Yesterday we got this notice

under the door about bed bug inspection. Another crisis ahead. Pest control came in here in 2013, did what they had to do and gave us a clean bill of health. There is a lot of work to be done but we have the weekend to do it. 

I didn't get another lotto 6/49 free thicket. Not that I was expecting one. I knew I was pushing my luck. However because each draw is $5M that gets added on and carried over if nobody wins. I'm buying a ticket for Saturdays draw for $35M. If nobody wins Saturday that $35M gets increased to $40M and so on. If we ever won, we'd take our personal stuff, our pets to a motel, and this place can go you know what.

Yesterday the legendary Roxy theatre here in Edmonton, made National news because it burned down. I've never been in the Roxy theatre before. Lately it's used for live theatre. It was quite a landmark there since 1937. It even predates the Garneau theatre built in 1940 as one of Edmonton's oldest theatres. 

Most recently I managed to get my iPod Touch to work with Facebook. Now I'm trying to get it to work with Flikr. I need a connecting Google account to do this. Anyway, I'll be relieved when we're here in February and we can put this current crisis behind us. That's all for now.

It's all quiet

as there's not a lot going on at the moment. 

The other day I cashed in on my big $5 win and got a bingo scratch n' win for $3. Anne played it and won another ticket. She cashed her's in for yet another Bingo scratch n' win and won on that for another $3 for $6. She was1 square away or something from winning $50,000! That would probably give give me what my last job paid me, for over about 3 years. Yeah, I'd take 3 years off with pay.         

I read in today's i09 that the DNA match of Richard the 3rd might not be an open and shut case. The article firstly goes on to say that the story has yet to have been peer reviewed and that the DNA found might have (with over 500 years of history) been contaminated. Some are suggesting that the location matches the historical evidence of where Richard was buried. The cause of death was consistent with how Richard died etc. You can read more about this update here. 

I'm considering Lodge tomorrow night and of course my own Lodge Thursday night. I have yet to visit the Wednesday night Lodge before ours before but 2 Lodge's in the same week might be a bit much, I don't yet

Ok this is not earth shattering or anything but on Saturday I'm about to make an announcement. This announcement has nothing to do with my blog or anything like that. Anyway, that's about all for now.

I cashed my

"big" 6/49 jackpot of...$5! First win for the year and because nobody won the big prize it goes up to $11M. Of course I reinvested in another quick pick.

I can relate to this story. English king Richard III mainly like Richard, I too have scoliosis but probably not as advanced as his. But today researchers have confirmed that it was Canadian DNA that matched the DNA of King Richard. The bones had been subjected to “rigorous academic study” and had been carbon dated to a period from 1455-1540. Richard was 32 when he died over 500 years ago. Read more here.   

Tonight on Coast the topic is on Aliens & Synchronicities. I like stuff like this. I'll be heading to bed early anyway. Other then that, not much is going on. Anyway, that's all for now.

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I'm a day late and a

buck short with this but it was yesterday August 16th 1977 when Elvis died. Now I was never a fan or anything although I did like a few songs. But I recall exactly where I was when that event occurred, at a pool side home in North Vancouver with a wargaming friend of mine. We heard the news on the radio. I don't think this registered on my young friend at the time but when I got home early that evening it was all over the news. Wow, that was 35 years ago yesterday. I was just 24 years old. The news of Elvis death probably held the same impact for me as when Kurt Cobane died in 1994. It didn't register, but Elvis was a legend in the business and like him and Joe Strummer, Joey Ramone and to some extent, Freddy Mercury. Lennon, Strummer, Joey were the 3 big names that made an impact on me. When Elvis died it felt like a bit of my childhood ended, musically speaking. Elvis was never an inspiration to me musically, not like Strummer, or Joey Ramone. Not even the deaths of Jim Morrison and or George Harrison phase me. I'm sure when Mick Jagger goes that will really make me cry. The musical artists that made me cry when they died the most were John Lennon, Joe Strummer, Joey Ramone and most recently David Jones from the Monkees. Elvis passing away was a year before I moved here to Edmonton on this week 1978 and my life changed for ever. 

I had a good day pulling in about $350 and a hundred on card for the afternoon. Our dialer's were shut down again and we had a 40 minute lunch break and then because of our dialer's shut off again we didn't get underway until about 6pm. It was like a 6 hour shift that we got paid for.

We also got to watch a bit of the Hamilton/Winnipeg CFL game. I had it to tie and it was up until about the 4 minute  mark, the the Bombers had to make a 7 point play spoiling my Proline ticket. Crazy.

It's Friday at last and it's a 7.5 hour shift for me and off to my bank and then home. Because Anne's been coming home so late because she gets off at 10pm and gets the 10:20pm bus and a pit stop to Superstore she doesn't get home until about 11:20pm and she didn't get home this last night until about 11:30pm, yeesh. I'm thinking about seeing if she could make a pre-made pasta dish so I can just heat and serve. Anyway's that's about all for now. 
 

Ok, I got the place

Ok, I got the place booked up. I contacted a lot of people and confirmed about 10 couples and others. I got Nathan to cook, I got Frank to bring the backed potatoes and propane, Dan’s bringing the bar to Neil, Neil has to get the key within the next 3 days. I’m calling him Thursday about the key to see if he’s got it and then to give him my list of what and how much. If so, then we’ll have the bbq. Unless he knows of a back door to get the key I don’t know about. Then if all goes well Neil might even be able to get the meat etc then we’re going to have a nice day Sunday. We’ll be done by 6pm and home by 7:00pm then I can breath a sigh of relief.

Last night our dialers were going off line several times through out the evening shift. We got a 20 minute break and then off for about half hour break as we were about 40 minutes or so away from packing it up and I had just got a $200 sale. So it was decided we all pack it up and go home. Works for me.

Tonight on Coast: Channeled Messages Author, researcher and expert in Edgar Cayce and ancient wisdom, Wynn Free, will discuss how he found himself in the middle of a series of dialogues with a channeled source who claims to have created the physical universe. Should be a good one.

The NHLPA and players/owners etc all got together in Toronto to discuss and avoid the possibility of a NHL players strike like they did in 2004-05. That season was the first time in history that a pro league shut down an entire season. If this happens it will be for the 3rd time since Gary Bettman took over as Commissioner. If this happens I don’t know if I want to support the NHL any more unless the Oiler’s make the playoffs. Other wise, I might not watch the Oiler’s anymore if the NHL has another repeat of the 2004-05 season and then resume in 2012-14 even if they have a new arena. It’s not something I’m willing to entertain altogether and I really need to rethink this.

Week #8 of the CFL is almost upon us and the schedule is this:  Thursday: Hamilton/Winnipeg. Friday: Montréal/EdmontonW     Saturday: Toronto/CalgaryT. Sunday: Saskatchewan/BC.T  I’m picking only 1 win and that’s the Montréal/Edmonton game and I’m going to put $5 on it and $5 on the lotto max.

After work I went and got myself a donut and a coffee and checked my email about the bbq. Nothing in at the time. I was able to catch the early train and caught the #112 Northgate a bus that would normally get me home as of July 1st 15 minutes early. After Labor day weekend that schedule returns. When I got home I noticed this big box in my room and Anne putting together a new office chair for me and it’s a huge improvement and feels a lot better. About 2am I’m going to pamper my wife a bit and I hope to be in bed by about 2:30am and listen to Coast for a while.

Earlier this morning I cashed in my $10 6/49 winnings the Redi mart had yet to post the CFL Proline picks but I was able to check my email and relax on my way in under some overcast hint of rain skies.

Update: Before break I had a chance to mention to James that I won’t be in until 5pm for the 4 hour shift, so I have a few hours for myself this afternoon. Anyway, that’s about all I have for now. 

I didn’t sleep

well over night. Not even the warm glass of milk helped. I was up until about 4:30 this morning working on a music track in FL Studio 10. I want to get the update 10.5 but I can’t view my licenses for some reason.

It‘s been a rough week so far. I got six Tuesday morning, I lost 4 hours of work, I bought a credit card I can‘t use where I want to use it, my sales volume has been low all week, I busted a tooth last night (diabetes) The only good news was winning that $10 on my 6/49 draw and Anne buying me that new windbreaker and this morning I couldn’t sleep. I got 2 more days off and Saturday, I‘m going to buy my Tim‘s breakfast and bring $25 with me to head over to the casino have a beer and relax and play the penny slots.

It was on this week 32 years ago I moved out of the Meyer house. They were getting freaked out over my (Wicca) “occult activities.” Of course I can understand my land lady‘s concern, with her and her husband being Pentecostal supporters and all. I wasn‘t into Thelema when I first moved into that house just behind where Peoples Church is now. Matter of fact if I hadn’t stumbled into Thelema chasing Ellen around I would have probably had thought I was a bit off my rocker as well. I moved in there almost a month after mom and dad moved back to Coquitlam my home town. My stay there was October 1979-June 25th 1980. I never had a woman in my room but it wasn’t much bigger then my office here. It was my land lady‘s nosing around into my business that eventually led to my decision to leave. It was an ugly scene when I left and I didn’t have to much with me to pack either. I even have the hand written letter or a copy of it I made just before I moved out of that residence.

Today I got 7.5 hours ahead of me and it‘s the NHL entry draft. I don‘t really care because the Oiler‘s can have all the star power they want to but if Nikolai Khabibulin still ends up being our starting goal tender we‘re going to win about 50% of our games with Dubnyk and less with NK The result is going to be similar to last season near last place. We could have all the first round draft picks in the world but if we don’t have that goal tender, then all we’re going to be is just a team that doesn’t make the playoffs. And of course Hall gets injured every Spring and gets taken out about 2 weeks before the regular season. 

And the Eskimo’s are no better. Last night they lost hosting BC 24-16. That’s 2 pre season losses now. We lost all of our 3 pre-season games, Toronto, Calgary and last night BC. It’s tough being a Sports fan in the “City of champions.”

So, today being payday, I’ll have a full 37.5 hours on my check and at 8:30 I’ll be heading towards my bank RBC bank cash my check and head for home to work on my track and watch some Smackdown have a bite to eat and then done for the day. Anyway, that’s all I have for now.  

Because of Anne fighting with me and all last night, about my leg, I went to bed without a hug or a goodnight. I’m not even going to call her this afternoon. I have a red skin rash about the size of a golf ball between my foot and my knee, that isn’t healing. It began with a protrusion of small dried skin that wouldn’t go away and not even Anne’s Doctor knew what it was when it was about the size of a pea back in 2008. The original skin pea is still there but there is a rash that has developed around it, that is giving us some concern. I put vaseline on it before I leave for work and when I go to bed. Its not spreading that’s the main thing but Anne’s right about seeing a Doctor at the medi clinic. I was there about maybe 18 months ago for some Tylenol 3’s I think when I had some abscessed tooth pain. So I think after work Saturday I’m going to go over and wait.

What I’d like to also do on my way is to take a few photos of the construction going on over by the Clareview arena site. The arena this Spring was torn down and there’s a lot of construction going on over there from 42nd street to 37th street along 139th ave and down to the tracks. It’s a big chunk of land called Clareview campus. I hope to have some pictures of it Saturday but that depends on when the hockey game is on.

I won $10 on yesterdays 6/49 draw and another number would have got me $80. I’ve never won 4 numbers. Most I ever win has been $10 maybe 2-4 times, year. The jackpot hasn’t been claimed yet so now it goes up to $26M. Anyway, that's about all I have for today.

Not a bad day today, with a little bit of luck tossed in.

It was a slow start for today. The day really dragged. No bonus money but I did read a lot from my Star Wars book. I decided to go on and read the 2nd book in the series.

Oilers unloaded yesterday, Cogliano and JD, who I thought was better then NK.

Anne had put some money on one of the cell phones and and I took that with me. She called at about 7:30pm. The vibration mode didn’t kick in and I caught it right away. Big no-no in a call centre to have an open cell phone while not on a break. We had a chat on the phone.

I was too wiped out to read on the train home. I got inside about 9:35pm and found some bananas Anne had bought earlier on the table. I took one with my insulin so I’m ok for now. Other then that, I had a pretty good day. I can’t complain.

I checked on my 6/49 number when I got home and I got 3 numbers on my ticket for $10. I seldom win more then that. I've never had more then 3 numbers at any givin time if I win at all. When I selected my numbers I usually pick number 8 instead I went for #9. Number #8 was picked. I could have matched 4 numbers. I got this feeling that this year is going to be a break-out 6/49 year. I'm going to get 4 matches. I almost did this week. 5 matches would have netted me about $2,000 bucks. Anyway, that’s about all for now