Gone!

   And it starts as soon as I've done the 12:00 Noon major newscast. For the first time in quite a while, my wife and I have actually managed to coordinate our time off, and we'll be hitting the road. We'll be driving to Calgary tomorrow to visit our few remaining family members, and I'm going to get together with some high school buddies I haven't seen in 40+ years. It'll be interesting to compare notes, along with medical conditions. I admit I'm not exactly looking forward to the trek. It's about 10 hours between here and Calgary, and it's the long holiday weekend, so there will be more idiots on the road aside from me.
   I'll be back working, and blogging, June 5th.

TTFN

He Gave Us Quite A Scare

   This little guy gave us quite a scare this past weekend. Friday, he started vomiting bile or some kind of liquid. My wife says he did it about 15 times. No food, just liquid. Then, he started hunching over like he's trying to go poo. Which he did. On the kitchen floor. Twice. Saturday, he was almost back to normal, but Sunday, more vomit. He also passed what my wife described as a rock-hard almost rectangular shaped mass along with some poo. He was fine again yesterday.
   Needless to say, we took him to the vet, who gave him a good going over, palpitated his abdomen, and found nothing extraordinary. Figures the little guy must've had an almost petrified fur-ball he finally got rid of. Gave us some medicine to help him pass anything left.
   Still, quite a scare. Especially after losing our other boy cat last month. And the fact he's "getting on in age", at about 14 or 15.
   Quit scaring us kitty!

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There's A First Time For Everything

   And last night was one of those "firsts". Regular viewers will know our radio station runs a promotion called "Supper in the Field", where we take dinner to an area farmer who is picked at random from a weekly submission.
   Last night was the 1st for the spring series of 6, and we ended up on the Kitz farm near Langenburg. After making the presentations to the winner, his son asked if the 6 members of our staff who attended would mind autographing the flag we hand out as part of the prize pack.

   Needless to say, we were more than happy to oblige. They made us all feel like stars, even if we don't consider ourselves that.

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Happy Star Wars Day

   It is May 4th, and fans of the franchise will be rolling out their light sabres and Darth Vader masks. I am not one of them. This may be heresy, but I'm not a fan of the franchise. True, I did go see the very first one when it came out in 1977. My only thought was: Meh. It's nothing more than a bad Western set in outer space. I did go to the 2nd movie, but walked out about half-way through, and I haven't seen any of the seemingly endless parade of sequel/prequels since.
   So, for me at least, today's a washout. But I am looking forward to tomorrow. May the 5th be with me

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Just When You Think You're Done With Winter

   You can't see it all that well, but it's snowing, and (as of the time of my writing this post) it has been for a couple of hours, and it's +1 Celsius. In fact, we went from a high yesterday of 26 C to this.
   It won't be around long, in fact it's melting as soon as it hits the ground. And we won't be getting much out of it with a high today of 9, and warming up through the week.
   All this, just as the last remnants of this past winter's snowfalls had finally melted. But the moisture will be welcome.

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The New Prince Has A Name

   He was born Monday morning in London, and is William and Kate's 3rd child. He's 5th in line to the throne, and the 6th great-grandchild of Queen Elizabeth. And now his name has been officially announced. He's Louis Arthur Charles, and his official title will be His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge.
 Louis is certainly a popular name in the royal family. His brother George, father William, grandfather Charles all have Louis as a middle name. It's also the 71st most popular name for a baby boy in England or Wales, although it's likely to become more popular now.

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It's A Boy

   The Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton, gave birth to her 3rd child with Prince William this morning.
   An 8 pound, 7 ounce (3.8 kilo) boy was born at 11:01 London time in a private ward at St. Mary's Hospital in central London.
   The boy, who's name has not yet been announced, is the 5th in line to the British Throne. He's also a new brother to 4 year old Prince George and 2 year old Princess Charlotte. He's also the 6th great-grandchild for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, and the 3rd grandchild for Charles, Prince of Wales.
   Mother and baby are said to be doing fine.

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