first job just to confirm I'm not on the schedule. Even though I'm sure I had my availability adjusted for the other job its always a good idea when your juggling two jobs like this.
On my way into my 2nd job I had time to pop into Audrey's books. I picked up my 19th book in the "Space Marine Battles" Warhammer 40K. I don't know much about the "Flesh terrors" unit but they sound pretty formidable
All the white books above are Space marine Battles. They've got some colored sketches done on high gloss paper in the middle of the books, which is a nice touch. The book on the angle is my latest. Sorry about the big photo. Blogger is acting up on me. When I try to shrink the applications shrinks it longer and narrower. I used to be able to take images from Twitter but Blogger makes that difficult now. When I try to upload a photo its says invalid url. On a photo?
I'm back to work at the first job and it looks like they are winding down their big project. They are supposed to finish by the 15th. After that I don't know if they have anything and most certainly they wont have a Sunday. Anyway, that's all for now.
monitor just beginning my first coffee of the day. At the moment, its sunny with a few clouds at +5 degrees.
A national carbon tax is making news but do we really need one? Canada is carbon neutral. All CO2 emitted by industry and consumers is
absorbed back into the Canadian land mass. (Soil, trees, water.) PLUS an
additional 36% or something. Canada is doing it's part and more just by having a massive untouched land mass. Russia is also up there.
Carbon tax = a new form of taxation for governments. It's a complete
farce and only about money. Our Premier is bringing it in on the grounds
that it will make our oil look more favourable for out of province
pipelines. How's Keystone XL? Northern Gateway? Energy East? Canada's land mass absorbs most of our co2 emissions anyway. This is little more then another Liberal Boondoggle.
In other words its another tax grab that could bring billions into Government coffers. After all they have to pay for that middle class income tax break the rest of us working poor don't get. I don't mind if its a tax like the GST, which is revenue neutral and we get some return on that tax back.
I'm out here at my usual 3pm time in for my 4:15pm job After the 15th of this month, I wouldn't mind a break from the other place for a week or 2. I still think I have enough ei hours "in the bank" for another claim. One thing is for certain: Sunday April 3rd is Wrestlemania and both of us are taking that day off. I hope to have my Ntendo 3ds by then. Anyway, that's all for now.
today. Seems every time I have a day off, I'm doing something. Or I have an event of some kind to go to. Tonight I'm heading out to a reading and book signing event at Audrey's books at 7pm. Canadian Science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer is coming out with his new book "Quantum Night."
While I was at work last night, Anne was investigating the new channel rules advanced by the CRTC. By March first cable and satellite providers must provide a basic cable package for $25. In addition to the basic package providers must offer a pick and pay package model. Or offer small bundles of channels. the basic package must include, CBC, CTV, Global, and aboriginal and minority English or French language channels. In
addition a group of U.S. channels could be included, usually CBS, NBC,
ABC, FOX and non-commercial channel PBS. At least 10 of the channels must be local or regional, including the
community channel and the proceedings of the provincial legislature, if
available. TV viewers will then be able to supplement this with either individual channels or small bundled channel packages. The CRTC also ruled last year that consumers should have access to more
choice in their cable and satellite packages as well as cheaper basic
packages. So after a bit of tinkering, and keeping my WWE network, Space TV, Sports channels, TCM, AMC, our total package including Internet and phone is down to $140. It was $170. We lose some movie channels she wasn't watching anyway, and we got a $10/month credit off of our home phone. Plus we got a preview package the above for about $130 for 6 months. Sweet. With so many options out there like online streaming from computer to the TV, Netflex or VPN, there are many choices out there for the consumer. Our free trial offer takes into affect on the 16th.
We're getting some fog out there at this hour, and Saturday night Sunday morning we set our clocks to daylight savings time hours. We gain an extra hour of light making the days longer. Anyway, that's about all.
er for another day. I'd rather be sleeping in this Sunday morning with my lovely wife but I also need the hours. So I don't mind going in. Its going to be a long afternoon.
The Rogers place arena is about to open in 6 months. It just seems there is a lot of work left to do. At the moment they are adding the seats to the stands. Seating capacity is supposed to be something like 20,000. The cost is about $650M. The image below is from the Live rink cam taken about 7:30 this morning.
There's very little parking around the area as most hockey fans will take the LRT from Bay Station or Nait line just behind the building or via the Winter garden plaza, which will open in about a year after the arena has been active. The Oilers are in Winnipeg at 5pm this afternoon, so I'll be getting an update on the scores before I leave.
I'll be waiting for my #5 bus at 6pm to Corona station. I've got about 2-3 minute wait for my train where I can get a game update. The 2nd period will be well underway. I'll most likely see maybe the last 10 minutes of the game, if I'm lucky. Anyway, that's all for now.
under an hour to get iTunes to help me edit my security questions. I picked up my DM1 drum machine and its pretty cooI and I also picked up another app called "Bassline" and it does some really nice acid analogue bass sounds.
It was a beautiful pc sunny day yesterday afternoon about 3pm as Anne came out with me to my 1st job. I got my cheque and I'm ok to go in for this morning. I've got a full day. I met Anne inside the stairwell waiting for me and I handed her my pay. We were at the corner and there was my #3 bus to my charity job. I hobbled across the street and just made it. One of my colleagues was on the bus with me to work. Nice. My wife has some time off so she went to the bank then home to pay on the rent right away. I have everything I need for my taxes. I've got $20 bucks to my name for 2 weeks, but at least all the bills are paid up. I headed into the other job. I had a decent day getting 4 "sales" at the charity job. They only wanted 1 per hour anyway but then that depends on the area. Some are better then others.
This week I'm 10-6pm today and Sunday, then I'm at the charity job Monday and Tuesday 4:15pm-8:30pm. Wednesday, I'm at Robert J. Sawyer reading and book signing event at Audrey's. Thursday I'm at the charity job, Friday I'm at the market research job. I'm on the go all day. Anyway, that's all for now.
began fine and well without a hiccup. We're trying a bit of an experiment until I turn 65 (1.5 years away) its a bit risky. I'm using a seniors monthly transit pass. Anne bought it at the 7-11. A seniors pass is $15/month, or $125/year and unlike a adult pass, a senior bus pass can be bought for the whole year. I'm considered (in my mind) a senior because I'm on cpp, but I don't look the part either. Even when I turn 65, which isn't that far out, I'm not going to look much different then I am now. I remember at the age of 25 I was still being asked for I.D in the bar. If I wasn't so low income, we wouldn't risk using a senors pass because if I'm caught its a hefty fine. A adult bus pass is almost $100/month. The City of Edmonton is looking into a low income transit pass but by the time that gets approved, I'll be 65. It might help my wife out. If this is approved It'll be based on ones letter of assessment after tax time and would be a huge income relief off of the shoulders of low income transit riders like myself. Most likely it will be based on ones household income. Lrt security never showed up on the train to check for tickets. I don't like a commute like this but its going to save us a lot of money. Its called fare dodging. Bus drivers don't usually care and don't challenge, as long as the transit rider has paid the fare or has a transfer or bus pass at the time of boarding. At Rexall I was surprised to see a hoard of people at the #5, wtf? I was lucky to get a seat on the #5 bus at Central station as it was standing room only from Central to where I needed to get off at 109th and 124th street.
I have about half a block to the job site from the bus stop and I noticed a for "sale sign,"pending, on the property. Now what? I was received ok and there was quite a gathering. There were introductions by the team leader's stand in, and initial paper work to fill out. The Director confirmed that even though Dave and Verne were not there, they will be tonight. Dave has been on oas for about a year now. I need to compare my seniors monthly transit pass with Dave's transit pass. If there's no difference, then I might be ok. I need to know if there is a difference between a seniors buss pass and a seniors monthly pass. I'm sure there is. A senior aged 65 can buy a seniors monthly pass before a April 1st. They are non transferable. I'll be 65 in 2017. Apparently the building is up for sale and the higher ups have shortlisted two locations. Its hoped that because most people take the bus that the 2 short listed locations will be centrally located and not in a industrial park or out in the boonies. We'll know when before this project is over May 15th. After we did orientation and break at the last 45 minutes on the shift, I managed to do some cold calling. New people were being trained. I booked off a bit early as before we'd break off at 8:20pm so people could catch their bus. Most likely that's because the team leader wasn't there that likes to book off early.
I had to scramble out the door as after looking both ways I crossed the street. 124th & 109th were not that busy that time of night. I got to about half way to my bus shelter as I did a shoulder check and there was the #5 bus fast approaching behind me. I was hobbling away but the bus waited for me. Otherwise if I missed this one I'd be waiting another 20 minutes. I'm thinking about taking the #5 back the other way to Westmount and then doubling back, which would take me to about the 9:25 bus from my other job. I don't mind in the Spring but in the winter, that's a long wait. I wasn't challenged on the #5 to Corona station and lrt security was non existent. I was kind of hoping they would be there to see if I can pass the at look. They just want to see the bus pass/transfer/tickets in hand. So, I'm out of here at 3pm, hopefully without any complications there and back. Anyway, that's all for now.
or the finale result. I've got some cable management tweaks to make, when I have more time of course. I'm going to make some adjustments to the positioning of the new monitor. I want to tuck the tower in the corner by the wall to the left of the image below. That means the hutch will slide over to the right. Maschine will be where the tower is in the image below. The new monitor is 23.5 inches. I noticed that it can fit in the hutch area but at the same time, I don't want to block the monitors speakers. At my lodge we have a guy that is a carpenter and I'm wondering if he can make me a custom made stand of wood, so I can fit the stand between the speakers. Even if the display doesn't fit straight, I can tilt it in which would be okay anyway.
I read the Best buy reviews on this Acer monitor and the reviews are what they say they are. The monitor stand is wobbly. I had some initial problem getting the computer keyboard to work properly. I shut the monitor off then back on and it worked, no problem.
I almost had a clean shift on the job last night until I got a disgruntled respondent within the last 40 minutes of the shift questioning the survey. He thought it was a biased piece of crap and wouldn't continue with the demographics. He was livid that the client was spending tax payer dollars on a survey. I coded it out as a partial incomplete refusal. I brought this to the attention of super. He couldn't find it anywhere in the system. Then he went to my station and noticed the first 3 characters of my condition were missing. Yet the system was still sending me calls. So we edited the condition and went from there. This didn't exactly make my night. Super even had to come over to me saying he called for time-sheet five minutes earlier. Ok. All of the above left me a bit bewildered and demoralized. I'm almost ready to quit. Super was engaged in conversation with another colleague. I just walked out. Next time I'm going in will be to pick up my cheque on Friday. Anne wants to come in with me so when I get my cheque she'll be meeting me outside. Like a relay race, I'll be handing it to her while I head North to the bus stop across the street. Unless I have another job by then, mercifully. I have a job lead and if my colleague from the job I'm starting today is there and is still working at his 2nd job, I'll give him a hard copy of my resume to take to his new job. If I get a call in the next few days for a interview, and I get hired, that'd make my day to go in for Saturday as my last day there for awhile and start the new job (hopefully) next Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Something like that. My colleague's other job is steady. I'm hoping he's there when I go in this afternoon. Hopefully even still there are no complications when I go into work. Management is jumping ship left right and centre at this job I'm starting tonight. I sent a conformation email to my contact to take the appointment when I got the letter dated before February 14th. I never received any follow up conformation. I even left my contact a voice mail and tried numerous times to reach somebody before the 15th. So, lets see what happens when I go in for this afternoon.
This morning about 7am I woke up to pee and my blood sugar was really low. I went to look for something in the fridge. I found the peanut butter chocolate chunks of ice cream, and a poured myself a glass of diet cola. After about 4 table spoons of ice cream, I felt better. I went back to bed and slept until just after 10 and I fed the cats, then back to bed. I woke up shortly around noon. I feel ok now except for a bit of anxiety heading into the other job this afternoon. I've got a 15 minute window because the job doesn't begin until 4:15pm. Since we're beginning the new campaign, there could be a bit of a orientation. Anyway that's all for now.
