Tuesday went by at a decent enough clip. The calls were slow and I had a chance to read for a bit. It was in the 2nd half that things were slow.
Tonight on Coast, the topics are on The Middle East/Sound healing. The 2nd part of the show should be pretty good and I might listen in for awhile.
I got my Lodge newsletter yesterday when I came in as Anne was off work last night.
In the sports news local media was congratulating themselves over the BC Lions win over Hamilton. Trouble with that being is it was Winnipeg losing to BC. Ooops!
The Royal Canadian mint encouraged Canadians to invest in Gold bullion. They said that gold can be bought for as little as $20 for 0.0109 or a handful of grains about the size of a golf ball. They're called ETR's and Canada mint began selling these yesterday making it possible for anyone to own gold. An ounce of gold today is worth about $1,787.27/ounce. The full story can be found here. Anyway, that's about all for now.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Tuesday and another working day
not much going on today, just the job thing today.
I'm there at the job so much I live there and visit here. It seems that way.
I've got my first coffee for the day. This Thursday would be the 1/2 weeks since I ordered GP6. Or since they said at LM it'd take to arrive in the store from their warehouse.
This would have been back in 1976. I recall when I was living at the Anderson house (uptown New Westminster) and I was living in this boarding house with these 2 shady characters. I forget their names. One guy punched me in the nose and broke my glasses at my door, I don't remember why but the next morning he apologized. Anyway, these two guys hatched an idea since all 3 of us were hard up for cash at the time that if I went out and used my checking account and bought this CB radio (hot items in the 70's), on rent to own they'd pawn it off for me using their "connections." I was a little naive at the time and since I needed cash as well, I said ok. I got the Cb radio and let them pawn it for me. We split the cash 3 ways. I recall though how I was in the car with them, driving somewhere, and it was winter out there. Everything was a haunting grey white. After I left the Anderson house in 1978 that was the last time I saw those two characters. The Cb radio and the consequences of that didn't amount to anything since that year in 1976 I moved to Calgary, back to the Anderson house for a year and then when my unemployment came in, I paid my last rent at the Anderson place and got my first ever apartment. It was a dive of a place situated on the West side of where Douglas College is now in New Westminster. I remember I bought a stereo turntable a bunch of SPI games some books and left it all behind when in that August I called Edmonton home, but that's another story.
I'm slowly working though "A game of Thorns." I'm about on page 260/807. I'll probably do another update before the end of the year if I reach to the half way point of the book. Anyway, that's all for now.
I'm there at the job so much I live there and visit here. It seems that way.
I've got my first coffee for the day. This Thursday would be the 1/2 weeks since I ordered GP6. Or since they said at LM it'd take to arrive in the store from their warehouse.
This would have been back in 1976. I recall when I was living at the Anderson house (uptown New Westminster) and I was living in this boarding house with these 2 shady characters. I forget their names. One guy punched me in the nose and broke my glasses at my door, I don't remember why but the next morning he apologized. Anyway, these two guys hatched an idea since all 3 of us were hard up for cash at the time that if I went out and used my checking account and bought this CB radio (hot items in the 70's), on rent to own they'd pawn it off for me using their "connections." I was a little naive at the time and since I needed cash as well, I said ok. I got the Cb radio and let them pawn it for me. We split the cash 3 ways. I recall though how I was in the car with them, driving somewhere, and it was winter out there. Everything was a haunting grey white. After I left the Anderson house in 1978 that was the last time I saw those two characters. The Cb radio and the consequences of that didn't amount to anything since that year in 1976 I moved to Calgary, back to the Anderson house for a year and then when my unemployment came in, I paid my last rent at the Anderson place and got my first ever apartment. It was a dive of a place situated on the West side of where Douglas College is now in New Westminster. I remember I bought a stereo turntable a bunch of SPI games some books and left it all behind when in that August I called Edmonton home, but that's another story.
I'm slowly working though "A game of Thorns." I'm about on page 260/807. I'll probably do another update before the end of the year if I reach to the half way point of the book. Anyway, that's all for now.
Monday, November 28, 2011
It was called East Side Mario's
as of a few years ago but now it's Chaniti's. I recall that was where Ellen and I used to like to go over there on their Whyte Ave location in the early 1990's. Today was their "half priced Monday's." I had their lasagna and Anne had some noodle thing. It was pretty good. After dinner she walked over to Superstore and I walked home.
I've been home for about an hour now. The Nashville/Edmonton game is on at 6pm. I hope it's on TV tonight. After that, I'm going to watch a bit of wrestling and wind down my evening.
This week, (yesterday) I put in 5 hours. Tuesday and Wednesday 8 hours each. Thursday I'm off as it's our Lodge installation. Friday I'm in for 8 hours and Saturday for 6 and that puts me in for 35 hours on the week and my check Friday night because I worked yesterday.
Nasa last week went and launched "Curiosity" yet another probe to Mars. How many more "toasters" are they going to send up there? Personally I don't care if there's microbial life on Mars. I'm more interested in how Cern is doing with the Large Haydron collider then microscopic life on Mars. Anyway, that's about all for now.
I've been home for about an hour now. The Nashville/Edmonton game is on at 6pm. I hope it's on TV tonight. After that, I'm going to watch a bit of wrestling and wind down my evening.
This week, (yesterday) I put in 5 hours. Tuesday and Wednesday 8 hours each. Thursday I'm off as it's our Lodge installation. Friday I'm in for 8 hours and Saturday for 6 and that puts me in for 35 hours on the week and my check Friday night because I worked yesterday.
Nasa last week went and launched "Curiosity" yet another probe to Mars. How many more "toasters" are they going to send up there? Personally I don't care if there's microbial life on Mars. I'm more interested in how Cern is doing with the Large Haydron collider then microscopic life on Mars. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Yesterday I called LM
and the card was accepted so I have GP6 on its way. I should have it ready to play with about December 9th. I hope.
I had a great first part to the shift pulling in top total and a card bonus as well but in the 2nd part, I barely pulled out half of the first part of the shift’s total. Needless to say I was happy to get out of there at 9pm. I had a relaxing ride home.
Coast has a “Bigfoot” show on this morning. Thanks but no thanks. I have zero interest in “Bigfoot” or ghost stories.
I checked my email for any notifications, nothing. The weather is still holding out to about -3/+1, which I can’t complain. If we can get this right through until the end of December, half of winter is almost over. Fat chance, that’s going to happen.
The Oiler game is on at 1pm (WTF?) this afternoon because of the US Thanksgiving holiday. Yeesh. But I still have 8 hours ahead of me today and I told J that I won’t be coming in Sunday so I have “a weekend off,” kind of.
I had a good sleep overnight and ready to take on the rest of the day. If I get my check tonight, fine, if not Saturday is ok as well. Anne doesn’t think there is a Wendy’s in the Jasper Ave location, I’ll most likely take train home and catch the #2 West/Clairview and go to the Wendy’s out by my place tomorrow afternoon. Take advantage of the weather before t drops to -25! Anyway, that’s all for now
I had a great first part to the shift pulling in top total and a card bonus as well but in the 2nd part, I barely pulled out half of the first part of the shift’s total. Needless to say I was happy to get out of there at 9pm. I had a relaxing ride home.
Coast has a “Bigfoot” show on this morning. Thanks but no thanks. I have zero interest in “Bigfoot” or ghost stories.
I checked my email for any notifications, nothing. The weather is still holding out to about -3/+1, which I can’t complain. If we can get this right through until the end of December, half of winter is almost over. Fat chance, that’s going to happen.
The Oiler game is on at 1pm (WTF?) this afternoon because of the US Thanksgiving holiday. Yeesh. But I still have 8 hours ahead of me today and I told J that I won’t be coming in Sunday so I have “a weekend off,” kind of.
I had a good sleep overnight and ready to take on the rest of the day. If I get my check tonight, fine, if not Saturday is ok as well. Anne doesn’t think there is a Wendy’s in the Jasper Ave location, I’ll most likely take train home and catch the #2 West/Clairview and go to the Wendy’s out by my place tomorrow afternoon. Take advantage of the weather before t drops to -25! Anyway, that’s all for now
Thursday, November 24, 2011
I got access to my
pay pal account and I think I can add funds with a credit card. I’m going to call pp and see if I can add funds using the gift card. I’ll need them in US funds. If so I might be able to get this taken care of via pp. There is a way how I can link to cc in my pp profile but I don’t know if I can upload funds to pp through this way. It’s no big deal to wait 8 days but I’m going to call pp in the morning and ask if by linking to cc I’ll be able to upload funs and how long would it take? But I'm half inclined to just call LM in the morning and order GP6 over the phone. At least I'd get the hard copy.
On Coast tonight from their site: Longtime researcher and explorer in alternative realities, John Michael Greer, will discuss his new work demonstrating how history has proven that apocalyptic and revolutionary notions such as the Rapture and Singularity will never happen, but are used to control the masses. Sounds like an interesting show. Anyway, that's about all for now.
On Coast tonight from their site: Longtime researcher and explorer in alternative realities, John Michael Greer, will discuss his new work demonstrating how history has proven that apocalyptic and revolutionary notions such as the Rapture and Singularity will never happen, but are used to control the masses. Sounds like an interesting show. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Must be a Wednesday thing
After settling into my dialler yesterday at noon I went down to the pharmacy to get a Proline (Oiler’s) were playing Nashville. I got myself a $60 Canada post gift card and carried on with the shift. They were playing this “line hour too keep your spot” game. I couldn’t care less. But I had a good afternoon shift. Anne had kept a couple burritos for me and I had a nice lunch. I called Anne at lunch and had a brief chat. In the evening it was kind of slow except for the great start the Oiler’s were having in Nashville. They ended up winning 6-2 even though I lost on my Pro-line, all three games.
My ride home was ok and I got inside the apartment about 9:30pm. Anne went to the store and I prepared to go ahead and try to buy GP6. The only problem was my card was declined and I couldn’t figure out why? I had some options first one is to wait for a day or two (Thursday) and try again. If its declined, it’s probably due to the card itself. Failing that, I’ll try and upload the cash to Pay Pal and see what happens or even wait until Thursday and if that doesn’t work I’ll try and buy it at LM and give the number over the phone and see what happens.
After a cup of warm milk I went to bed about 2:15am. GP6’s tech support people replied to my email after our 11pm-midnight lunch. I answered the email back. So I think I’ll wait until this evening when I come home and try it again (after 24 hours) If it doesn’t take, then the following morning, I’ll order the hard copy from LM, failing that if the card is still declined, I’ll go to my bank the following morning and try to deposit the money from the card (if the bank will let me do this) and put the funds into my account and then I’ll upload them to Pay Pal. I’ll need to convert them to Euros’.
About 5am I woke up to some lower back pain. I think what it could be is arthritis in my back. If it was my sciatic nerve, I would have felt it all down my leg. I haven’t had a bout of that in over a few years so I’m about due. I managed to sleep for a few hours after that until the alarm went off.
I think they announced it for October of next year but Edmonton is one of only 2 North American cities to host Star Wars “Identities” to open October 2012. I don’t think this means that other cities in North America won’t have the event, more will obviously TBA.
Last nights Coast wasn’t a topic that held any special appeal for me. “Orange Sphere’s.” They were linking this to cattle mutilations and that sort of thing. Kind of gory and dry stuff.
Today is another 8 hours and I hope when I come home I get this GP6/card thing a step closer to completion. Anyway that’s all for now.
My ride home was ok and I got inside the apartment about 9:30pm. Anne went to the store and I prepared to go ahead and try to buy GP6. The only problem was my card was declined and I couldn’t figure out why? I had some options first one is to wait for a day or two (Thursday) and try again. If its declined, it’s probably due to the card itself. Failing that, I’ll try and upload the cash to Pay Pal and see what happens or even wait until Thursday and if that doesn’t work I’ll try and buy it at LM and give the number over the phone and see what happens.
After a cup of warm milk I went to bed about 2:15am. GP6’s tech support people replied to my email after our 11pm-midnight lunch. I answered the email back. So I think I’ll wait until this evening when I come home and try it again (after 24 hours) If it doesn’t take, then the following morning, I’ll order the hard copy from LM, failing that if the card is still declined, I’ll go to my bank the following morning and try to deposit the money from the card (if the bank will let me do this) and put the funds into my account and then I’ll upload them to Pay Pal. I’ll need to convert them to Euros’.
About 5am I woke up to some lower back pain. I think what it could be is arthritis in my back. If it was my sciatic nerve, I would have felt it all down my leg. I haven’t had a bout of that in over a few years so I’m about due. I managed to sleep for a few hours after that until the alarm went off.
I think they announced it for October of next year but Edmonton is one of only 2 North American cities to host Star Wars “Identities” to open October 2012. I don’t think this means that other cities in North America won’t have the event, more will obviously TBA.
Last nights Coast wasn’t a topic that held any special appeal for me. “Orange Sphere’s.” They were linking this to cattle mutilations and that sort of thing. Kind of gory and dry stuff.
Today is another 8 hours and I hope when I come home I get this GP6/card thing a step closer to completion. Anyway that’s all for now.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Added to pages
is Conventions, Expos, Festivals. I had this going on my website for quite a while now. New are the 2 Calgary Comic Book and toy expos and the Vancouver Comic con. I'd like to be able to go to all of them but I don't have the way's or means.
I don't know what the heck the topic on Coast was last night. I was in bed by 2:30pm as I had a bit of a soar tooth nagging at me.
Our inside window is frosted and iced over so you know it's cold outside but the good news is temperatures are supposed to warm up this week and we should be (I hope) sitting around -1 0 +1 there abouts until the end of the month.
Tonight it's Oiler's/Dallas as the Oiler's are neck and neck for that last play off spot. If I had a proline ticket for today, I'd bet Dallas to win and of course another lame episode of Monday night Raw.
Well, yesterday the Edmonton 11-7 record came to a halt. BC was the better team. The Esks have nothing to be ashamed of. They had a great start, floundered a bit, I won some money and even went to one of the games. I would have loved to see the Esks win it this year in the 99th edition of the Grey Cup but with the Esks giving up so many turnovers to a team like that something had to give but when you get plays featured like above Esks chance of mounting a come back were slim to none.
Also, last night I was thinking about saving up for a new laptop this Spring starting in the New Year. I've been looking at some of the MSI products and this could be about a $2k pc. The one featured above is about what I want but there is a dxr model that precedes this and by the time I'm ready to buy, MSI may have something else. But this PC will be dedicated to music and gaming. Anyway, that's about all for now.
I don't know what the heck the topic on Coast was last night. I was in bed by 2:30pm as I had a bit of a soar tooth nagging at me.
Our inside window is frosted and iced over so you know it's cold outside but the good news is temperatures are supposed to warm up this week and we should be (I hope) sitting around -1 0 +1 there abouts until the end of the month.
Tonight it's Oiler's/Dallas as the Oiler's are neck and neck for that last play off spot. If I had a proline ticket for today, I'd bet Dallas to win and of course another lame episode of Monday night Raw.
Well, yesterday the Edmonton 11-7 record came to a halt. BC was the better team. The Esks have nothing to be ashamed of. They had a great start, floundered a bit, I won some money and even went to one of the games. I would have loved to see the Esks win it this year in the 99th edition of the Grey Cup but with the Esks giving up so many turnovers to a team like that something had to give but when you get plays featured like above Esks chance of mounting a come back were slim to none.
Also, last night I was thinking about saving up for a new laptop this Spring starting in the New Year. I've been looking at some of the MSI products and this could be about a $2k pc. The one featured above is about what I want but there is a dxr model that precedes this and by the time I'm ready to buy, MSI may have something else. But this PC will be dedicated to music and gaming. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Pure speculation
is currently underway and I'd love to be there but a $35 hit and the weather kind of keeps me away. If they did this in early November, sure but they need to have it beginning Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. At least the venue is good.
So the people at Occupy Edmonton have until what Monday to vacate or face criminal charges. I mean I could somewhat sympathize if they had some cohesive agenda but they're all "over the place" and so much for that threat by Anonymous!
Well I'm in the office again for another 5 hours and I'll be hard at it in another 12. Then I'm going to have Monday and part of Tuesday going in for Tuesday evening 5-9. This way, I'll have 39 hours for next week.
Kenn Thomas conspiracy investigator, archivist, and editor & publisher of Steamshovel Press, joins Ian Punnett on Coast to Coast to connect the dots between the Maury Island UFO Incident and the JFK assassination. Should be a great show.
Over there on Robert J Sawyer's newsgroup, they are having an interesting discussion on ebook readers. I'm still not quite ready to take the plunge just yet. Thing is with a paperback book I can read it in between calls at work. Friday the calls were so slow, I got to read 4 pagers on the job. Because of the nature of the job, I can't have any electronic devices at my station. Although if I'd get any kind of an ebook reader, it'd be the Kindle 3.
Speaking of tech toys and things, the play station 3 is reduced in price down to $245 from $300. This is probably due to Sony releasing a new version of that game platform. Not that I've heard anything about a new version but my guess one is coming. Anyway, that's about all for now.
So the people at Occupy Edmonton have until what Monday to vacate or face criminal charges. I mean I could somewhat sympathize if they had some cohesive agenda but they're all "over the place" and so much for that threat by Anonymous!
Well I'm in the office again for another 5 hours and I'll be hard at it in another 12. Then I'm going to have Monday and part of Tuesday going in for Tuesday evening 5-9. This way, I'll have 39 hours for next week.
Kenn Thomas conspiracy investigator, archivist, and editor & publisher of Steamshovel Press, joins Ian Punnett on Coast to Coast to connect the dots between the Maury Island UFO Incident and the JFK assassination. Should be a great show.
Over there on Robert J Sawyer's newsgroup, they are having an interesting discussion on ebook readers. I'm still not quite ready to take the plunge just yet. Thing is with a paperback book I can read it in between calls at work. Friday the calls were so slow, I got to read 4 pagers on the job. Because of the nature of the job, I can't have any electronic devices at my station. Although if I'd get any kind of an ebook reader, it'd be the Kindle 3.
Speaking of tech toys and things, the play station 3 is reduced in price down to $245 from $300. This is probably due to Sony releasing a new version of that game platform. Not that I've heard anything about a new version but my guess one is coming. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Despite the snow storm
that came in about 9am yesterday and lasting throughout the day, we still had about 12 people including guests. We had 2 from Eastgate and one from Southgate. That wasn’t one of the worst storms we had here but it was the first for November and it kept a lot of guys that didn’t have anything to do with the degree home. Normally at the festive board, we’d have 3 full tables because of the snow storm, we only had 2 and we‘d barely be able to open Lodge if it wasn’t for our guests. The work I did wasn’t bad, I’d 85% ok. There were a few things I slipped up on. I had pizza and beer last night, it was good. Next up is our installation December 1st.
Today I’ve got another 8 hours ahead of me. Because I missed Sunday, I probably wont get my check. I’m missing this Sunday as well but, for the week of Commercial Lodge, I’ll work the Sunday to make up for that Saturday. And because I worked that Sunday, I’ll get my check Friday anyway and I’d be off for 3 days and still get 37 hours for that week for 38 hours. Tonight, most likely I won’t get my pay check but that’s ok my wife gets hers and I’ve got some spare cash lying around.
I’ve been keeping a watch on Apple’s 3Gb 4th gen Itouch lately. The price would be $315 after tax and this is an item I can make use of. I think this would be the last major item for me for the year as I have my Lodge dues and website fee coming up Dec/Jan. Anyway, that’s all for now.
Today I’ve got another 8 hours ahead of me. Because I missed Sunday, I probably wont get my check. I’m missing this Sunday as well but, for the week of Commercial Lodge, I’ll work the Sunday to make up for that Saturday. And because I worked that Sunday, I’ll get my check Friday anyway and I’d be off for 3 days and still get 37 hours for that week for 38 hours. Tonight, most likely I won’t get my pay check but that’s ok my wife gets hers and I’ve got some spare cash lying around.
I’ve been keeping a watch on Apple’s 3Gb 4th gen Itouch lately. The price would be $315 after tax and this is an item I can make use of. I think this would be the last major item for me for the year as I have my Lodge dues and website fee coming up Dec/Jan. Anyway, that’s all for now.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
its overcast and
blowing snow out there. I slept well until about when Anne came into bed and I tossed and turned after that dozing off here and there but at lest I wasn’t woken up by a loud stereo.
I’ve got that Lodge thing to do tonight, I hope I can get a ride out. I’m in for 4 hours today and then 8 hours tomorrow and 6 on Saturday. As for now, I could sleep for another 4 hours.
I didn’t win the $30M 6/49 draw from last night but I got 1 number and the right idea. There were a group of numbers from 1 number set between 20-39. On Saturday its $3.5M. I won’t play until it reaches $10M and that could be awhile.
My picks for Proline didn’t turn out. New Jersey showed up last night to but Buffalo. I’ll probably wont get a ticket for today but most likely on the weekend because there are 2 CFL games going on and an Oiler game Saturday night.
I’m contemplating if I just want to buy GP6 by getting the gift card this afternoon but that would leave me short of funds for the week. I’m thinking that maybe I should get the gift card and order over the phone to LM and get GP6 as a hard copy. Or maybe even order Newtone from Image Line. Hard to say and we’ll see what’s on my check this weekend. Anyway, that’s al for now.
I’ve got that Lodge thing to do tonight, I hope I can get a ride out. I’m in for 4 hours today and then 8 hours tomorrow and 6 on Saturday. As for now, I could sleep for another 4 hours.
I didn’t win the $30M 6/49 draw from last night but I got 1 number and the right idea. There were a group of numbers from 1 number set between 20-39. On Saturday its $3.5M. I won’t play until it reaches $10M and that could be awhile.
My picks for Proline didn’t turn out. New Jersey showed up last night to but Buffalo. I’ll probably wont get a ticket for today but most likely on the weekend because there are 2 CFL games going on and an Oiler game Saturday night.
I’m contemplating if I just want to buy GP6 by getting the gift card this afternoon but that would leave me short of funds for the week. I’m thinking that maybe I should get the gift card and order over the phone to LM and get GP6 as a hard copy. Or maybe even order Newtone from Image Line. Hard to say and we’ll see what’s on my check this weekend. Anyway, that’s al for now.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
This should be a good week
as I have my parts memorized for Thursday. Tonight I'm going to try and download the full version of Guitar Pro 6 when I get home. Wednesday is a full day, Thursday I'm in for half a day and rush home and off to Lodge for the emergent meeting. Friday is a full day, Saturday is 6 hours and I'm taking 2 days off, again.
I'll either have 38/34 hours in and if I want to affiliate with another Lodge then let it be for Commercial.
It seems now that Trans Canada wants to move the pipeline away from Nebraska's Sand Hills area by another 65 kilometers. The environmental study is still expect to go ahead for another 15 months. So forget the US, lets go for Plan B: China.
Lost cities found in Libya? The ancient Romans new about the "Garamantes" as Nomads and barbarians. The area has been cut off during Gadaffi's dictatorship but since Gadaffi is no longer in power perhaps archaeologists can now go in and study this area. I got the story from Coast's site and you can read more about it here
Progress on "A game of Thorns" is going slowly. I'm reading about 6 pages/day At this rate, I'll have the book read by about the middle of February by the pace I'm reading this thing. I love the writing.
Monday night Raw was a 3 hour show last night. It wasn't too bad. I'd rate this on a scale from 1-10 a 7. Anyway, that's about all for now.
I'll either have 38/34 hours in and if I want to affiliate with another Lodge then let it be for Commercial.
It seems now that Trans Canada wants to move the pipeline away from Nebraska's Sand Hills area by another 65 kilometers. The environmental study is still expect to go ahead for another 15 months. So forget the US, lets go for Plan B: China.
Lost cities found in Libya? The ancient Romans new about the "Garamantes" as Nomads and barbarians. The area has been cut off during Gadaffi's dictatorship but since Gadaffi is no longer in power perhaps archaeologists can now go in and study this area. I got the story from Coast's site and you can read more about it here
Progress on "A game of Thorns" is going slowly. I'm reading about 6 pages/day At this rate, I'll have the book read by about the middle of February by the pace I'm reading this thing. I love the writing.
Monday night Raw was a 3 hour show last night. It wasn't too bad. I'd rate this on a scale from 1-10 a 7. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Monday, November 14, 2011
It's coming down now, our first
blast of winter, well heavy snow flurries. This will keep up for the night and this will stay until April.
I took a sleeping pill over night and I woke up around noon and went back to bed. Tonight it's another Monday night Raw. hopefully its a better show then last week. The Oiler's don't play until Thursday.
So US President Obama has decided to bow under pressure from the environmentalists and put a pause on the Keystone XL pipeline.The rational for doing this is to study any environmental impacts on the project. The environmentalists in the US would rather acquire their oil from the middle east/conflict. They say it all has to do with researching alternate green fuel sources but in reality that's a smoke screen for the oil companies that stand to lose billions if Keystone goes through and provide a lot of badly needed jobs in the US. So meanwhile our Premier of Alberta is in Washington trying to figure (More likely a junket get-a-way) out what went wrong. Redford knows what went wrong: The environmentalists put pressure on Obama. End of story. However all is not lost. Harper is even now negotiating to have China buy our oil but with this Asian free trade pact in negotiations, if Harper isn't careful we could lose out on that too. But all we need is to sign on with China and China doesn't look like they're any more warmer to this then we are. Its all politics. So lets see how Americans react when gasoline becomes $7! I hope they choke on it. They don't want our oil why should we cow tow to them when there are other markets?
The other thing going on is this 99% movement. Remember Anonymous a few years ago who's agenda was based on the Scientology ticket? Well in Toronto the other day Anonymous surfaced again saying that if anything happens to the 99% Occupy Toronto squaters that Anonymous will cause cyber havoc in the city They say they are all set up and could take down Toronto's website immediately. I'm wondering if it wasn't Anonymous that took down Sony's PS3 site during the summer?
Last night's practice went reasonably well even though we had only 4 of us. It lasted for about 2 hours and I was home by 8:30pm. Anyway, that's about all for now.
I took a sleeping pill over night and I woke up around noon and went back to bed. Tonight it's another Monday night Raw. hopefully its a better show then last week. The Oiler's don't play until Thursday.
So US President Obama has decided to bow under pressure from the environmentalists and put a pause on the Keystone XL pipeline.The rational for doing this is to study any environmental impacts on the project. The environmentalists in the US would rather acquire their oil from the middle east/conflict. They say it all has to do with researching alternate green fuel sources but in reality that's a smoke screen for the oil companies that stand to lose billions if Keystone goes through and provide a lot of badly needed jobs in the US. So meanwhile our Premier of Alberta is in Washington trying to figure (More likely a junket get-a-way) out what went wrong. Redford knows what went wrong: The environmentalists put pressure on Obama. End of story. However all is not lost. Harper is even now negotiating to have China buy our oil but with this Asian free trade pact in negotiations, if Harper isn't careful we could lose out on that too. But all we need is to sign on with China and China doesn't look like they're any more warmer to this then we are. Its all politics. So lets see how Americans react when gasoline becomes $7! I hope they choke on it. They don't want our oil why should we cow tow to them when there are other markets?
The other thing going on is this 99% movement. Remember Anonymous a few years ago who's agenda was based on the Scientology ticket? Well in Toronto the other day Anonymous surfaced again saying that if anything happens to the 99% Occupy Toronto squaters that Anonymous will cause cyber havoc in the city They say they are all set up and could take down Toronto's website immediately. I'm wondering if it wasn't Anonymous that took down Sony's PS3 site during the summer?
Last night's practice went reasonably well even though we had only 4 of us. It lasted for about 2 hours and I was home by 8:30pm. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Today its 11.11.11!
This day holds a special significance and not just because its remembrance day, as if that isn’t enough. Thanks guys. Not only is it a day off for Jimmy here but a stat pay and the weird numbers this day falls on. 11th Day 11th month of the 11th year. This day wont come around again for a 100 years. The last time we had this date was in 1911. This form of matching numerology is called Apophenia. It was coined in 1958 by a Klaus Conrad who defined it as the "unmotivated seeing of connections." (From Wiki) it’s the way we see patterns in numbers like matching dates. The next big number event is 12.12.12. (2012)
The lodge wants me over for a practice Sunday night at 7pm, which is ok because I’ll be working Sunday until 5pm, home by 6pm have a bite to eat get a ride (Nathan said he’d pick me up.) On the 17th of this month is when we have our emergent meeting. November 27th we’ll have an installation practice on Sunday and then our Installation December 1st. Then on top of that its our wedding anniversary is December 6th on that Tuesday. I‘ll be off Monday and Anne and I should go out to dinner Monday night. So I have 5 events going on from now until December 6th and then its our Company staff Christmas party and I’m taking a week off (10 days) in which case I can relax a little bit.
But today I have a night to myself and I have the Oiler‘s/NYR tonight and in early tomorrow at 10-4:30pm and I‘m running up to Clairview pharmacy to get a Canada post Visa gift card before they close and home for a nap and order GP6 and have some fun. Anyway, that‘s all for now.
The lodge wants me over for a practice Sunday night at 7pm, which is ok because I’ll be working Sunday until 5pm, home by 6pm have a bite to eat get a ride (Nathan said he’d pick me up.) On the 17th of this month is when we have our emergent meeting. November 27th we’ll have an installation practice on Sunday and then our Installation December 1st. Then on top of that its our wedding anniversary is December 6th on that Tuesday. I‘ll be off Monday and Anne and I should go out to dinner Monday night. So I have 5 events going on from now until December 6th and then its our Company staff Christmas party and I’m taking a week off (10 days) in which case I can relax a little bit.
But today I have a night to myself and I have the Oiler‘s/NYR tonight and in early tomorrow at 10-4:30pm and I‘m running up to Clairview pharmacy to get a Canada post Visa gift card before they close and home for a nap and order GP6 and have some fun. Anyway, that‘s all for now.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Its Thursday already?
Yeesh, what a week!
The thing with telemarketing is your only as good as your last line hour and any monkey and his dog can fire you in the world of higher-ups. I'm not fired but today was a wake up call to show how fragile the thin ice I'm on. We're doing what I call a ghetto campaign that most of the public has no interest in. Our line hour has dropped to $40 in a 4 hour shift that's $160. Doing taps I used to get that in one sale and even then our line hour was $180 or $720 in a 4 hour shift. All the taps that for this current campaign have been eaten up by 1 person over the course of about a month. This was decision by management. I would have put together a mixed file and called our source evenings only.
Anyway, this evening is budget Lodge night. Hopefully I can get my check after work and head home to change and get a ride to the meeting. Then I get Friday off and I work Saturday and Sunday. Then I've got a decision to make, more on that later
I'm still working my way through "A game of thorns" and its pretty good. I'm on page 226 but you can go to my Goodreads page to see my updates. Anyway, that's about all for now.
The thing with telemarketing is your only as good as your last line hour and any monkey and his dog can fire you in the world of higher-ups. I'm not fired but today was a wake up call to show how fragile the thin ice I'm on. We're doing what I call a ghetto campaign that most of the public has no interest in. Our line hour has dropped to $40 in a 4 hour shift that's $160. Doing taps I used to get that in one sale and even then our line hour was $180 or $720 in a 4 hour shift. All the taps that for this current campaign have been eaten up by 1 person over the course of about a month. This was decision by management. I would have put together a mixed file and called our source evenings only.
Anyway, this evening is budget Lodge night. Hopefully I can get my check after work and head home to change and get a ride to the meeting. Then I get Friday off and I work Saturday and Sunday. Then I've got a decision to make, more on that later
I'm still working my way through "A game of thorns" and its pretty good. I'm on page 226 but you can go to my Goodreads page to see my updates. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Before bed this morning
I downloaded a program called “Musician Composer” (MC) and what it does is it takes any midi file and formats it into sheet music, you can leave on the screen or print out. Most midi tracks have their respective instrument parts on staves and they can be solo and a follow along with the transport bar to show where in the piece the score is and what measure its on including its time signature. This is a real useful piece of software as I’m on day 1 of a 30 day free trail. Most likely I’ll get this after GP6. MC is especially useful to learn established music because I don’t have a band but I could make my own midi score using this software.
After taking out my fast track usb end to my laptop I plugged my headphones into my laptop. In FL Studio they work fine although the sound is down a bit. That’s because the sound on the fast track was a little higher then the sound card resident in my laptop. I tried my headphones on my laptop with YouTube, no problem. The problem is in my fast track audio interface. After I had a chance to mull this over, I’m wondering if it’s not the fast track but the usb cable itself? I’m sure that’s the case. I don’t like my “studio” set up the way it is now anyway. I mean the hardware end of it. I need a few more things, like studio monitors for sound. I don’t have anything to hear my music against other then headphones. So, I think it’s the usb cable, which is causing static in what I hear. There’s nothing wrong (?) with the fast track. Its just the usb cable, the way I abuse the fast track/cable when moving it off the laptop so the cats don’t rest on it. If the problem with the fast track is the usb cable, then I’ll get a new replacement cable and put a couple of paperback books on my laptop to discourage the cats from using it as a resting place. Cats like heights, nests, and hiding places, which my laptop is neither. This way I preserve the life of the usb cable. The static isn’t a problem when I record a vocal track into Edison (FL Studio) So getting a replacement usb cable isn’t a high priority right now.
Holy crap, Pure Speculation is next weekend! This weekend is Remembrance day and Pure Spec is right after that on the weekend of the 18th. I don’t have to work that weekend and the location this year is better then last year but according to their schedule, they have their costume contest, which I have zero interest in and that’s right when I get off from work. I don’t know any of the guests this year and the panels are all kind of lame. Plus it’s a $35 hit this year for just 2 days. It says, November 18th (Friday)but most of the action is on Saturday/Sunday November 20th. I have Sunday and Monday off this weekend. They do have a by Skype interview with Mike Resnick and a couple of panels I might be interested in but for $35 bucks? I’m sure Happy Harbour has just a day pass but I don’t think they did last year. The organizers really need to hold Pure spec on a long weekend, like labour day. Saturday, after working 6 hours after a busy week before that wont cut it and it doesn’t look like I’m going to make it this year. Now, if Pure Spec was on a long weekend, with some events on a Friday night would be better. This weekend would have been better. People are off work this Friday, most Remembrance day festivities would have already taken place by the time the event starts. People could be filing in about 7pm on a Friday. They’d have a chance to sleep in if they aren’t taking part in any Remembrance day events.
Tonight, it’s Monday night Raw. The show has been pretty lame lately. The best parts occur when they set it up from the beginning and the main event. All the stuff in the middle is filler anyway. I‘m going to tune in for a bit of it and then tune out for most of it and catch the end of it and wind down my night.
I’ve got 1 more week I can take off before the end of the year and I mentioned it to the boss that I’m going to take Christmas week off, the last week of the year from Christmas Eve to January first and Monday is a day off anyway and I come back to work January 3rd 2012. This means I get 10 days off with pay. Anyway that‘s all for now.
After taking out my fast track usb end to my laptop I plugged my headphones into my laptop. In FL Studio they work fine although the sound is down a bit. That’s because the sound on the fast track was a little higher then the sound card resident in my laptop. I tried my headphones on my laptop with YouTube, no problem. The problem is in my fast track audio interface. After I had a chance to mull this over, I’m wondering if it’s not the fast track but the usb cable itself? I’m sure that’s the case. I don’t like my “studio” set up the way it is now anyway. I mean the hardware end of it. I need a few more things, like studio monitors for sound. I don’t have anything to hear my music against other then headphones. So, I think it’s the usb cable, which is causing static in what I hear. There’s nothing wrong (?) with the fast track. Its just the usb cable, the way I abuse the fast track/cable when moving it off the laptop so the cats don’t rest on it. If the problem with the fast track is the usb cable, then I’ll get a new replacement cable and put a couple of paperback books on my laptop to discourage the cats from using it as a resting place. Cats like heights, nests, and hiding places, which my laptop is neither. This way I preserve the life of the usb cable. The static isn’t a problem when I record a vocal track into Edison (FL Studio) So getting a replacement usb cable isn’t a high priority right now.
Holy crap, Pure Speculation is next weekend! This weekend is Remembrance day and Pure Spec is right after that on the weekend of the 18th. I don’t have to work that weekend and the location this year is better then last year but according to their schedule, they have their costume contest, which I have zero interest in and that’s right when I get off from work. I don’t know any of the guests this year and the panels are all kind of lame. Plus it’s a $35 hit this year for just 2 days. It says, November 18th (Friday)but most of the action is on Saturday/Sunday November 20th. I have Sunday and Monday off this weekend. They do have a by Skype interview with Mike Resnick and a couple of panels I might be interested in but for $35 bucks? I’m sure Happy Harbour has just a day pass but I don’t think they did last year. The organizers really need to hold Pure spec on a long weekend, like labour day. Saturday, after working 6 hours after a busy week before that wont cut it and it doesn’t look like I’m going to make it this year. Now, if Pure Spec was on a long weekend, with some events on a Friday night would be better. This weekend would have been better. People are off work this Friday, most Remembrance day festivities would have already taken place by the time the event starts. People could be filing in about 7pm on a Friday. They’d have a chance to sleep in if they aren’t taking part in any Remembrance day events.
Tonight, it’s Monday night Raw. The show has been pretty lame lately. The best parts occur when they set it up from the beginning and the main event. All the stuff in the middle is filler anyway. I‘m going to tune in for a bit of it and then tune out for most of it and catch the end of it and wind down my night.
I’ve got 1 more week I can take off before the end of the year and I mentioned it to the boss that I’m going to take Christmas week off, the last week of the year from Christmas Eve to January first and Monday is a day off anyway and I come back to work January 3rd 2012. This means I get 10 days off with pay. Anyway that‘s all for now.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
The Spring/Summer season that was
is over. It changes for me when daylight savings time is set back an hour so we "lose an hour" of daylight when we change our clocks back an hour. Summer or what we got from it is over this year is over. I just hope we here in the Capital region don't get the winter we had we had last year. If we don't get snow until the end of this month, I'll be happy. Then we have just December, January, February and March
I've got enough on my plate as it is for 2012 so I'm hoping this winter goes by in a hurry. One thing I want to do is organize a Saturday night Lodge poker night. Saturday nights works out best for me because I have the whole night off as Anne is working and doesn't get home until almost 11pm. When I get my cell phone up and running she can call me from there and this event isn't limited to just our Lodge (depends on where we can host it) but I'm going to name it the Jim Shannon Hold 'em invitational. I might even hold it as a tournament if it gets popular and even a trophy the Lodge can keep for the year. I'm not sure how this could work but its going to be for now just a friendly game, maybe once a week or every other week.
The Oiler's lost last night in Phoenix 4-2. I had Phoenix to win anyway but what screwed me was the Boston/Toronto game, which the Bruins won 5-1! Yeesh. What where were the Leafs? The Oiler's play in Montreal Tuesday but Vancouver and Calgary play today, so I'll be keeping an eye on those games today.
I decided that next weekend, I'm going to go get GP6. At least now I know I can get the Visa Canada Post gift cards at the Clairview Pharmacy on a Saturday afternoon after work. I just take the train to Clairview and the #10 bus takes me there and I can be there by 5:30pm a half hour before it closes and I can order and pay for the gift card there. I like the Canada Post Visa gift cards because I can load them up to any amount I want up to $250 and I can use them immediately. That means I can place an order if I want anything on the Internet, and order it that night. Easy. I tried using the last card on Itunes but my Apple ID is kind of screwed around. I got to get a handle on that and I think I'll do that this weekend.
Space channel hasn't got a lot I'm interested in these days. I can't get into "Chuck" or "Supernatural" or shows like "Book of pure evil" or whatever. The only show I do like is "Doctor Who" and "Innerspace." Other then then Monday night Raw, Doctor Who (when its on) hockey and the news, I don't watch a lot of TV anymore. I'm working 43 hours/week and I have my Lodge stuff to do and my music. I order a movie maybe once a month and if I had a new Xbox, I'd play more video games. TV has nothing for me.
This week is going to be busy. I'm off though today and tomorrow. I'm working Tuesday/Wednesday and for part of Thursday morning afternoon, then I have to hustle home and be ready for the Board of General Purposes meeting at a Lodge member's home to hammer out a budget for the Lodge for the year. As one of the Lodge, 3 principle officers for 2012 I'm required to be there. That's why I'm not getting GP6 this weekend. Next weekend I will. Friday is Remembrance Day and I'll have that off and Saturday is another 6 hours. I'll have 26 hours on my check but at least I'll have my stat pay so on the 18th of this month, my check wont be a heck of a lot. Also, I'm off on the 17th as well but I'll have the Sunday in, so that's ok. Anyway, that's about all for now.
I've got enough on my plate as it is for 2012 so I'm hoping this winter goes by in a hurry. One thing I want to do is organize a Saturday night Lodge poker night. Saturday nights works out best for me because I have the whole night off as Anne is working and doesn't get home until almost 11pm. When I get my cell phone up and running she can call me from there and this event isn't limited to just our Lodge (depends on where we can host it) but I'm going to name it the Jim Shannon Hold 'em invitational. I might even hold it as a tournament if it gets popular and even a trophy the Lodge can keep for the year. I'm not sure how this could work but its going to be for now just a friendly game, maybe once a week or every other week.
The Oiler's lost last night in Phoenix 4-2. I had Phoenix to win anyway but what screwed me was the Boston/Toronto game, which the Bruins won 5-1! Yeesh. What where were the Leafs? The Oiler's play in Montreal Tuesday but Vancouver and Calgary play today, so I'll be keeping an eye on those games today.
I decided that next weekend, I'm going to go get GP6. At least now I know I can get the Visa Canada Post gift cards at the Clairview Pharmacy on a Saturday afternoon after work. I just take the train to Clairview and the #10 bus takes me there and I can be there by 5:30pm a half hour before it closes and I can order and pay for the gift card there. I like the Canada Post Visa gift cards because I can load them up to any amount I want up to $250 and I can use them immediately. That means I can place an order if I want anything on the Internet, and order it that night. Easy. I tried using the last card on Itunes but my Apple ID is kind of screwed around. I got to get a handle on that and I think I'll do that this weekend.
Space channel hasn't got a lot I'm interested in these days. I can't get into "Chuck" or "Supernatural" or shows like "Book of pure evil" or whatever. The only show I do like is "Doctor Who" and "Innerspace." Other then then Monday night Raw, Doctor Who (when its on) hockey and the news, I don't watch a lot of TV anymore. I'm working 43 hours/week and I have my Lodge stuff to do and my music. I order a movie maybe once a month and if I had a new Xbox, I'd play more video games. TV has nothing for me.
This week is going to be busy. I'm off though today and tomorrow. I'm working Tuesday/Wednesday and for part of Thursday morning afternoon, then I have to hustle home and be ready for the Board of General Purposes meeting at a Lodge member's home to hammer out a budget for the Lodge for the year. As one of the Lodge, 3 principle officers for 2012 I'm required to be there. That's why I'm not getting GP6 this weekend. Next weekend I will. Friday is Remembrance Day and I'll have that off and Saturday is another 6 hours. I'll have 26 hours on my check but at least I'll have my stat pay so on the 18th of this month, my check wont be a heck of a lot. Also, I'm off on the 17th as well but I'll have the Sunday in, so that's ok. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Friday, November 4, 2011
At least I get 2 days off this weekend.
2 and a half hours of sleep this morning, which began about 5am. I could go back to bed and sleep until 4pm! I was going to call LM this morning to see about guitar cables to my Fast Track but I'm not going to hustle this morning. This week I'll be lucky to 35 hours in.
We had a decent turnout at the lodge last night. Last night being step up night meant I got a taste of the JW chair. I think I did ok. Except for organizing some events and all, this chair looks ok to do. I'm going to have fun with it. I might have talked about a meeting for this Sunday but they moved it to the 10th, right before Remembrance day. The night I get paid. Next week, because of this stupid Monday off thing, and the stat day, I'll be lucky if I'll have 21 hours in next week. On the 17th we'll be having an emergent meeting bringing in 2 new guys into the fraternity. I'll be glad when November is over with.
Wow, what's going on with the Oiler's? Their on a 6 game winning streak. Something they haven't been on in years. The "kid line" got banged up a bit, that's because Sutton the Oiler's un official enforcer, got a 6 game suspension. Ok, I'm biased but I could see out for 3 because of this 6 game road trip but 6 games is way to long. He already served up 2 because the NHL had to "think about it." I think winning in LA last night was a bit of a fluke, they play again Saturday night.
Tonight after work, I'm off running over to my bank do some banking and then home to see how the Esks are doing in this their last regular season home game before the play offs. This November will be a busy one. Anyway, that's about all for now.
We had a decent turnout at the lodge last night. Last night being step up night meant I got a taste of the JW chair. I think I did ok. Except for organizing some events and all, this chair looks ok to do. I'm going to have fun with it. I might have talked about a meeting for this Sunday but they moved it to the 10th, right before Remembrance day. The night I get paid. Next week, because of this stupid Monday off thing, and the stat day, I'll be lucky if I'll have 21 hours in next week. On the 17th we'll be having an emergent meeting bringing in 2 new guys into the fraternity. I'll be glad when November is over with.
Wow, what's going on with the Oiler's? Their on a 6 game winning streak. Something they haven't been on in years. The "kid line" got banged up a bit, that's because Sutton the Oiler's un official enforcer, got a 6 game suspension. Ok, I'm biased but I could see out for 3 because of this 6 game road trip but 6 games is way to long. He already served up 2 because the NHL had to "think about it." I think winning in LA last night was a bit of a fluke, they play again Saturday night.
Tonight after work, I'm off running over to my bank do some banking and then home to see how the Esks are doing in this their last regular season home game before the play offs. This November will be a busy one. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Any day I
just do something for myself is a good day.
Jack the Barber at the Baker Centre has been the barber there since the building opened in about 1954. He charges $15 but I always give him an extra $5. He does a nice job.
I had a slow afternoon on the taps but rallied near the end. I got a couple of Proline tickets for the 3 NHL games on and mixed and matched my combinations but came up empty on both games. The computer dials the numbers for us and on my screen was a Lodge members wife. I got a $50 sale from her and I was able to chat with Dick on his way out to Redwood most likely. The Lodge that meets the night before ours (tonight) in our building. Then I met another brother by accident and he asked me if I was a Mason, (after I got he sale of course) and we had a nice chat. He said he's from Dominion Lodge they operate out of Freemasons Hall. I was having a great time. I got lots of sales, watching hockey in between calls. The last hour kind of dragged on. I was glad to get out of there at 9pm as I have all day tomorrow off as its Lodge night. Sunday its a "Board of General Purposes" meeting casual dress at one of the Lodge brothers residence.
Other then that, I'm waiting for Anne to come home. She should be on the train right now and inside by about 10:45pm. Anyway, that's about all for now.
Jack the Barber at the Baker Centre has been the barber there since the building opened in about 1954. He charges $15 but I always give him an extra $5. He does a nice job.
I had a slow afternoon on the taps but rallied near the end. I got a couple of Proline tickets for the 3 NHL games on and mixed and matched my combinations but came up empty on both games. The computer dials the numbers for us and on my screen was a Lodge members wife. I got a $50 sale from her and I was able to chat with Dick on his way out to Redwood most likely. The Lodge that meets the night before ours (tonight) in our building. Then I met another brother by accident and he asked me if I was a Mason, (after I got he sale of course) and we had a nice chat. He said he's from Dominion Lodge they operate out of Freemasons Hall. I was having a great time. I got lots of sales, watching hockey in between calls. The last hour kind of dragged on. I was glad to get out of there at 9pm as I have all day tomorrow off as its Lodge night. Sunday its a "Board of General Purposes" meeting casual dress at one of the Lodge brothers residence.
Other then that, I'm waiting for Anne to come home. She should be on the train right now and inside by about 10:45pm. Anyway, that's about all for now.
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