It's out to the dentist for my 3pm appointment

for denture fittings. I might as well get them now because next years UCP budget might cut the program out all together. With any luck I should have dentures installed by mid November. Then I'll belooking for another part time job that has more that has seasonal & steady implications.  

I'll be back before 5:30pm to catch the Oilers/Columbus Blue Jackets play. We really need a win on the road. Secondary 

scoring has always been a problem for the Oilers. Detroit won this evenings contest, splitting the 2 game series. 

Our weather has been changing. We're down into the "0's"

and +"1's" but we're warming up to +5-6's for this time of year, that's pretty good. Thursday night is Halloween, then November. If we can get by November with the average temperature of under -10, its a good month. I've got my bob

breakfast meeting Saturday. I need a stream deck badly so I might go pick one up and a iPod touch Saturday. Hard to say. I'm also making one more phone call atempt Friday, see what I get. Unless its positive, then its over. Until then, lots of other stuff going on. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Its the last Friday

of the month and another week left of daylight savings time, then imo that's the official start to winter. Its pretty spooky looking out there right now. Breezy.

My week was okay. Nothing special. It was nice connecting with my old friend Francis by phone the other day. We would see each other mainly at work but since lack of work has been so sketchy lately it was nice to hear from a colleague other then Todd. We also had our national election Monday. Thank God Trudeau only got a minority Government. Minority Governments here in Canada need the cooperation from other political parties otherwise the other parties for any reason could call a non confidence vote triggering an election. The other day I discovered an open source video production program called Shotcut. I played around with it for a bit and added some elements to my most recent upload. Fun stuff. Plus yesterday I had a meeting with a colleague going over some personal issues. Thanks for the hot chocolate Merril.

So, tonight, I'm taking it easy. Tomorrow there's Oilers hockey and Eskimo football. Then Sunday there is Oilers afternoon hockey. I have a good weekend taking shape. Next Wednesday I have another dental visit for denture impressions. Hopefully by the end of next month I'll have my upper denture installed. Anyway, that's all for now.  

Well thank God that's over

with. The 2019 Canadian Federal election. The overall concensus was calling for a Liberal minority. What that means is the Liberals can't really do anything unless they get support from the other party's. Its going to make Government slower. The TMX pipeline can still go ahead, without the input of the other parties. We voted Conservative and our guy got in by a landslide for Edmonton Manning. Here's a CBC breakdown of the results: 

I hope, now that the election is all over with, we can get some movement on work. Hopefully, I'll get a call tomorrow night to start Wednesday and go in for Friday. I might get just 2 days in but its better then nothing.

Oilers are in Minnesota tomorrow night, Thursday night I have a meeting. Unless there's work, not much going on for the rest of the week and weekend. I got a Riders/Esks game to watch at 5pm Saturday, and the Oilers are hosting the Florida Panthers Sunday. So not much going on. I've got another track I'm putting together hopefully before the month is out. I'm just hoping for work. Anyway, that's all for now.

I left the apartmenat heading East to Belmont

dental under sunny mild skies. 16 is mild for this time of year. It was a good walk. I had an interesting chat with Ian before I left. I bought some all day breakfast at Tim's. Then into the dental office and signed in. Too the receptionist I asked how much I have remaining on my insurance. I knew it was something like $2,600. If I got a partial and the denture how much would I pay out of pocket. After a few phone calls and some calculations, she said $420. I can handle that on credit and do the fillings later. I felt good about that. I had 5 teeth to remove, uggh. The hygienist said if the molar is too tough to get out they can break it up into chunks. Ok. So in went 2 needles. That was the only pain I felt. Out came the molar, then the other four teeth in about 10 minutes. I felt pretty good about this. The dentist didn't need to stitch my gums. Cool. My next appointment is Wednesday October 30th. I walked home doing just under 4k from. It was very mild when I got in at ~ 4:30. 

I had a good night watching the Oilers win at home over Phili. Finale score was 6-3. McDavid became the second player in Oilers history to notch 17 points through the first seven games of a season, joining Wayne Gretzky, who did it five times in the 1980s. Wow. How cool is that? I took the gauze out as I'm not bleeding as profusely as I did last week. It was.

Anne put together for me some left over meatloaf and KD. I was surprised I was able to eat that. So then Anne told me that the fillings are $215 each. I might have to re think this. I'm now leaning towards just getting the fillings done and a upper denture. My insurance can cover the cost of the fillings. I can always get the partial when I'm working. I want to save the 5 bottom teeth as much as possible. Plus I can get the Steam deck and save some short term cash. As for today, I'm healing working some more on my you Tube channel. Mainly Streamlabs obs. Plus I've got to call my family doctor because I didn't call to re-book yesterday. Friday is more DnB live streaming at ARTfx's channel. Detroit is in town for another barn burner, so I'll be watching that one. Saturday its "band of brothers," Sunday its Oilers/Winnipeg, Monday the election. Anyway, that's all for now.

For us Oilers fans

this is an interesting stat: The game the other night in New Jersey was the 4th time in the Oilers history that they have started the regular season with 4 wins. As of this moment (its early yet) the Oilers are undefeated. I'm sure the bubble will burst at some point though.

Its Thank giving weekend here in Canada. I have a lot to be thankful for. I have a lovely wife, I have a job (sort of) my health (sort of) my lodge, my music production you tube channel "Jim Shannon on Sounds" is slowly growing. I uploaded a short Dub track earlier this evening. Other then a few unsuspecting bills, for the most part life is good. I can't complain.

Next week after this long weekend, I've got some serious banking to do Tuesday. Plus a dental appointment I had to postpone, and a Doctors appointment to re-book,  and if all works out ok, I'll have some work plus I have the band of brothers gig on Saturday. Anyway, that's all for now.

My dental appointment

for Monday didn't happen. I thought it was too soon between visits as even my gums from the last round of extractions 2 weeks ago, hadn't healed properly. Not only that but because work might be picking up shortly. I could be called in for the following day at a moments notice. I called to rebook my dental appointment for the 16th. Anne told me there is a $30 charge to rebook. Uh-oh.

I don't know if any of my close friends here in the city read my blog. In case anyone of you do, I don't get obsessed with anyone. Especially my female friends because of my marriage. I have a marriage I want to keep, thank you. I still believe in my friends and I'd never betray a confidence, or walk away from anyone. As for the ladies, you are and always will be a friend only. Nothing more. To my astonishment some of my friends have a tendency to leave their Facebook chat open at the dinner table for anyone to lean over and glance at. I didn't know this until just this spring. If I would have known this, I never would have sent a text of a sensitive nature. I hope you realize this and get the message. I'm in love with my wife, that is all. 

It's nice to see my You Tube channel "Jim Shannon on Sounds" getting more subscribers. I'm getting on average of 2-3 per month. I'm even getting likes from video's I've uploaded 4 years ago. My goal is to reach 50 subscribers this year. As for my Jim Shannon on Gaming, I've been messing around with that channel recently as well. I've been streaming "Forge of Empires" demo version on that channel. After a bit of a technical challenge, I've got my streaming software set up just fine. Well, its back to the beat I'm working on in Garageband. I want to try and get this uploaded to my channel over the long weekend. Anyway, that's all for now.

Earlier this week on my way home from work my

sutures broke in my gums. I was bleeding pretty bad for a short time but I'm alright for now. I have another last round of 5 extractions coming out Monday. The only thing you feel is the dentist digging the roots out and that's nothing once the freezing is settled in. My next visit after this one will probably be to get impressions. I'll have an upper denture installed (i hope) by the end of the month.

 This last Sunday i finally broke the ice and picked up the iPod touch 7th Gen. I'm mostly using it as an activity tracker for now. Since I bought it, I travelled almost 10K and I've got a bit more to go for tomorrow to round it up to 12k. I'm quite proud of myself because since I began "tracking my millage" I've been doing about 6K/week. I cleaned out my old 5 Gen iPod Touch and I gave it to Anne. 

Last week, I had 20 hours and 10 hours for this week for 30 hours on my cheque. Next week for work doesn't look good but you never know. So, tomorrow I'm up early about 5am and out of here early for my breakfast prayer group. Then over to Staples to get a case for my iPod which I should have bought at the time I bought the iPod Touch. After that I'm off to the Urban Tavern for a lodge charity event. Apologies for the low posting here but I've been busy. Anyway, that's all for now.