I've been I've watching a lot of CFL football. Three games so far and one more today. I also watched Smackdown (wrestling) I've been watching a lot of sports over the last 3 days. Anyway, that's all for now.