Usually on the night before

on the long weekend we'd leave an hour earlier. It means my weekend can start Thursday night rather then Friday. We still get paid for the extra hour, which is good. However I have no conformation this will be the case this time.

The first period of last nights Sharks/Oilers game was all Oilers in the 1st. I was able to listen to most of the 1st period in the car on the way home. The game fell apart for the Oilers in the 2nd and 3rd. The game went into OT and the Oilers had a bit of a rush but after that it was all Sharks. They won in OT. I'm still calling for a 5-1 Sharks win.

The other day my Doctor told me I have what's called Chronic venous insufficiency or CVI. Which is strange because when I was in the emergency Saint Patrick's day weekend, the ultrasound showed no blood clot. So now I have to wear these suspension stockings. May 8th I go in for what's called a PDA for imaging. CVI is not dangerous but it can be painful. I'm going to be wearing these suspension stockings for the rest of my life. Read more about CVI here.  

Korg Gadget had a nice update of 3 new gadgets this Spring: A "tape recorder" to tape audio, a drum machine/sampler, and a guitar affects processor. I haven't had much of a play with these but I hope to have a video upload of Gadget, this weekend. I'm going to and get even a mono sound out of Circuit and then play it in Audacity. From there make a copy of the track and pan one right and one left to see if I can make the sound a bit bigger. Anyway, that
s all for now.

My long weekend is about

to wind down. This afternoon Anne and I are heading out of here for pizza. Its a birthday dinner for her. Got to keep the wife happy and all. Hopefully, if everything works out ok this summer, I'll have a ei claim and I can take the summer off and a bit of help from Anne's family. If we can get help from Anne's family, I wont need to file a ei claim.

Looks like a nice looking day about to shape up out there. That's our temperature right now:

Over the weekend I managed to hook up my Ntendo to the Internet. I was able to download a Pokemon game demo and shot a video with the camera. I also unpacked YouTube and got it synced to my account. So I was able to get that done over the weekend. Happy Easter everyone. Anyway, that's all for now.

I ran into Audrey's to pick up my

book and into work. It was a short shift because the flow rate was low Super called the shift early. I only lost a few hours, which is ok. It meant I had a early start to a 3 day weekend. I paid Audrey's a visit on my way home and tuned in to watch what was left of the Oiler/Sharks game closing out the last minutes of the 1st. It was 2-0 Sharks. I watched the 2nd and it was all Oilers after that. Hall got his 25th goal. Next game is Saturday night. I'd like to see Hall get 30 goals to close out the season.

If all goes well, I'll be able to get a copy of Dutune's DNS-12 for my new Ntendo 3ds XL. I hope to get something going on that next month. I'm still fiddling around with some apps with audio bus on my iPod Touch. I hope to have something up on YouTube this weekend. 

Next week, I'm Monday at the market research job, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, I'm at my 8:30pm job and Friday and Saturday at my market research job and Sunday off. In about an hour, I'm about to take a malathion listen to a bit of Coast and pass out. Anyway, that's about all for now.

I'm a little late by a few months

and I sensed a head cold was just around the corner. Right now its in the throat, with a bit of scratch and phlegm. Its a "good" time to have one while I have a few days off on the new job.

If your out of town or a shut in and are curios as to how our downtown arena is coming along, you can go to the webcam and see in real time the current progress. Crews are working around the clock. The link above will get you to the action. 
Also you can go to time laps on the same site and see other views. In the first view you'll see the Metro line lrt. It's been ready for use for over a year now but because of mismanagement, nobody is saying with any surety when the Metro will be operating. The recent start date is the end of May of this year. Its a bit of a running joke around here. One thing is for certain, the downtown arena will be ready on game day October 2016 when the Edmonton Oilers move into their barn.

Mostly last night I watched wrestling sucking on cough drops (Halls) and dozing off on the couch. I know this cold is going to get worse before it gets better. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Having a 3 day weekend

should be the norm with me. I could get used to this. 

It's been snowing all day yesterday, and we're expected to have about 3 inches of snow. With temperatures around +9 Saturday most (if not all of it will be gone Saturday.)

Which is good because Saturday I'm heading out to Audrey's to get my book, then Rexall to get a 6/49 ticket up to Lodge for the afternoon. I'm going to have a good time have a beer with the guys and head for home to watch some playoff hockey, life is good.

Before bed, I'm  going to try and read some more from "False Gods" as I'm nearing the last few 50 pages or so.

I had a good shift last night pulling quota on my last call and it caused me to miss the first train home. I got in about 15 minutes later then normal. I don't mind. Anyway, that's all for now.