Anne & I are going on another outing

today, because it's her birthday today. I'll disclose where we went in tomorrow's blog post.

I bought this USB multi port hub 2 years ago, but haven't found a use to use it until now

I've had the Elgato green screen availible, but I haven't had time to set it up. That's going to be my project this week. What's cool about this hub is it has 5 USB 3 ports. I'm using 1 of them now. My green screen lights (Ulanzi) need to be powered by USB. My Sodtware is OBS. It's a pretty straight forward process. I just need to make sure I have enough power in the lights.. 

This week it's out with Anne today, and Wrestling, tomorrow night Oilers hockey on TV, Wednesday night open, Thursday Oilers hockey, Friday Smackdown, Saturday after breakfast if all goes well, I'll be seeing a certain blonde, if the cover story holds water. It's been 8 years. Wow. Anyway, that's all for now.

Its been 12 days in between blog

posts 😲 Life gets in the way, that sort of thing. Mainly, I began work last week, then there was the long weekend, a couple dental appointments, more work etc. I'll be blogging about once a week from now on.

Today is the Grey Cup and WWE's Survivor series, and an Oilers hockey game. Speaking of which, the Oilers won last night 4-2. Right now the Oilers 25 games in are sharing the first spot with the St. Louis Blues. Lots of sports to follow this weekend.

Health wise, I've been getting these cramps in my calf area below the knee. A first I thought it was a blood clot. The perhaps mussel fatigue. Most likely its just arthritis. Otherwise things are going along alright. I'm keeping busy getting my mind off Mary. I still don't know why she unfriended me on Face book and that was almost a year ago. 

Tomorrow, I'll be watching WWE's survivor series, channel surfing the Grey Cup/Oilers game. Mostly watching the Oilers but if the game goes badly I'll watch wrestling. For the most part, its work 4-9 Monday-Wednesday as we're expecting this project to end Wednesday. I got my dental appointment at 1pm Thursday and an appointment after that for some counselling at 4pm. I could be off Friday, and I have a bible study men's group to go to at the end of the month. Anyway, I'll be back next week, that's all for now.

Its great to have a nice

few days off but now that I'm more or less back to work, I'm itching to get back into the stream of things. I'm still nursing my summer savings, which I'm barely holding onto until the end of the month. As long as I don't go crazy, I should have enough summer savings to keep me going. Right now I need hours and I'll have more then enough hours on the clock before cut off. If I'm lucky I could have about 55 hours. 

The Eskimo's aren't as done for as I had first thought. They may be 5th in the West but there is a slim chance they could still make the playoffs, if they can beat the Lions Friday in Vancouver. Or the Esks might be able to get a cross over spot to represent the East against Calgary representing the West at Commonwealth for the Grey Cup. The place would sell out. And the Oilers won one yesterday, which brings their record to 2-1. Next up for the Oilers is in Winnipeg Tuesday and if they can continue that momentum they might be able to play 500 hockey by the time they reach home ice Thursday. All kinds of stuff could happen. Trouble with the Oilers is the top brass put too many eggs in one basket. If the Oilers had say $20 million in salary cap space by the end of the season, they could make a play for some big name A.M. type players. 

This week the Federal Government will make cannabis legal.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I watched a report on the news last night that for anyone growing pot plants in their house that it not only cost's a lot in water but also electricity. Our building is an older building and we had to get rid of our dishwasher because it was water usage intensive. 

I don't have a problem with medical marijuana. That's going to be a boon to a lot of people. Most people I talked with about using recreational pot are going to be responsible saying its not going to interfere with their work. They wont smoke pot during the week. Legalized cannabis could pump potentially tens of billions of dollars into Federal and Provincial coffers. Demand could out pace supply within the first week of cannabis being legalized here in Alberta. Could one years worth of pot profits reduce the Provinces deficit? 

So this week, I'm working Monday-Thursday, 5 hour shifts. Monday is Wrestling. Speaking of which there is a rumor going around over WWE's upcoming pay per view "Crown Jewel" and something to do with the Khashoggi assassination crisis. Interesting stuff. Then I'm following the Oilers/Jets game Tuesday. Wednesday I'm trying to make contact with a friend, and too set up when I can go for compression stockings for the end of the month. Thursday I'm following the Bruins/Edmonton game. First game on home ice for this season. Friday I'm at home watching the Eskimo's/Lions game on the tube, Saturday I'm hoping I can go out to lodge for the afternoon. Lots of stuff going on this week. Anyway, that's all for now. 

Today is the first nice day I think

we have had this Spring, what with being at +26 degrees. Wind is South at 10 kmh. Its times like this I wish I had a bike. I'm finding walking difficult but not impossible. I don't need a cane or a walker, yet. On a nice day like today, I'd like to be out on a bike for a couple of hours.

Last nights Jets/Preds game started out with no score in the first. Then everything opened up in the 2nd. Six goals scored! This is where the Oilers should have been in 2006. If the Saturday game was in Carolina and the return game here, I have no doubt the Oilers would have become Stanley Cup champions. Yeah, yeah, woulda, coulda, shoulda. Odds are pretty high if the Jets play tomorrow night like they did last night, they'll close out Nashville and go onto round 3.

This week, I'm in the office Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday off and I have Saturday. During that time, I need to visit with Service Canada to set up my gis.  I'll try to do the Service Canada thing Tuesday. I'm sure its going to take more then one visit there. Tomorrow I need to set up a visit with my pcn, hopefully Friday morning, get some lunch, swing over to pay a bill by the Brick area, back to get some dinner at Red Robin with a friend. I have a busy week.   

That was a really long weekend

which means summer is almost over. For the kids they go back to school. I'm hoping I get some good news about going back myself. To work that is, We've got a huge bill to pay down, and I want to get the Xbox One X hopefully by Black Friday. Even though I'm on pension, I'm not yet retired.  

Lets see, over the weekend we watched the 2011 The Green Hornet. It started out slow and kind of juvenile in parts before the middle but then it built up and non stop action from there. I don't know why its taken producers five years later to work on a sequel. We also watched Monday night Raw, which was ok. Last night we watched Smackdown Live which is a lot better show in my opinion. Anne and I try to watch a movie we haven't seen every weekend. We get out the popcorn or other snacks. I haven't seen the recent man from UNCLE movie. Anne says she's seen it but I'd like to. I'm thinking about watching Doctor Strange instead as we're a fan of Marvel Studio movies. I remember reading Strange Tales as a teenager before my back operation even. I'm looking forward to Star Trek Discovery coming out on the 24th and the upcoming Star Wars "The Last Jedi" coming out in December.

This month the NHL goes back to work, as training camp begins soon. Most of the pieces from last year are in place. I think it was a mistake to let Jordan Eberle go. This guy scores 20+ goals a season. Sure his contract was to inflated but still he's a good player. Looks like Jerome Igninla is still up for grabs. We still have some positions open that Iggy could fill, but there are other players in the system that could be a good asset if they make camp. As for football, the Esks blew out another Labour Day Classic, 18-39! I'm not too impressed with John Chick. Mike Reilly's timing was off. The Eskimo's are the most penalized team in the cfl.

Up this week, I'm open for today. Tomorrow I've got some public speaking to do. I know my material so I think I'll be ok. Also Thursday I've got to call the boss to see what's happening for work. Friday is the Saturday is the Stamps/Esks rubber match. I'll be buckled in for that one. Anyway, that's all for now.  

Our line hour on the job was sinking faster then

the Titanic Saturday. My higher ups pulled the shift 3 hours earlier. After a long week of that, I was grateful for a early start to the weekend. I had enough hours on the clock and if that was the sample rate we had to work with, so be it. I was able to pick up my Space Marine Battles book as well on my way home. I had a relaxing evening leaving all the drama of the day behind me. I was considering uploading another video but one a month is good.

I'm not a fan of American football. I prefer the Canadian football league (CFL) I decided I needed sleep more so I slept until noon yesterday and watched what was left over from the Oilers/Habs game. There was no score heading towards the end of the 2nd period. Wow! The 3rd period had lousy officiating. McDavid drew 3 power plays in the game and would have earned more. The 3rd period went to OT. Nothing was decided in OT but the Oilers scored once in the shootout and Talbot stopped 3 Montreal shooters earning the W. Now the Oilers are required to head into a bi week at a crucial stage in the campaign down the homestretch. At the moment the Oilers are in 5th place in the Western conference. They don't play again until Saturday. The coaches hate this bi week. Especially just coming off the All Star break. It slows down momentum. If the Oilers don't make the playoffs this year, I'm blaming the bi week! If the Oilers are still in 5th, I'd be surprised. However I did watch lady Gaga's at the Superbowl halftime show. "This land is your land," is hardly apolitical.

Also on the weekend (last night) I watched "Casablanca", and "Hopalong Cassidy," which is always a good time. I'm cutting too early by leaving out of here at 10:35am for my commute to the 12:00pm shift. If I leave out of here about quarter to 11, I should get to the job just before noon. I made good timing on Saturday leaving at 9am. I should be home shortly before 9pm tonight. We should have a better sample rate today. My shift this week is 12-8pm, which is good for 37.5 hours. I'm having Saturday and Sunday off. I might even post another video over the weekend, hard to say. I almost forgot I also branded my You Tube channel as well and nobody has used "Shannon Sounds" according to the rankings. Anyway, that's all for now.

I woke up out of bed just before

noon. Other then multiple bathroom trips, I had a good sleep.The trips to the bathroom are because I drink a lot of fluids before bed. I'm slowly cutting that down. I think I had a good 8 hours of sleep, that and I dozed on the couch watching the hockey game and about an hours worth of sleep in bed. 

When I get pension and back to work, one of the first pieces of gear I want to get is a portable synth/music production system called the OP-1. Its about the size of a quarty keyboard including the F keys. Its even got a keyboard and can record off of it. It has a built in microphone for sampling, a nice screen and lots of effects. The OP-1 has 4 tracks and has room for user samples and a external speaker. I think it even has an aux in port. It's portable and can be used anywhere. Of course it has full transport control. Its an amazing machine. There's lots of YouTube video's on this device but its a bit expensive at $800 cdn. None of the major retailers here stock it. If they did, it'd be about $1,000. Its on my wish list for sure.

What with it being mothers day today, I shared a pic of mom on my Facebook page. Anne is still sleeping. I think this afternoon before brunch she's going out to get her flowers for the balcony. I'm at my 8:30pm job Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Wednesday morning I have a 11am to get some insulin. Thursday Friday and Saturday, I'm at the other place. I'm hoping I can get 35 hours in this week. My week ahead is steady. Happy mothers day everyone. Anyway, that's about 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.

For some reason I needed to find out what kind of video

camera the downtown Library Makerspace uses. I was "shopping around" for a Go pro video camera. Searching on the web, I came across a bit of a list of equipment, and software the studio uses. They have Wondershare and Blender? Nice. These are popular computer video editing and screen capture software tools. It means I can make a beat on a sequencer like FL. Studio and screen capture (with audio) and upload it to You Tube. I'm going to try and book some studio time over the next few days.

Connect 2 Edmonton is a forum I visit everyday. Its all things Edmonton. A popular thread is Station Pointe. Station Pointe is a designated lot located just South of the Belvedere lrt station or more appropriately 129th Ave 66 street and Fort Road. Its been a bit of a running joke as its been more or less a empty lot. The developer seems to like hole in the grounds as in Corners 1. The City built this long decorative retaining wall along the lrt tracks about 2011. That's about the last time anyone has seen or heard of Station Pointe (other then on the c2e forum) until I noticed a couple of backhoes on the site the other day on my commute into work.

                             

The idea behind this concept was supposed to be a geothermal, totally green shovel ready project. Yet the developer has been dragging its feet for a long time on this something to do with a Government grant. Station Pointe was initially part of a Fort Road revitalization plan, which was original conceived in September of 1980. I'm not sure what the current status of this plan now. Is it ongoing or in hiatus or what? Station Pointe was to be the anchor of the Fort Road revitalization plan. Not that I could see anything from my vantage point on the train as in the above image but there has also been some hoarding done on Fort road, and maybe along 129th as well. I hope those backhoes I saw on site are the harbinger of things to come for this project

I have a day off but I'm going steady as of tomorrow. I've got Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday at my market research job. Tuesday, Wednesday I'm at my other job and Thursday I'm at lodge. Friday at the other job and Saturday and Sunday I'm at my market research job. The above will be going on like this until mid May, yeesh. As for tonight, I'm home watching the Oilers/kings game. We'll see how far I get with that but that's another story. Anyway, that's all for now.

Talk about a quick turn around in

in developments. Has Eskimo GM found a replacement for Chris Jones already? Now the other team is asking for compensation. If Eskimo GM has found his man, (I'm not saying anything to jink this) but why not give the new guy a promotion like the Riders did with Jones: Assistant GM and head Coach. This (in theory) would avoid an compensation issues. 

On my way into work Sunday morning the snow was slightly falling. I had a longer then normal wait at Central station street level as we received a major snow blizzard. This lasted a long time. I think the blizzard tapered off about 2pm. It was a significant snowfall but I not enough to bring out the graders. At this hour its still -6. Hardly cold at all.

Today I'm back to my afternoon evenings shifts. I'm 4:15pm-8:30pm at my 2nd job and we're having a staff Christmas party. Tuesday I've got to pick up some insulin at my pcn before work. Its going to be a long day. I've got work up to Wednesday. Not sure whats going on for Thursday and Friday at the other job. I'll know more about this Wednesday. One way or another I'll have a full week until Friday and then I'm off for 16 days. Ah, living the dream. Anyway, that's all for now.