Patrick Henry once said

these words or something similar: "Give me Liberty or give me death." In light of the Paris massacre yesterday like Mr. Henry I proclaim this manifesto: "Give me Liberty or give me death," to the Islamic terrorists that hate the ideals of virtue, freedom and liberty. Napoleon Bonaparte said something like, "here are only two powers in the world, saber and mind; at the end, saber is always defeated by mind." You may have dampened our spirits but you will never crush our resolve. We are not afraid. There will be a retribution. 

On a lighter note: So now the "anti Cosby' movement has revved up a notch. They are protesting Cosby's Canadian tour. What is it now 9 women have made allegations that Cosby rapped them? I lost count. Now they are blocking the doors to where Cosby is performing standing in the way of patrons to see him. These women making these allegations are as phony as a $3 bill. They say "Were, not in it for the money." Of course not but a tell all book deal wouldn't hurt much like the woman who made the allegation against Prince Andrew. Even before any law suite she's already announcing a book deal. I wonder how many of these women (gold diggers) would pass a polygraph (lie detector) or stress-strain analysis test? Probably none. These allegations remind me of the celebrate baby scandals that occurred awhile back. Its a farce.  

I removed my Jim Tube video because it was already pushing a year old now. I'm going to put a Je suis Charlie" slogan in its place. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Still on my Monday night

with a day off today. I like days like this. I wore my Britt World Wide (Amway) t shirt I picked up when I was in Minneapolis in 1997. Anne made me a great little lunch. I had a easy commute and did my job and easy commute home. Simple. 

I got home to watch Monday night Raw. That's where I've been over the last 3 hours, drinking cola with Skippy. 

Since I have nowhere to go this afternoon, I'm putting a NHL line up together for tonight's Detroit/Oiler's game. 

In other words, not a lot going on this week. We should ve out of this cold snap Friday night and into the weekend. Other then that, anyway, that's 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.

Fifteen years is a long time to be living at

1 residence. For an apartment, especially more so. Its disturbing enough that the people below us are complaining about us being loud. Often we'd hear them fighting and the woman acting crazy high on pot or something. I tried to tell Anne I think she's religious and might have been speaking in speaking in tongues. She had no idea what that meant. These are the people that were complaining to us? Nut cases.

At the moment it's -28 but according to meteorologists it feels like -40 out there. When I head out of here, it's going to be -30 but it will feel like -42! 

My shift yesterday was long but I had a great day and by 5:45pm I was exhausted. I was glad to get home and my cleats served me well. I got home shortly before 7pm and just went on YouTube etc. Anyway, that's all for now.

It was a simple 4 hour shift

last night from 5-9. Heading into the office was ok. I found my schedule post and its (for this pay period) Yesterday (4 hours) and today 10-6pm for a full 8 hour day for just 11.5 hours. Next week I have tomorrow (Sunday) from 12-8 for a full day and Monday for 4 hours, I'm off Tuesday (I can catch the Oiler game) Wednesday I'm in for 4, Thursday same, off Friday for lodge, but in next Saturday for a full day. That's 27 hours for the 1st week in the pay period. I'm pretty sure I'm back full time after that.

Yesterday Oilers traded LW David Perron. He scored 28 goals last year but like all the othre forwards on this team, their goal production is languishing. Perron is going to a better team and into the playoffs. Oilers get 2015 first-round draft pick and centre Rob Klinkhammer. Many Oiler fans were saying the team appeared down in last nights game in Denver due to the trade. I liked Perron. I hope he gets 30 goals this season.

I've been doing lots of research into a company called Elektron. They make synths, like their Analogue Keys (AK) etc. Speaking of, which I'd love to get ak. It comes with over 500 presets and can do some amazing things. It has a on board step sequencer. If I had about $3k I'd get that and their machine drum. Cool stuff.

Speaking of music the singer Bono from U2 might have to give up playing guitar. He's got plates in his elbow and his hand has playing hand been broken. He's not known as a guitar player anyway. I'm not a fan or anything of the group but they've kept the same lineup since they started in 1976. They have 13 studio albums and 7 #1 US hits.

The street out here last night was very icy and treacherous. Time to break open the cleats once more. It's mostly for on the way home. Anne came home with some disturbing news when she went to pay on the rent yesterday. We got a warning. Apparently the people below us were complaining that we're very loud. Anne and I have been fighting a bit and she's been raising her voice at all hours. What with me being home a lot could have edged her on as well. I have a full day today, and I'm going to get some Tim's breakfast before I start. I get my half hour break and a couple of tens in there as well today so it should go fast. I have a cold beer in the fridge for tonight. Anyway, that's all for now.

Its been snowing out there since about 8pm last night

as we're at -11. That in itself isn't bad but this is like blowing snow, meaning we have a wind chill to go along with this. We could end up with 5-10 inches of snow before its all over with. At about 3pm yesterday we were at +3 as a high.

So far (unless things change) I'm in the office today 5-9. I always like to check my email before I head out. My shift has been canceled on the fly before. If by 3:45pm no email, then I'm good to go.

I'm checking out some good cpu's for under $80 and mATX motherboards for about the same. I can get a decent combo for about $150. I can get away with 16Gb Ram. I already have a graphics card that's more or less ok, and all I need is a good Tb hard drive and Windows in my current case and I'm good to go. 

I had a quiet day for New Years day. I did some email, YouTube, stuff. I read a bit and worked on my ambient type track before my laptop over heated, had a frozen thing heated up in the mic for supper. Unless things change I'm out of here shortly before 4pm. Anyway, that's about all for now.

Its a new year and I don't mind saying

I'm glad that's over with. Last was a struggle and most likely this year will be more of the same, but slower.

My objective this year is to pay my lodge dues, upgrade my computer and read more books. Most importantly keep my marriage together. I don't believe in New Year's resolutions, and make more music.

Something new for this year, my top 10 predictions for 2015:

1.) Cern will discover a new particle that will shack the world.

2.) There will be a breakthrough in the JFK case that will reopen the investigation.

3.) A nuclear bomb will be exploded by terrorists.

4.) Canada will be the first country to go cashless.

5.) Google will release the Google car.

6.) A Canadian NHL team will win the Stanley Cup.

7.) Someone from either the Rolling stones or the Beatles will die.

8.) A major disease will wipe out billions of people.

9.) A major tech application will be introduced in the same scope and impact like the Internet.

10.) Two major countries will unit.  

The above are my predictions for 2015. Some appear to be far fetched like maybe 10 and 9, but you never know. Anyway, that's all for now.