I had a good day Saturday after all. I can't complain

Surprisingly my back pain eased off for my commute into work this morning. This was the coldest Saturday morning so far since getting back from my Sunday shift which was canceled about Labor Day. It wasn’t a winter jacket type of day or anything. At Corona the escalator wasn’t working again. I took the elevator up with one of the “20” guys and I went into Tim’s and got some breakfast, I was running late and into the office. The security guard was actually pleasant to me this morning. My breakfast was good and I was at my regular dialer. Warren sat across from me. Brian sat beside me (one of the new guys.) I had a good start to the shift and got a few cards. I also got a hold of some rude people. Comes with the job. Our dialer's were shut off for awhile there. The shift was fun with Warren running co pilot with me. We watched University football on Shaw.

After work I got the empties and had a talk with the guard. He’s a really nice guard and we have a lot in common. I had a great time chatting with the guard after work for about 40 minutes but wouldn’t you know it, this could be his last night on site because he wants his old site back.

I headed over to Audrey’s feeling pretty good and I got Book #3 of John Ringo’s “When the devil dances” and in keeping with my topic about audio books I had a chat with the guys at Audry’s about them. Audrey’s audio books start at $15, which is pretty pricey. At “Audible.com” (Amazon) his audio books are priced right at $7.49.

Now I wouldn’t want a steady diet of audio books but I can see their value. Especially when helping me to improve my reading speed. But I could possibly buy 2 audio books/month. Maybe. The problem with audio books is the price and selection. Of course audio books are at the library but chances are I’m not going to find “The Family tree” there. Yes they are available from Torrent sites but chances are there’s probably about 3 seeds for these things.

Jim

I had an excellent night on the job.

this evening. I checked in and got the empties and my dialer. We did Magic and wow what a night. I ended up with $390 on 6 cards with a $1,170 total for a $20 bonus and 10 % on cards. That's my race track money next week and "The New Space Opera 2" book. I sat with 3 others with us and headed home. I had a great night.

Jim

I get a day off to nurse my aches and pains

I love mid week stat days. Too bad they are far and few between. My wife has to work for 3 hours but she should be getting paid time and a half.

Lately my left shoulder arm has been bugging me to the point that it gets hard to put my arm inside my coat. And of course my sciatic nerve is still causing me some grief and if that wasn’t enough I’ve got this hoarse throat that lost me a few sales last night I‘m sure. And of course the usual aches and pains in the neck and back. Sigh.
Alright enough about that. Today is Remembrance Day. I love it when this holiday falls during the middle of the week. I love Remembrance and Family Day’s as my 2 official stat holidays. And if course anytime I get 3 days off is good as well like Labor Day and Christmas. But Remembrance Day is my favorite. But later this afternoon, I get to watch the Oiler/Sabres game on a stat paid holiday. Love it.

Earlier before bed this morning Anne gave me an IBO Prophen pill for my back pain. Seems to have helped out a bit and before I shut the computer off I checked my Twitter page as I noticed Twitter updated my Twitter counter. I have 27 Followers. Right on. So on my Twitter page I discovered this cool utility they just introduced called “Twitter stats.” I checked that using my user name and I’m getting about 2.5 Tweets/day. I think these Tweets are coming from my Blogger Blog because I can “Twit This” as just posted. My Geeklog Website hasn’t got a plugin for this yet but according to my stat counter I’m getting about 36 page views/day to this Blog.

Jim

Its still Sunday night here

Other then that not much going on. I read a bit more from "The Family Tree" Lodge work, and Internet stuff.

This morning I went to bed about 3:30am and had a good 10 hours of sleep without the aid of a sleeping pill. Anne made a great brunch and I watched The Oiler's in Denver win to a 5-3 victory destroying the Ave's bid for a 7-0 win record. It was nice to see the Oiler's win for a change.

Also I've been toying around with Google Earth street view maps. Especially touring my old neighborhood in Coquitlam BC. For years and years I always thought the corner store was called Snoopy's but its actually called Soupy's. It's still there today. I used to get my Marvel comic books off the rack there in 1968.

Other then that I'm having a good weekend. Anne's sister is coming out tomorrow and I'll be at work. I'm working Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday afternoons this week. I want the Blackberry Storm 2 as it's coming out Monday but I'm not looking at getting that until maybe by the end of the year or January next year.

On Coast this evening the topic is DARPA. Should be a good one. I love shows like this and its odd that Ian does topics like this as he's more into soft topics.

Jim

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We're more or less over Pleges

as it's been 15 days now since we've been without him. Anne's still coping with the loss of her father as of last Friday. October was a horrible month.

So here we are in November with nice weather. Yesterday we got up to a high of +17. Very unusual for this time of year.

Last night at the Lodge was step up night and one of the guys gave me a hand me down case for my apron and not to worry about the book because they had extras. I got to do the Junior Steward role. Or chair. I was kept busy as we had the DDGM and his entourage and the Stewards had duty there and and then balloting duty as well. It was also our Remembrance Day ceremony and we held a moment of silence for fallen members that died either from cancer etc. So this was unusual duty for the Stewards. Also after lodge was closed I couldn't find my cell phone. George said it was found in his truck. Close call.

I had a great night last night. And I'm in a new chair. Next year I'm the Senior Steward. Good stuff.

Anne agrees with me that going in for Friday afternoon wont solve anything when I can make up the hours Saturday. I lose an hour and a half. Big deal. Now it's on to read "The Family tree."

Anyway gang, that's about all for now

Jim

Goodreads is currently down which is why they haven't updated my blooger currently reading yet

down right now which is why they haven't upgraded my Blogger currently reading etc.

The past week I've been struggling with this cold which is why I haven't been in here that much. I usually try and get in here at least a couple of times/week anyway.

Also, this morning I finished reading "The Space Wolf" Omnibus. There's a review over there on my website. Right now I'm reading Sheri S. Tepper's "The family tree."

Anyway gang, that's about all for now

Jim