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.