Well…a pretty good day yesterday but I stayed up late to watch the Wings so I’m running late and slow this morning…and no, it’s not that I’m just getting old…I am but that’s not it…did go out to have a couple with G and that was too early to start when the game didn’t start until 10:30…oh, I didn’t tell you that the Wings won in a sweep…I’ll give you the details in the Wings update later today…I am so sore today and I can’t figure it out…haven’t been on the bike in a few days and haven’t done anything different…oh, well…not much to do today….it’s going to be a recovery day and I need to get back on the normal schedule so I’ll just lay low today….hope it gets warm enough to get out and get a ride in…I think that may have something to do with my fuzzy brain and I’ll try anything to get some clarity…more later…

Well….I can’t wait for this damn weather to break and I can go back to shorts…it’s just so depressing getting up and hearing the furnace running in the last part of April….got whipped at pool yesterday and I’ll blame it on not playing on our normal table….not that I was shooting crappy or anything like that…nope, it was the table….and I was pretty good when I got home so I feel a lot better today than I did yesterday but that’s not saying much….not much to do today…there is a Wings game on late so it’s back to a nap this aft since it’s a 10:30 game and it could be the last one in the first round…it would be cool to sweep Phoenix and get to resting for the second round…damn….need to put this stuff in a Wings update for later……might have a few with G later but I probably should take the day off and let the liver rest for a while…I will be back for another one later…there has to be something going on in the world that deserves a comment…might just have to look a little harder….more later…

Well…I over-cocktailed last night and I feel really crappy this morning physically…but the reason for the stupidity was that the Wings were going three up on Phoenix….but I’ll save that for the Wings update for later….I had a nice day with a surprise lunch with T and then a nap in the aft to get ready for staying up late for the game…I think I must have sent or gotten 50 texts during the game so that was fun….other than the game…it was another boring day…don’t know if I’m going out for coffee this morning….stayed up until almost one and that is way too late for an old guy….I need water and the couch so I’m going to end here…more later…

Well…that was a really terrible surprise when I got up this morning to find a blanket of snow on everything…I know, it’s Michigan and we can expect at least one snowfall in April but it’s one thing to know it intellectually and another to actually have to start the car to warm it up and melt the snow. This just puts a damper on the day and starts it out all wrong….it was an okay weekend, didn’t do much but watch the Wings and races….I didn’t get anything political out over the weekend but I have an excuse….nothing really grabbed me and got the brain working in overdrive like I need it to….I’ll try harder today…not much to do today…as I said before, I am gong back to jeans for the next few days, I really hate being cold and that even trumps my ego….but I won’t wear socks…how’s that for a compromise? More later….

One last thing I need to add….I did watch “Winter’s Bone” yesterday and it was a pretty good movie…one of the “small movies” the I like a lot that replaces explosions and bombast with character studies….I did feel that it unfolded a little too slowly and some of the characters’ motivations were unclear even until the end…but still a good movie that shone a light on a part of the country that not many of us get to see….

Well…I know I’m late but as you know, this is getting to be my pattern for Sundays, I usually do need coffee before I can think at all and with last night being a cocktail night, I really needed it this morning. I have gotten my coffee and read the Press so now I’m ready to get going for at least a few minutes and try to write something lucid. It was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t do much but watch the Wings and the races…it was way too windy to get the bike out but I’m hoping to go for a short one later this morning if it warms up…I did go back to jeans today…it was just too cold this morning for shorts so I’ll have to reset the clock on that…I did have a talk on the phone with M about his parents house and I feel better about it…lots of friends and family coming together to help and that reminds me that even in these fractured times, people can surprise us with their generosity and caring. Not much to do today…of course the race from Talladega and I am going to get the bathroom cleaned and a couple more posts out…okay, you’ve heard that promise many times on Sunday and I haven’t been very good at keeping it…you’ll just have to come back to see…..

Well…got a bit of bad news this morning when I got a text from M saying his parents house burned down last night….I had that happen to me when I was 12 and I can still smell the smoke and remember the sound of the flames when I ran upstairs to wake my brother up…..I feel so bad for them since it was the home that M grew up in. Kind of makes the rest of this post pointless in comparison….so I’m going to end this here and reflect for a while…..

Okay…back to work….it was kind of a nice day yesterday with not much to to…how many times have you heard that? I do have HBO for free for the weekend so that helped to pass the time…and it was a cocktail night which helps even more….I did get the brakes fixed and the pedal feel really hard again but I still need to take it out on the e-way and bed them in….today is going to be okay with the Wings on at one and then races later in the day….will probably just veg today and take it easy but maybe clean the bathroom…not sure yet…and maybe a Wings update after the game…..more later….

Well….it has been an interesting day today that has taken me quite far out of the normal routine…so I don’t think there will be any political comments, at least right now since the papers are only a distant memory and I don’t know if I want to go back and re-read them right now…so, I’ll just give an update of the morning and the wonderful weirdness that has happened. As you know, if you look down at the mornings first one, I was planning on working on the brakes on the wreck…and I did go out and get the parts, but broke my lug wrench jumping on it to get the tires off….so I had to go back and get a socket to fit them and use my breaker bar to get them off. After that, the brakes actually came apart pretty easily and things were going well until I installed the wrong pad in the back of the driver’s side and then the other side wouldn’t go together…took quite a while to figure out I had made a mistake and had to take both sides back apart and install the pads in the right places….this still only took a total of about 45 minutes so I guess I shouldn’t bitch too much….but I get to since this site belongs to me….and it was a good idea to to get this done today since the thinnest pad had less than 1/8 inch left on it…way too thin for the brakes to be effective. This should be the last time I do brakes since the car is just rusting away and I think I may wake up some morning, go outside, and the car will be gone…leaving just a small rust pile where it would have been….

Well….Tuesday was Thursday yesterday and it was pool day…I did win but Tom did a lot to help me so I’m not that happy about it….okay, a win is a win so I’ll take it. The brakes on the wreck need to be replaced and I’m going to see if I can get it apart here in the lot….they’re not grinding yet so If I need to take it out to Tom’s to do it Monday I can….it will give me something to do today and with the grocery shopping this morning, it is going to be a busy day….other than that, not much to do today….I am going to take it easy once I get everything done with a Neflix movie coming today and cocktails tonight….I did have some dreams last night…yay…but they were kind of disturbing with T in them….well…not disturbing just strange with 28th street and Indiana Jones in it…told you it was weird….I will have topics for later and a brake update once I get into it..hope it doesn’t rain….

Well…a kind of fun night last night…went out with G for a few and to watch the Wings…they had me a little concerned after the first perlod with the lack of work from the whole team but once the second started, the real Wings showed up and we scored the next 4 goals. Even Hudler got one….crap, this is supposed to be a sports post later…so no more Wings now….must have sent and gotten 50 texts…it is kind of weird to watch the game with the group by text. I didn’t sleep all that well last night but there were vestiges of dreams that I can remember so maybe they are coming back….that would be great. Just took a look at the radar and it looks like there is rain coming so maybe no bike ride today…just when I am getting over the hump with pain and my lungs are getting better..oh, well…I’m already 130 miles ahead of last year so I guess I can take the day off. Not much to do today..don’t think I’m meeting up with K today so I might write Tom and see if today could be pool day….who knows? I will have at least two more later…the Wings one, of course, then I’m sure I’ll have comments on the Obama speech…more later…

Well..another day of being good an I am almost used to it…but that will end tonight with the first Wings playoff game…feel okay this morning and slept pretty well but I’m still wondering where the dreams went…I kind of miss them…love to be entertained when I’m sleeping….watched ‘Unstoppable” yesterday and I think it was one of the first times I was bored with a Tony Scott movie….it was nice to get my workout and the bike ride in before lunch yesterday but is still pretty damn cold….where is the April warmup that is longer than one day? There may even be frost and snow later in the week and that is really depressing…..oh, well….not much to do today…I am going to meet up with G later for a couple and the Wings, of course…can’t wait to see which team comes out tonight….have to get the gear out and show the winged wheel for at least the first one….more later…