For Shame

Geez have I ever been neglecting this blog lately.
That's what happens in hockey season.
Also, haven't been too delighted about my job term at work ending and
not knowing if I was the successful applicant for my job.
We'll see tomorrow if I have a job on Monday.
Trust me, Council work is charming but doesn't pay enough to put Kraft
dinner on the table.
Stay tuned and stay well.

Tim

Tim Scammell, PTech

I'll make this quick, Discover 4Tissimo

I said I had to go but I want to mention these guys before I get too busy and forget.
I won't go into the whole backstory right now but I want you to check out this wonderfully funny group of guys from the UK.
4Tissimo are 4 young men who perform HipHopera.
Remember that this is comedy.

Copy and paste these addresses.


Their Youtube page.

http://www.youtube.com/4tissimoOfficial


This is their blog page. You'll enjoy it immensely.

http://www.4tissimo.net/


And just to make sure that you don't take it too seriously, this makes it clear.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/4tissimo_disclaimer.shtml



My relationship with the creators of 4Tissimo goes back to one of my favourite Youtube series of all time, Toyboize.
If you haven't had the opportunity to discover them, I urge you to go here and see their story.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Toyboize


They were even so kind as to include me in the Toyboize phenomenon and experience. Look for my cameo in this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAefQ8ZQfqY&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=C6EC88095CE7B6F5


Wikipedia has a perfect reference page about them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyboize_(band)


The Boize and 4Tissimo folks already know how I feel but I think that these are brilliant and will always do my part to promote whatever they do.
It's important to me that we always do our part to encourage and promote talent throughout the world, no matter what form it may take. I mentioned this in my blog about Miss Maggie B.
If they are willing to share what they have with us we can at least do what we can to pass it along.
Keep doing what you do so well 4Tissimo. We'll be watching.

Stay well,
Tim

Got you covered

Holy moly, does life ever get busy! I was shocked to see that it's already been 2 1/2 weeks since my last blog entry. It's a good thing I don't get paid for it or I would have been fired ages ago.
Even now I don't have time to say very much.
What I DO want to say is very important.
The lads from The Urban Farmer have been zipping along very well with their work at the York Street Station.
The front section has a new roof now and the rear portion will have its roof on very shortly as well.
Actually, you can see for yourself if you go here (I'm sorry that this isn't a hyperlink. I can't figure that out. Just copy this address and paste into your navigation bar.):

http://www.fred-ezone.ca/webcams/?cam=oldtrainstation

Pretty cool isn't it? It updates and refreshes every couple of seconds.
Instead of waiting to hear from me or someone else how the work is going you can just pop on the webcam.
Here is a picture from the webcam that I was able to save on my IPhone while I was standing at the site. That blob at the right beside the orange and white lift is yours truly.


It's funny that Big Brad mentioned a few months ago that he wanted this webcam done. But I thought it was going to be called the "Scamcam"? :D


One other thing of note.
The workers were able to cut away the old wooden floor to gain access to the full basement area. This photo shows as it was being cleaned out. I point out that there was originally at least 5 feet of water down here which was pumped out.





This is how it looks now. The entire basement has been filled with stone.
I was again impressed with the fact that as they were adding the stone in layers and compacting it a technician was on site with a nuclear densometer measuring the level of compaction that was being obtained.
If he determined the material was not compacted enough the workers continued tamping it down until it was acceptable. I'm impressed.




I have to go.
I promise that I will have another decent blog done in the near future when I have a few minutes.

Stay well,
Tim