This is one of my

favorite days of the year because Halloween is so fun. Lots of Goblins, witches, spooky stuff. Its fun for trick or treaters and adult kids alike. Halloween weekend is mostly for the adult kids but to day is for the youngsters. I like it because I have a day off. They don't have a day off at the competition or so the supervisor told me when we met by accident last night. I'm still on amicable terms with the people there when the odd time I meet them but they wouldn't tell me what project they are currently doing anymore what I'd tell them what we're currently doing. I mentioned we did election calls but that was history and that's all she got out of me. However though, they are working tonight, and I'm having a night off. Nothing scary about that.

We got a bit of snow this morning but its not staying on the ground. Anne is working tonight so its the busiest time of the year. She's going to try and order Maximus pizza for us from work but if she can't, I've got to call before they send their driver home. Anne is going to call me about it on her break.

Telus is digging things up out by the sidewalk. I think they are digging a trench parallel to the sidewalk, with lines to individual units for their "Pure fiber" optic lines. I'm hoping we can get this service here because this is a older building.  

So yesterday, I put my 6 hours in and I'm in 3-9 again and I'm off for Thursday because of Lodge and I can go do my thing with Service Canada etc. This is a nice break to have but I'm also Friday 3-9 and Saturday 10-3 but I'm saving up for a black Friday computer Our TV is on for the birds/cats (weather channel) as they've been having spooky Halloween theme music and sound affects all day, creaking doors, evil laughter, occasional screams, no cats yet but typical Halloween sounds, love it. Anyway, Happy Halloween everyone, that's all for now.

The UPC has elected a

new leader as front man Jason Kenny won by 61%. It was a landslide. However Kenny doesn't have a seat at the Ledge. I'm not sure how this will all play out. Kenny's competition, Brian Jean still has a seat as Wild Rose as far as I know.

Last night after I came back from my music store to get the Scarlet ix2 audio interface, I settled into watch Calgary/Eskimo's. That was the first Stampeder Win this year and over the past several years in fact. Stamps 20 Esks 29. The halftime show was pretty good. However the Washington Capitals and the Oilers, well that game didn't fare so well. Oilers came up short on game 1 of a 5 game Home stand 2-5. Slow out of the NHL gate wont get you to the dance. If the Oilers make it to the playoffs at all this year, might be in 8th. I've more or less written the Oilers off this year. I'll watch the games when I can but I'm not expecting much this year out of the Oilers. The whole team is playing sub par. This time last year the Oilers we're 7-2, now the team is 3-6. Oh well, its all good.

This week is a short week work wise. Monday I'm in from 3-9, I'm off Tuesday for Halloween as the office is shut down, Flow rate drops during nights like this, so I can do some banking downtown, get my book and up to service Canada. I have a few lose ends to take care of. At least I can try the food court there in Canada Place. I'm in Wednesday 3-9, off Thursday for Lodge. That's our Lodge Remembrance day observance. I'm reading Palms 23. I'm back Friday 3-9 and Saturday 10-3. Anyway, that's all for now.

So the

JFK files have been released. Now I haven't seen them but most likely they are so heavily redacted, these files will have little valuable information. Kind of like reading this blog. The CIA will hold onto the really important stuff. I'm not big on conspiracies because most of them are nonsense but there has been so much contention over the JFK case it remains to this day an enigma.

So now Amazon has this new feature they are testing where recipients of their products can sign up to have the delivery person the ability to open your house front door if your not there and place your item inside your house. You can even see this unfold via your a smartphone. I'm thinking this gives a whole new meaning to home invasion. What's to prevent a couple of would be robbers to rush a delivery person at the door, overpower the delivery person? This is really a stupid idea to say the least. Amazon better rethink this.

Its been a long week even though the hours have been manageable. It was tough sledding earlier because the hockey game was on and the World series. So, we were bucking all of that. Depending on how much my taxes are, even if I have $5 left over, I'll still get my iPad tomorrow. Anyway, that's all for now.

Everything seems to be in

order on the job front. Hopefully that's "another fire" that's put out. My shift this week is 4-9 and for now, that's just fine for me.

With over 200 cities in North America trying to woo Amazon Hq2, cities are offering tax breaks other incentives to help them set up shop in their jurisdiction. Calgary for example has become very aggressive. Here in Edmonton, we're taking a low key approach. Amazon will make their city selection in the New Year 2018. Odds are not very good that we'll win the bid but t he package that we put together is more of a template we can use to attract other businesses.

Poor Oilers in Pittsburgh skated to overtime. Apparently goaltending stole the show. McDavid scored to tie the game. Talbot had 44 shots and stopped 42 of them. Next up is Dallas at Rogers place. Anyway that's all for now.

Sometimes I think we impose stress on

ourselves. Often its handed to us, through no fault of our own. I'm under a bit of stress at the moment over the job thing. I just hope I'm not making it into a bigger deal then necessary. This stress for the most part, I bring it on myself.

I'm in pain on almost a daily basis. I get dental issues a lot. I've had a toothache that comes and goes. This toothache was activated over the last week. A couple of pills helped. What's been bothering me lately has been diabetes neuropathy in my feet and below the knees. I get these spasms of pain that cause me a lot of grief. Even while wearing these suspension stockings. Hopefully I can get the full sock type suspension stockings next month. They should help bring the swelling down in my right leg, but pain is my constant companion. Don't send me any sympathy. I dont want it or need it and I don't expect anyone to feel sorry for me. Diabetes is something is my self inflicted wound. Its manageable but barely. My scoliosis hasn't caused me any grief lately. Why am I saying all of this? I don't know. Maybe this needle in a haystack of a blog/life might receive some eyes if its still around 2-300 years from now and visitor's to this page will get a glimpse of what I go through.

I have several social media things going on. I have a Facebook page, a blog and Twitter. My blog is my main portal. Its mostly for myself and family, so I can update them on what's happening. My Facebook page is just to add a few one liners, comments about sports etc. I use Twitter in between blog posts but not a lot of that lately. Anyway, that's all for now.  

The first quarter of the

Eskimo/Lions game was 12-5 Esks. Then the Lions got some momentum and carried that over past halftime, 12-15. When the score was 12-22 I had a feeling we'd lose this one. "I got other things to do here," I said to myself. Time continued to pass. Lets see how badly we lost. 29-29? What? The game is still in progress? We got ourselves a football game! The game went into overtime, we got a td but couldn't convert. We prevented them from matching our score. Finale 29-35. We're in the playoffs! Third in the West 😓 After that string of losses, I never thought the Esks would get to the post season and there's 2 weeks remaining. Sweet.

Trump dropped a bombshell we knew it was coming: He wants to release the JFK files. The finale batch. How did we know this was coming? As a result of the Clay Shaw/JFK case 1974. This was 4 years before the House select committee on Assassinations or the HSCA. The HSCA was similar to the Warren Commission, which took place in 1964. As a result of the Clay Shaw trial it was noted that the JFK files would remain closed until 2017. That's how come we knew Trump's statement would be coming. Clay Shaw and Jim Garrison are deceased. Over the years the Freedom of Information Act has let a lot of redacted documents out already. Personally I don't think the documents remaining will reveal any smoking gun. The so called smoking gun was silenced when Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald when Oswald was transferred that Sunday 2 days after the assassination. If Oswald was involved as the shooter, knowledge of that went to the grave with him. Or did it? There are a lot of conspiracies over this case; was it an inside job? Was the mob involved? Who shot police officer JD Tippit? What bothers me about this case more then anything else is how did Oswald get the rifle? The official narrative said Oswald purchased the rifle out of a magazine in March of 1963. He bought a money order and  mailed the money order that day, which was on a Tuesday. Oswald was working at Jaggers/Chiles/Stoval the day the alleged money order was purchased. Oswald had perfect attendance. If its believed that Oswald must have had somebody purchase the money order and mail it on his behalf, that is a conspiracy. Here is a really good You Tube video on what I'm talking about. The documents apparently will be released sometime this week.   

I'm not expecting stat pay on my cheque Friday. If its there, then I'll be over to the Southgate Apple store to get my iPad next Saturday. Anne doesn't quite get why I need this device when we already have a iPad. First of all, Apple does not support our iPad 2 with i0s updates. Also, the new i0s music apps are 64 bit and there are a lot of cool apps I'd love to get and some are free but they wont work on our iPad. Those are just a few reasons why I want the new iPad. Sure, I'd like the iPad pro but its a bit out of reach at the moment. If I get stat pay Friday, then I'll get it. If not then I'll get the iPad pro just before Remembrance day. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Once we get a major bill paid

down I'll be hopefully January/February, I'll be just working for pocket money. Just 3 days/week. Super called me earlier this afternoon and said my schedule is up for next week: Monday- Friday 4-9. That helps.

The Oilers played well on the road this afternoon, keeping the game against the Flyers tied at 1 going right to within the last 2 minutes. Then a late player picks up the puck and scores 2-1 Flyers. Tonight the Esks are in BC in a CFL game with playoff implications and none of our players will need to take a knee for that.

Maybe not this go pay day but the next one, I'm really looking at getting a basic iPad with the smart cover. Its 64 bit and that's all I need for music production. Its also got a faster chip in it then our old iPad 2.

The new plan today on my day

off then is to take the train down to my bank and take care of some business there, then over to Audrey's get my book. After that, walk East along Jasper Ave, to my Doctors office for some sample pick up. Then its over to Service Canada and then the #2 bus to Wendy's on 50th street, then into Staples for some stationary. Then home. I'll be out of here in about half an hour.

As it is now, I have a glorious 3 day weekend. I could use it. I'm even thinking about attending Commercial lodge tomorrow. Good news is I'm not scrounging for cash this weekend. Bad news is I have a lower right toothache that has been causing me a bit of grief. I'm ok now though. That's it for now.   

Since last entry

I've been putting in a lot of hours in on the job. Sunday/Monday, 2 full days working the municipal election. Then its just been 4-9 from there. I've been so busy, I was barely able to catch the Oilers scores. At least for this time of year the weather has been agreeable.

I'm not sure I want to do this but I'm thinking about going to the Edmonton tower tomorrow. ETS has a 2nd floor office. I need from them what's called a "statutory declaration" form. This form is to replace the T4oas form, which I haven't received one yet since I've only been on oas since last month. I need to bring this form to an Alberta registry and they have on site Commissioner of oaths to check my notice of assessment from last year. There's a registry called Accu-search in City Centre mall. Its a block South of the registry below the food court. I can get a bite to eat and have them sign the form from ETS confirming my income to get the low income annual seniors bus pass. Once I bring that back to the Edmonton Tower I can fill out the application. Apparently I can just bring that along and get the bus pass on the spot. Its good until the end of March. Anne got approved for the low income ETS program this morning. I also have a visit with my Doctors office to pick up some medication and get a prescription. So, I've got a bit of running around to do, tomorrow. 

Apparently Alberta labour laws say I can't work 7 days in a row, not six. I could work tomorrow, but I'm taking the 3 days off. Super forgot to put me on the project sheet last night showing my dialer #, project I'm working on, my break time etc. Usually my break time is from 6:45pm-7pm. The 2 hours go fast from there. More or less. So after tonight, I'll have my 3 days off. I'm trying to save up enough for a iPad pro for Black Friday coming up. As for all of that potential running around all it does is save me about $15. It'll get me out there and I can always get some lunch at City Centre or Corona station. Anyway, that's all for now.

On a very rare Sunday morning

I'm in the office today from 10-6pm. We're doing election calls all day. Very wordy, lots of voice mail messages to leave behind. I got today like this, and tomorrow, uggh. I say this because I'm getting a hoarse throat.

On Friday I paid off my account at my music store I was thinking when I got home Friday night I'd have 2 days off: Friday and Saturday. I received a emergency email asking me if I could come in for any hours I could give them. They were behind a bit on a project and Super said he'd reserve a place for me. I replied I can come in from 2-6pm. I didn't get much a weekend but next weekend, I'm having off. This and tomorrow from 9am-5pm are the last full days, for awhile. No more full days during the week for me. My voice is already hoarse enough as it is. I don't even know if I'll be able to make it in for tomorrow. if my voice is going, then I'll just mention to Super. but lets see how it goes.

My wife made me a nice breakfast I can heat up before I head out of here at 9 for 10 am. Yesterday, I barely got into the office on time and i left at 1pm for a 2-6pm shift. Anyway, that's all for now.

When I was in my 40's I could do

an 8 hour day, no problem. I did a lot of them. Fast forward to 2017 just doing 3 8 hour days back too back, took a lot out of me. I have very little gas in the tank but I've got to leave out of here about 2pm for some running around.

Unlike some You Tubers, I'm not padding my "Shannon on Sounds" channel with a lot of sub for subs just to open up Superchat/Google wallet. I think its rather embarrassing to show 41k subs and in the Live stream chat there's 22 viewers watching. If these Live streams were real and honest, (not saying their content isn't of value) the Live stream would have hundreds of viewers. I know why some channels do sub for sub. Its a way to "inspire" fence sitters and new channel viewers to subscribe etc. I am not suggesting that the following channels opt for the above practice: I like Bo Beats channel because he offers from time to time free Circuit sound packs etc. The Haq attack channel is also quite good. The host Jakob Haq works mostly with i0s gear. Bo Beats, mostly works with gear. The Sound test room channel by Doug Woods is another one of my favorite go to channels for new apps. When I buy apps from these affiliates, its because I like to support their channels. I haven't bought a app yet from Jakob's channel, because most of the apps he demos are for the 64 bit i0s devices. I don't have one yet. I also like to go to Audiodabler, and Dean from Electronic sounds as well and of course Sounds & Gear. I'll get links to these later when I return from my outing this afternoon. The above are my go to sites, when they publish a new video. 

If I leave out of here at 2pm, I'll got to the job site at about 3pm, over to my bank then over to my music store. Depending on how much is on my cheque I'm hoping to pay off my Novation Circuit account. Anyway, I'll clean this up a bit latter tonight.

So slow to get things

going his morning. Very little gas in the tank. I was in bed by 2am, Awake by 7 and laid in bed for an hour. Well, I'm up and awake, sort of. Yawn. Cats are fed, I've got my morning coffee here and juice. Our morning Sun is shinning brightly through the clouds. Its -1c but the humidity makes it warmer. All you need today if your outside is a hoody under a sweater (preferably with Home team logo's) and your good to go. 

Last night I was asked to come in for Sunday to do election calling. Its municipal election time here in Alberta. I know what Anne's response to this will be: "You need 2 days off, your not 51 anymore...." So, I agreed to sign up for Sunday's 10-6 shift, only if I could have Friday off. Fair enough. Super tweaked his schedule so I can have Friday/Saturday off. We're doing election calling over the weekend. This means Friday I still need to go into the office to get my pay and then to my bank and over to my music store to make that payment. If I have enough, I just might pay it out right. There's probably a Eskimo/Oilers game on television this weekend, plus Star Trek Discovery. Oh, and since its Friday/13th: Scratch n' win time.

I was thinking about leaving out of here a bit early today but I'm off Friday and in the area anyway. I could either go to my bank and double back to my music store. Or just leave out of  here by 1pm, play my scratch n win cards, at the store across the street from the office, pick up my cheque, head to my music store, to the bank and then home. Decisions, decisions. Anyway, that's all for now.

I was in bed by 3am

this morning up at around 7:30, so I had a good 4 hours of sleep. I rested in bed for another hour. I'm ok for a full day. On these  full days I don't usually get wiped out until about 8pm.

On my 5:30pm break yesterday I walked over to the store across the street to play some Tuesday night blackjack but the store owner didn't have any blackjack scratch n' win cards. "Play Walking dead, its easy. Same price." First card X, nothing 2nd card "wu-who." That's the sound the machine makes when there is a winner. I won $10/$6. With the amount of money I spend on these things, maybe $4-$6 a month, I think I broke even. I might play "Walking dead" Friday. Some months I dont play at all (summer) So because its Friday the 13th week, (my lucky week) the stars are aligned. My new favorite card game:
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Speaking of stars (no not Hollywood actresses coming out of the woodwork claiming sexual harassment) I'm trying to get a pdf sent to my boss's email so he can print off an application form I'm trying to get out to the department of vital stats in BC. Its called a genealogy birth chart which shows the time of my birth. It seems this was not recorded prior to 1944 in BC but since I'm a early 1950's kid I'm in the clear. Like most of us we either are oblivious to the time of birth or don't know don't care. With the time of my birth, I'll be able to put together a complete astrological chart. There are lots of online programs that where you just input the appropriate field and it cranks a chart out for you. There's still lots to do without the time of birth, but with the birth time, you can do a lot more. Its something I've always wanted to do but didn't know where to look.

Anyway, I have another full 8 hour day ahead of me today. I'm lucky as a senior I'm on pension and have a wife and a job. With Eaton's closing stores and about 12,000 jobs lost and now Chillies is closing a bunch of stores here, I'm in a good place. However if this asteroid hits us tomorrow morning, I won't have either. Anyway, that's all for now.

Trouble with long weekends is that they tend to be

to short. I could use another day off. as I'm in the office from 1-9 today. Its a full day but I get 2 15's and a half hour for lunch. Enough to go out to the store get some air. At least I'm not in a day care for adults, couldn't resist that one.

Another apocalyptic type warning (not that I believe these things) but this one gives me pause. Asteroid 2002 T4C is making a close earth flyby Thursday within 4000 miles. Conspiracy people note that Friday the 13 coming up and the 3rd and finale 100th anniversary of the Marian Fatima apparition. Ok, I can see where some people might be alarmed here. Here's a Coast link to further expand on this story.

So far no calls in from the office but that could change at any time. I need to be out of here in an hour. At the moment I'll have enough time to get my bath, pack up get some lunch and head out the door. looks like I have the green light to go in for 1-9 today. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Not that last week was busy

week, I had lodge Thursday night and 5 hours last night. I didn't get much sleep, mainly due to circulation complications in my legs. I got about 6 hours. I'm happy I have the Thanksgiving day long weekend off.

Anne wants to go out to the movies holiday Monday. We can always record wrestling for later. We have earned over 2,800 Scene points but we haven't gone in since the first Avengers movie. Scene says if saved up points are not used in 2 years then, they expire. I wouldn't mind seeing the new Tom Cruise movie "American made." For the most part, we see all our movies on Net flex. Kind of puts movie theatres in jeopardy,

but I'd rather watch Tom Cruise then Pink, whoever that is. Don't know, don't care. Its surprising though that movies like from Disney/Marvel Studio, etc. make big office. We haven't been out to the new Manning Town centre yet. The  #184 stops right behind the theatre but I'm not sure if its running holiday Monday. The #184 leaves out of Clareview West and has a stop right behind the theatre or across the street. We can always get a bite to eat at Chillies after the movie. its good for us to get out anyway.

Anne's about to make us our Sunday brunch today. I have no idea why she's changing the paradigm, but oh well. I'm grateful for this Thanksgiving day weekend off. Anyway, that's all for now.

My ride to lodge is in about

an hour. I'm doing to chairs in one: SD chair and the Chaplin chair unless my relief for next year shows up. Then its just the SD chair. I feel I'm about to do both tonight but its all good.

I was at work last night while the Oilers were hosting the Flames at Rogers place arena. I couldn't get connected to wifi at Clareview station, Open City wifi while I was waiting in my #183 home. I had the results of the game in a separate tab on my computer. It was 0-1 Oilers, then 0-2 Oilers, then 0-3 Oilers. The highlights on local news said all 3 games we're McDavid's, wow. Oilers not only got a hat trick (3 goals) but Cam Talbot got a shut out. Pretty good for opening night!

Anyhow, I've got lodge tonight, I'm in at work from 1-9 tomorrow, so I'm hoping I have a long weekend. There's "Hell in a cell" plus an Oilers game in there. At the moment its +20.* Very warm for this time of day. Anyway, that's all for now

Usually I like to get up out of bed

about 11am. This way I can get my morning routine out of the way, sit down with my juice and coffee, get caught up with events overnight, write a blog post, my diary, answer email, that sort of thing. With 2 hours left of  my morning time, most of the above is done.

I got to know Tom Petty's music through the "Traveling Wilburys." I have the 2 CD's. I was never into "The Heartbreakers," but I liked "Full moon fever." I wasn't really a follower of Tom Petty but whenever his music was around, I'd perk up and smile. His music was accessible. Tom petty to me was a Wilbury, then Tom Petty solo. I have a lot of good vibes listening to Tom Petty's music. He had that distinct voice.

Last night on the way home, I didn't think about my iPod Touch. I had it since December 2014. After work, I slip it into my T-shirt pocket before I log off, sign out and dash out for my bus. I couldn't find it when I needed it this morning before bed and I was in a panic looking for it. Most likely its where I left it. I'm anxious about it. Of course since these things have a four digit pass code, its useless to anyone. Only my wife and I know the pass code. I want to pay off my Circuit account next week, not buy a new iPod. Most likely its still there by my station, or Super noticed it and put it in his drawer for when I go in later today. He checks each station, making sure people have the right project code and hours, then he closes off each system one by one. "Oh, Jim left his iPod behind, better put it in my desk."

I'm still reading a bit each day on "Way of Kings." Its a big novel and I'm on page 477/1,258. This author writes well. Its easy to tell that he's making it up as he's going along. Kind of like my approach to "song writing." Incidentally I have a new Circuit track I'm trying to get up onto my You Tube channel but our isp has been very sketchy lately. The isp guy is hear latter this afternoon. Anyway, that's all for now.

My post Saturday took place

hours before the crazy man ran his vehicle into a Edmonton Police officer, rushing out to stab him at the Edmonton Eskimo football game outside Commonwealth stadium. This occurred about 8pm. And too think I had a chance to go to the game for free. It was military appreciation day. That was our little taste of terrorism. The would be attacker ran off to get a U-Haul van (details for me are sketchy) and proceeded to use it as a weapon and attempted to run over pedestrians. As shocking to our little community as this was, pales by comparison to what happened last night in Vegas at a country music outdoor concert last night. At the moment, 50 people dead, 400 wounded (how many critically) I don't know. The attacker, is another loan wolf that apparently had 10 rifles in his hotel room over looking the concert and let hundreds of round ring out into the crowd. Authorities there don't believe this was sponsored by any Islamic state. The shooter was a 64 year old man from a retirement community. Apparently there were some Canadians at the concert. My heart goes out to the wounded here from Saturday night and those killed and wounded in Las Vegas yesterday. 

Its a windy day out there with strong gusts, only about +1 degree out there on a cold October day.

Its going to be tough going into work today and keeping focused on my job, with what's going on in the world. Life goes on. Maybe the shift might end early. I hope so. Anyway, that's enough for now.