Not that the boss could confirm but just from what I could see

after loging in and out last night there is work coming up. I'm to call Tuesday, and he might have a more definitive answer for me then. I was surprised on my pay, and I felt good heading back home stopping off briefly at Audrey's. I let the them know I'd be picking my book up at the end of the month. They're ok with that. Always have been. 

Mr. Hockey aka Gordie Howe past away. I got the news in my email today. Gordie Howe was a bit before my time and many consider him the greatest that ever played the game of NHL hockey. Making his NHL debut for Detroit on Oct. 16, 1946, against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Howe played 32 professional hockey seasons, more than any other man. He also was the oldest player to score in the NHL and made hockey a family affair when he skated with sons Mark and Marty. I never met the man but his post death accolades obviously are significant to the hockey world. He passed away at the age of 88.

On local news last night there's a scam going around, how some scammers are claiming to be from Canada Revenue Agency. They call unsuspecting people claiming they are from the CRA, and that they owe a specific amount of money. They bully and harass their victims over the phone even threaten them that if they don't pay up with iTunes gift cards, they will be arrested. From this Global report: “We are currently investigating a file where a woman was convinced she owed the CRA $22,000. The woman visited two grocery stores and purchased $10,000 worth of iTunes gift cards at the first location and then purchased and additional $12,000 in iTunes gift cards at the second location. The woman then sent photos of the cards to the scammers.” The Canada Revenue Agency doesn't make phone calls to their clients nor ask people to pay up using iTunes gift cards or requests prepaid credit cards. My first clue something was wrong would have been iTunes gift cards? 

Well, it looks like I have a few more days off but I'm hoping to get back to work this week. Its still a pay period and I could use as many hours as possible. So I hope there's something sooner then later. I'm still going to followup on plan B on Monday. I'm not risking anything to chance. Anyway, that's all for now.

I love YouTube

and here's another reason why:


Monday while I was trying to catch the 4th quarter of the Esks/Stamps game I get this guy sounding East Indian-ish in broken English. He was trying to tell me that he is or his connections are Microsoft Certified technicians and they are advised to inform me that my computer is loaded with viruses. Remember the Security Tool virus I caught a few years ago? That pest took out my laptop for almost a month. So I went through some of the procedures they were asking me to do. The first hint I felt a scam coming on was when they asked me if they could have access to my desktop. I've used Team Viewer on more then several occasions and I know a bit about remote desktops and how to use them. I wasn't worried because at anytime along the way, I can pull my Internet connection. I wanted to see how far these guys would go. The guy that had me on the phone as I was missing my CFL game showed me these "error messages" and claimed they were detrimental to my computer. I noticed the date was May 12th 2011. The last date was May 12th. That's when I knew they were setting me up to be scammed. I thought "Wait now, if these things have been "on my computer" since then, obviously it's not that urgent." They were trying to sell me some kind of antivirus protection package. Then I knew it was a scam as soon as I said I have no credit card. They asked me if I had a bank card. I said no. That's when I broke the connection real fast. Since then they've called several times today even after Anne yelled at them and said take this number off the list. After checking on Youtube I learned of the Ammy scam. Fortunately for me, I had from the beginning of the first call an inkling in my head this didn't sound right. So just a heads up to all my readers, be careful of the Ammy scam. But please when you get the call keep them talking for as long as you can, they're the ones that have to pay for the call. I love YouTube.

I'm having a nice day off. I got up late and had an enjoyable afternoon playing around with my FL Studio 10. And now I have the whole evening off with nowhere to go. Taking Wednesday off is a good thing to do.

We've had so much rain in May and June we didn't get any warm days above 28. We had 1 day above +30 and that was the day I was at Fort Edmonton Park a few weeks ago. Today as we're having our Indian Summer, we hit another +30 degree day. Actually the local forecast is going to be +30 over the next several days. Anyway, that's about all for now.