Well…I did go out to the beach and got a little sun…but that’s not what this is about…doing that a lot lately…I just have to comment on the rush to judgment by the right wing tv and newspapers who were all sure that the tragedy in Norway was caused by muslim extremists and went out of their way to trumpet the fact…even when they were completely wrong. Then we had Glenn Beck on his radio show comparing the youth camp where the murders happened to a Hitler youth camp…just because it was a Labor party party sponsored event. When are we all going to reject these folks and their hatred? I’ve had enough of the sloppy reporting and the assumptions being sold as the facts….when are we going to start holding the right responsible for this nonsense? Geez….
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July 26th
Well…had a nice night last night with going over to G’s and cooking outdoors and having a couple of beers…made salmon on a ceder plank along with asparagus and had fresh mozzarella with tomatoes as a salad…had never had that combination before and it was really good…overcooked the the asparagus until it was crispy and it looked burned but it was so good….just a yummy meal….and I was good here after I got home so I feel okay today…trying to think what to do today and I think it may be the beach for the morning since it looks like a glorious day and I need to swim in Lake Michigan at least once every year…so, I do have things to do today and need to start getting ready if I’m going to go……I will be back later for a couple…still running 4 behind and am running out of month…
Wandering, wandering…
Well….the last one…the one you’ll see if you look down, was supposed to be this one but I actually got an idea from a small snippet that I saw on the news and had to say something…it’s been less of a boring day than I expected since I had lots of work to do around here and I just finished….and it’s a little after three….I have been feeling pretty good today but it’s coming up on August and I feel the first twinges of the bad allergies coming on….it hasn’t been bad this summer and I haven’t taken anything for it yet….it doesn’t help that you can’t get the good allergy stuff anymore….these new formulations don’t do anything but cost money. I may be going out for a couple with G later but I haven’t heard from her so maybe not….I could use not spending money right now but then life just gets more and more boring and smaller and smaller….I do think I’m going to the beach tomorrow so that will help some….so, I’m not feeling it right now so I’m going to quit here….more later….I am trying to get caught up after all….
We lose again….
Well…the debt ceiling nonsense that is going on in Washington is sucking the life right out of me….when I hear that the dems are giving up everything…..cut to SS, Medicare, and every other program that helps the retired or middle class to the repub thugs and they are not getting anything in return, I despair for the future of this country. If it wasn’t for all of the things the repubs did…the two wars that were not paid for, the tax cuts for the wealthy, and deregulation, we would not be where we are and there would be no need to further gut the middle class to pay for this stuff. And, they are so against tax increases for the rich and connected but I guess that doesn’t count for you and me…retirees are going to get a huge tax increase by having the cost of Medicare go up and by cutting off the cost of living increases for SS. Why is it that the repubs always attack the little guys? I think it’s just typical bully behavior to pick on people that can’t fight back….I hope we can remind the voters who it was that gave the country away to the ideologues…and who drove the economy back into the ditch by cutting spending when the recovery is still so weak. Geez…
July 25th
Well…another day, but I did have a few things to do so that helped…met up with K for a couple and then normal stuff last night…yep, my life has done something even I didn’t expect….it’s gotten more boring…oh, well….I really don’t have that much to say today….I do have a few things to do that will keep me occupied for about an hour but then back to the mind numbing nothingness….going to have to get moving on these to make the 60 for the month….and I’ll try later but right now I’m going back to the couch…
July 24th
Well…I know, I’m late but you know with the problems I’ve been having getting thoughts down here, I thought I’d try to change things up and take the bike ride first to see if that would help…nope, it didn’t…didn’t think about anything on the ride but “Dark Side of the Moon” and that was okay….and I feel better than I should today…I think I slept okay and that may be it….it was a bunny alert day today and I decided to count how many just for the fun of it…57….and two deer…and the gorgeous woman….and it was a good ride but it’s 10:15 and I have everything done I wanted to do..so what’s next? Oh, the F1 race is on at noon so that will be a diversion at least…other than that…not much to do today with everyone out of town or working…oh, well…I am going to try to get a couple more out today…maybe another econ 101 since the repubs here in Michigan don’t seem to understand it at all….
Does anyone else find this disturbing?
Well…I just had to comment on the new Mercedes commercial that tries to sell their cars by pointing out that they will keep you safe in an emergency….but then they go one to have the people say that they fell asleep, wasn’t paying attention and other ridiculous anecdotes. All of this put a question in my head….”do only stupid people buy Mercedes?” Since when it is a selling point that your customers are so stupid or inept that they need the car to think for them? I find it disturbing that the skill and responsibility level of the American driver has sunk so low that they can’t even stay in their lane or keep from running up the back of a truck that stops in front of them….in all my years of driving, I’ve never found the need to have my car pay attention for me, or wake me up, or stay in the right lane for me….geez….
July 23rd
Well….it seems that I’m always running late these days and there is really no reason for it….I did want to read the newspapers first and get some coffee in me but it’s not helping much….it was a normal day yesterday but I did get the kitchen cleaned and today I will get the bathroom done and get started on the rest of the place….I may go out for HH by myself today since everyone is out of town and I do need to get out of here for a while….other than that, not much to do today…I am going to get out in the sun since my hands are looking really weird with the tips of my fingers still white since they are wrapped around the hand grips on the bike when I’m out…and the ankles look really weird, too….I will try to come back later for at least one since I am still about 4 under where I need to be to get my 60 in for the month…I did have to take more money out of the IRA to get through Aug and Sept and I don’t feel good about that….but what can I do?
Still trying….not much success..
Well…I have really, really been trying to get the ability to write back again and you can see it has been with little success…so today, I decided to just chill and clean and try to sneak up on it but that didn’t work either…so, now what? Not sure…after I cleaned the kitchen today, I just couldn’t use any of the things I cleaned so the stovetop, pots, and pans, are still sitting there clean…even though I know I should eat more than 4 ozs of pork loin and some potato salad…..and I did get the bike ride in after the rain so that probably took care of those calories…okay, this one isn’t going anywhere….I think I need to start going out more and seeing new people…I’m just not inspired by this boring routine and I’m losing all touch with the discipline it takes to write…hmmmm…I think I need to think about this for a while…
July 22nd
Well…another bore of a night and for some reason, I’m running later today….was planning on going out to the beach today but it looks like it’s going to rain off and on all day so I think I’ll just hang out here and get the bike ride in and then clean…my stove needs a complete tear down and the rest of the kitchen doesn’t look much better so I guess I’ll have to get off my butt and get things done….so, there are things to do today if I just decide to do them….or I might not, who knows? More later….