Well What D'ya Know

Crazy how these little rodents have become a part of my life. So I was just outside coming back from my neighbors. Side track: I don't know about this, I haven't read it, but the female chipmunks seem (to me) to have a narrower, almost 'cutesy' face. So, there's a chipmunk up on the bird feeder and I start to head back there, the chipmunk dives off the birdfeeder, so this alerts me to think that this isn't 'Buddy' or 'Chippy', they are both brave and I haven't seen them do that kind of behavior since the Spring.
So this one dives off, but jumps up on the stoop by my 'Shack Out Back' and I offer it a peanut, it's quite hesitant, but eventually comes forward towards me. I'm wondering who this is and right when it's taking the peanut from my fingers, I see a 'dot' on it's hind end... It's the 'mother'!! I thought she had moved on or was dead... Usually what happens. I haven't seen her since the Spring. So I'm really surprised that she came to me and took the peanut from my hand because she had 'disappeared' before we got to that point. So that's very ... heartwarming that she's still around.

BREAKING NEWS!  - Just got video of the 'mom' feeding from my hand!

Earlier this morning when I first ran into Buddy, he came out from under the fence and had a mouthful of leaves and debris, this is the first I've seen of this, so I'm guessing that Buddy is getting ready for Winter, probably getting a lot cooler underground at night, in fact i think I saw a 'high' of +5C for tomorrow morning. Oh, I was wrong, i thought I read that they don't 'hibernate' during Winter, they do, BUT not for the whole season and you may see them out on 'warmer' Winter days.

I had planned on putting a stake or some kind of marker beside the hole he's been using for the backyard and kinda keep a watch to see when/if he comes out.. Though I imagine with the knowledge of showing it's face it gets a peanut, so he may be out this Winter.. We'll see.

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Ain't she cute!? Until she slices into your hand!

On This Day, 159 Years Ago, Earth Had A Bad Day....

"159 YEARS AGO, A GEOMAGNETIC MEGA-STORM: Picture this: A billion-ton coronal mass ejection (CME) slams into Earth's magnetic field. Campers in the Rocky Mountains wake up in the middle of the night, thinking that the glow they see is sunrise. No, it's the Northern Lights. People in Cuba read their morning paper by the red illumination of aurora borealis. Earth is peppered by particles so energetic, they alter the chemistry of polar ice.

Hard to believe? It really happened--exactly 159 years ago. This map shows where auroras were sighted in the early hours of Sept. 2, 1859:

As the day unfolded, the gathering storm electrified telegraph lines, shocking technicians and setting their telegraph papers on fire. The "Victorian Internet" was knocked offline. Magnetometers around the world recorded strong disturbances in the planetary magnetic field for more than a week.

The cause of all this was an extraordinary solar flare witnessed the day before by British astronomer Richard Carrington. His sighting on Sept. 1, 1859, marked the discovery of solar flares and foreshadowed a new field of study: space weather. According to a NASA-funded study by the National Academy of Sciences, if a similar "Carrington Event" occurred today, it could cause substantial damage to society's high-tech infrastructure and require years for complete recovery.

Could it happen again? Almost certainly. In a paper published just a few months ago, researchers from the University of Birmingham used Extreme Value Theory to estimate the average time between "Carrington-like flares." Their best answer: ~100 years. In other words, we may be overdue for a really big storm..."
Source: http://spaceweather.com/ - If Archived: 09/02/2018


So, the best part about the 'Carrington Event? It could happen again someday. Are our cities prepared? Doubtful, maybe some in in North America, maybe some in Europe, but a 'potential outburst from our Sun', isn't on the top of the worry list of our leaders... Probably right up there with an asteroid hitting us or a 350 foot lizard stomping your local neighborhood....

In reality, we have not really ever seen a major 'outburst' from our Sun. Who knows the last time there was a massive solar outburst. Maybe our ancestors did eons ago. 

There's rock all over the globe that's mysteriously melted. Some scientists, like Dr. Robert Schoch believe that the 'Younger Drias' incident, was not only an asteroid, fragmented and hitting the globe in several areas, but also a massive solar outburst unlike we've not seen (or felt) since. Or a possibly plasma catastrophe of galactic proportions that left huemahns and animals dead and rocks melted. 

Some say that these ancient places on Earth where there's miles of man made caves, some with huge rolling rock doors, that sealed off the areas and kept it's inhabitants safe from radiation, plasma or crazy monsters.

There's a lot of things that could easily, like EASILY, snuff out life on this planet, some Earth borne other from the space that brought us life.... Would it be 'god's will' that does this? 

Naw, it'd just be a really, really shitty day.....

On The Radiowaves @ 7AM This Morning!

Ya you know me. promote promote promote.... Joining Roger Jean, Tammie Hayward and the infamous Johnny James 'Dio' at 7AM this morning on the very last show of 'Rosie Morning'!

Fret not morning radio fans for though it's 'Rosie's last show, Johnny James will take over next week with a brand new morning show, 'Wake Up!' which will be followed by Tammie Hayward's 'Instant Breakfast' from 8-9AM!

Only on Fredericton's Alternative radio station - CHSR - FM 97.9 and online at www.chsrfm.ca - click on the 'Pop Up' player icon in the upper right hand corner to tune in!

HOLY Monkey Nuts! 

Check out the Brand NEW 'Soulfly'!!

Prepped For Winter [With video] & Returning To Radio ... Kinda

Watch this video:

Tomorrow morning (Friday, August 31st), Please tune in on your radio to CHSR-FM 97.9 at 7AM For the very last episode of 'Rosie Morning' which has been helmed by my good friend Roger Jean for the last 3/4 years. You can also listen in online by clicking the 'Pop Up' player in the upper right hand corner at www.chsrfm.ca
If you remember, I sat in some mornings on the show with Roger and though we got into trouble here and there, we always had a great time.
While this is the very last episode of 'Rosie Morning', Roger will still be hosting 'Rosie's Juke Joint' on Saturday nights and he'll soon be starting a great new show that airs on Saturday night at midnight and runs to 3 AM!

I'm sure we'll have some great laughs as we relive old memories, AND! We'll also be joined by Tammie Hayward and Johnny James 'Dio'! Tomorrow morning at 7AM!

End Of The Heat Wave & The End Of Centennial

Centennial Building falls!

Yep, Envi-Canada says it's "Over"! At least it's not AS humid as it was... Was feeling alright earlier, but as I ate supper and was getting ready for my nightly walk, my body is seizing up like the tin-man from the Wizard of Oz.
Even did some stretches to try and limber myself up a bit, but it was no use.
HA! Take that Environment Canada! I saw a pretty massive storm coming our way about 4 hours ago and now it's on their 'radar' (Not physically on it). - The weather report both on the Weather Network and Environment Canada was saying chance of thunderstorms this evening. So usually check out the radars to see what's coming and in the morning and all afternoon there was nothing on either of those two sites, so I checked my other sources and there was a 'wall' of a storm coming right for us around 9/10ish pm... When I left on my walk the two sites still had no warning, but now they do! Hopefully it's a good one!

Have had some epic battles with 'Jerkface the Wonder Squirrel over the last couple of days.
Seriously, this little... Jerkface, comes down the tree as I'm giving buddy his daily fix and as Buddy is at me, the jerkface will come closer towards us. Where we're at Buddy's home holes are just behind Buddy as he approached me, so when Buddy turns around to take the peanut back home, Jerkface the Wonder Squirel is practically on Buddy's doorstep. Total intimidating tactics.

So, I got my handy empty plastic ketcup bottle as a 'squirtgun', though I think I'm going to check the Dollarstore™  for an actual squirtgun... Though I may have missed the boat on that, seeing as they were bringing in Halloween stock the other day.... Anyhow, I squirt Jerkface with some water and it just runs under the lawn table, so I squirt under the table, it jumps up in the table (note, all this time Jerkface could be taking off up a tree, but no, it's a Jerkface! And so I take a break and it's on top of the table, the table it and it's equally jerkface buddies have been chewing away pieces of for their Winter nest! The tablecloth that is...
So there's a nice big beam of sunshine right on the corner of the table and what does Jerkface the Wonder squirrel do? It sprawls itself flat out on the table and looks right at me like, 'YEahh, this feels nice'.... So I lose it. And I empty my ketchup bottle out at the little sucker. Now, it runs up the tree.

While I was out later in the afternoon having a puff, I was being distracted by the squirrels flipping me off from up in the tree branches and I feel something on my foot. it's a small weight, but something's on it. I look down to see 'Buddy' standing on my foot. So that's no fear of me there. To just come right up when I'm completely unaware it's there and sit on my foot.Pretty cool little chipmunk. Oh, I saw Chippy today. There was the mother and the other young chipmunk that had a couple of dots or small patches of fur that made those two stand out a little more, but 'Buddy' has grown so much and is packing on Winter weight, so it's actually kinda hard to tell 'Chippy' from 'Buddy'... But when Buddy looks at me straight on, it's face is a lot more narrow than Chippy's.
I've mistaking Chippy for Buddy a couple of times right to the point of not really realizing who it was until Chippy was taking the peanut from my hand. Which is kinda cool because Chippy kinda disappeared for a while and before I actually had tried to hand feed Chippy.

So, the Centennial building in Fredericton here is going under massive reno's, it's going to be refurbished as the new Fredericton courthouse.
It's quite a feet as the building has 3 outward facing wings and one of the wings is being removed.

Check it out Yo!

From the NB Government's website on the building: "The Centennial Building, built to celebrate Canada’s centenary, was described as ultra-modern when it opened in 1967. Refurbishments will start this year, during Canada’s 150th anniversary. Offices are being vacated in anticipation of the work."

How the building will look:

Had some good times in that building. Which might be an odd thing to say about a government building.
Met then Premier Frank McKenna a few times while I was cleaning in there...

Used to put so many burnt out flurescent tubes in the garbage compactor that the cops would show up over the noise.
Jim Boucher and I used to drink up on the roof on Fridays... The basement had open access to the tunnels under the city, so maybe some exploring was done, maybe it wasn't....

The big question is, what the heck are they gonna do with the old courthouse?

Goddamnit!

Lookit this!

FUUCK! Want soo bad... But, I already have a Pushead deck, which I can't even skate anymore.... BUT, it's a piece of art... Damnit! I had been watching Conspiracy Skateboards in Texas over the years to see if they'd do another Pushead collaboration.

Dudes my favorite artist, even more so than H.R.Giger. Pushead has done artwork for Metallica, Rush, Prong, Misfits and possibly even Guns & Roses or someone of that ilk.

I've always wanted a Pushead tat... But I've been told to do an 'exact' Pushead is impposible because of his method of drawing, which I'm told is like dots, some kind of weird technique he does.. I mean, I'd be down for a reasonably hand drawn facsimile.

Something like this would be awesome, but there's even more incredible ones

So, I'll be good|! I won't blow my money on something I'll have to hang on my wall and look sadly at! 

Naw I'd love looking at that on my wall. I love looking at the deck I've got!.

So, this shooter in Florida... Looking for a motive eh? How about he was a hardcore fanatic gamer! This was his living and these guys don't like losing.. Even the not professional guys hate losing.

You can go on Youtube and see thousands of candid videos taken of guys (and gals) freaking out because someone 'fragged their ass' (killed them in a game)...

I had a roommate that was like that.... Man he'd flip out... But I felt it was kinda more than that with him. It kinda bothered me that his biggest life moments, things he bragged about, moments he remembered fondly were all in a video game or another... I mean, I know, not everyone is lucky to get out of their hometown and do fun stuff, but even people who don't have more physical diverse memories and moments based in reality, things they did with other real people... Not that people playing the games are not real, but they are not physically with you.

And I've played video games. I get it, it's fun, I have fond memories of when I first started at Electronic Arts and one full entire Month, 30 days, ok, well, minus the weekends, we played video games 8 hours a day... That's not what testing was, this was just downtime and they paid us for that shit haha. But it was kinda sketchy, after 8 hours of shooting and very fast motions fired into your brain, it effects you. You'd get dizzy, you kinda get a bit of tunnel vision  and not really hallucinate, but you'd get the feeling you were still playing the game... It was kinda scary and probably not to mentally healthy... But that's what some people do for a living. This is a major thing and has been for a while now. A couple of those guys who got killed in Florida were making like $80,000 for winning tournaments, so it's pretty high steaks.

Just damn sad it happened, but not surprised.

We're in another sweat wave humidity is gonna hit 41°C. Today was around 38°. I wouldn't be surprised to see some more temps like this before the end of the Summer/Fall season. Things ain't as they should be, so expect craziness in the weather....

Also, I heard for a second time today that there's some type of correlation between how hot it gets in the Summer to how cold it'll get in the Winter... BUT, I'm not sure if that's true... I mean, +41°C Summer ='s -41°C in the Winter.... That's not cool.... That's insanely fucking cold man! 

I do love the Fall and am lookin foward to it's cool embrace..

Oh! My doctors appointment! So the 'big deal' was that my cholesterol is like 2 points off.... BUT, I'm pretty healthy for the health I'm in. So that's good. She went through my bloodwork and everything is pretty normal a couple of things like a point off above or below... But I'm doing good for feeling like shit... It's kinda weird to be kinda 'healthy' but be in pain and have this arthritis eating away at me.

But as long as my ticker is going and I'm standin upright when I need to and laying down when I sleep. As long as I wake up each day and go to bed each night, things are alright!

Hereditary (SPOILER ALERT)

Just finished it! It too me several sittings... NOW, not because it's scary, but just because some films it takes me a few days to watch. What with the cat flying around the room and chores, snacks.. puff breaks... It just takes a while sometimes!

Great movie.. I don't know, when I watched the ending, I was kinda feeling, 'You know, this is how Rob Zombie's 'Lords of Salem' SHOULD have ended or something like it'... I always found the end of 'Lords of Salem' turned into some psychedelic music video and didn't make much sense.
The ending of 'Hereditary' made sense. So did the entire movie.

It was billed as 'Scarier than the Exorcist!' and rumored to be absolutely frightening. It had some great unexpected parts. 'Charlie' getting decapitated in the car, the Father catching on fire instead of the Mother... When the movie starts, 'Charlie' is such a unique child, you begin to think, 'Ok, this is the evil in this movie', but of course, thinking that, you soon find out that's all wrong.

But once the part with the Mother finding out about the witchcraft/Satanism involved and that the 'host'needed a male, I knew the Brother would survive unto the end and 'Charlie' would take over his body. Even though I deduced the end, it was still a great ending.

Between 'Lords of Salem', 'The Witch' and 'Hereditary', there is the witchcraft movie I'd like to make/see done.

I do highly recommend 'Hereditary', I'm sure you'll find it a great fright with some awesome twists and turns!

Now you want real suspense.... I'm waiting to find out why I've been called in about some recent blood work I had done... The doctor's assistant said on the phone that it wasn't 'dire'... But still....

We'll find out tomorrow! Stay tuned!