Well…had a pretty nice day yesterday with lunch with T being the highlight and then a few cocktails last night so I feel a little crappy today…not really, just tired from the poor sleep and flopping around all night. It’s almost another month gone and still no bites on the job front and I am getting numb from the process….I hope that January will be better and someone will think that I have something to offer….still haven’t given up hope but it does get harder every day to keep a happy face on it…oh, well….not much to do today…I do have to go back to Meijers since I came into some money yesterday and I need coffee and some other stuff…but that is about it…the Wings do play tonight so that will be something to look forward to and it looks like I’ll be able to get a bike ride in, too so maybe it won’t be such a bad day…more later…
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Maybe the Republicans are getting some sense….
Well…there is not much going on with politics but the Iowa nonsense with the repubs but I can’t believe that there is so much time and attention being expended on this weird, throwback of a process. When you do the math, the whole caucus there and all of the votes amount to less than one-half of one percent of the total electorate in the US and the winner comes out thinking that he or she is presidential material and has earned a mandate to continue. But that is not what this is about…this is supposed to be about the repubs getting some sense and abandoning the idiot Newt for the nonsense he has been spouting…now, ole Newt may be right at home in a Dickens novel, but he is certainly not presidential material and it looks like even the hard right that controls the elections in Iowa has wised up to that fact. Well…maybe I’m wrong that they’ve gotten smarter…since they have pushed Rick Santorum to second place in the polls and have even kept Ron Paul in the running…this could be fun to watch if you like slow-motion crashes….I know, not too lucid but I’m really trying so bear with me a while…if I don’t get better then abandon me…
December 29th
Well….it was the most low key day yesterday with staying in for the whole day…even skipped coffee to save a few dollars and will do the same thing today…I do have to go out and spend the minimum on food…going to try to keep it under 20 bucks including cocktail material and I will be eating out of the freezer but I’m not sure I can take a diet of fish and turkey soup…but I guess I’ll have to….had some weird dreams last night that included running a marathon in 3 hours and 7 minutes and then it snowed and I was riding my bike….not as weird as normal but close….not much to do today….groceries, of course, then out on the bike if it gets warm enough…and I am going to get caught up today since I’m running out of time to get to the goal….more later…
Everyone’s doing fine but the workers…
Well…this one just popped into my head about an article that I saw a few days ago that said that the current congress is the richest one in the history of the country with the current crop’s net worth being 10 times the average Americans, and this points to one of the problems that I see with the country right now: that everyone but the workers are doing well. Corporations have the highest highest retained earnings of any time in history and CEO pay is at it’s highest in relation to worker’s pay since statistics have been kept…why doesn’t anyone connect the dots here? We have the rich in congress making laws for the rich bought and paid for by corporations that have done nothing but stagnate the income of the middle class (or, in real dollars have shrunk the income of the middle) and we wonder why no one is spending, we wonder why the economy can’t stop sputtering and start to move again? Until the middle gets a true share of their contribution to the economy and the rich stop taking more and more, we are doomed to just idle, to look at tiny slivers of hope and blow them out of proportion just because we want to believe that the American dream still exists…I’ve got news for you….it’s already gone…geez….
December 28th
Well…had a little fun last night with going out to watch the Wings with M and they even won…but ran through the rest of the cash I had so it looks like I’m going to be staying in this morning and skipping coffee…might not be a bad idea anyway. I do need to get those resumes out and work out..but it looks like no bike ride today since it is going to be cold and icy and I really don’t wan to crash and burn…and maybe the boredom will motivate me to get a few of these out today and even be a little lucid…but possibly that is a little too much to ask…not much to do today…as I said, no coffee or papers today…I did kind of go over that already didn’t I? So, I’ll end it here and just say more later…
This one is cheating…
Well…can you tell that I am getting a little desperate here trying to get to my goals? I did have an okay day today and I thought I’d get one more out before I go out to watch the Wings game with Micah….I did get a bunch of stuff done today and that included going out for a couple with G….and she gave me a bunch of cookies she made for Christmas…not normally a sweets person but it will be nice to have a snack later tonight….okay…I am feeling really guilty about this one so maybe I won’t count it….and it is getting time to go out the door so I have to find my gear and start getting ready….it is kind of hared when the idiots in Washington are out of town…just no new stupidity for me to comment on….
Boehner is still an idiot….
Well…just a little short one to comment on the jaw dropping comment that ole John made after the dustup over the extension of the middle class payroll tax cut that was resolved last week. The quote goes like this: “…we fought the good fight. Why not do the right thing for the American people even thought it’s not what we (the republicans) want? What a revaltory statement that I’m sure he didn’t want to make…he’s just not that bright but it did lay bare the repubs contempt for the American people and our country that is held by these folks….that they don’t give a damn about anyone but the party and those of the 1% that bankroll it and buy repub seats in congress. I hope Boehner’s comments are plastered across the media for the next year and Obama keeps hammering them on their lack of concern for anyone but themselves….geez…
December 27th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday with meeting up with K and K for a couple and then the Wings winning an away game…they won the game but looked slow in the process….it will be interesting to see what team comes out tonight…it was a no cocktail night last night so I feel okay this morning…but it is snowing outside and that really takes my mood down a notch…I really shouldn’t complain, though, since it is the 5th least snowy December since records have been kept….and all of it should melt later in the day so I may be able to get a ride in…not much to do today…I am going out later to hang out with Micah and watch the game but that is about it….might have some stuff to do around here today, too, but I’m not sure what my level of commitment is yet…I do need to get in gear here since I am really behind and need to get to 62 for the month…might be a little trouble but it’s worth a try…
Okay, might be cheating here…
Well….had a nice morning and prime rib for lunch and I thought I’d come back for a couple of minutes and just noodle around a bit….it’s been kind of a trying week or so and I’m not sure why…have been really tired lately and it is showing up in dead legs on the bike…oh, well…there hasn’t been any trail weirdness to report or any dreams either, and I am getting kind of concerned with that…something is out of whack and I’m not sure how to fix it…so I won’t think about it for now…
Oh, there is one thing in politics that I find funny…what is the state of the republican party when even George Will is going after other republicans? In his column yesterday..or today, I’m not sure…ole George went after Newt for his crazy assed attacks on the judicial branch of the government….something that I commented on a few days ago and, even though it’s very seldom that I agree with or even read one of George’s columns, it was good to see some sanity from the right for a change. But, I would prefer that they stay as crazy as they are….because then the only constituency they will have left will be the tinfoil-hat crowd….
December 26th
Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back for another one yesterday…didn’t do much, really…just cooked and stayed in since I was not feeling social and couldn’t muster up the ambition to get dressed and go out…but, the food came out good and I had a great meal so that was something…I think the malaise has continued into today sine it is getting to coffee time and I really don’t know if I’m going to go out or not…this used to be my favorite day of the year when I used to celebrate the holidays since all of the work was done and I could relax until after the 1st….I think it’s the same thing I feel about weekends now,,,that they just don’t have any meaning when you are not working….not much to do today….will probably just hang out here and get a bike ride in….I am going to try to get more out since I do need to get to the goal…more later…