Out for lodge practice this

 evening. I'm filling in for the JD role. My lines are easy, about 2 minutes. Other than my ride proof of vaccination at the door, mask, social distancing, do my bit should be in and out. I hope. Thursday is showtime.

Oilers are back in first place in the West with, 62 games remaining. Not bad for a beat-up D. Last night the Oiler won in Vegas 3-2. Next month there are 8 home games (most of them are all clustered together.) and 7 away games.

The onboard microphone, of my Sony ZV E10, Is pretty good. Leaps and bounds over my Logitech webcam mic but the Sony mic could be improved. After the SSD upgrade, I'll probably go for the Rode wireless Go2. All the tests I've seen with this mic seem to be the best for this camera. Anyway, that's all for now.  

I'm officially off work until sometime in January

which is perfect. I got lodge practice Sunday and installation Thursday. The last time I think I was in lodge was in March 2020. 

I have my streaming studio almost set up. All I need is better studio lighting and a stream deck. Upgrading my computer will be sometime in the Spring.

Next week I'm booking a Doctors appointment to get a prescription for some Dobebet ointment. In the new year, it's 4 days/week. Anyway, that's all for now. 

So now we

have building inspectors coming here today. We're barely 3 months in and already they are starting on us. It's not just our suite but all of them on this floor. As long as they are not here at 4pm when I start my shift. 

About an hour ago, I uploaded a YouTube video and this thing is still processing at their end. Longest upload ever.

Global warming is at it again for BC. First, it was the town of Lytton in the summer, now it's flooding in Merritt about 60k from Lytton. Right now we're getting our first major snowfall of the season, on the day of the Fifa Canada Mexico game. Anyway, that's all for now.

I'm thinking of

 4 days/week instead of the 3. One day off after working 6, isn't enough. I'll be 70 in the next 9 months. It's bad enough I'm working at all, but I don't mind.

While I'm not a soccer fan, Canada last night won their FIFA qualifying round and we got into 8th spot. The 2 most noteworthy things about last night, was there were 40,000 plus fans and the most fans at Commonwealth (Brick) field in a long time. It's good for the city.

My Sony ZV-10 works great. I just need a lav mic to enhance the audio and a tabletop mic stand for condenser mics for the camera. The ball mount I already have an adapter. The mic stand has just enough height to clear my monitor. Plus the 3 foot USB C/A cable can reach the back of my computer USB ports. Slick. I'll be ordering the mic stand this evening. Anyway, that's all for now.

Four days off and three more as

of today, then back to work Monday. At least the shift is short, 4 hours.

I'm seriously thinking about deactivating my Facebook page. I have a few people stopping by to react, that sort of thing, but I'm not enjoying it as much as I did. Facebook's shine is fading. I'm still keeping messenger open, for family and friends. I've had my fun with Facebook, from 2010-2021. I'm still keeping Blogger open and I'm on Twitter and always on You Tube. The only value in my Facebook page now is that it links to Facebook. I might be just taking a break as well. When I deactivate it, I'm going to make one last post.

I kind of followed the Oilers game. At one point they were down by 1 goal in Boston. Then when I went to check on the finale score, 5-3 Oilers? 😃 Holy crap. Tomorrow the boys are in Buffalo. Anyway, that's all for now .

I've been working pretty steady over the last

few weeks. I usually try to post once a week when I'm working like this. our busy months at work are from October-April. Things can get busy in May as well, but beginning in January 2022, I'll be moving over to 3 days a week. 

Last weekend I went and bought the Sony ZV-E10 mirrorless camera. Its mainly aimed at content creators. in my case for my YouTube channel "Jim Shannon on sounds." This was an expensive acquisition. What makes this camera special is that it has a headphone jack as well as an audio jack for a mic. Plus it can shoot video up to the length of its video card size. And its pop-out screen folds away from the body of the camera. Plus it has interchangeable lenses. So I've been playing with that off and on all week. 

Earlier this morning before bed, I went and placed an Amazon order for a miro hdmi cable and a USB c charging cable, plus a pair of under-the-desk kitchen cabinets so I can store my cables and power bars now situated behind my 27" monitor. I'm hoping to get some time off from Remembrance day on so I can organize my workspace. My big project for (if I get any) time off. 

Anyway, everything is ok from here. Last week I got my flu shot. Saturday is busy as we're having a meeting in Teams at 9am. It's a 6 hour day, uggh. It's all good. Anyway, that's all for now