My Lodge brother

picked me up at the right time, just as it started to rain. X and I went through our lodge together back in 2002. We had 12 IPM's at "Homefire Grill." The fellowship was good. Great fellowship. I had the cheese burger.  They cut it in half for me. It was very tastey. I could only eat half of it. I got a take out box for the other half.  Great fellowship. It was raining. We were there for a good 2 hours. 

Larvae and snow fell together in the Eifel Mountains in Germany on this date in 1847. 30 years ago, Comet Hyakutake was discovered and dubbed The Great Comet of 1996 due to its close passage.

On tap for today is WWE's Royal Rumble on @ 11am Should be a good time. After that it's the Oilers/Wild game. on @ 8pm. I'm looking forward to both events. Anyway, that's all for now.

Our IPM dinner

is @ 6pm in an undisclosed venue. For obvious reasons😎 I'll probably just order a desert because this place is pretty pricey.

San Diego teen Brenda Ann Spencer explained why she sprayed bullets on classmates on this day in 1979: 'I don't like Mondays.' This date also saw Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven published under a pseudonym in the New York Evening Mirror (1845).

I have a ride to our IPM dinner and back tonight. My mens spiritual breakfast outing Saturday is early in the morning and a Tims detour at Corona. I need to take a bus to the train and transfer onto another train to Clareview and then a cab. There is also a risk of freezing rain Saturday overnight. Plus I have Lodge practice Sunday. I fit wasn't for the freezing rain and Lodge practice, I'd do the breakfast. I dont mind the 3 events in one day, it's just the early morning one, that compromises everything. Something has got to give. Sorry BoB. Anyway, that's all for now.

I woke up about 9am,

had my coffee, and doing something online, waiting for disability trust solutions to call. Sure enough they did. I told them to place my phone number on their DNC, (Do not call) list, and hung up. I got anothercall from that same company, telling them the same thing. I even blocked their email as well. Hopefully, they comply with this. 

Basically all afternoon, I was on youtube doing my steps, that sort of thing. I had some lunch about noon. More You Tube stuff. About 4pm hearing Anne somewhat awake. I decided to go back to bed for a nap. Anne hour later I woke up at 4pm, feeling good. Anne made served me up some raviloli and a cheese bun. She's off to Costco.

About November last year, I arranged to have my AADL file moved from Healthcare sollutions to the Medi Shop located just over here West of the Value Villiage. I had arranged them to have my compression stockings to pick up at the Medi Shop location😀This makes more sense then traveling to Northgate. That was until I realized that Healthcare Solutions can deliver, and they did that one time. Did I make a mistake with this? Anyway, that's all for now.

Not much going on at the

moment. 

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Earlier today, I received a call from a Disability Tax Credit advocacy group out of Toronto. They said they could help me apply for the Disability Tax Credit. I had a bad feeling about how all of this would turn out, so I looked up “Disability Trust.” They seemed legitimate, with an office in Toronto. They told me I would need my 2024 Notice of Assessment, but I couldn’t find it. When I do find it, I would also need to add Disability Trust to my CRA file by speaking with a CRA agent and getting my Line 15000 information. 

I told them I would do that in the morning. I also mentioned that our family doctor retired two years ago. The lady said that wasn’t necessary, so I agreed to call CRA in the morning — though I still had a bad feeling about it. Later on, I received a follow-up email saying I would need confirmation from a doctor about my scoliosis, probably an X-ray. I explained again that I don’t have a family doctor. That confirmed the bad feeling I had earlier. Because of that, there’s no point in calling CRA in the morning. 

If I have to go through several hoops to get this done, I'm just going to abandon this whole enterprise. I found out through Reddit, that this is a scam. Anyway, that's all for now.

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This sciatica just wont let go

I’m going into my 11th day now. The last time I had sciatica was around 1999, when I was working as a security guard for a company called Innertech — long since vanished into history. I remember working at the Clareview Mall here in Edmonton and taking the bus from the west end, feeling every bump along the way. This was before the Alberta government regulated the security guard industry. Back then, my sciatica lasted about two weeks. 

For the most of the afternoon I was working on my new Facebook page for 2026 I got the basic image from Canva but Facebook wouldn't accept it. I took the same image to Adobe express and it was easy to have it resized. I'd rather get Adobe express but it is more expensive then Canva. I can't afford Cad $130/year. 

Last nights Washington Capitals/Oilers game was very entertaining. Oilers Evan Bouchard (Bouch) scored 3 goals (hat trick) and 3 points. No Oilers D has done that in over 40 years. Oilers won 5-4 in OT. Pretty remarkable for a Defenceman. Anyway, that's all for now.

Chapter was very enjoyable last night

I got installed as musical director. I wore fleece underneath my dress pants, and a t-shirt underneath my dress shirt because the hall manager likes to keep the temple cold so the guys dont fall asleep. I even have a Scottish Rite connection, which is cool. I got a ride home andAnne had a baked pasta with chicken breast which I really enjoy 

It was on this date in 1881 that the ancient Egyptian obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle was erected in NYC's Central Park. Amsterdam's Schipol Airport opened a departure lounge for cattle on January 22, 1988.

Right now it's -29°C at this hour. We're on a warming trend after weekend. Well that's all I have for now. 

I never made it to Bonnie Doon Mall

Yesterday. My sciatica is slowly making an exit out of my system. Last night Anne went on a bottle run and then to Capalino mall Wallmart and got me some Aleve roll on and a proper one strap sleep shield. This new one is a lot stronger then the last one. 

Anne made a nice mash potato meat loaf dinner with half a cheese bun, Very good. We watched the Naational and local news, and that led me to midnight. 

I'm doing good as far my steps go. Yesterday I did 3,401 steps, which has been about average. I usually like to have ~ 3,100 steps/day and at least 1,000/1500 steps before bed. 

This evening I'm in my suit attending my Royal Arch chapter. The fellow that has been giving me a ride to and back from chapter practice might not be able to give me a lift today, because he'll be at the hall early but he said he will give me a call to let me know. Anyway, that's all for now.