Yesterday can be summed up in one word:

obstacle! 

My wife likes to put a couple of greetings cards in the door as a security measure, which helps her to feel a bit more at  ease. So that got stuck in the door. Then as I was going out someone almost had their keys in the door on the other side. Then while trying to catch the elevator some kids were playing running around in my way and just standing there in my way expecting the elevator to move by itself. on top of all that, I had a slow day, yeesh.

"Happy Day's" was one of my favorite shows in the mid 70'sand reading marvel comic books was still a passion. I had to smile when i09 had this article by George Dvorsky "That time The Fonz partied with Marvel superheroes." Gotta admit, this would have been one hell of a bash. The January 1978 cover of Pizazz is a winner on so many levels. Click through to see the whole thing, including other 1970s television icons. I lost interest in Happy Days when "Mork from Ork" or whatever joined the crew and Joanie loves  Chachi  nonsense. The first several years were the best. Anyway, here's the article.

After work I went over to Audrey's to get a Warhammer 40K book, then I thought about trying the "Commodore cafe" open until 7pm but closed today. I went down the block to get a order of fries and took  them to go eating them on the train on the way home. 

I think this evening is the Boston/Pens game and Smackdown broadcast from Edmonton. I want to watch this. The last time they were here was when Triple H had this thing going on with Kevin Nash. 

Other then my meeting Sunday night, I don't have a lot going on this weekend. Anyway, that's about all for now.
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We had a nice rain storm that went through

the city yesterday afternoon. Some people coming in for the 5pm shift were soaked! When I left it was just spitting light rain. 

This article from iO9 written by Charlie Jane Anders caught my attention this morning, here's an excerpt: Can't Stop Staring at these Trippy Norwegian Book Covers Science fiction book covers in the 1960s and 1970s were often wild and psychedelic — but these Norwegian book covers, from the science fiction imprint Lanterne, are astounding. Designed by Peter Haars, they are like a wild drug frenzy in book-cover form, read more.

I was going to go to Audrey's to get another Horus Heresy Warhammer 40K book but I'm going to do that Friday afternoon instead. I got home nice and dry and had what I didn't eat from lunch and watched some of the Detroit/Chicago game #7. I wrote Detroit off as soon as Chicago scored. The Hawks won 2-1 in OT. Anyway, that's about all for now.

Ever since YouTube went and upgraded

itself to "YouTube One Channel" I've been having trouble uploading my videos from my YouTube channel to Blogger. I'll figure it out over the weekend when I have more time.

Tonight on Coast the topic is on Consciousness & Dimensions. This sounds like a pretty good show.

So the UN wants to lft the arms embargo to the Syrian rebels. This imo is a bad idea because it means more bloodshed in that civil war. Already Russia has sent missiles to Syria capable of striking Israel. These missiles have fallen in the hands of the terrorist organization of Hezbollah. If they are used to attack Israel, Israel will destroy them and then what? 

My City of Edmonton, has developed a new type of material that will within ten years make potholes a thing of the past. It's a special kind of asphalt/rock binding agent. COE actually has a lab made for this purpose. It could actually work.

Not much going on for the week. I've got a big meeting Sunday, that I can't get into talking about now but I'm looking forward to it and at the same time, I have a little anxiety is creeping in about it. Anyway, that's about all for now.

Summer weekends go

 by so fast don’t they? 

I think every summer weekend, should be a long weekend. I took this video of a rain cell that emptied out above our building but its not ready yet.



On the National news they were talking about Facebook and a lot of kids now think Facebook is not cool anymore because their parents are on it. A pole was taken that said more then 50% of Facebook users were boomers like myself. Face book is now 10 years old.

This is pretty cool. Its early technology but it goes to show what can happen when you don’t give up on something. In this case, painting through the power of thought enabled by scientists. A computer that enables users to paint through the power of thought has been developed by scientists. I'll post a link to this later....

Doctor Who’s season finally was pretty good. I don‘t think this John Hurt fellow is going to replace Matt Smith as the new Doctor. It’s going to add another dimension to an already fun but complex show.

My wife is meeting her sister this evening so I’m fending for my self, which is ok and it’s Monday night Raw. Speaking of which I watched the a JBL/Cole show on YouTube and I subscribed.

This is going to be a full work week. Tomorrow I’m watching Raw and I think there’s the Chicago/Wings game and of course Monday night Raw. Otherwise, I’ve got  nothing going on this week, leading up to Friday the last day of May. Wow, hard to believe. Anyway, that’s all for now.

We're getting some badly needed

by so fast don’t they? 

I think every summer weekend, should be a long weekend. I took this video of a rain cell that emptied out above our building but its not ready yet.

On the National news they were talking about Facebook and a lot of kids now think Facebook is not cool anymore because their parents are on it. A pole was taken that said more then 50% of Facebook users were boomers like myself. Face book is now 10 years old.

This is pretty cool. Its early technology but it goes to show what can happen when you don’t give up on something. In this case, painting through the power of thought enabled by scientists. A computer that enables users to paint through the power of thought has been developed by scientists. I'll post a link to this later....

Doctor Who’s season finally was pretty good. I don‘t think this John Hurt fellow is going to replace Matt Smith as the new Doctor. It’s going to add another dimension to an already fun but complex show.

My wife is meeting her sister this evening so I’m fending for my self, which is ok and it’s Monday night Raw. Speaking of which I watched the a JBL/Cole show on YouTube and I subscribed.

This is going to be a full work week. Tomorrow I’m watching Raw and I think there’s the Chicago/Wings game and of course Monday night Raw. Otherwise, I’ve got  nothing going on this week, leading up to Friday the last day of May. Wow, hard to believe. Anyway, that’s all for now.

Even though it was a short week, it felt a bit longer then

it should have been. Just today and 2 days off.

Yesterday after work (Thursday) I went over to Audrey's and bought another "Horus Heresy" novel. I've got the 1st 8 and I ordered another 4. I get 4 at a time but I buy 1 of them a  week.

My contacts around the city are saying some good thins about the new Star Trek movie they saw. Some of the guys at work were raving about it as well. One of the girls at Audrey's said she saw it twice. I might see it Wednesday night and book off work an hour early as the movie starts at 5:20pm.

After work I'm heading home, probably to watch some of the NHL playoffs and watch Smackdown. Anyway, that's all for now.

Yesterday was slow but I had a good day on the job

but the only problem with market research (comes with the territory) is that I don't know what's going to happen once this current project is over with. I think it's June 14th, then what? Am I applying for unemployment? I'd rather be working even if it's just part time 6 days/week. Nobody at the office (as far as I know) knows what our next project is. They probably do but aren't saying anything, yet. I like office market research, not so much field market research if I have to walk around.

Poor Toronto mayor's Rob Ford is under a lot of pressure as the smear campaign against him is gathering international attention for alleging he smoked crack. Its fun too watch and most people know there's more to it then some doctored video.

Not much going on at the moment. It's all quiet on he Eastern front, sort of.

Tuesday Mayor Stephen Mandel announced he is not running for a 4th term as Mayor. Mandel has been the best Mayor we ever had and had a big vision for Edmonton. Under his watch we have LRT expansion, the muni airport issue behind us, his work wit the homeless and affordable housing and the fact that for the most part he worked well with city council. Our next Civic election will be  in October. it's the end of an era. Anyway, that's all for now.

The long weekend has come and

gone but at least we have a bit of a short week.

I love shows like this and tonight on Coast the topic is "Evolution of an Abductee."As an abductee with 95 percent conscious recall of his experience, Jim Sparks, will talk about how he went from resistor to cooperator with the alien beings who abducted him and how the first six years of his experience were traumatizing and terrible followed by six years of enlightenment. Should be a good show.

In local politics later this morning Mayor Mandel is about to make an announcement (again) saying one way or another if he's either going to run again or call it a career. In my opinion Stephen Mandel is the best Mayor Edmonton has ever had since Lawrence Decore. The only person I like on council other then Mandel is Kim Krushell because she is a fan of Mandel and shares his vision of my City. If Mandel steps down I hope Kim runs. I'd vore for her in a heartbeat if Mandel says he's had enough.

Earlier yesterday afternoon I was watching this documentary on Andy Warhol. Now I've never been a follower of his nor have I ever seen much of his work.To me he was just another product of our times. If someone in 1966 ever asked me if I had hard of him they'd get a blank, who? Yet he was very influential in the pop culture world. I basically associated with Warhol via Lou Reed in the early 1970's. 

This week, I have absolutely nothing on my plate. There's no meetings to go to, no outings with the wife, it's just work and home for the evening. Anyway, that's about all for now.

I cant remember when

the last time I got out of bed about 10am on a Sunday! 
  
This afternoon I'm watching the Rangers/Boston as its tied at 1 heading into the 2nd. This might be Glen Sather's last chance at winning a cup.

This afternoon, I'm trying to tackle that Warhammer 40K book "Space Wolves." No doubt a 3rd Omnibus is in the works. The latest Space Wolves book (March) is in hard cover but I'm working on the Horus Heresy and Space Marine Battles series to which #13 will be out in August.

We're having some nice weather for a long weekend and I can't complain as I'm just hanging around the apartment this weekend, making music reading and watching hockey and Doctor Who of course. Anyway, that's about all for now!

I left out of here about 11am and caught the #2 bus downtown

getting off a bus stop to early I met 2 guys walking towards me obviously from the Lodge I said something Like "Commercial right?" They recognized my case and me in a business suit. They were heading out to get a coffee at 2nd Cup. It was a beautiful warm afternoon. We sat outside for a bit as it was about 12:10pm sitting on the patio there just where Anne is working now above. The meeting was short because they had a "table lodge," with spouses around  below. The meeting was short and it was nice to have a Lodge with an organist and a piper. I can't get into it much more then that. I was the only one representing our Lodge out of about 100+ guys from all over Northern Alberta. I was kind of disappointed that we didn't get enough of our guys out other then myself and our DC.

We were out by 2:30pm and I headed up the street thinking about getting a bit to eat where to catch the Contingency bus back to Clareview. I went into 7-11 and got some potato wedgies and a 3 for $5 crispy beef burrito's or what ever they were. A bus was about 50 feet away saying Clareview. I at my wedgies on the way to Stadium. I thought about waiting for Anne on the West side of Clareview where the contingency buses were but after about a 10 minute wait told me I must have just missed her.

I've been home for about an hour now having snack. I had a good afternoon but it's time for a nap, anyway that's about all for now. 

With the go ahead for

 the upcoming downtown arena district, over the next 5 years, about $5B worth of development will occur in the area. Plus the LRT tracks will going along 102nd ave, it’s going to be an exciting time for the city. Also, the old Greyhound bus station will be turned into a huge condo tower. Over 20 years the arena district will provide an annual $160M into City tax coffers. That can fix up a lot of pot holes.


I had a pretty good day yesterday on the job and am wondering what’s going to happen next after this current project?
 
Star Trek “Into Darkness” was released yesterday and uggh, it’s in 3D. I watched GI Joe in 3D and didn’t like it at all. The story was, Meh and predictable although I did like the mountain Kung Fu scenes. I’ll watch the new Star Trek movie and as much as I’m a Star Trek fan as anyone else but I’m not going to go out of my way to see it. I‘ll wait until it comes on video on demand or something. 

On the news ETS is utilizing shuttle buses from Clareview to Rexall but I’ll probably take the #2 bus down to Lodge Saturday morning.

 After work tomorrow I’m going to get another “Horus Heresy” Warhammer 40K novel as I’m trying to get them all while they are  still in print. I know The Black library has them in Ebook format but I prefer the hard copy. Anyway, that's about all for now.

Today I’m

hoping for an average working day. Then it’s home to watch some hockey and relax. Well that’s the idea.

In local news they were talking about all the UFO sightings here in Canada last year and the UFO “hubs” were Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg and I can’t recall the rest but Edmonton was not on the list.

The downtown arena district just got a little bit closer to becoming a reality with a vote passed of 10-3 as the funding picture just got a little clearer. The funding is still in the application stage but its closer to reality or city council to vote on it. What could kill this thing is a possible plebiscite kind of like what killed the Omniplex in 1970.

I’m looking forward to this long weekend. I’ll have only 2 days to sleep in because of Lodge Saturday but this is a rare event because they’re celebrating their 100th year. Our lodge is about 60 and I’ll be long gone before I’ll see it get to be 100, If the Lodge lasts that long. I might be the last IPM the way things are going. Anyway, that’s all for now.

Nothing much is going

on at the moment. Monday I watched the Leafs lose in Boston blowing a 4-1 lead in the 3rd period. Tuesday Ottawa Senators were visiting the Pens. The pens won 4-1. I think the way they are playing Pens in 5.

Tuesday not much was going on. Just a typical day at work. I thought about going to Lodge but I’m looking at going o n Saturday, that’s the most important one for me.

Chris Hatfield returned from his 6th month stint as Commander of the space station Yesterday. He did a ton of science experiments during that time and even sang David Bowie's “Space Oddity” song and he‘s pretty good singer as well. So good he even got a call from Bowie himself congratulating him on the cover.

Here we go again. Mayor Mandel is keeping mum about another meeting today about another possible funding source for the proposed downtown arena but we won’t know until later today. Nobody knows anything but this will be the last word on the topic about funding sources for the downtown arena. I hope. Anyway, that’s about all for now.

I got up about 11:15am this morning to check to see if i got my

Reallpc program is registered before the 30 day trial expires, so its now officially registered. 

I took this shot about 8:30pm looking at the back of our place. I'm not sure how to post pictures to YouTube but YouTube made some "improvements" to its service so it's more difficult to upload video's even from my own channel as I figured out how to do this from my Samsung camera yet, so this will have to do:



 

I got Anne up about 2pm and she went out to do her stuff. I got cleaned up shaved and waited for her to come back from doing some shopping. So, while I waited I read from my Warhammer 40k  book. After that we locked the place out and headed to our bus stop across the street to go out to Chili's over here by Northgate for a mother's day dinner. It was a long trip out there. I forgot about the stop across the street so we went into the main depot under construction but it wasn't much of a detour.

I had burrito's last night and a Wendy's burger Friday night but I bought the Chili's burger and a beer. The beer was $8, Anne's margarita like $7. Next time no beverages other then pop. I broke the news to her about the camera I bought just after her birthday and she complained a bit but I said how I bought it before I got my income tax return. (I'm putting some more funds back into that account to pay for Reallpc program next Monday) Anne had some tortilla chips and sauce. The whole thing including tip came to about $50! I enjoyed Chilli's and I'll go again maybe before the end of the month.  

Our bus stop was half a block away from the corner and there was a #185 headed past our apartment at the four way. The light was working in our favour and I ran as it looked like a cell above was about to break as the wind picked up. Somebody else was waiting there as well but we managed to catch the bus half out of breath running for it. For some reason the trip home seemed shorter then the trip back. It was a little after 6pm while our bus was waiting at Londonderry Mall.  

Tomorrow because the Leaf's won game #6, game #7 is in Boston tomorrow night. Looking forward to that but I can tell how this script is going to go: Boston will win probably in OT. 

This has been a great weekend what with ordering that program Friday and Wendy's and a great day off yesterday and the outing with Anne today. With this being the 33rd aniversary of my diary, I had a pretty good weekend.  

This week I got hockey Monday, Lodge Tuesday, hockey Wednesday, Lodge Saturday. Anyway, that's about all for now.

Even though I had

Monday off, the week behind me still felt long.

Next week, I’m getting the studio KRK 100 Wat studio monitors because they monitors have built in amplifiers. These monitors will cost me as much as Maschine itself, never mind the stands or the sub. It’s a big investment. 

In local news city beat cops are going to be using segue’s. This is a good idea but not very practical during the winter. Apparently they were even on the LRT.

Also, earlier the City was able to (with help from surrounding communities) able to access a special fund called the Capital region sustainability fund. I think that’s what it’s called. The City is going to make an application for $25/55M they need. If Katz can come up with the $30M the n the downtown arena will go through, hopefully.

I didn’t get out to Lodge last night because I’m going to the other Lodge Tuesday night. I’m known there and will be in familiar territory. Anyway, that’s about all for now.

My wife

Anne put the left over shepherds pie on a plate for me. It was good. I’ll be in bed in about half an hour checking out a bit of Coast.

My younger brother is getting married (again) in September. Good for him. It’s his 2nd time around but as for me, once is enough. I’m happy with my wife and all but if) lord forbid something happens to her and I find myself alone, I’m going to stay that way.

Yesterday at City Hall the big downtown arena vote never happened. City council decided they need another 2 weeks to see if they can find the missing $55M. My city has been down this road before. Back in 1970 the city of Edmonton had this idea to build what was called a Omniplex. It was a combination regulation CFL indoor stadium NHL arena and conference centre all in one at a cost of $30M! public money. It was a great idea but it was put to a vote November 25th 1970 by the people of Edmonton. 54% said no because at the end of the day after 25 years the entire project would have cost $97M. The Omniplex would have been situated where the old Edmonton Remand centre is now. I got a feeling the cit of Edmonton is going to go this way again. We'll know in about 2 weeks.

Tonight on Coast “UFOs, ETs and Abductions,” what with all of these abductions taking place, this topic on Coast could not have come at a worse time.

I didn’t win last night’s $12M lotto 6/49 but a guy in Okotoks won $15M from his girlfriends suggestion. She probably said as they pulled up for gas “Oh honey, don’t forget to buy a 6/49 ticket. Prior to that he probably never played in his life. I hate guys like that, not really but you just want to. Of course if I did win, I would never announce it except to immediate family. 

I’d like to attend Lodge tonight but I’m not known at this Lodge, so I think I’ll wait until Tuesday night and as they know me there. We’ll see. Anyway, that’s about all for now.

Yesterday we got up to

+30 and I'm glad I got out of lifting that hide-a-bed out of here because I had a heat stroke in the morning that lasted pretty well much all afternoon. It was brought about by my sinus condition bit I feel a bit better although we could have used the AC unit on. I was in bed before midnight. 

Still working on my Warhammer 40K Space Wolf summer read and wondering if I should get the online or print version of What dwarf magazine. I'll probably get the online version because I own an iPad anyway.

Currently on my mind is a major decision city council is going to vote on Wednesday. It's to decide to borrow the money for a new downtown arena. People don't realize that Rexall place was built with public money. At the moment it wont be the end of the world or anything if city council votes "No." The Oiler's will still be at Rexall. It means the Oiler's will still have the oldest arena in the league and about 2-3 billion dollars worth of projects in the area that would not be developed if the arena does not go through. Plus if we don't build it now, it's going to cost a lot more a year or even 2 from now. Also, the tax benefits to city coffers is huge, like about $160 million/year. 

Anyway, it's a regular back to work day for me. I wish we could start at 8:30am and leave at 4:30pm but I'd lose an extra half hour. Anyway, it's a long day ahead for me. That's all for now.

Today at the Edmonton Art Gallery

at noon is a press conference regarding Wednesday's city council motion to borrow the funds for the downtown arena district. The Downtown Vibrancy Task Force (DVTF) the coalition is an emerging group of citizens, artists, community, and business leaders, who value downtown as the city's cultural, social and economic hub. It ascribes to the motto: As goes your downtown, so goes your city. The future of this project going forward Wednesday depends on the vote achieving a majority "Yes." At the heart of all of this is a missing $55 million dollars.

Other then the above I'm seriously considering getting the PS Vita wifi as it comes with the game "Assassins Cred."it's a pretty good deal.

My wife went and ordered the new couch from liquidation world and I thought I'd have to haul the old hide a bed out of here but for an extra $50 they'll take the old couch out to the land fill! 

The other thing I have on my mind is Lodge and just working out the work week, watching the playoffs and reading my Warhammer 40K book.

I added something new to this Blog: A blog description. I forgot it was even there but at least it looks better. Anyway that's about all for now.  

So far I’m having a nice couple

of days off and about to watch a bit of the NHL playoffs. Speaking of which it came as no surprise but  SJ won game #2 in Vancouver. The Canucks are in real trouble now that the Sharks are up 2 games to none. I think the Sharks are going to take this series. Game #3 is tomorrow night, game #4 would be Wednesday.

This afternoon we got up to +19, which was the warmest so far this year. We should have been here a month ago. 

This is a recent story from Space.com, even if it's a few days old but after clocking nearly 100 million miles in orbit, one of the space shuttle program's huge robotic arms was unveiled to the to the public Thursday (May 2) at its last stop — a museum in the country's capital.The 50-foot (15 meters) Canadarm 2001 completed 23 space shuttle flights before, read more here...

This week, I’m going to try and get out to Lodge a couple of nights and watch some of the playoffs but I’m also out to get a $50 gift card so I can get some drum sample packages for Maschine.  

Saturday was important locally because it was part of National Comic Book day and our own Happy Harbor comic franchise were giving away free comic books. Also a reference on the news about "The Force" (Star Wars) as in 2007 Los Angeles City Council declared May 25, 2007, as Star Wars Day, in honor of the 1977 release date of Star Wars. I think we got the movie released here in Canada May 27th on that Friday because I remember when a friend of mine and I went to the Surrey Drive in theatre to see it in his car. It worked out great because there was a break in the rainy weather that Friday night we both knew that that history was being made that week.

I was up and out of bead a bit earlier then usual on a Saturday. Usually I don’t get out of bed until noon on the weekends but I was up doing my stuff at 9:30am. Even when I was unemployed in the 1990’s I was always up early, even when I didn’t have Internet. Anyway, that’s about all for now.

I booked off work

at 4pm yesterday and got the train and was home by 4:45pm. I had a bit of time, changed and left out of here before 6pm.

Although accounts of a large aquatic creature living in Scotland's Loch Ness date back 1,500 years, the first modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster was reported in the Inverness Courier on May 2, 1933.

I had a bit of a wait at the Lodge and Nathan was first to show up. I didn’t know John (Hall custodian) was there but evidently he was and after ringing the buzzer he let us in. I had a great night. I was almost letter perfect this evening. I had a beer at the festive board and Roger drove me to Wendy’s on the way home where I had a baconator and fries to take home as I wanted to take some stress of Anne’s shoulders from making me late lunches.

This from i09 today. It’s a cute story: Why would aliens come all this way just to invade Earth? In movies, when aliens invade our planet, they usually have a ludicrous motivation. Like, they're after our water. Or our gold. (Hint: Asteroids have gold.) Space travel is incredibly difficult and expensive — so why would aliens actually bother to come and invade us? We asked some experts for reasons that actually make sense. There’s more of this story here:

I watched the CBC late night news for a change. Peter Mansbridge, their main anchor has been there for 25 years. May 2nd 1988. Wow, hard to believe that was 25 years ago. I was 35 years old thin and had teeth and working at the Army & Navy. Where has all the time gone?

I think what I’m going to do, the weekend of the 18th after Lodge, is run over to LM if there’s time and then order the monitors to take home. It‘s a plan.

Today, I‘m in for a full day, then over to get a book at Audrey‘s Rexall for a bag of chips a 6/49 and head for home. SJ/Vancouver tonight. Anyway, that‘s about all for now.

I'm in for a near full day

today as I'm leaving an hour early to go to Lodge.I'll leave at 4pm head home have enough time to eat clean up and head out. It's going to be an easy night.

This story from i09 caught my attention: The growing fear of having your brain hacked -- for real. With all these new brain implants on the market, it's becoming increasingly important for manufacturers to make sure they're safe. Brain-computer interfaces, like the ones produced by NeuroSky and Emotiv, allow users to control objects and video games with their thoughts. So could this be a type of armagodon if say millions of people like those suffering from epilepsy have their implants hacked? You can read more here.

Yesterday after work, I was glad to get out of the office even though the air was still brisk many were wearing Spring coats. I headed over to Rexall to get some Motrin and I bought a pair of snazzy Sun glasses. I like these kind rather then the others because I have a lazy eye that makes me look like I'm always angry, since I had my cataract operations 2004:

 I was debating if I should get that Visa gift card to get the VST RealLPC but I'm so insecure about my job I don't want to waste my savings, which could keep me going for 8 weeks before and if I get my EI claim. If it comes down to that. Most likely if I'm laid off after this project, I'll be able to continue on my week-to-week expenses for at least the time it takes until I get my first EI check. I wouldn't mind taking 4-6months off, then what? 

So after I got my glasses I got a 6/49 ticket, I went to Subway and got a 6 inch sub to take home..  

I got the Clareview train home wearing my new shades. I wont wear them to Lodge tonight though. I watched a bit of hockey,listened to YouTube and relaxed. Anyway, that's about all for now.

Finally, April is over with as

it was mentioned on local news that our local weather hasn't been this cold since the early 1980's. The first time in local weather history that we did not on this day reach above 0..ever!

Tonight on Coast the topic is a bit lame: "Harnessing Your Dreams." Not really something I'm interested in so it looks like George is out to promote another book.So for the next several days they have some soft topics.

It's with a sense of relief after reading my Lodge newsletter that our Lodge secretary (at my request) placed a announcement for a special meeting the first weekend in June. I'm grateful for that. If I have my health and when I'm say 73, I can look back at this post with a sense of nostalgia.

My job woes continue to give me grief. I almost got pulled off a project and I'm not out of the woods yet. I asked the boss if this means I'm fired and he said no. It's not that I'm not without options and I have some savings for a rainy day and I can always go on unemployment insurance for like 8 months and continue my education (It might save me from a job search) as I'd like to take a accounting course or something like that. Although, I'd like to be working for as long as I can I'd like to continue working, that's what I'd like to do but I have another 4 years and 4 months until I qualify for full pension, wu-who! Like that's something to look forward to.

On local news this evening they had a story on Space tourism and they said that for a $200,000 deposit, you can book a spot in about 3 years. Would I go into space? What with 2 metal rods in my spine? Not a chance. I'd get rejected before the ink was signed. Anyway, that's all for now.