My Amazon order

arived at 11:45am yesterday. I love it whrn the Amazon driver is in the building and knocks on the door. Usually I get a phone call, but he said that he couldn't connect for some reason. I have a bit of a job moving cables around under my desk because of this

The Elks had their hands full with Winnipeg Friday. The got very little momentum. At the end of the first half it was 17-6 Winnipeg. Things got going in the 2nd half. We would take one step forward, they would take two. Winnipeg could finnish first in the West they are that good. 

I also got my Youtube video up for Saturday morning. once I get things set up with my green screen and camera, my channel will geratly improve. Anyway, that's all for now. 

I didn't get

out to FCC yesterday. I wanted to see if Don was going to bring Mary. I never asked a Fb friend that goes there if Don was there. I don't want my friend to think I'm just contacting him to get info.

Tonight I'm going to Chapter. Confering another degree. I'll be glad when we're done the degrees for awhile and its just a regular business meeting.

This morning Anne is taking our cat buster out to get some dental work done. She's going to try and get a pill in his mouth. Good luck with that. Anyway, that's all for now.

Sleep has been hard to come by over the last few days this week

and I think the main casue is my restless leg syndrome or RLS. I might have 2 days out of 7 where I get 6-8 hours sleep. Some things that help me mitigate that is reading before bed, which I haven't been doing lately. Also having a cup of warm coco I hear might help. Also just deep breathing sometimes helps. 

Yesterday I began playing with my Miyoo mini plus. I'm playing one of the early Poke`mon games. Kind of fun to play. There's a whole bunch more in this genre. Actually there are something like 5000 retro games on this system. The Miyoo mini plus main operation system is Onion. The learning curve guide to that is quite indepth. Plus this device can play Game boy, Game boy advance, Sega Genesis, Super SNES games and all kinds of other emulations etc. Pretty good deal for under C $91. Thank God for Amazon returns.

Anne and I were supposed to go out today but I haven't been sleeping to well and she has to take our cat in Thursday into the vet down the block for some dental work. I have event to go to at the church tonight, and Lodge tomorrow. Friday I get to relax and watch the Elks@Winnipeg. Sounds like a nice couple of days. Anyway, that's all for now.

My Miyoo mini plus

game console arrrived yesterday. I'll be setting it up over the weekend. I found a you tube video showing the steps to stream the system's games to a monitor. It's a bit complicated but I got this.

Fan expo weekend in Edmonton is underway. I love this time of year.

I uploaded a previous video from last year that was popular with my channel. I figured it desrves another look.Anyway, that's all for now.

The Miyoo mini

handheld game console was priced at $91 and comes preloaded with 5,000 games. These are not moern High end games but they are not 8 bit games either. The Miyoo mini plus can output to the tv. Free shipping. Should be here by Friday. Unless they are out of stock. In which case they usually give me something else. 

Lately I'm getting a bit of arthritis in right knee, cauaing it to be stiff. I'm not going to stress out over this. My knee is just a bit stiff. 

I'm hoping Anne and I can go through some of my boxes in the closet, Ihave a lot of books I'm never going to take with me. For some reason I had it in my mind to have a library. Holy not thiking 15 years ahead.

This afternoon, Anne and I are going out to Rickies downtown for a little outing. We usually go once a month regardless. Anyway, that's all for now.

Not only did I get

replacement bank card activated but I also installed iPadOS 18. I'm happy about that. Apparently there are someting like 250 improvements and new stuff as well. I was hoping for a iMessage password protect for each individual contact conversation. I also ordered from Kindle a Charles Stross book #1Laundry Files "The Atrocity Archives" (2004) I'm surprised that it was in Kindle edition. Anyway, that's all for now.

Slight change in plans

as tomorrow, I'm calling the Northgate Telus store to see if they have the Motorlla moto go phone in stock. It's $150. I just need it as a pay as you go phone and a device to hold my teleprompter script. This way it frees up my iPad so I can mirror it to my monitor.

Hard to believe we're in the middle of September The Elks have been on a bye week and they don'tvplay until next Saturday. The Elks are no longer the lowest ranking team in the West 😎I hope to set up my green screen this week and have a video out for the weekend.

This week I hope to be going out to pick up that phone Tuesday; Wednesday, I have my mens support group, Thursday Anne and I are going out for dinner. Monday/Friday are open and Saturday the Elks are hosting Winnipeg. Ahould be a nice couple of days this week. Anyway, that's all for now. 

My bus was late and my

where I needed tobe the "doors close" at 9am window was fading fast as I waited outside my place for the #104 8:15am bus. There is no earlier bus at bus link 7444 then that. It was 10 minutes late. The way this bus was going by the time it got to 50th & 118th Ave I'd be looking at 8:45-50am. I knew I'd be pushing it. They don't know me at that lodge, so playing it safe, I decided this was a lost cause. I headed for my apartment building 11 feet so away. I'll go next month, in which case I'll take a cab. It will cost me $15-20. Once a month wont kill me. Leaving after this lodge is early afternoon no issue getting home. 

Nex tweek Anne and I hope to go to Rickies downtown. Possibly Tuesday. I have a mens workshop I want to attend at FCC Wednesday. I have a few things on my calendar this week. Anyway, that's all for now.

It gets dark around here

about 8pm these days. Right now we're sitting at +10. Nice weather for taking a little walk. If I could walk that far. I'm lucky I can walk (with a cane) to the rental office. I think I might have to bring my walker to FCC next week while there is still lack of snow on the ground.

 My green screen is still in its box from labour day Monday. Why? Mainly because Anne wan'ts to clear room in the closet here to make room for it when not in use. Plus there are 2 pieces of software I want to use with this: Duet Air, and Speakflow. Duet Air helps to make eye contact with the viewer. Speakflow makes my script invisible to the viewer as I read it on screen. 

My plan for Saturday is still "Ye old Craft" lodge. I'd like to ask when I'm there if I affiliate, can I join a lodge of perfection as an affiliate member? I think I know what my answer is. The lodge of perfection etc is an expansion of Canadian right craft lodge and these "degrees" are mainly weekend lectures at Freemason Hall. I want to leave my options open in case after Prove up in February I get an AMD invite. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Not much going on this week

as our heat wave is more or less over. I don't do well in We're back in the low 20s and even high teens. Still pretty dry out there. 

This Saturday morning I'd like to head out to Highlands Hall. At Highlands there is a Canadian Rite lodge I'd like to visit while the weather is good. This would be my first time at "Ye old Craft" lodge. I'd be up at 7am dress and gather stuff to be outside for the first Saturday bus @ ~ 8:15am. It's one bus ride there and back and they tyle at 9am. Feative board could be brunch. If I knew about this lodge back in 2002, I'd have attended it instead because I could get there and back on my own without asking for a ride home because the bus service stops at 9:30pm. 

Today I have my favorite You Tube live stream on at 2:20pm. "Rise of Dark Leela." After that stream, Jade Starr has a good show once in awhile as well to check out. After that, lunch about 5pm. Then in and out of Monday night Raw for the rest of the night. Anyway, that's all for now.

Last night's Elks game broke a franchise

record with 5 straight wins Also last nights game was the first time in 20 years, the Elks have won a labour day classic match on Labour Day Monday and the following weekend. Elks won 35-16. Also, the Elks received 5 interceptions yesterday. What a game.

Thursday night after lodge I began to watch a facinating you tube documentary on Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck and the Renaissance artistic period. Eyck's attention to detain (and his brother) is so enjoyable to watch. Apparently Jan van Eyck was one of the first to popularize and perfect the use oil paints in his work.

Not much going on this weekend. I'm going to write the script for Ridgewalk app and tryo to get the funds ready for Cryptic Rite council ready to hand over to the council's rep at Chapter in 2 weeks. Anyway, that's all for now.  

Last night I attended lodge and

got a round of applause for providing the music. I appreciated the gesture but this was nothing special on my part.

I doubt we're going to get anything like +31° and if we do, it might last for about 40 minutes. Sunsets these days about 8:12pm.

I got my green screen but it was delivered on Monday but it wasn't the 5 foot version I wanted because that wasn't in stock. Amazon gave me the 7 foot version. WTF? This is a lot more expensive then the one I wanted by ~ $100. My green screen is still in the box. There are 2 pieces of software and some lighting I need yet. Anyway, that's all for now.