Well…almost got into the race tonight without doing this last one but, I remembered so you have to suffer through one more…it has been another wasted day and really quite depressing but that’s life I guess….I am going to break the rules and have a cocktail tonight so I think I’ll get to it…no more later…
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Some sports?
Well…have been thinking a little about the sports teams that I follow and thought I’d do a little update on the pros and my disappointment so far this season…first, the Tigers are collapsing and it looks like they may not make the playoffs and I’m not sure why…some people are going to blame the new manager but I’m sure he’s not playing or making all the errors or not hitting….not sure I want to talk about the Lions yet…they haven’t looked that hot in pre-season but all of us long suffering fans have to have hope until at least the first game is over….then, we have Man U…who sucked last year, fired the manager, hired a new one and still suck…come on, who ties Burnley? That is three games with no wins and who knows when they’ll win one….better happen soon or I’ll start watching other teams…do that already but Everton lost 6-3 to Chelsea and they are the other team I like….what else? Not much…I think I’ll come back in a while to talk about college sports….have to cheat to make the quota….
Something funny….
Well…just had to pass this one along…out on the trail this morning, the legs were feeling great and I was moving along pretty well when I came up behind a group of the spandex crowd…a half dozen of them on my uphill sprint….and just blew by them at over 17mph….me on my beat to heck mountain bike and them on their thousands of dollars Treks….I am still laughing a little about that…and they were in their 30′s and me in my 60′s….made the rest of the ride even more fun….
August 31st
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got some stuff done so that was okay…slept crappy again so that wasn’t….and I am 4 behind for the month so I need to do 4 today so there will be some filler in there….I am so disappointed in Man U…drawing Burnley? What a crappy match…it is already so humid this morning that I am soaked and I haven’t even been on the bike yet…but will get out in a few minutes to see if there is any fog out there….not much to do today…going to just hang out and clean here but that is about it…more later….
Flying in formation with goldfinches…
Well…haven’t done a trail one in a while and today gave me a topic….when I was on the downhill from my last water stop, a group of about a dozen goldfinches took off out of the goldenrod and flew down the trail right in front of me….they were only about 4 feet in front and flew just in front of me for almost 50 yards…one of the coolest and weirdest things in quite a while….made me smile….more later…
August 30th
Well…sitting here waiting for Man U to start playing…the match has been going on for 40 mins but they haven’t started playing at all yet…looks like another bad season for my team and I don’t like it…slept okay last night but no dreams to speak of….I did get going early today with the match starting at 7:45 and having to get out for groceries before that….and I do need to do three of these today so I will be looking for topics….will probably have to go back tot he papers for that…not much to do today…just stuff around here…oh, and I lost at pool yesterday so that makes it a month of losses…oh, well…
Need to get caught up…
Well…as you can see, I’m still behind for the month and can’t let it get worse so I think I’ll just meander a little and see what happens….I find it so sick that he repubs are thought of as the ones that support the military…at least they wave the flag a lot and SAY they do…but the evidence is different…just look at what is happening in Texas where the idiot Perry deployed the National Guard to try to stop children fleeing from violence in their own countries from crossing the border…well…these guardsmen are hitting food pantries along the border since they don’t have enough food to eat or money for that matter…since they have to take money out of their own pockets to buy food and then wait weeks for reimbursement….I can’t understand why people still believe the repubs on anything when they are responsible for this kind of crap all around the country…geez…
August 29th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done….slept okay but I am still tired today and I know why….I did eat okay yesterday…still a little under on calories but I hope to do better today….not sure if I like the new earbuds…might have to try another pair and leave these to use with the phone…had to change the equalizer and that screws it up for using the player in the car….not much to do today…have to meet up with someone this morning and then out to pool this aft…then college football starts tonight so that will give me something to do…more later….
Another update…
Well…have been trying to find a topic today that would mean something but without much luck…so, I thought I’d do an update instead…had the unpleasant surprise today when I was getting on the bike that my earbuds had failed with only the right one working…so, I had to go out and buy another set…I was glad I had made some money yesterday so I had the cash to get another pair of Sonys that are similar to the old ones…I did find that I can use these to activate my phone and they have a microphone built into the cord so I can use my phone hands free…and, they sound good, too…had to reset the equalizer to add a little bass and cut the high end since they are brighter but for only 15 bucks I guess I won’t bitch too much….more later…
Oh, one last thing…I got a free travel alarm clock with the purchase of the earbuds…priced at 5 bucks and maybe worth three…
August 28th
Well…running really late this morning and the only reason that I can see is that I made a big grocery run since I made a little money yesterday…going to have ribs and grilled portabello mushrooms on the grill today…just got so tired of having nothing but chicken that I splurged on some other protein…even bought some ground chuck to make burgers….so, I’ll get back on the healthy food kick next week…slept okay last night but feel pretty crappy today…might have to stop taking the sleeping pills again…it’s such a trade off to get sleep but feel sluggish the next day…maybe I’ll try that tonight…not much to do today…I do need to get some work done around here and clean the fridge but I may leave that for the weekend….
Oh, one sad thing that I read in the papers this morning…Neil and Pegi Young are getting a divorce after 37 years…..not much to say about that…