Well…might just as well admit it in the title that this one is a filler to make the quota for the month….not much going on in politics right now so I haven’t had a lot to write about…oh, the Patriot act may expire tonight…I hope Rand Paul keeps his promises to kill the damn thing and just get rid of that monstrosity of a law that has done more to destroy civil liberties in the US than anything else….it’s the most hated day of the month tomorrow…don’t even want to think about paying the rent…so, I won’t…going to do a GOT marathon tonight starting with the first episodes…didn’t see a lot of the early ones so I hope I can find three or four that I haven’t seen….and, I am going to make it a cocktail night since I am so bored…I am going to make tacos for dinner so I guess I should get to it…there…made the goal!
Monthly Archives: May 2015
Whitecaps on the puddles…
Well….it has been a cold morning but I did get out on the bike but not without some issues….got about 2 miles out and the bike just didn’t feel right so I stopped and noticed that the bolt that holds the swingarm on was loose, leaving about a half inch of play in it…so, I had to come back here for that repair and it made the bike so much better….it just hasn’t felt right for a while now…it was almost impossible to go in a straight line with it but that is fixed now….yay…but, that’s not what this one is about…well…kinda…on the ride today the wind was blowing almost 30 mph from the northeast which made parts of the ride just brutal…there were times that I was just stopped dead by a gust and that is just no fun….with the wind blowing that hard…I laughed when I saw there were whitecaps in the puddles on the trail today…..one more to go…
May 31st
Well..it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…the spiders are still in the bathroom and the kitchen still needs to be cleaned but for some reason I just don’t care…slept okay last night but forgot to put the heat on and it was cold in here when I got up…still haven’t put it on but it seems tolerable with it only being 48 outside…will need to wear a sweatshirt if I decide to get out on the bike today…didn’t ride yesterday with all of the rain and that may have been a good thing to get rid of the soreness….feel a little crappy today and I have a few things to get done but not a whole lot….I do have to do two more of these to get to the goal for the month and I hope they are not fillers but I can’t promise anything….more later…
May 30th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and we tied at pool…which is kind of weird…slept okay but had a melancholy night last night…just one of those nights where it feels like an ending is coming but I’m not sure what that would be….had to run the air in the car on the way back from pool since it was raining and it was not bad….I think that is the longest time I’ve ever run it and the car was nice and cold….I just can’t believe that a 21 year old car still functions like a new one…I think it’s the only car that I have owned that the air actually worked…have had some weird food cravings lately and they continue today…going to make chili dogs today…something I never eat but they just sounded good…weird…not much to do today…may not ride today with the rain that is coming in since I don’t feel like going right now….just going to watch races and veg…more later…
I am a giant….
Well….I finally have something to report from the trail this season and it is really kind of cool….the other day I saw what I think was the biggest snake I have seen on the trail and a couple of us even stopped to look at it….but today…I felt like I was a giant….during the ride I came across all kind of wildlife that could only be described as miniature…starting with some snakes that were no larger than nightcrawlers, I then ran across some tiny little turtles that were about the size of a half dollar….but there weren’t box turtles so I’m not really sure where they came from…and then the tiny bunnies showed up a little ways down the trail…and they were so small that you could hold four of them in one palm and they didn’t even move when I rode by…don’t know if they have learned about predators yet but they sure better soon….it sure ran through my head that I was a giant and these tiny, puny animals were ants that I could easily step on…not that I would…just felt that way…
May 29th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I made a little cash so that was cool….and I had a nice lunch of Japanese food that I am still feeling today..slept okay last night but I feel a little slow today and the coffee is not working yet….not sore so that is a plus but I think I’ll take something before I go out on the bike to try to keep the wrists from cramping…that seems to be the pain spot this year and it is annoying…along with the back that is….and the neck…okay, so there’s not one spot this year but a few….it was nice to get the car out on the e-way yesterday to get it warmed up but the bugs were in suicide mode and the windshield was coated when I got back here…and I just washed the car…not much to do today….pool, of course and then not much more…the computer seems to be better and that is just one less thing to think about….more later…
Ted Cruz (and the rest of the Texas delegation) are still hypocrites…
Well…I know, I know…I do a lot of these pointing out the hypocrisy on the right but there is so much of it that I feel compelled to expose it to sunlight and hope that people recognize that it is even worse than anyone imagined. The latest case is one of those headshakers…okay, no it’s not….not where repubs are involved…you’ve heard about the flooding in Texas that has done lots of damage and left many people without homes…and businesses underwater…..and you’ve probably heard the calls from the reps from Texas like Ted Cruz say the federal government should be stepping in right now to help pay for the damage…the only problem here is the hypocrisy of these statements; in fact dripping with it so much I think it may be adding to the flooding…a few years back, when hurricane Sandy devastated the entire northeast…Ted Cruz and the rest of the Texas delegation voted against any federal aid…calling it nothing but pork…so yesterday’s pork is now necessary since it is in Texas? I, for one think that it is part of being a citizen that you can count on your country to help in these disasters and when your neighbors or anyone in the US is in need, I have no problem with my tax dollars going to help them, that is what a society is about…but these venal asses in Texas should have to pay for turning their backs on other parts of this country as they wave their sense of entitlement when it is in their state….this has to be thrown in their face at every campaign stop….as long as they continue to be the hypocrites they are…geez…
May 28th
Well…it was a busy day yesterday and it felt good to finally get a bunch of stuff done….slept okay but forgot the allergy medicine and my head is plugged up this morning…don’t feel that bad, though, so that is a good thing….even got the car washed to get rid of the carpet bombing from some damn bird…had to scrub the thing with a scrubber since the windshield washer fluid wouldn’t even cut it….my legs are not sore today and my back even feels little better so I’m hopeful that the worst is past and I won’t be hobbling around Meijers this morning….not much to do today…the grocery run first and then have an errand to run and lunch out with J to have some sushi and other Japanese food…then back here to deal with the multiplying spiders in the bathroom…..more later…
New equipment….
Well….it has been a busy day and I did get a bunch of stuff done…..I am still working on stuff right now and I have been going since I got up at 6:30….but, that’s not what this one is about…I bought some new equipment today…my computer has been screaming at me for a couple of weeks now that it was low on memory so I bit the bullet and bought a new add on hard drive today….I can’t believe how cheap these things are…59 bucks for a terabyte drive….even after transferring everything I still have 925 gigs left on the thing…we’ll see how it works out but the thing is about the size of a deck of cards…and that’s not even solid state…it’s a platter type but I don’t care…pretty cool…and yes, this is a filler to get caught up…
New speed records….
Well…it been a busy day but I did need to record that I hit two new speed records on the bike this morning…..of course it was wind aided but it was still cool…okay, here it is….31.2 mph pedaling and 39.3 top speed at the bottom of the hill…yeah, 39 mph is really fast on the bike especially through the curves that are at the bottom of the hill…I’m not sure I can go any faster…just not enough gear to pedal any faster…might have to try it sometime with the road bike just to see if I can beat it…pretty cool….