Contributed by: ejim_shan
today but since it's Canada Day, I get a day off in the middle of the week. Yesterday I headed out of here at my usual time I got my 6/49 ticket and headed upstairs and got all my empties and dialer #15. Super didn't have anyone in the back so we had more or less a full room. I was settled in ready to do CWF but we all ended up doing CPA. I couldn't believe how good I did during the first half with just over line hour and 2 CC's. In the 2nd half I got it done with around $650 and 2 more cards. I was glad to get a few more empties and feeling pretty good leaving out of here.
My wife was off last night treating herself to see "Hanna Montana the movie." I was able to read a bit on the way home and felt good I have a day off durring NHL UFA day. Sweet. I was home for awhile when she came in and for supper she made us a bacon and tomato grill cheese sandwich and cream of potato soup. Great. I composed this from earlier. I didn't get a chance to post this, so here goes.
I can’t believe how fast this summer season has gone by. It was 2 months ago that Robert J. Sawyer was here and we got that dumping of wet snow. I remember that night so well meeting the guys from the office after RJS left. I was in Tim’s getting a decaf coffee when they said nobody got their cheques that night because they were all blank. Yes, a day off tomorrow! July 1st also means NHL UFA day. Could the Oilers be getting Marian Gaborik maybe? I don’t know if the $5M asking price is too much already. I’d rather get the Sedin’s for $7M. I’m keeping my ears to the radio tomorrow that’s for sure. The Oilers need to get a big scoring name. Two would be better but the Oilers don’t have the cap room. I’d love to see the Oilers get Gaborik and Mike Cammalleri. But management would have to get really creative. If they do nothing, this UFA round the Oilers will be same like last year, even with Pat Quinn. No disrespect to Quinn when Craig MacTavish left but The Who sang it best as far as that’s concerned: “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” The Oilers score about 230 goals/year in the regular season and that’s not enough to make the playoffs. According to NHL. Com stats the Oilers for example generated 2303 shots on goal in the regular season last year (’08 ‘09) for a total of 228 goals. Calgary Flames by comparison had 2643 shots on goal for 251 goals. Goals don’t always tell the whole story but its really defense that win games. That’s why the Oilers need to keep Roli and their current roster and maybe add a Gaborik and a Cammalleri. That’s why the next couple of days are so exciting for NHL fans.
We’ve been having some big changes in the office due to the economic slowdown at my job this year. Firstly there was the cancellation of the morning shift, no recaps and getting our cheques on Fridays now instead of Thursdays. Not to mention the change I made from opting out Saturdays for Sundays. I was expecting this recession to happen in February of ‘08. I knew last February we would be in a recession by the fall of ‘08. Hard to believe that we are in a recession here in Alberta with oil sitting around $70/barrel.
Recently added to my list of links right under SF Signal is a site I recently discovered: Ray Gun Revival. This site dishes up weekly doses of space opera goodness of my favorite genre in Science Fiction. But I can’t for the life of me figure out what Edgar Rice Burroughs has to do with space opera. I haven’t read his John Carter yet but for a writer that wrote adventure SFF I would hardly call that space opera. Peter F. Hamilton, now that’s space opera! Still if you like space opera as much as I do, this site deserves your attention.
Other then that not a lot going on. Anne’s off to go out and get our bus passes for the month of July. I’m glad we get tax breaks for these things but I’m not sure by how much. The only way to find out I guess is by not claiming them one year and claim them the next and compare the two tax refund returns to see any differences. Even then that wont give me the whole picture.
Anyway gang, that’s about it for now…..
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