Well..just when I thought I wasn’t going to have a topic for today, ole Manny Lopez from the Detroit News comes up with another of his ideology driven, ridiculous columns that I just have to comment on. Manny actually went to California and goes off on the administration and it’s attempt to lower the countries oil usage by the subsidies for hybrids…basing all of his vitriol on his observations that everyone in California is not driving one. He then goes on to try to make the point that California’s regulations are so stringent that they will force only small cars to be purchased then in the next paragraph he contradicts himself by saying people are still buying what they want using the example of the Ford F-150 being the best selling vehicle in the country. It was hard for me to even get my head around this pretzel logic (thanks Steely Dan) to see what his point is. I think he was trying to make the point that the government is interfering in the markets by the hybrid subsidies and trying to force us into cars we don’t want.
But, who knows….you should go read that for yourself…if you don’t have a headache after it, I am jealous…and I can’t figure out why he still has a job…
Well…I earned feeling crappy this morning with the Wings game and another win….now we go back to Cali thursday to complete the comeback….man…I can’t even think…it was a high stress day waiting for the game to start yesterday….nope, can’t do this right now….need water and the couch….might be back before I go to coffee…or not…
Okay…feeling much better after coffee and the brain is working a little better so let’s get something done…man, that was one of the best hockey games I’ve seen in years…full power the whole time with no let ups by either team…I was grinning like an idiot watching the punch and counterpunch that was going on; how do they do it? and, Pavel in another fight…I am so glad we have the best player in the league on our team…I did have a pretty good day yesterday…it is so nice to have the weather start to cooperate and be able to go out on the bike in the morning….not much to do today…I think out to have a couple with G later but that is about it…and I think I have plans with K for tomorrow…it is nice to have something to look forward to…I will get another one out later today…Manny Lopez is off the rails again and I just have to comment…
Well…still not a lot happening in politics so far this week so I think I’ll just wander around again like yesterday and go off on some topics that aren’t really formed yet but I’m going to give it a try anyway. First, let’s start with the laugher of the day, ole Newt is going to run for president, yeah, I laughed my ass off, too. What is he going to run as? The family values candidate? He was on tv the other day trying to explain cheating on the first two of his three wives and said that since god forgives him, no one should question him about it. Pretty frickin convenient when you think of it….trying to place all of the bad behavior off limits and saying “trust me” that he can still be the arbiter of family values and a role model for America. Yow….he does have a huge set….
What else? Not sure right now…I’m going back to think for a while….should be back before 1 or so…okay, I’m late but the Red Wings are pushing everything else out of my head today…so I’ll talk about them….Sunday’s was one of the most exciting games I’ve seen in a long time and my concern is that they left it all on the ice out in Cali…but they didn’t work that hard in the first three games so maybe they have something left in the tank…and the Sharks do have a reputation for choking in the playoffs so maybe they’ll do it again….we do have an injury problem with Frantzen’s ankle and Pavel’s wrist but it would be nice to see Modano in for one last game, no matter what, it’s going to give me a damn heart attack..Go Wings!!
Well…this one is going to be short so I can get back to the couch and try to recover after yesterday…I think I’m just getting old….maybe it’s a good omen that I came from 3 games down and won the night last night at pool…so now the Wings have to do the same thing tonight….not much of a day yesterday other than shooting pool….and not much to do today…I may just skip the coffee and papers today I feel so crappy….more later…
Okay…fell like I’ve cheated a little this morning and I want to get past that…I did go out for coffee and I am beginning to feel human again…should be much better after working out and getting on the bike which I am going to do right now…I am getting really geeked up about the Wings game tonight…will probably go out and watch part of it at the bar since I would like to be part of the win that I’m sure is coming….I hope….it would be cool to take it to game 7 and win it in their building…and have the Sharks choke again…I will be back later with more topics but the weight machine is calling and I should get to it or I’ll find an excuse to skip and be lazy…
Well….I’ve read all the newspapers and still haven’t been able to come up with a topic so I’m just going to let the brain wander around a bit and see what happens…I have almost weaned myself from the NY Times since they went to a paywall model a couple of months ago…I guess the only thing that I miss is the commentary from their columnists that were commonly a trigger for my own thinking and writing…could be part of why I’ve been struggling lately and I really think it has been a slow news cycle….
There are more culture wars going on here in Michigan with the crazy right idiots spending time trying to vent their homophobia on the employees of universities here by withholding funding if they give health benefits to same-sex partners….this bill has been proposed by rep David Agema from here in west Michigan….all I have to say is this..Dave, where are the jobs? While you fiddle with this nonsense, more than 13% of the citizens here are out of work and you and your crazy religious nut allies try to impose your narrow minded agenda on the whole state. I grew up in west Michigan where the religious have always tried to impose their view on everyone….we even had the ONLY McDonalds in the world that was not open Sunday here in Jenison, and if you tried to mow your lawn on Sunday, they would call the police…not kidding…it’s like Westmichistan….
Hmmmm….oh, have to talk about the Wings and their inspired comeback last night…almost gave up on them when they were down 3-1 but then the texts from my friends started coming in with whoops and hollers and I knew something special was happening…so I put the computer back on and listened….it’s not like listening to baseball on the radio I grew up with…hockey is too fast to fit the radio format and I am glad I can watch the game at noon today…and they even shorten it by moving from perlod to perlod without any break….yep, you see it..misspelled period but if you’ve been here before, you know the reason….if not, leave a comment and I’ll explain again….
Well… no cocktails last night so I feel okay this morning but I think part of it is that the Wings won in a come from behind victory over the Sharks last night and they are still alive in the playoffs….it was an okay day yesterday but I am a little concerned about a left hamstring that started to flair up with some pain….we’ll see when I go out on the bike this morning. It is odd to not have a race to nap through Sunday aft and it was kind of boring but I can take it with the weather getting nicer. Not much to do today…I think we’re moving Tuesday to Monday and that will work out well since I think I may want to go out to watch part of the game…have I said I hate the NHL and Versus? I do get to watch last night’s game today, but it’s just not the same…with the clear head I have this morning, I will get at least two topics out today…yay, I’m half way there…more later…
Well…have been thinking about this one for a while, ever since I heard that there are petitions being circulated to recall gov Snyder here in Michigan and while I think that recalls are not the most democratic way to run a government, I think it is justified in this case. There are many reasons why I feel this recall should go forward, the biggest one being the fact that Snyder would not answer any questions about his agenda during the campaign; knowing that if he had detailed his plans to give more away to business on the backs of the citizens, and to disenfranchise voters in communities in financial distress, he would never have been elected. We always see this pattern with the repubs, lie or conceal your true agenda, and then after you have duped the public with those lies, impose your far-right agenda on those dupes. The people of Michigan deserve better, they deserve to have honest politicians doing what is right for them, not just for the rich and business and I truly believe that the people here are tiring of those constant giveaways that do nothing to make their lives better….let’s take back our state from these liars and look for real new solutions; not just the same tired old policies of giving the state to the most well off that has never worked since the days of Reagan….geez….
Well…waiting for the coffee to finish and thought I’d do my duty and get one of these out…you know the pattern on the weekends, I always promise I’ll get another one or two out but it rarely happens…so don’t plan on it today but there is always hope. Yesterday was one of those days where I just didn’t know what to do with myself so I didn’t do much of anything…a great long ride, though. Found out that another one of the kids is moving out of state and I can be nothing but happy…I’ll give updates as it unfolds…not much to do today…since it’s Mother’s day, I don’t think I’ll see anyone or do anything other than take a bike ride…there is an F1 race on and then the Wings later…and I hear the coffee has finished so I’m going to watch the race and read the paper….more later…
Okay…got the ride in, made lunch, and the first half of Man U and Chelsea is over so I can get on to other things…like paying the cell bill and getting more of these out….oh, Man U is up 2-0 at the half and, since it’s my team, I’m happy….felt really crappy when I got up this morning and you and I both know the reason for that…the Wings game is on frickin Versus again so another time where I can’t see what might be Nick’s last game until tomorrow when the re-run is on the NHL network…might have to go out and watch part of it…well…I’m going to go back and read the paper again to get a topic for the day…nope, already have it but need to let it ferment for a while….more later…again…
Well…it’s Saturday so you know I’m going to be late….but if I’m always late, doesn’t that mean I’m on time? Wrap your head around that one….it’s an existential question that I really can’t answer or won’t….it was a pretty nice day yesterday…the Wings finally played one but I couldn’t see it since it was on Versus…what the heck is the NHL thinking? Do they want to grow the sport or kill it? It’s the same thing that Indy car did when it went exclusively to Versus and now the series is dying since no one can see it any more. Oh, yeah, right….this is supposed to be about life…I did splurge and make myself a normal breakfast this morning…there just is nothing like bacon and eggs…..and I’ve already read the papers and had my coffee so I’m ready to get the bike ride in and then come back here and get at the leaning tower of newspapers that has now reached such heights that it is taller than me when I’m sitting…there could be real danger here of serious injury if the tower falls over….not much to do today….might go out and have a belated Cinco de Mayo with K later and there is a race on tonight but I will have a hard time filling the rest of the day…maybe I should clean more…or maybe get a couple of posts out…who knows? More later….
Well….I was watching tv the other day…barely paying attention when an ad for Progressive Insurance with their spokesperson “Flo” snapped me to attention….have you heard of their new ploy? They will lower your insurance rate if you allow them to put a data tracker in your car, in their words, to “confirm your great driving”…yeah, you heard it, these people want you to put a device in your car that will give them more ammunition to not pay any claims..not that any insurance company needs a reason to deny claims since they deny them all of the time for no reason…or I should say trumped up ones that force you to fight to get what you paid for. What’s next? Will they propose that they put an ear tag in all of their customers that will track you at all times….that’s just what this new device will do…it will have gps tracking for speed but more than that, g meters that will label you as an “aggressive driver” and will raise your rates; no matter that you have no tickets or accidents. When are we going to say stop to these folks, to the cellphone companies that track our every move, and to the insurance companies that control what we eat and what we do to ensure higher profits for them….and if you expect lower premiums from giving up your freedom…I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you….
One last thing…boycott Progressive Insurance! Or at the very least, if you are a Progressive customer, throw the damn data logger at them when they show it to you….geez….