Well..it was another day yesterday and I won at pool so that was good but it was just a little too cold to put the top down…but today is different…I am going out on the bike in shorts in a few minutes and then taking a cruise in the car with the top down later in the day…and it looks like tomorrow will be warm enough to go out again…yay….I do need to get some stuff done around here today but that is going to take a back seat to having some fun…and I do need to acknowledge that I am running late today and the reason is that I have been doing some thinking about a format change here…I have been harping on the political stuff for too long and I just might shift over to some philosophical musings for a while…after all, that is why I started doing this in the first place…more later…
Monthly Archives: January 2013
A couple of things…
Well..I could have made this into two to cheat a little but I’m on track for the month so I’ll just do two short ones for now….first…you just have to marvel at the nerve of the folks at AIG who the taxpayers bailed out when their nonsense almost crashed the world’s economy. Just this week, they have been contemplating a lawsuit against the US because they don’t believe the terms of the agreement was fair…not fair? When they took the first billion and gave bonuses to the folks that were responsible for the crashing? What a bunch of delusional nonsense…
Speaking of delusional…with the push on by Obama to try to install some semblance of sanity to the gun laws in this country, we have the gun nuts in full crazy today…with one guy who runs a gun training outfit down south saying that he is going to start shooting people if there are any new regulations put in place…like background checks for people buying guns at gun shows. This guy should be prosecuted for terrorism….since the first amendment does not cover making threats on your fellow citizens….this is the kind of person who should not have any guns at any time….what a fricking loser whose manhood is so wrapped up in brandishing weapons…geez….what better reason is there for gun control if not this idiot?
January 10th
Well…sitting here waiting for the dish to complete a scan that I have never seen before and i have no faith that it will work after it’s done….kind of par for the course with me lately and even that is starting to get old…it was an okay day yesterday and I did take the bike out but only got about a mile before the ice and snow on the trial got too deep…I’m hoping that the warm rain on Friday will melt it enough so I can get a whole ride in…I do need the exercise…it looks like tomorrow will be a top down day and I am looking forward to it….slept okay last night but I think the melatonin is starting to not work too well…damn….but, I guess I’ll live through it….I so need to make a grocery run today and it will be nice to have some different food to eat for a change….other than that, not much to do today….I am still working on getting the kitchen cleaned but still looking for the motivation to do it….maybe today…more later…
Just some facts…
Well…with all of the repub lying that is going on concerning the federal budget and the debt ceiling, I thought it would be a good idea to actually inject some facts into the argument instead of the talking points the repubs are using for nothing more than partisan advantage. First, if you were to listen to the repubs, Obama has printed up trillions of dollars and is merrily running around the country giving them away by the truckload…increasing spending every day by those truckloads…the only problem here is it’s just not true…in fact in the last two years, over 2.4 trillion dollars has been cut from the budget with a resulting lowering of the deficit that has happened every year since Obama took office. A fact that the repubs don’t believe since they just don’t believe in facts or math…the second thing I wanted to clear up with facts is that the president is not required to negotiate or agree to cuts in anything to have the debt ceiling raised…the debt ceiling is raised to pay for things that the congress…yep, the congress, has already said they want to pay for passing bills in the House and Senate to do so…has nothing to do with the executive branch…so what I would do if I were Obama is nothing…if the repubs want to trash the economy by not doing their jobs then let them…they will own it and in two years we will control all of the government and will be able to get the country’s business done…geez…
January 9th
Well…another day of hibernation here and guess what? I’m still broke….I did sleep okay last night and I think the being good is a good thing with how I feel this morning…I will be able to pay the phone bill today (only one day late) with an emergency deposit into the account….I may even be able to get out on the bike today since it is already 40 degrees and that is plenty warm in full therma suit…just hope the trails have melted enough…and it does look like I will be putting the top down on the car Friday and Saturday with it getting to be around 50…and I do need to take pictures to post on the MOMM site….not much to do today….I do have to do kitchen surfaces and a few other things around here but that is about it…more later….
Okay…waiting for the coffee to finish and thought I’d come back here for a minute…it is already pretty nice outside and I really like these kinds of winters where is there is very little snow…I know, it’s only the first week of Jan but every day without a snowstorm is one day closer to spring…a weird thought for someone used to Michigan winters but I just don’t need another reason to be depressed…there are too may already….more later…again…
Random thoughts…
Well…it has been a weird day…miscalculated how much cash I had left in the checking account and now can’t pay the phone bill today….looks like it will have to wait until tomorrow….I’m starting to get real tired of being broke…I did have dreams last night and the funny thing was they were filled with Miatas that were the same color of mine…which is not likely since, in the 6 months I’ve owned it, I’ve not seen another one in Laguna Blue….In another sign that Obama hatred is still running strong with the repubs, the right is going crazy with the nomination of Hagel for sec def…a republican hawk and they can’t support him? The repubs are still in “defeat Obama at any cost” mode….and I think he should translate the hate into never negotiating with those thugs…I’m not sure I’m excited about the NHL coming back…it is my favorite sport but I’m used to not having it and the short season should have an asterisk next to it….and now Homer is retiring and I’m going to miss him…..I am a little curious with how the team is going to look with all of the new Wings…okay, that’s it for now….too depressed to continue to think…
January 8th
Well…it was another day yesterday but I did have a little fun with going out to have a couple with G but that put me back to completely broke again so this week looks like laying low here and not much else….there is a free movie weekend on HBO this weekend so that will help ease the boredom and I did make real popcorn in a pan last night with real butter…can’t figure out why I have been making microwave stuff for so long…it’s expensive and I think the pan stuff tastes better….not much to do today…and that is true this time…I even have to drink tea today since I’m out of coffee and broke…oh, well…maybe I’ll get out on the bike or start the new novel….who knows…
Another hostage drama….
Well…with the negotiations that have been ongoing across the country on the debt ceiling and even the NHL, one thing has struck me is the similarity between them and the way that they resemble hostage dramas on tv…when did we lose the ability to negotiate as adults? Why can’t the people running out government just stop this crap and do their jobs? I will place the blame on the government problems right where it belongs, on the repubs who were sent to Washington to govern but are so crazy that they only want to destroy the government not work with it to do the people’s business; trying all the time for partisan advantage instead of governing. That was highlighted by the idiot McConnell’s statement that “we’re done with taxes” implying that all of the rest of the movement toward cutting the deficit is going to have to be cuts in expenditures when there has been absolutely no work done to reform the tax code other than some noodling around the edges….what about the tax code that allows billionaires to pay 10% on income while the rest of us pay three times that? We are not done with taxes and Obama needs to come out today and tell the country that, that ole Mitch is wrong…and stupid…geez…
January 7th
Well…running really, really, late today and it was almost like I forgot to come here and do this…and that would be weird with all of the time I’ve spent here over the past few years…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool, badly, just couldn’t get in synch and that is continuing today for some reason….I did sleep okay last night and didn’t even get up until almost 8 which is weird in itself…and I had dreams that I was really hated by everyone for reasons that were never revealed to me…I wonder if that is real? I did have to go out to get batteries for the remotes and I also bought real butter and popcorn to try to save some money but have snacks since I know I’m not eating enough….okay…I need to get a workout in before 11 so I need to get going…I will be back later for more…
Thankfully, I was wrong…
Well….while I was over at J and K’s last night, we were talking about the prospect of even having an NHL season this year and I felt that there was not going to be one…thankfully, I was wrong. Woke up this morning to the news that the NHL and the players have reached an agreement and there will be a season starting in two weeks! It has been one of the things that has been a big hole in my life since the fall, not being able to watch the Wings on a cold wintry night with a cocktail and texting…so, let’s play!