Well…I wonder why it is that even great days can be a letdown…I’m sure it has to do with the anticipation of greatness and when Michigan stunk up the joint at noon the air just came out of it…and I’m bored right now so that is why I’m back here for a little while. I don’t know if I can recapture the excitement for the Tigers game and that is a disappointment. This dish has been giving me fits all day with at lest 4 resets and if it does it again tonight I think I’ll take a hammer to it…oh, don’t have a hammer so I guess I’ll have to improvise…the pizza came out great so that was a plus and helped a little…but the leftover chicken for dinner was just so boring, too…hmmm…I notice a theme here….I hope the wind calms down by tomorrow…don’t know if I can take being out with it blowing 30 again…I was going to do a political one today but the outrage meter is on empty and I really don’t want to fake it….so I guess I’ll go and get the fixins ready a cocktail or two…I did have to put the heat on today and now my furnace has this weird hiccup when it shuts down like it wants to start again; firing up the blower for two seconds and then shutting off….at least I don’t have to pay to have it fixed….just hope it doesn’t kill me in the middle of the night….or do I?

Well….another night, more tv, and if that sounds boring, it is…I’m running late today since I was up at 5 or so and then did get back to sleep….it is going to be a sports day today….Man U is on right now and then I have to go out to get the papers at the half to have my coffee and wait for the wind to die down so I can get the bike ride in before the Michigan and State game. Then tonight, there are the Tigers, the Wings, and a race on so I think I’ll have a good excuse to do almost nothing…I am going to make a homemade pizza for the game this aft and I am looking forward to that…I will try to come back later for another one…and the song lyric..

Okay…I’m back after one of the most brutal rides that I can remember…had to pedal hard to even go downhill into the wind and I’m sure I’m going to pay for that tomorrow…paying for it right now since the legs are already hurting and that never happens…oh, well…I’m glad I got it done before the game and that makes it 177…only 6 more to go….

Here’s the lyric” “well if you can, try to teach them things that they don’t know….give ’em a helping hand, make them see the things there that don’t show…”

Well…up early this morning…just couldn’t get back to sleep so I thought I’d just get up and get the day going…well, not going but idling…no dreams to speak of so that was a little of a disappointment..I did have a nice day with finally getting to see T for a while and having a couple…and the Tigers won along with the Wings so how could it get better? Not much to do today…really, not much to do today…I can’t think of anything other than riding the bike if it stops raining…more later…

Okay…back for a minute before I get out on the bike…it has stopped raining so it looks like day 176 will happen….7 more to go…I’ll have the song lyric after I ride….so come on back…should also have a political one since Manny Lopez is still an idiot…

Here’s the lyric: “I felt the coldness of my winter…I never thought you would ever go…I cursed the gloom that set upon us…but I know I love you so…”

Well…another disappointing night with the Tigers losing another one…but I was good so I feel pretty good today..it was boring being good, though but I do understand the need for it…sleep was okay with just a couple of dreams with Russian spies and lots of snow in them but nothing complete or complex to report. It looks like it may be a little difficult to get the ride in today since it’s going to start raining in a couple of hours and I do have the grocery run to get in before I go….so it may be I end at 174 days in a row…only 9 short so I don’t feel that bad about it…not much to do today…might meet up with T for a couple later but that’s about it…I will be back later with more political stuff since there are some things happening that I need to comment on….

Okay…needed a little addendum to this morning’s…just got back from the bike ride so that is 175 days in a row…only 8 more…

Here’s the lyric: “just one more morning I had to wake up with the blues….pull myself out of bed….put on my walking shoes…”

Well…I am running late today and I know why..it was a long day yesterday and I just can’t get going yet….but I’m trying even though my brain is still idling….I had fun at pool and won the week in a championship game so that is two in a row…haven’t done that in a while….the moon was just so cool when I got up this morning and I had to stare at it for a while…that doesn’t have any big meaning but it looked neat…not much to do today…I am going to just let the day slide by and slide along with it…more later…

Oh, and the Tigers won to make it a series again….can’t wait for 4:19 this afternoon….

Forgot the lyric…here it is: “battle lines are being drawn…nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong…young people speaking their minds..gettin so much resistance from behind…”

Well…it was a long day out yesterday so I am running a little slow today…but the Lions whipped on the Bears so that was cool…I am a little disappointed that lunch with T on Wed was canceled but that’s how it goes sometimes….okay….this isn’t working right now so I’m going to go and come back later…

Okay..the coffee and papers have done their trick and I’m back for a few minutes before I start working out..injured myself doing that yesterday and I am wondering how long it’s going to take to recover…the weird thing is, my arm only hurts when I work out, I can do everything else with just a twinge…oh, well…I may have things to do today…pool with Tom and then I’m meeting up with K for a couple after that so I’ll have to take it easy while shooting…but that’s okay…I did ride the bike out for coffee today and it felt good but tinged with a sense of impending winter with the weather changes that are coming later in the week…but there’s nothing I can do about that so I’ll stop thinking about it….

Today is number 173 on the bike…only 10 more to go…
Here’s today’s lyric: “she lies and says she’s in love with him…can’t find a better man…”

Well…another Sunday and I did have a little fun with going out to meet up with K for a couple at Logan’s…I was looking forward to seeing the Tigers play but another rainout put that off until today…not sure if it will conflict with the Lions game…nope, it won’t…the Tigers start at 4….I do feel a little worn out today but that should go away in a couple of hours…after I get some water and a few minutes on the couch…not much to do today….I may have a couple with G later but that’s about it…I will get out and enjoy the weather…maybe even take a color tour on the bike…although I do that on my ride every day…so, maybe I won’t…who knows? More later….

Okay…I’m back for a minute…there have been developments on things to do this week…G tonight, and then K and V tomorrow, and then lunch with T on Wed…..it’s pretty cool to be able to get out and do something for a change…

Here’s today’s lyric: “Everywhere around me I see jealousy and mayhem…because no men have their peace of mind to carry them…”

Well…a long day yesterday and, as I expected, it was a complicated night of sports with the Wings, Michigan,, the Tigers, and the Bathurst 1000 race on….Michigan won but the Tigers lost so I have mixed emotions about it…and with so much flipping back and forth, there was no flow to the games…maybe next time I’ll just pick one to watch. Maybe the cocktails had something to do with it, too…who knows? I don’t feel bad this morning, though, so I don’t think I overdid it….okay, I’m bored with this right now so I’ll come back later to add to it…

Okay….I’m back for a bit while I wait for the temp to come up enough to go out on the bike with just a t-shirt….it looks like kind of a boring day today with no Lions until tomorrow night but there are a couple of races on so that may be slightly amusing…and I may have a couple with K this aft since I haven’t seen her in a couple of weeks….I should get rid of the leaning tower of newspapers but I probably won’t today…I do have some big ribs in the oven…making them two ways today…one set in the foil pouch and one other one just in a pan….don’t know why I did it that way….just fooling around I guess…

It’s 171 days today….12 more to go…
Here’s today’s lyric: “the sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older…shorter of breath and one day closer to death…”

Well…as I expected, it was a long day yesterday but I had a lot of fun with the dinner for G…but, I feel okay this morning…taking it easy, though, for a while to kind of ease into the day….I have read the papers and had a couple of cups of coffee and that has helped…it was cool the Wings won last night but looked really sloppy…at least Hudler got a goal so maybe he will get going this year….there is a huge dilemma in the Michigan sporting world to tonight…the Tigers, Michigan, and the Wings all play tonight so it looks like the remote is going to get a workout….not much else to do today…it looks like a gorgeous morning out there so I can get my ride in early…and I am going to take it easy to try to get the legs to stop hurting…and just smile and look at the colors for a change…hoping to have some more wildlife stories to report….yesterday’s really made me grin….more later…

Oh, today is day 170…only 13 more to go..
Here’s today’s lyric: “I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets…make love to these women…languid and bittersweet…”

Well…it was an interesting day out on the trail…on one of them that runs through a forest…almost t-boned a deer that was running through like a heat seeking missile….I could see it coming from the left and it crossed the trail only about 5 feet in front of me…I wonder how they can run so fast when the woods are as thick as they are there…pretty cool…and then, about 2 miles on, I saw a huge female red-tailed hawk sitting on the bridge where I saw the other raptor a couple of weeks ago…again, pretty neat…

Oh, today was day 169…only 14 more to go to get to my six month goal….and there probably won’t be another one today….and I can’t come up with a song lyric off the top of my head so I won’t do that today, either….

Okay…here’s the lyric: “start on Key Plantain…walk a tropical mile….you’ll see a house in the Spanish style…”