I never made it to

BoB yesterday morning. Anne wanted to visit the Corona Tim Horton's downtown because its the easiest one for us. She takes the 5:30 Strathearn to Churchill connector and the Capital line to Corona stattion. She returned home later then usual. She said the storm the night before and over night yesterday took out the Capital line LRT and ETS decided to shut the line down for the weekend providing contingency buses. Not very user friendly. When Anne returned she gave me the run down. I decided to stay home, dropping Merril a note why I wont be attending. I'll get the next one 2 weeks from today. 

The issue I'm having is lack of sleep. I have 2 sleeping disorders: Restless leg syndrom, and Apnea. Probably others. The only time I can get a good 5-7 hours is if I have a Melatonin pill or Nyquil. A glass of white wine also helps. Lets see what overnight brings.

It's been one of my Masonic ambitions to get my 32° and become a Grand lodge officer. I'll be getting my 32° in a couple of months. Another Masonic milestone will be my 25 year pin. That will be in March. The big one, is becoming a Grand Lodge officer. We have 2 Deputy District Grand Master candidates frim our lodge, putting their names in for DDGM. DDGM picks the officers for his year. I asked one of our DDGM candidates if he would consider me for a Grand Lodge officer appointment. If he's elected. That's in October. The banquet portion of my. I'm wondering if like the DDGM, I place my name on the ballot for a position. More on this later. Anyway, that's all for now.

Last nights storm

took out our power for about 15. Anne went to Corona Station Tim's and bought us breakfast. Me for Bob. When she returned she said that the storm took the Capital (main LRT line) offline and ETS had to deploy contingency buses. I took a video of the rain coming down outside my window. It's on my Facebook page.     

I was going to go to Long & McQuade in Highlands (which is on my way home) because of the LRT Capital line not running, so much for that idea.

I was going to save my Tim's for my 5pm dinner as a bit of a snack and watch the Stamps/Al's game. The above is still the plan. Anyway, that's all for now. 

We had an impressive

lightning/thunderstorm roll in here about 7:40pm. It was m assive. I aven't seen rain like that in a long time. Have we seen the worst of it yet? Probably not. 

Scottish Rite in the Edmonton Valley at least comes in 3 sections: Lodge of perfection, Rose Croix, and Consistory. The first 2 were the same fee. I assumed the last one in October. The last one like all the rest are 3 days each. followed by a complementary breakfast. I wont do the breakfst in October because our Lodge jusrisdiction annual meeting is on the same day. The fees are paid for the Consistory. I over paid thinking they were all the same amount. I overpaid by $50. The lodge secratary suggested the office uses that for next years dues. Good idea.

In the morning before I head out of here for BoB at about 7:30am tomorrow am, Anne wants to go pick me up some Tims breakfast. 

I might drop by Long & McQuade on my way home and get some new headphones because, the Bluetooth ones have a tendancy to make my wireless mic drop out in Fl. Sudio. Anyway, that's all for now.

I shut comments off here because I don't want

people giving me "advice." For example, 4 "people" bot's etc, I have no clue, visit this page every day. You could be Mary, Wade, Don, my sister, Master Greg or even fictional chracters..

Whoever you are, I'm on messenger. Drop me a line. Say hi. Sorry the above is stretched. You get the idea. 

The Elks are in Ottawa tonight. Hopefully we can pull off a win after Saturday's loss. The Elk's had a target on their back in Kelowna from a 0-3 win loss record. The Lions one of the only remaining teams still not on the winning side of the ledger needed the W more then we did. 

I've been following Russian/Ukrnian War since Putin invaded in February 2022. Did I her this right that Trump gave Kiev license to build patriot missles? This is a game changer. It's not like Ukraine will have these missiles immediatly, but if Trump is true to his word, then this changes the picture. Anyway, that's all for now.  

Not a lot going on for today

except laptop maintenance at 10am this morning. In the email reminder, they always say, it's from 10-3pm but it's been my experience, that tech support usualy is in and out of my laptop by noon. I shut it down and go back to bed. 

Yesterday I was researching the idea of upgrading my computer. Google told me all I need is an mATX mother board and appropiate CPU and uses DDR4 Ram. I recall buying 4 sicks 16Gb each and I paid about $300. Today that same Ram is about $1,600. Data farms are driving up the costof Ram. Ai and Bit coin I believe are the 2 main villains in the rising cost of tech. I have 64 Gb of Ram on my machine here. In my case because I like Intel, I'd need an LGA 1700 board. Most of these come with. 

Not much going on this week either. I have the Elks Ottawa game going on, tomorrow, Friday night Smackdown. BoB Saturday. Lets see if Don will make an appearence. If talking smack behind his back draws him out the plan worked. Anyway, that's all for now I can't wait for when the valley line West comes on line so I can wander into Tuesday night Bible study and Peoples church. Anyway, that's all for now.

We're about to get some warmer weather this week

weather this week as of today actually. Suposed to be around +26°C. We got some tall leafy trees that shade us well here. 

Today I'm pulling the trigger on the Akai MPC 27 keys g2. It's an expensive piece of gear. It's main screen can sync up from the software on the device and pair with the software on my computer. It can sample audio from my iPad as well.

I'll be at Momentum Saturday. Lets see if your going to be there Don. I've a feeling you wont, because your a coward. You done me dirty and you know it. I'm lauging because I'm inside your head diaper Don. lol. Anyway, that's all for now.

All 3 games of

heroes of might and magic, 3 of the Ultima games 1-3, were on sale for $31. I pulled the trigger. There were a few stop starts in the first HMM game. I'll get more into it today, since I don't have a lot going on. 

Yesterday I watched the Elks play BC Lions in Kelowna BC of all places. Elks brought their 3-0 to Kelowna. Lions were 0-3. Lions lost to Calgary in Kelowna last weekend.

Plus they had a whole week to practice on a field We never played on. We we're handed our first loss 24-42. The Lions were desperate for a win. We play Ottawa, Thursday 7pm. Should be a good one. 

Not much ia going on this week. I look forward to BabaLon's talk each morning. Tomorrow night is wrestling. I need to visit the clinic as I have some jock itch I'm dealling with, and i need a family Doctor anyway for AADL. Anyway, that's all for now.