Red Wings….

Well….look at that…I AM going to make the goal for the month with just a little cheating here at the end…..not sure what to say about the Wings…I think they rate right up there on the frustration scale with Man U….after barely making the playoffs last year…or season…it was this year….they look even worse now than they did then…I know injuries have been part of it and the youth of the team is something we haven’t seen in a long time, there is no excuse for not trying the entire 60 minutes…something they have done many times this year. I’m not sure if we have the players to be competitive any more and the thought came to me on the bike today that even Scotty Bowman couldn’t win with this group. So, this looks like the last year for the current coach, Jeff Blashill, if something magical doesn’t happen soon….I need something to cheer about…

Formula 1

Well…it’s a sports day today and I may even be able to hit the goal if I do one on the Red Wings later….but first, I want to talk about the Formula 1 season that ended this past Sunday. It was a pretty good season with the championship still up for grabs in the last race….and Louis Hamilton doing everything he could to catch up to his teammate, Nico Rosberg, by winning the last four races but it wasn’t enough when Nico only had to finish third or better to win the whole thing. So, congratulations to Nico for the great season and his first championship…and for being part of only the second father and son pair of world champions…joining his father Keke and the Hills….I can’t wait for next year when the cars will all be new with more power, wider tires and more downforce that is supposed to make them 5 seconds a lap faster than this year….and more raceable…we’ll see….

Manchester United…

Well…I guess you can see what I’m doing…all of these sports posts would normally be included in one post but I need three more to get to the goal so I’m cheating some. Manchester United….what can I say about the most frustrating team that I follow? They are 10 points behind where they were last year that got the last manager Louie VanGaal fired…so, with basically the same team, the new manager, Jose Mourinho, (who I think is just an ass) is doing worse than the guy that got fired…and they are now in 8th place with the tie with West Ham over the weekend…and they play them again this afternoon….so, what’s the problem? First, Mourinho really dislikes Wayne Rooney and never starts him….a guy that makes almost $400,000 a week and he won’t start him…I just can’t figure that one out….the team just looks worse with Jose running it…and I am having trouble watching them since Mourinho is such an ass…oh, well…

U.S. Mens soccer….

Well….after the debacle a couple of weeks back where the US lost to Mexico and Costa Rica in world cup qualifying, a change was finally made at manager when Jurgen Klinsmann was fired…and I say not a moment too soon. But, who do they bring back to lead the team? The guy they fired to bring in Klinsmann, Bruce Arena. Now, I was never a fan of Klinsmann, who seemed to be a whiner and could turn good performances into losses with his changes to the setup of the team….but, how much will a management change do when you have the same players in place? I mean, there are only three players on the team who are good enough to play in the elite European leagues…so there is little talent to choose from and that makes the rating of 29th in the world sound just about right.  I’m not sure what Arena can do, but I am sure he will be better than Klinsmann…

2925 and counting….

Well…yep, going to cheat a little to see if I can make it to the goal for the month so bear with me….have had a good year on the bike and I am close to reaching the goal of 3K miles for the year…and, this morning I noticed that I have only 75 more miles to go…that should be easy with a month to do it in if the weather cooperates…and that leaves my plan in place to ride this bike another thousand miles to get to 30K on this one before I retire it….not bad for an old guy…and an old bike….

November 30th

Well….woke up this morning sore again and I just can’t believe it’s from working on the car yesterday…..oh, well….feeling worn out again and I think I just need to eat better…only about 900 cals yesterday but nothing appeals to me right now so that’s probably the best I can do….even got tired of turkey this year and that never happens….maybe I should get a pizza or something today? Or some fast food? I do have some stuff to do around here today…need to put the papers out for the last time and clean the bathroom if I can get motivated…more later…..

A better day…

Well….the day didn’t start out too well but it has gotten better…I did get under the car and couldn’t find what is making the noise so I’m not sure how to go forward on that….darn….but, I did get out on the bike in shorts and no gloves and this one just has to be the last day like that….and I got the headlight bulb changed out with it being so nice outside…it is almost 60 right now and I knew I had to take advantage of that…I did just notice that I have the front tires rotating the wrong way and never noticed it all summer…oh, well…putting the snowies on in the next week or so so that won’t matter….I wonder how I didn’t look at the rotation arrow when I put them on in the spring? It looks like I may not make the goal this month since I would have to do 7 tomorrow and that is not going to happen…I have an excuse so I don’t feel too bad about it….

November 29th

Well…running late again today…just can’t get started…again…and I’m not sure what that is about…..can’t even think too well today and that could be a problem….maybe it’s not having coffee until now…this whole news blackout thing is still screwing up my mornings…I would normally get the papers and have my coffee by 7:30 but without the papers…I just don’t get going….didn’t even get out on the bike yesterday and I don’t feel bad about it…and that is the problem…I think my guilt system is out of whack…and that usually keeps things in check…oh, well…..not much to do today…haven’t said that in a while…I do have to work on the car here in a few but that is about it….more later…

Wasted days and wasted nights…

Well…yep, stole that one from an old country song but it is such a good descriptor of my day today that I just had to use it…was paralyzed all day today an just couldn’t get moving at all and I have leftover cocktail material to use tonight so it will be a waste, too…not sure what is going on but I am sure I don’t like it….still haven’t even looked at the car to see what is wrong with it and really don’t care…well…that’s not true….but, whatever it is is going to cost money that I don’t want to spend right now….a conundrum to be sure but tomorrow will be another day and warmer so I will get under it and take a look….not sure if I can survive another day like today…yeah…there is some hyperbole in that but the guilts from this one are killer….

November 28th

Well…finding it almost impossible to get started this morning…I think part of it is how gloomy it’s been lately…can’t remember the last time I saw the sun and that doesn’t help my mood any….I did get a bike ride in yesterday but that was just about it…and today looks the same with it raining already so I probably won’t get on the bike today….I am going to try to clean some but not for a while…Man U stunk up the place yesterday and that didn’t help and there was really not too much else to watch….I don’t hurt today so I guess I should be thankful for that….I do need more coffee so I think I’ll do that right now and just veg for a while….more later….