Well…running a little early today and it’s just that I’m already a little bored…and my stomach is  a little wonky today that I really don’t understand…oh, well…slept okay last night…kinda….tossed and turned enough so that the extra pillows were across the room again…I’ll probably feel that later and have to get a little rest later this aft…and I do have to watch Man U play in the champions league later today….didn’t get a lot done yesterday with shooting pool…oh, and I won the week….but I will try to get some things done today…will have to wait to get out on the bike until after 11 since it is still too damn cold to go…froze my feet and hands yesterday so I have to be careful about the temp….more later….

Well…had another set of earbuds fail this morning so I decided to go out and buy a new set even though I do still have a working set but, they are like apple buds that just hang in your ears, and I just don’t like them…so, I went out and spent 20 bucks on a new set of Skull Candy Ink’d that are the same as my favorite ones that quit last week. And, since they break so often, I bought a three year replacement warranty for 4.99 that I’m sure I’ll be using before the term runs out…and I just love the way these buds sound…can’t figure out how they get such clear bass out of something so small…and, with being on the bike so much, why not have good sounding buds? Yeah, I am still trying to justify spending 25 bucks on them…I guess I could have bought cheaper ones but then who knows how they would sound? And, I’d probably just have to replace them after the bad sound bugged me enough…that’s enough…

Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back for another one yesterday and there are days that I just need to not think about doing these….but, I’m ready to wade back into the swamp today…maybe…slept okay last night but still feel a little off today so I guess I’ll ease into it again….just poured the first cup of coffee and I hope that is going to work soon…it is snowing out there right now so I may have to ride in the snow today….hope they don’t salt the roads today since I just washed the car and I want it to be salt free for a few days….I did get a nice ride in yesterday and it is cool to not have to lube or adjust the bike every day…or shim the swingarm or anything else…I did fix  the 27 led light yesterday that quit working a few months ago…I had taken it apart a while back but didn’t get far enough into it to fix it…just had to re solder the switch connections and it works again..l.was going to get another one at Harbor Freight but now I don’t need to…not much to do today…just pool and the bike ride after working out….more later…

Well…running late this morning and it really doesn’t have anything to do with the time change…went out to wash the car and then had to set the clocks around here and that took some time….slept okay last night and don’t feel too bad right now after two cups of coffee…but it is still too damn cold to go out on the bike…might have to wait until this afternoon since it’s not going to be over 30 until noon or so…but, I want to watch the indy car race at 12:30 so I may have to wait until after that…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today looks to be the same since I just can’t get motivated to do much….I am going to watch some soccer while I think of what to do today….more later…..

Well….my memory must be going a little since I forgot the entire purpose of the last one was to talk about a study I read about this morning…in this study, the researchers were trying to figure out if cycling had any benefits on the immune system of people who cycle regularly…and the cool part was that even cyclists who are in their 70′s have immune systems that are comparable to people who are in their 20′s…now, they didn’t say if there was something about cycling that made the difference or if it is aerobic exercise of any kind that helps…I know this won’t make any difference to me…I like riding just for the fun and exercise so if there are other benefits it’s a bonus to me….and, I still love me new bike….

Well…there was good news this morning when Man U won and that was a good start to my day….have been thinking about something to do in politics but I think I’ll take the day off of that and just let my brain recover…and I did have a thought or two to talk about so here goes…when I got the last bike, the Motobecane, and put it together, I immediately thought of a name for it…I called it the corvette since it was so sleek and fast looking just sitting there…but that name morphed into the wreck as I wore it out and it started to creak and groan…kinda like me…now, after having the new bike for more than a week and getting some good rides in, the name that came to me for it was the magic carpet since it is so smooth to ride and eliminated all of the shocks that made me cringe when riding the Schwinn…and, after that popped into my head, the next logical thought was of the song “Magic Carpet Ride” by Steppenwolf…okay, if you’re one of my younger readers, Steppenwolf was a huge band in the late 60′s and early 70′s and “Magic Carpet Ride” was it’s biggest hit…I think you can…okay, just went out and checked and it is available out on youtube if you want a little context….so, magic carpet it is….

Well….not sure how I feel this morning…I’m back to coughing again but I don’t feel too bad right now so that is a little confusing….slept okay last night but just feel a little slow right now so I think I’ll just sit here for a while and watch some soccer…Man U is playing Liverpool in a few minutes so that should be a good one….didn’t get much done yesterday other than cook and I’m not sure how much I’ll do today…I think it’s time to vacuum so I will probably do that later….I did get a ride in yesterday and if it gets warm enough I’ll probably go out right after the match…my damn heel is still hurting and I think it now affecting my back since I have to walk unnaturally to keep it from hurting….okay…the match is starting so I think I’ll end here….more later….

Well….I was going to do this one before the Putin one but figured you’d really want a political one first…but, I still wanted to do this one so I will. It has been a pretty good day today with getting up feeling better and I’m not sure what that’s about…I mean, how does a bug go away in 3 days? With that timing, I am leaning more and more that the reason I felt so crappy on Monday was 4 days of not eating enough…you’d never think that could be with looking at me…I’m by no means thin and have never been in my entire life….hmmmm….oh, and I got a bike ride in today even with it only being 30 when I went out…the ride was supposed to be just a recon run to see how much snow was on the trails but, by 10 when I went out, the trails were clear except the bridges and I was able to ride across those without any trouble…I was pretty damn cold by the time I got back here but it was worth it…I did have to go out in full thermasuit today and it looks like it will be that way for the next week or so…but, the new bike make the ride so much fun that I really didn’t think about that too much….and, I made roasted whole chicken for lunch that came out perfect so it has been a pretty good day….and I have some pork chops marinading for dinner…had to go out to Meijers to get them this morning but at 99 cents a pound, I just couldn’t resist…oh, and I got my lottery tickets for tonight and tomorrow, too…almost 300 mil tonight and 350 mil tomorrow…I can still dream…