Well…getting ready to go out to Ada for pool and beer again…so far, an uneventful day with just the regular stuff in it…great weather, though, and it looks like it is going to be good the rest of the week. Stayed in last night to get some rest although G and I took it easy Monday; it’s the damn sleep thing again, as always. I am so worn out from tossing and turning that I think I’ll have to get some more of the otc sleeping pills even thought they make you feel like crap the next day. Have to try to figure out what I’m doing for the weekend since it is the first holiday of the summer…might put the bike on the back of the wreck and just go somewhere to see some new trails…or if G and M are still having some conflict, I may be able to get 18 holes of golf in with her…probably not likely.
Hmmm…it’s 2:19 and I have to be out in Ada by 3 so, so I think I’ll stop here…I do have a comment on Stevie Y. leaving the Wings for Tampa but that will be later today or probably tomorrow….
Hmmm….you know that I’ve talked previously about becoming invisible as I age and to me, that is just part of the disconnect that I feel about society and how I fit into it..well, the great revelation was in the shower (I know, don’t put that image in your head) after I got back from the bike ride today. I don’t really know if it was a revelation so much as another crystallization of the vague feelings I’ve been having for quite a while of the new state of my life…that is that it all feels temporary, like I’m just marking time or idling; looking for work and hoping that there may be something for me here in Michigan. In an earlier life, there were the concrete foundations of family, job, and owning a home…that were then replaced by the great group of friends I had for a number of years that have largely gone away; most of them getting into their concrete lives that I had already done….so I feel like I’m starting over again…just like when the marriage crapped out…
This is part of the confusion that I mentioned in the first post to this page…and it is something that I am not having any luck figuring out…as time goes on, you’ll see how this fits with the posts on change….
Well…no golf with G last night since it was about 90 and that is just too miserable to be out in…so, went to the Mex place over here by me and had some beers; cheap check was a good departure from the normal Monday night at LC. I think it’s the kind of day today that you just take it easy and drop down a gear…especially since there was no sleep again last night and I was back up at 5 am…I am going to get out in the sun later since the bike tan is getting to look really weird…but I do get to take the night off from drinking tonight and that will be good, just feeling quite tired today and I think I’ve got an imbalance in the calorie intake and what I’m burning off every day…but that is a weird thing, I’m finding it hard to eat more…don’t know if it’s guilt from being fat in parts of my life or just the habit I’ve gotten into….
Okay, maybe you can tell me, had salmon on the grill, a baked potato, and about 15 asparagus spears….about 700 calories but I need almost 2K per day….I think I have my metabolism terminally screwed up…will probably have a salad and a turkey sandwich for the other two meals….ok, enough about food…and bitching…more later…
Well…busy morning so far..of course, coffee, then the normal routine except I went out and hit a bucket of balls to see if I can get rid of the nasty slice that I’ve developed….and I can report that I think I’ve figured it out…yay! It is so hot already that I came back from the bike ride completely drenched and I may have to run the AC later in the day.
One good thing, I’m not sore from hitting so I may be okay to go golfing with G later since the LC is still closed for some reason…and it is cheaper to golf than sit at the bar all night even if you have to buy beer on the course. Might be fun…more later…
Oh, I do have some things to say about business and how they are using their funding of the hard right to try to protect themselves from regulation…
Well…what a gorgeous morning to be out on the bike in the fog and haze…out before 8 and over 20 miles and now I’m already bored and it is only 10…oh, well…not much going on today..no Sunday Funday as far as I know…at least I haven’t heard from anyone yet.
Not much more to say right now so I’ll stop…more later..
Well…I have to say something about what many of the righty commentators have been spouting for quite a while…when Obama tries to figure out how we got into the messes of the Wall street meltdown and the gulf oil spill to name just a couple, it is a character flaw that he doesn’t take responsibility for what’s happening but tries to blame everything on the Bushies. The character flaw to me is from the righties who, throughout the Bush years, chanted the mantra “so what if we lied to get the US into war…it’s over and let’s move on”. This crap from the party of personal responsibility that made avoiding responsibility in government an art form. How do you know to not make the same mistakes if you don’t know what happened? And how can Obama know everything that was done by the Bushies to damage the governments ability to do it’s job; to protect it’s citizens. They had 8 years to screw it up and did…it’s easy to slam a car into a brick wall…it’s not so easy to fix the damage caused by the wreck…and a wreck of that magnitude takes more than 16 months to repair…geez…
Well…it was nice to take the night off last night and just take it easy here..got up somewhat refreshed and got on the bike early and have already taken a nap..okay, that’s a little early but I was up at 5 so I can justify it in my own mind. Grilled some salmon for lunch with G’s honey, hot mustard, and lemon sauce along with asparagus and portabello mushroom caps marinated in Italian dressing topped with chopped tomatos, onions, and Parmesan cheese. Yeah, I know…kind of overboard for just lunch but I was just getting so tired of burgers and chicken. It looks like pork loin chops on the grill for Sunday but have to get off my butt and get the loin sliced so I can brine them before the grill. Still cheaper than going out for dinner….although it is kind of a pain to always eat alone. On that note, thank you T for the nice lunch Friday…had lots of fun!
No plans for the weekend the way it looks..can’t watch Indy qualifying since it’s on Versus…no wonder the IRL is going down the tubes and no one watches anymore. Grubbing for money instead of taking care of the fans…typical of most of the leagues these days including the NHL who did the same thing to the fans in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
That’s enough crabbing for now since one of the things I’m trying to get better at is to stop complaining about everything..although I don’t complain about everything…just some things very strongly….
Well…I guess this shows you where the tea-partiers are coming from once the skin is peeled away. Rand Paul, the Repub nominee for senate from Kentucky, in an interview with Rachael Maddow on her show, stated that the federal government has no place in halting workplace or public discrimination based on race. He feels that the marketplace would take care of those types of things; if someone discriminates based on race, gender etc. even in a public restaurant or any other business, that no one would patronize those businesses once the discrimination is revealed. What planet is this guy living on? What does he want next, the Klan coming back? The laws against discrimination were a response to people doing exactly what Paul says won’t happen. Then, to make his Republicanness even clearer, he comes out today criticizing Obama for leaning on BP after their negligence led to 11 people dying and the biggest environment disaster in decades; calling it “Un-American” to criticize them. He says that sometimes no one is to blame…that it was just an accident that is no one’s fault.
You remember what “Un-American” meant in the last Presidential election and what the crazy birthers are still apoplectic about.
Can you imagine an administration that completely defers to business and cuts them loose to do whatever they want with no regard for their responsibilities? Oh…we just had one of those…you remember…run by Ole GW…Geez…
Well..I’m starting to feel better from Wednesday…although, going out for beers last night didn’t help. Today has been quite busy so far…grocery shopping, working out, lunch with Teresa, and just got back from a ride. I know, quit bitching, most people would love to have my life and I kind of like it, too. No plans for the weekend so far, except watching Indy 500 qualifying tomorrow..kind of a tradition with me and I am looking forward to it.
I promise some outrage tomorrow or later today…just have to comment on Jay Ambrose in the GR Press..who thinks that Michelle Obama wanting to do something about childhood obesity is an indoctrination of children to be socialists..geez….
Well…feel quite a bit better than I should…this one is going to be short since I do need to work out and get a bike ride in to get rid of the toxins…more later..