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of the day here was the fire alarm tester. Our visit was  about 1:30pm. The thing is, we and everybody else here's the same thing. So thisone guy has a pole, cups the alarm with this pole to set it off, and uses a spray of some kind that shuts it down. For each suite. And that's for both buildings. We have one more day of it. "Good news" is they finish at 3pm. Thank God! 

We had another full rain day in the city. We had about a month's rain in 2 days. I like the rain, but I think that should be it for this week. Maybe.

Not only do I had yesterday early, but today more of the same and Tuesday its laptop morning maintenance. At least I can go back to bed. Thursday Lodge, Friday AARC. Then I'm off! I might want to go to "Ye Old Craft" next Saturday. It's a Saturday morning lodge. I can go get some Tim's before that, and file in. There's a Tim Hortons further East along 118th Ave. Anyway, that's all for now.

The highllight of yesterday

was watcing WWE "Clash in Italy." It was shorter then "Smackdown." It was a good crowd in Turin Italy. 

Today was a rain day. Here in Strathern we received about 25mm of rain during the day,

which is considered a lot of rain for this part of the city. It was a slow day, but I needed this.

I've got 2 outings this week: Lodge and AASR Friday. Other then that, I'm just taking it easy. I've got a couple of projects I'm doing here at home. 

Also, today & tomorrow, managment, will be testing suite fire alarms. One at a time. This building and the connector building. Anyway, that's all for now.

Unless I'm tripping

WWE's Clash in Italy live event starts at 2:00 PM Edmonton time, which works out perfectly for me.

Right now, we are enjoying a nice, rainy Sundae afternoon. I am thinking about heading over to the Mill Woods McDonald's for a strawberry sunday.

Ice cream machines at some McDonald's locations can be hit-or-miss, but if the Mill Woods machine is broken, Dairy Queen is conveniently right across the street. I can always watch the WWE event later.

Flash fiction has become a compelling interest of mine. Yesterday, I came across an interesting outline concept for writing in this genre, specifically for the 500-word category. For my purposes, that length translates into a long blog post 🤣Everything I have written up to this point is about 100 words. I have been reading quite a bit of flash fiction lately, and I find it to be a truly fascinating format. More on that later. Anyway, that's all for now.

Last night's

degree was really good. The music I had ready went as good as practice. I have another practice Sunday, so I hope that mirrors, last nights efforts. 

Last year I watched some of the Elks games on CFL+ for free but seems that was removed. I was hoping I could pick up tonight's Elks/Stamps game in progress. Oh well.

At least I can watch Clash in Italy on Netflix Subday @ noon, get some brunch and see about getting a ride to Lodge. Then I just have Lodge and AASR next Friday, and that's a wrap until Summer.

Perry is picking me up

at about 6-6:15 tonight for Chapter. Hopefully I will have no snags with my iPad and BT speaker, and everything will run as smooth as Sunday.

The 'laziest man in history,' a wealthy English heir named Jeremiah Carlton, went to bed and stayed there for 70 years. He died on today's date in 1790 at age 89. On May 27, 1994, the highest temperature created by humans, a balmy 920,000,000 F degrees (30 times hotter than the center of the sun) was produced at the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

I had fargoten about the R4 Nintendo ds cartriges. I might pick one up from Amazon. It's in my Amazon wish list. Lots of these cards have what's called "Time bombs" that have the games expired so the owner will have to buy another card. The decent R4 cards label "No Time Bomb. Add the Azahar pc emulator and, wow! Anyway, that's all for now.

I've been having

mild toothache pain over the last several days. After we do the Master Mason degree I'll be calling the detal office to set up a consultation. I'll bring the upper denture I was given back in 2021. It wasn't very successful for me and sat in a sollution reffill over the years. I think my mouth shrank as the last time I tried inserting the denture, it was a tough fit getting it into my mouth. I might need a new upper. If it makese sense and there's enough insurance money for one, I'd like to get an arcylic hard reline for both upper and lower denture. If I need to shell out of pocket, I can do that but the Alberta seniors benifit program which I'm on might cover it. There are others. But I hope to be setting up a consultation with them asap once all of my Masonic stuff is taken care of.

After our late dinner, Anne took me down to the work out room. They have treadmill and 2 stationary bikes. 

I like the bike better. I did one k in disatance and that took me 6 minutes. Not to bad. Aparently, the bike helps fight off RLS.🤔

Last night I enjoyed the Ave's/Vegas game. Vegas scored first and then later late in the 3rd. It was 2-0 and then Denver scored but that was all they could do. Vegas defeated first place in the West Avalanch, and then swept them 4-0. Talk about embarrasing. Tonight it's game 4 Hurricanes/Montreal. Hopefully the Habs can tie the series. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Our modem & cable set box is tied to the light switch

on the wall. I didn't know this but earlier when I got to the computer, our Internet/phone was down. There is a small button on the modem that lets us shut down the modem brelfy. The modem has to lights that both should be green. One was amber. I tried to rest themodem, 3 times. Nothing. When Anne woke up about 4pm, she laughed saying she hit the wrong switch on the wall. She reset our internet etc, in time for me to watch Wrestling and some of the hockey game. Habs lost Over Time. 3-2. 

The math on Canada’s plan for 12 new submarines doesn't quite add up. South Korea's Hanwha Ocean is bidding with subs that need 50 crew members each. But Canada reportedly only has 200 submariners total—just enough to staff 4 ships,

without even factoring in crew rotations or base staffing. If we assume a deployment of 3 subs each for the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic theatres, the logistics look incredibly tight. Plus, each submarine comes with a hefty $2 billion price tag.

This week, I'm preparing the music for our upcoming Master Mason degree. I can't organize that until Friday because I have another degree coming up for Chapter Thursday. I'm going to be busy this upcoming week, with Chapter and Lodge music. Anyway, that's all for now.