Mmm, Red Robbin has their specialty

burgers again with their endless fries. Now that my toothache pain has given me a break. I hope. Anne said since its across the street, she'll pick it up for me.

Since there's no Oilers on the weekend it means I'll have some time to put a track together. It might be an iPad track before I decide to get the capture card.

The schedule wasn't made up but I didn't get any memo about it, so I hope its going to be made up this week. No, it has nothing to do with memo gate. I get the weekend off and I'm going to enjoy it. Anyway, that's all for now.

Its been a somewhat

busy couple of days, what with bank and pension stuff, holding down 2 part time jobs. Not to mention following and watching Oilers hockey games in between all of that. It's been, interesting.

On my market research job we're just wrapping up fascinating survey on Electric Vehicles (ev's). Wednesday night when the Oilers/Anaheim game was on after 8pm the flow rate on this survey just dropped. So my higher ups decided to call the shift at 8 instead of 9pm last night. I was in the office by 3pm yesterday so I could get the full 5 hours. on my cheque I got an unexpected surprise of stat pay from Good Friday. The City of Edmonton is about to launch a Electric Vehicle Strategy Campaign. We need a 50/50 gender split. No age quotas. Some of the main concerns are charging the battery of a ev. Ev battery's don't work very well in Edmonton's often -20* winter weather. Other concerns are about charging time. I can fully charge my iPod with about 10% into the red in about 40 minutes. Some common questions in the survey are what about charging stations? The City of Edmonton (coe) has about 30 charging units scattered all over the city. I'm sure there will be an app showing the charging stations in use. Other concerns are, parking stalls for charging. So do ev owners charging their ev's just sit there and wait for an hour have a nap or whatever? It's not very efficient use of one's time. Most likely charging stations will be at one's place of employment,eventually. The survey asks about ev rebates as ev's are about $12,000 more expensive then non ev's. If a ev and charging station rebate were offered, would that shape a potential buyers decision to buy a ev? What about traveling between destinations, like from Edmonton/Leduc, or Drayton Valley/Rocky Mountain house, or Edmonton/Swan Hills? How well will the ev battery charge hold up? The survey also addressed ethical concerns like coal to produce electricity that charges an ev or renewables to charge an ev. Its all fine and well to have ev's but there's a price to pay somewhere. Autonomous cars make more sense to me, especially in this climate. But asking people to give up their vehicle driving control, is kind of like asking a senior to give up driving because they are too old. For seniors its like taking away one's independence. About halfway into the shift. My phone number came up in the sample rate with the appropriate case #. We don't do this all the time and in the last 2 years I've been there, I've never been asked to do the survey from my point of view. I didn't know how to do this. one of my other colleagues was in the same position I was, so I'll ask her next week when we have another project. I still know the 4 digit case number. At the moment ev's are not mainstream enough for the consumer. Ev's right now are like where cell phones were in the 1980's. The last day of calling on this project is today. 

With a bit of this and that this morning, I'll be waiting in our (finally) completed city bus shelter to head out on my Saturday morning commute. The bus bench is still blocking the bus patrons inside from the driver seeing anyone inside from the street. Thanks to ETS bus tracker I can track my ride within a minute. So this morning I'm at my other job on the South Side. Its a easy 4 hour shift ending at 2:15. I'm considering picking up my Horus Heresy book at Audrey's. I may as well. My LM account isn't due until the 15th and I still have another pay cheque to cover that and a small cheque to cover June's payment. I just need to watch my spending. I'm trying to save enough for 3 payments, that will take me through, July, August September. I might have birthday cash late August. I want my credit to be in good standing with this place. I'm considering another account for my first synthesizer. I'm really leaning towards the semi modular Moog mother 32, or an Eventide H9 effects pedal. I plan on using the Eventide with my Novation Circuit. I like the Eventide's harmonizer.

This weekend I have WWE's payback, on Sunday and Anaheim/Oilers game #3. I'm sure Sunday's game outcome will be a lot different then last nights game. The other thing about the job I'm going to this morning, is the last day of calling is on the 19th. Anyway, that's all for now.

My public speaking last night went by

ok, although my nervousness showed in my voice. I did 23 Palms but I read from that. I had the odd infliction in my voice. The closing prayer I couldn't get the first line out but after being prompted, it came to me clear enough except for when I got stuck in the middle there. Nobody said anything. 

I can't believe this weather we're getting. Yesterday we got up to +19 as a high. For November? Today we're at +14, which is pretty good. We got sunny skies and looking at temps around the +12 for the weekend. Tonight its a sweater and my windbreaker. Last time we had temperatures like this was 1978! Its mainly the way the jet stream is as its around the Beaver lodge area. This warming trend is expected to go on until about next Friday. Great weather for Remembrance day. It means this could be a short winter.

I'm hoping for a short shift tomorrow that we're done this project by 3pm. That way I can make it back for the Oilers game which is on at 5pm. I need this job because my South side job has no work in January and February. I'm hoping I get more work at my market research job this month and over the next 3 months until at least the end of February and I'm welcomed back my South side job for March. I'll apply for ei in February and put that on hold for when work between both jobs slows down to a stop in the Spring and I can go on ei over the summer and into pension. That's the idea. Then I can have more time for music production and lodge. As for now, I'm out of here at 3pm for the market research job. The boss says our current project will be done this weekend. I'm there tonight, 4-9, home by 10pm. Anyway, that's all for now.

Shaking off the summer rust when returning to the

Shaking off the summer rust when returning to the job Tuesday almost got me into trouble yesterday. I had a decent night on the job last night. This milestone is where I wanted to be in January: Oas application out the door and working at the job. Speaking about the oas, the feds actually sent me a form the other day, that if the information they had on the form was correct. I didn't need to do anything. I had sent the application a week ago. I didn't need to do all that with the bank the lineup to make sure the application was filled out correctly etc. I applied because I didn't know a form would be coming. Here's a photo of me at the job from Tuesday:

Rogers place arena is also reaching a milestone of its own today: Open house. I heard 58,000 people scooped up free tickets earlier this week for today's event. Now obviously they are not going to have that many people all in one go. Most likely the open house could be in groups throughout the whole day. The groups are allowed 90 minutes to tour the facility. They can't tour the locker rooms of course. Then they are cleared out for the next group and so on. Not only that but my lrt commute to Southgate will be a part of all that, so will Anne's, its going to be interesting today for sure. Also the Edmonton Eskimos are hosting the Calgary Stampeder's for the rubber match from Monday's game. About 30,000+ people will be at that game this afternoon. I'm up early to post this so I can relax with my coffee wake up, get ready for my first Saturday commute since last Spring. The other job hasn't called me yet but I'm calling them on Monday just to see what's going on. My office is a block away from a McDonald's so I can get some breakfast. There's no coffee at work this weekend, so I'll take mine with me after breakfast. Hopefully I can avoid the crowds. 

The only casualty for me this weekend is I won't be able to attend the bbq Sunday. Expenses mostly. I already owe $20 for this years Shrine calendar. The guy that takes care of those hasn't been to a meeting in a long time. Dick could be at the bbq tomorrow. He might put 2+2 together tomorrow. So, I'm out of here at 8 this morning, get some breakfast (I can afford that) bring my coffee along. Should be a nice day. It's only a 4 hour shift. Anne's shift is from 6-10. I was going to go to the rec centre after work but she'll need the bus pass and the Eskimo game is on at 5pm anyway. The job I'm on now has steady work up to December 22nd. More then enough for a ei claim and they might have a extension in January like they did last year. Anyway, that's all for now.

Our local weather has been

Spring like with a light rain and snow mix in the evening and its been cold over the last few days. Its been about 4-9 degrees. We don't get the teaming rain like we used to around here for this time of year.

I was lucky to get my #5 bus just after the shorty (short bus) and into the job shortly before 10am. A brief kick-off and surprise Joyce showed up. It meant I get a ride home! Wu who. I actually had a decent day as well getting 4 confirms and 1 online. I'm concerned about after May 15th when this job runs out of work, because my market research job for this month has been in a state of suspended animation for this month. They've got a few projects coming up hopefully next week. What I'm hoping for is my market research job lasting until the end of June. Then after the market research job breaks for the summer I've got a lead on another possible job. A colleague I've been working with since the year 2000 is going over there but its all the way out by Direct buy. He worked there as well a year before I did. Its a long way out but I only need the job until September. Anyway, after work, Joyce drove me home under cold Edmonton skies. Heading East along 129th I noticed Rob had a bit of a crew working. I went to the blood pressure machine after Joyce dropped me off at Shoppers and I got a reading. No paper in the machine to print off a copy so I took a photo. I got home before 3pm. Anne made us a nice lunch before she headed out to her job. I had the evening to myself at last. Let the weekend begin. 

The Valley line officially got underway Friday. There's still preliminary work to be done but that's been more or less ongoing now for awhile. The Cloverdale footbridge will be closed in July. There's a small NIMBY group opposed to this but they don't matter in the scheme of things to come. My concern with these "Save our footbridge" people is that they will somehow get a 11th hour court injunction to stall this line at the last minute. These protestors are doing this more of a stunt then anything else. Anyway I'm enjoying my first coffee and my weekend, that's all for now.

Hey Jim

where have you been? Just working and not a lot too say at the moment. All week I've been working at my 8:30pm job. This is the one that I get a ride home from each day. My ride was in Saturday, which meant I got home before 3pm. 

For my entertainment last night, I was watching the last Oiler game in Vancouver. The was the Canucks fan appreciation  night. Lots of the Oiler jersey's in attendance. Plenty of "Lets go Oilers," chants in the crowd. The Oilers actually did pretty good against a better team in their barn. The Oilers skated to a 3-3 tie to go into OT, and that led to a shootout. The shootout had to go to 3 extra rounds and their shooter won. I thought we were the better team though, even though the Oilers finished 29th in the league. They would have done a lot better with a healthy McDavid and RNH. Next season is going to be different when the new arena opens and healthy players report to training camp. Even though there are no Canadian teams in the playoffs, there are apparently 185 Canadians. Also the Oilers ranked 2nd behind Toronto for the upcoming draft lottery. The Oilers have had 4 #1 picks in a row. I'm ok if Toronto gets 1st over all. Bring on CFL football, I can't wait! I hope the Eskimos can win the Grey Cup this year and stick it to the Riders.

I'm playing around with Audio Share and Loopy. With Audio share I can sample other music apps like Grageband and iMaschine. I'm thinking about a account at Long & McQuade for a Zoom audio recorder and a Korg Monotron. Its a $200 account. As for today, I'm working on a beat and reading. Anyway, that's all for now.

I barely caught that

#5 bus at Central if not for the lady that caught the bus drivers attention just as the bus front right wheel was about a foot away from the curb waiting on a red light that just turned red. The driver said by rights he didn't have to open the door to let us on. I would have been late other wise, thanks lady. Thanks for nothing scumbag bus driver

                                                                   

I met one of my colleagues that rode in beside me to work. It was a beautiful sunny day and about +6 heading in. All in all I had a great night on the new project.

               Today I'm up about 8am for a bit of breakfast and out the door at 9am for the job. I'm back to more consistent hours on the job and about to get busy. I'm in from 10-6pm today and off Sunday but out of here to lodge for a practice. Then home. All next week I'm 4-9:30pm. So in other words I'm going to be busy. I'm about to post this and shut it down as I want to read for a bit, and listen to Coast open lines. I'm up at 8am and out the door at 9am for 10am. Anyway, that's all for now.

When I'm on pension

there will definitely be no more morning shifts. Every weekend will be a long weekend, except for lodge week and then I'll ask to come in from noon-6pm. Something like that I can handle once/month.

Thursday the Oilers gave special dinner to honor Glen Sather. Most of the Stanley Cup winning Oiler notables were there, including #99 himself. He couldn't make it for the raising of Sather's name but the banner raising was quite touching. It was a memorable night. There's just one more name that they need to raise to the rafters: Joey Moss. He was the equipment manager for the Oilers during those years. Gretzky befriended him in the beginning. Not just all of the above, but the Oilers won their 5th straight win. That hasn't happened in a long time. Also, with those 2 points last night brought the Oilers within 2 points of the last play off spot. What with the upcoming road trip I doubt that's going to hold up for long. When McDavid comes back, I think the Oilers have a chance of making the play offs this campaign. 

As for this weekend, I'm out of here shortly before 9 for my 10am shift. I'll get my very small cheque work out the afternoon to my bank and home by 7pm for the rest of the night. Sunday, its a repeat of today except no bank. just straight home. I'm looking forward to a break over the Christmas holidays.

I've been going hard at it over the past few days

with work. At the moment working the election until the last hour and then a clean up project for the last hour for 7.5 hours. I got home just before 11pm last night. Today I'm in from 1:30-9:30pm but I have tomorrow off but back at it Sunday. Then the same hours for all next week. Or at least that's what the week looks like moving forward.

With 4 days to go the Federal election race is just bout to come to a close. Its been a long 74 out of 78 day campaign. The front runner now are the Liberals. Out of all the party leaders Justin Trudeau speaks with more passion then the other leaders. Our current PM has been in power for far too  long. Maybe its time for a change. I'm leaning towards Liberal this year because I agree with almost everything about their platform. We need infrastructure while we're in these tough economic times. It worked for Canada during the 2008-9 cash crunch its a good recipe for Canada today. We don't need a balanced budget right now. The NDP's balanced budget and their platforms are going to cost way too much. The Conservatives are mostly looking out for the upper middle class and beyond. At the moment the Liberals are leading in the poles. They need a majority Government.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my day off tomorrow. I'd like to go to lodge but I'm going to the District meeting next Saturday. I'm considering heading out to get a hard drive for my computer. Its running on mb's. It needs a bit of love. I can go out and get the hard drive screw driver set and sata cable, then to Red Robin across the street have a beer and a bite to eat. Anyway its a full day today that's all for now.

Today I'm out of here at noon to Clareview station

to obtain my CFL Proline picks for the weekend and get my business done at the employment centre. I've got a lot of faxing to do and a few phone calls to make. Then head to the office to pick my cheque. If there's no schedule for next week then I'm cashing in on my assets, moving forward. I'll leave the door open.

While getting a Face book update I noticed a colleague from my old Xentel days tagged his current location. He was at Bo'diddly's Pub & Grill (Bo's) across the street, posted minutes before 6pm. I got dressed and decided to see if he was still there. Sure enough, there he was by himself at a table cell phone in hand. He ordered me a draft. We basically played catch up. He was the official telephone committee organizing a gathering for a colleague of ours moving to Calgary to retire at the end of next month. Time to get the gang together for this guy one last time. I said count me in. My colleague at Bo's lives in the area a few blocks away. He said it was all you can eat Thursday shrimp night and unlimited beer. I think that's what he said. We had a nice chat. I posted a photo tweet about it here under Tweets in the right sidebar. I left out of there at about 7:15pm.  

Tomorrow, I'm at the employment agency doing some heavy duty faxing, doing a bit of a job search as well before heading out to pick up my cheque etc. I'll leave the door open at my current job but not for long. Then its off to Audrey's to pick up my Space marine Battles book and a bite to eat, then to my bank. I've got a $50 I'm going to have to break. Tomorrow (Saturday) I'm heading out of here at noon to go to Commercial lodge. I'll have another cold one there and a bite to eat and home to watch whatever is left of any CFL football. Sunday is wwe's "Night  of Champions," so I'm going to have a nice weekend. Anyway, that's all for now.

Usually the month of April is very nice with

warm temps. This April its been anything but. We've been getting a lot of wind (like this morning) and cold temps. Right now its +1 overcast and the forecast for today is a 40% chance of snow. I this time of year in 1980 at Richards apartment we had rain but that was normal. 

The new job seems to be going along ok. I'm not sure if I'm going to get full hours today. I'll take them if I can get them.

The Provincial election race is heating up. Thursday was the leadership debate. The PC's could be in for a bit of trouble but not as long as I can help it. The NDP is the front runner. I don't see them forming a majority Government but maybe a minority one.

Also the other day was the 10th anniversary of YouTube. On the news they were saying that YouTube uploads about 300 hours of content every minute. Wow! Anyway, that's all for now.

Another long day

today but at least I'm getting some hours. I got to get something else during the day if all I get are 23-25 hours a week type thing. These hours don't pay the bills. We have a day project coming but I keep hearing different days. 

The Oiler's last night we're looking good until the end of the 2nd. In the 3rd period it was all Flames. This team is the worst Oiler team ever. All these first round picks are doing nothing for this team. Three 1st round draft picks in back to back years and all they can do is manage 13 wins out of 50 games? Only Buffalo has a record and they don't have any recent 1st round picks. I hope they get the 1st round this year, we don't deserve another one but we can sure shell out 650M for a new arena. I'm holding on until the 2nd year of the new arena. If this team doesn't make the playoffs the 2nd year after moving into the new arena, I'm giving up on this team. That would have been 12 years of not making the playoffs. One of two things between then and now need to happen before I even think about supporting this team after the above: 1.) Get rid of Kevin Lowe, 2.) hire a high profile winning coach like a Babcock or a Sutter.

I'm trying to show Anne some very basic things on the iPad and still trying to get my things done. Anyway, that's all for now.

I had a quiet day and stayed in doors

all day Saturday just on the computer messing around.  I was also working with Rolodeck a vst glitch program from Twisted tools. There's a link on my blog.

I tried setting up a ride from our JW for the lodge gathering later this morning but they know I wouldn't be attending. I'm surprised he didn't try calling me back asking what it was I wanted. The meeting is at 11am this morning and nobody has offered so far. Just as well because I'm sleeping until noon today.

Today it being the Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year. Sunset is 4:16pm. After today the days begin to get longer. At the end of January the Sunset is an hour ahead of where we are now. January is a long month in winter when average temperatures are about -20.

So today, I'm putting some fd games together and watching the Oiler game this afternoon at 4pm. That's the highlight for Sunday. Monday I'm calling to see if the boss is setting up a schedule for next week. Also, I hope to work on that track and read some Horus Heresy.

I never thought I'd hear myself say this but, I'm getting board. This is why even whey I retire, I'm still working at the job. Anyway, that's all for now.

Friday morning I did my banking downtown and

came home. I had a few hours to myself and about 5:30pm got ready for lodge.

I got there a bit early and nothing had been set up. Some of the guys came by and helped me set things up. We had  about 20 guys show up and had a great night. The highlights of the night for me was a ceremony called "The empty chair" and giving a Jack a 50 year jewel. I might get a 25 year pin but not a jewel, which for me will be in another 12 years. We also presented my ipm with a certificate, which I'll get at the end of my ipm year. It was a great night. I had a Molson dry and enjoyed the festive board and got a ride home. In by 10:30pm to watch what was left of Smackdown. 1 more Friday night and in January we're back to the 2nd Thursday. What was interesting is this evening we had the current DGM, current DDGM and the DDGM elect. All from our lodge! Lodge officers posed for a group photo for this historic event. I'm going to try and snag a copy of the photo on our SW's camera. I decided though, I'm paying my lodge dues in early January.

I got my schedule for this upcoming week: It's tomorrow 12-8, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 1-9. Full hours, less ot but there's a stat day in there as well, so I'm happy about that and next Saturday off. 

Tomorrow is the West CFL semi finale, Riders/Edmonton and at 7pm after the football game is the Coyotes/Oiler's. Should be a good one and I'll probably be home in time to watch most of the game. Anyway, that's all for now.

Its Halloween

and by this time tomorrow (Saturday) it's all over.

We got another notice under our door the other day and the window installers are finally going to install the new windows Tuesday. Where were they last week when the weather was warmer?

I'm up out of here to pick up my "Night Lords" book on the way to work and later to call Chapters (Northgate) to see if they have the Kobo Aura covers. I want the green cover. On Saturday on my day off I'm getting a memory card for my Kobo reader at Future shop across the street then to Northgate/Chapters to get the cover and a gift card to download "Legion" and "Battle for the Abyss" Horus Heresy the next 2 books in the series. Maybe I can download them in the store. Then to Wendy's for a bite to eat and the #11 to Londonderry (Buds) for a beer, a bag of chips at the Dollarrama and then home on the same #11 to have a nap and get ready to watch the Canuck/Oiler's game.

Sunday I'm back at it for 7.5 hours. I just don't know what project I'm going to be on yet and that's my weekend. Anyway, that's all for now.

About noon earlier today I went out to Future Shop

and bought the Kobo Aura ebook reader. It doesn't mean I'm not buying paper books anymore. It's just that there are some Warhammer 40k books/etc that are only in ebook format and there is classic literature I want to read in ebook format and some mysteries I want to read as well. Also, this thing lets me upload pdf files and articles from the web. it's about the same size of a pocket book but lighter.

This afternoon, I was setting up my Kobo and fooling around with that, having brunch and getting ready for lodge practice earlier this evening. I had my first ride ever in a electric car on the way home. This thing can get something like 350KMH on one charge. My ride said it's all powered by solar power and one charge can last a week. His whole house is solar powered. He's not a environmentalist or anything. He said he just wanted the power of choice. What struck me the most was this huge screen in the dashboard. It had to be about 12x24." He has complete internet in the car, its amazing vehicle.

Friday is my last night to open and close lodge. Then I'm pretty much done. I have the District thing on Saturday the 25th and I'm booking off for that. My first meeting in November the new guy takes over and I'm just a bum in a chair after that. What I'd like to do during my ipm year is more District service. 

As for tomorrow, I'm in 5-9 and hopefully I can have a talk with the boss to see if I can do the 2 hours instead of the 7 for the week. He's pretty flexible. Anyway, that's all for now.

Yesterday while working my way through

Northgate mall I popped into Coles again to look at the Kobo Aura ebook reader. Its on my year end wish list. Most likely that's because by then, that's when I'll be able to afford it at the rate I'm going. Because between now and the end of the year, I have lodge dues to deal with. 

While in Coles, I also went to see if they have any new Warhammer books there. They had 6 Omnibus books, including the recent "Nightlords." Plus with a ereader, I can import pdf files, web pages etc, and this one has wifi and a non beveled screen. The Aura has I think a 4Gb memory card with it and I can load my Marvel comic books as well.

After I had a look around at Coles I went to my pcn and had that appointment. I got 2 boxes of insulin to last me until the end of November. Then I have to pay out of pocket for December. It's going to be a 2/1 kind of thing until I can re-apply for those benefits next Spring.

I've got 4 hours today, 4 hours tomorrow (Saturday night off) Sunday lodge practice. In other words, I have a busy weekend I'm going to enjoy my Saturday night off. Anyway, that's all for now.

Here we are in mid September already

and it's +17 out there, nice.

The plan was to head out to lodge this afternoon but something else came up that was a bit more urgent. My own lodge business. I've been trying to get a "investigative team" together to meet with one of our new candidates for membership. He want's to be SW and is a new IPM from a lodge in our District. I've also got his nomination form for him to sign and and I need a letter of good standing because he wont be at lodge the  night of our elections coming up soon. I'll be doing this later this afternoon as he's picking me up for coffee and maybe I can get him to pull into Petro Can gas station just over here and get my Sunday Proline picks. 

A couple nights ago shortly after I got fired from Pizza my wife talked to somebody that she was training. This lady apparently worked at Pizza before so she was just kind of helping her along. So in a conversation between calls Anne mentioned about me and this lady gave her a couple of places for me to try out. Anne didn't get the numbers last night but a name stuck in her mind and from there she got more info when she got home and I searched and got the phone number. I'll be calling this place Monday morning. Maybe I can work 4 days at my market research job and 2 days on the weekends there and have Friday nights off. Its about the same money as my market research job.

Other then that quick meeting this afternoon and pop into pick up my proline picks, I'm going to be missing the first half of the Eskimo/Hamilton football game. My Sunday picks are for the 2 Sunday CFL and the Denver/Seattle game. I'm picking Seahawks to win but it could be a close low scoring game

All next week I'm in from 10-3pm, which means I have my nights off and I can go visit Highlands Unity lodge Tuesday night. That's if I'm not working at the other place. Anyway, that's all for now.

Geriatirc complications are

nudging me. Most noticeably as of late is what's called restless leg syndrome. Or rls. No I don't have dementia due to spelling errors. Those happen when I'm in a hurry or slightly rushed, or lazy. Rls is one of my main concerns right now. Sleep has become very difficult lately without the aid of a pill. I'm constantly tossing and turning in bed. It feels like I overdosed on coffee. All part of getting old and being diabetic.

I've got a unexpected long weekend what with losing my job at Pizza 73 Wednesday night. I really wanted to make that work. Right now, as long as my market research job can keep me going permanent part time, all I need is Friday nights off and I'll be fine. It's when they cut me back I'll be putting in 3 days with them and 3 days somewhere else. For now, I'm just happy to work my market research job until it slows down. 

My weekend so far: Beginning with this evening, I'm watching the Argo's/BC cfl game and Friday night Smackdown. Saturday I'm out of here about noon for Freemason Hall visiting Commercial lodge for the afternoon, have a adult beverage as the festive board for guests (me) is free. Then head for home and watch what's left of the Esks/Hamilton game. I'm also following my proline cfl games and get another proline ticket at the 7-11 before lodge on my way. I was almost ready to go to Horseshoe lounge to watch the "Night of Champions," but with getting canned at Pizza, I can't justify all of that.

I was working on a track in Maschine last night having a good time following the Kansas State vs. Auburn Point College football game. It was a close game until about the 4th quarter when Auburn took control and went from 10-7 to 20 -14. Anyway, that's all for now.

Sunny Sunday is a good title

for this post this morning. Were going to be in for some nicer weather this week.

Edmonton transit service otherwise known as ETS, is shutting down LRT service today. They (ETS/ets) recently installed new signaling on all their cars as they are testing the new signaling system across the line all day. They usually do this about once a month on a Sunday as ets is trying to bring the new Metro extension online. They have replacement buses at Clareview, which run about every 10 minutes. Its a minor inconvenience but they had signs posted everywhere all week.

I worked Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (new job) Friday off for lodge, 7 hours yesterday and 4 hours at the new job. I've been busy all week and what with lodge Friday night and learning the new system at the new job, its been busy. Plus I'm in for 6 hours today (I get a half hour break) The worst of all of this is both jobs pay periods end on the same day. My 2nd job yesterday gave me a plastic pass key to get into the building after hours as the Canadian Western bank building shuts it's doors at 6pm on a Saturday. They also charge me a $20 deposit fee on it off my first cheque. This month is going to be challenging to say the least. 

On my cfl proline ticket I have Al's/Esks, Edmonton to win. That's 1 game. Then yesterday, Winnipeg/BC BC to win. That one came in yesterday. That's 2 out of 3. The long shot is a "Tie" Riders/Hamilton. On my NFL ticket, I have Seattle/SD, Seattle to win, NY/GB Green Bay to win, and the Riders game to make parley. The only thing is I have no way to check in on the games because unlike the other job,at this one I can't gain Internet access. If Hamid is there, he usually checks for me a couple of times in the shift. Sometimes I can get access from the hotel across the street. Anyway, that's all for now.