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.

I've got another dental appointment

for latter on today. Its additional fittings for my upper denture. Its going to be a short visit. I'll get a bite to eat at Tim's and hang around for awhile and head for my appointment for Merril, and home by 5pm. I don't want to wait for Merril out in the cold until her gets there.

I'm happy with my new Vlogging camera. What's holding me back from using it the way I want to is a 5/8th thread adaptor I can attach to my Rode boom arm. I have Long & McQuade delivering one from their South side store. Hopefully I can pick it up Saturday. Not sure if they can deliver for just one small item.

In theory the female end should fit over the Rode boom arm screw. The protrusion is the end that goes into my camera, so I can do over head shots. If the one I'm getting from Long and McQuade doesn't work, I'll just order the above. It took Anne about 3 days to get her cat toy.

We got off the job early last night. There was just the 3 of us, including supper. We had some technical difficulties, that would have got me 4 completes instead of the one 1 got. I didn't mind heading home early, although it was chilly waiting for my bus to Corona but my train came along right away. Anyway, that's all for now.

Friday, at last

its here. Every day is a Friday when your retired it seems. The good news its Artfx day. Its going to be a hot day today, so its a good day to stay inside watching drum & bass goodness. Which also means the hot day will jeopardize my 2k walk.

Saturday I'd like to go to a book store downtown as I have a Amazon Prime contact that will let me share his account. After that, I might buy the iPod touch 7th Gen. Not sure about that thought. Sunday Anne wants to go to Royal pizza. We usually go out once every other month. Then we usually go to Dairy Queen right after that, our bus back to the LRT and home

This weekend is Heritage day weekend and a long weekend. The City of Edmonton wants to work long hours to get the track laid downtown for Valley line. Looking forward to taking this line when it gets built. Anyway that's all for now.

There has been some initial movement over changing

our CFL club Edmonton Eskimo's. Some people are of the opinion that the name Eskimo is a slur against indigenous people. At first I thought this was just silly. Then after a bit of education I began to see what they mean. Like how we have French for say a Two Year Planner would read in French "Agenda de Deux ans." Wtf? I'd rather see that replaced with the local indigenous name instead any day. Anne and I had a bit of Eskimo name changing fun. If the name needs to be changed (and I agree we need to have this conversation) I like "The Edmonton Empire." This actually cropped up when the season began as an ad campaign. Anne likes the name "The Edmonton Borealis." In a related topic our QB Mike Reilly in Ottawa last night received the Most Outstanding Player in the CFL. He deserves it.

The Argentina Sub The San Juan is days away from its last days. Its currently on life support. The sub made in Germany 1983 is 66 meters long with a crew of 44. Last I heard they had an explosion on board. Other countries are at sea trying to locate the sub.

That was a nice 3 days off. I go in today to pick up my cheque and start a 5 hour shift out by 9pm to the bank and get what's left for me. Across the street at Shoppers I want to get a iTunes card to buy Cubasis 2.3 and Luma Fusion the video editing software for my new iPad on the way home. After all it is black Friday. I made using i0s 11 screen recorder off of Garageband using Apples Live loops a crude video: You can see it here: Anyway, that's all for now.

I was out there by 9am waiting for my

Saturday morning commute to Clareview/Southgate. The lrt was running in my favour. It was a beautiful Spring morning. I love this time of year when everything is all budding and ground conditions are drying out. Except for the light rain we're getting now. I got into work on time, bathroom and got a hot chocolate, my file from the night before and signed in. Let the games begin. We had a really small crew for a Saturday, maybe 8 people. By 11am I had made 100 calls (Grand Prairie) I usually get that in the first half of the shift. I had a "online sale" from the night before. At noon break I had my left over Maximus pizza from Horseshoe lounge just up here by Manning on 137th. I managed another "online sale" from my call back list. 2:15pm came by and time to go. I had a nice stroll passing by the Toyota dealership on Calgary Trail taking my time by Tony Roma's. I could see my #6 bus just to my left and East of me. On the way to Southgate, then home.

I got in the apartment by 3:40pm. Anne was just having a shower. She made me a bite to eat and I had a great afternoon. She had a trip to Walmart to get her balcony flower. A pleasant chore she likes doing this time of year.

I was watching a bit of the Pen's/Capitals game wanting to hear Don Cherry's response to the controversial goal that gave Anaheim that win last night. He basically said it was a bonehead call. That the call was clearly goaltending interference. Ok so lets back this up a bit. We owned the Ducks last night. It was 3-0 Oilers. There was 3:16 on the clock. Very exciting. I had a hunch the Ducks would pull their goal tender for the extra man, 6 on 5. Sure enough they did. Ducks scored on the outside, 3-1 Oilers. Oh, shit. Anne had come in at that time. Then the Ducks pulled their goal tender again (every time when the Ducks were in the offensive zone and had control of the puck) It was now 3-2 Oilers. The Ducks did this again, (this is where the controversial part comes in) remember the Ducks pulled their goal tender a third time. Oilers Darnell Nurse (D) made contact with Ducks Ryan Kessler and he fell into Oilers goal tender Cam Talbot. At first Kessler had his hand on Talbot's leg pad. Grounds for instant goal tender interface and the Ducks scored. The replays Toronto (the NHL situation room) gave the on ice officials was Kessler's hand on Talbot's leg pad. What on ice officials didn't see or what they were not allowed to see was Kessler pulling on Talbot's leg opening up the "5 hole" between his pads that allowed the puck to go in, tying the game. Sportsnet commentators had the footage showing what Kessler did. Pro wrestling rules are better officiated then this. This is the 2nd goaltender interference called back to back, Wednesday & last night. Ok so the Oilers let the Wednesday night one go. There is clearly a bias in this series. Oilers Lucic even asked after the game and pleaded saying something like, "what is goaltender interface? Can somebody call me and please let me know." Even Coach Todd McLellan had no answer. We just don't know anymore. Don Cherry was incensed over this. The Oilers went to 2 over time periods but the Ducks scored in the 2nd OT. And the reaction was how great the Anaheim Ducks were and failing to mention they pulled their goaltender to get the extra man, 3 times. Gary, you have some spalining to do. Well, now tomorrow night is game #6 and it could be a possible elimination game for us. Hopefully this will be reviewed in the off season. Its sickening is what it is. This would never happen against an American team. Cam Talbot made 60 saves last night. The only way Anaheim Ducks could have won last night was by cheating. Shows what kind of a team they are. Its going to be interesting to see how fans are going to react. So much for NHL integrity from the so called NHL officials. Its basically saying that, goaltender interface is ok normal except for the Edmonton OiIers. I'd love it if Connor McDavid would not go to the NHL players awards ceremony in protest, but unlike the NHL officiating he has more class then that. 

Ok, I got that out of my system. Monday I've got to go to imaging. Its located at the back end of Century Park lrt. Most likely they are going to do another ultrasound. Someone at work was saying they prick your feet to see if you have feeling in various places. Apparently I'm going to be in a hospital gown. I mentioned how I'm low income. That produced a pause. I'll have more on this and tomorrow nights game.