Well…not sure if you read about this but when I did, it spurred a huge outpouing of outrage in me…just last week…and the week before that, and the week before that, and almost every damn week, we see a story about an elderly couple who died by murder suicide because they could no longer afford to keep themselves alive due to the cost of their healthcare…and most of these people have long term health problems that are hard enough to deal with…but, on top of that, they fall into despair as the bills and copays pile up with no end in sight and no way out of the trap for them. As an older person who is now on Medicare, I can understand that…for just routine things like a colonoscopy and some dermatology problems, it cost me almost 3K out of pocket last year as the fees and copays nickle and dimed me and I’m healthy…I can understand how someone with real health problems could be overwhelmed when the bills never stop coming in for treatments that are keeping them alive…so, many of my cohort are taking the only way out for them by ending their lives and there is something just damn wrong with that in one of the richest countries in the world where people like them and me contributed to society our entire lives…and still are. We need to fix Medicare so that, once you pay your monthly payments, any and all treatment is paid in full with no out of pocket, copays or other bullshit…and, before you say “how do we pay for that?” just look at the two trillion dollars that the repubs gave away to the rich and corporations…just a tenth of that would fully fund Medicare so no senior ever goes broke or kills themselves from despair ever again…
Monthly Archives: August 2019
August 13th
Well….damn, I just didn’t realize that it was possible to be sore in every part of your body…but, that’s where I’m at today with a marathon painting session at the house yesterday…I did get most of the entry done yesterday and that is the most difficult part of the house so the rest of it will be relatively easy…slept okay last night but was still up at 5 today and I was really hoping for just one day of sleeping in…oh, well…I was smart and only did one ride yesterday and I don’t have any guilt about that and that is a surprise…normally I would be beating myself up about it but 4 hours on the house makes up for it…I can notice that the days are already getting shorter with having to wait longer to go out in the morning and that little fact is quite disappointing…I really haven’t had much of a summer but I won’t blame that on the house…just haven’t had anything grab me enough so I’d go out and do it…and, I have been trying to save some cash so I can buy a winter car before the salt is on the road…and my daughter wants to go to England, Ireland, and Scotland the year after next so I’ll need to save for that, too….so maybe I’m doing the right thing? Okay, need to have more coffee and get ready to get on the bike…more later…
Everone’s on vacation…
Well…it looks like a slow news day today…haven’t been able to find a topic that I want to talk about…okay, how about Manchester United? I started watching the first match of the year yesterday with some trepidation given the poor quality of the team last year and the almost constant disappointment that I felt watching them…so, I did feel a little better after they beat Chelsea 4-0 yesterday but the one thing I have to tell myself is that it is just the first game and until they put in a string of wins, I need to just try to enjoy the play and hope the youngsters they are playing will grow into the job. I still think a lot of the players are doing just enough to get by and they need to show more and work harder…and the goals that they got yesterday were all on the counter attack and not from the run of play and I’m not sure if that is sustainable over the course of the long EPL season…we’ll see…for now, I’m just going to enjoy the fact that soccer is back and that will give me something to hold back the boredom on the weekends…more later…
August 12th
Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back here for another one yesterday and I know I thought about it….I wonder why? I know I was damn exhausted all afternoon and that may be part of it…not sure what is going on but I know I’m getting pretty annoyed with it…I did sleep okay last night and didn’t get up until 5:45 this morning and I guess that’s the best I can expect…even had some dreams that I don’t remember and that rarely happens…my allergies are getting pretty bad and I am pretty plugged up today so I may have to take something for them before heading over to the house to paint…I may go over early since I have to stop at HF to get some paint brushes and sandpaper on the way…even dragged my big sander out of storage here to try to get some patching smoothed out…I didn’t get anything done around here yesterday with being so tired and I’m meeting up with T later so it looks like no work around here today either…the kitchen will just have to wait…more later…
August 11th
Well…the rain has screwed up my schedule this morning so I’m here doing this while I wait to be able to get out on the bike…looks like about 9 that the rain should move out and I can get a ride in before Man U plays their first match at 11:30…I did sleep okay last night but I had some weird dreams about paint for some reason…okay, I know why, I’m going to paint tomorrow so maybe getting paint in my eye in my dream is a warning? Don’t feel too bad today and I think it’s from eating enough yesterday which I really tried to do…and, only riding once helped to heal my riding sores but I won’t know how they are until I get on the bike later…it is annoying that I’ve had them for 5 days now and no treatment has helped much…going to try to do two rides before 3 and make some chicken that I’ve had marinating overnight for lunch…for some reason, I’ve had a taste for peas lately so I’ll make some of those to go with it and probably some mashed potatoes, too….I did get some cleaning done yesterday…finally…and will work on the kitchen today…have been neglecting this place and need to do better since it makes me feel better when I have a clean place…oh, there was a cool rainbow in the sky this morning that made me smile a little…so, not a bad start to the day….more later…
Okay, no politics in this one…
Well…damn, I’m exhausted today and I can’t figure that out…and my saddle sores started to hurt again on the ride this morning…which has me in a really bad mood since that is keeping me from doing a second ride today…which may not be a bad thing when I think about it…I have been feeling old lately and I’m not sure what to do about it…or if there is anything that I can do about it…I did get some cleaning done, finally, and have a clean bathroom and vacuumed carpet but I am going to let the kitchen go until tomorrow…just don’t have the energy to do more right now and I’m trying to think if I have been eating enough…I had two chicken thighs, some mashed potatoes and corn for lunch yesterday, and then some whole wheat pasta and a small piece of garlic bread for dinner…that’s about 800 calories for lunch and then about 700 for dinner so that should be enough other than burning 1200 with two rides on the bike….hmmmm…and today I had a chicken breast, the rest of the mashed potatoes (about 3/4 of a potato), and some peas for about 600 calories so maybe I am under…but, I’m not losing any weight so I must be eating enough…who the hell knows? Just grumpy today and need to stop here…
No politics today…okay, I guess that’s wrong…
Well…have been reading some today but haven’t been able to come up with anything to write about in the world of politics…okay…no…I did want to comment on the cynical, inhuman bullshit that the idiot trump displayed during his trip to “console” the victims of the shooting in El Paso…after none of the injured would talk to him since he is responsible for the shooting…or for spurring the shooter on with his white supremacist bullshit, he had the gall to tell his enablers to get the baby whose parents were killed protecting him brought back to the hospital for a photo op…now, I don’t know what kind of person would do something like that, other than an asshole like trump who thinks that everything is about him…and then, after the visit, idiot boy went off on his staff since people weren’t praising him enough for just showing up as the doctors were revealing a “shocking” lack of empathy they saw from trump as he was grinning and giving a thumbs up sign when posing with the baby. What a worthless piece of shit and I can’t wait for the day he is gone…so folks, get the hell out and vote to make sure we can see the asshole in chief perp walked after he leaves office….geez…
August 10th
Well…stayed in bed until almost 6 this morning…not sleeping but trying to but I gave up again and just got up…seem to have slept okay, though and don’t feel too bad…just a little tired and stuffed up from allergies…left the window open last night and it is a little cold in here right now and that just reminded me that I am going to have to dress for the cold when I start paying for heat at the house…don’t really own any of that type of clothes so I’ll have to buy some…I did get over to the house yesterday and did more paint prep work…it seems that the more prep I do, the more it needs but I think I’ll have the entry painted Monday…I did get the trim on the front door painted but that will be the last of the exterior for a while…I didn’t do two rides yesterday but I may today…I think I need to start hoarding my energy with getting older so I don’t do any permanent damage and soccer starting will help with that…have been riding so much just out of boredom that cutting back will be easier with something to watch…but, I still like riding so maybe that won’t work…I do have to clean today so that may be an excuse to only do one ride today, too…who knows…more later….
It’s official…impeachment has started…
Well…as of yesterday, it’s official…the impeachment inquiry has started and not a damn day too soon. I’m not sure why no one else has noticed it…even after Jerry Nadler went on both CNN and Rachel’s show yesterday and said bluntly that what the Judiciary committee is doing right now IS an impeachment investigation and that he predicts articles of impeachment will be filed before the end of the year….and he is not hanging his hat on only that investigation but has sued Don McGahn in federal court to compel his testimony to his committee and has also sued to get an unredacted copy of the Mueller report along with the underlying grand jury testimony and evidence. So, it appears that things are gathering speed to get a full accounting of trump’s criminality…and that is in addition to every bank that the idiot boy did business with turning over all of the records pertaining to how and who trump did business with in Russia…it appears that bringing in Bill Barr to protect the moron in chief is rapidly becoming a moot point as the House is getting information that trump has been trying to hide since the Russians installed him…and there is more and more to come…I’m waiting for the meltdown from idiot boy that will happen this weekend with him being on “vacation” and having all the time and adderal he can use…the meltdown is going to be epic…I would end this as I have for a couple of years with impeach….but I don’t have to anymore…it’s happening…about damn time…
August 9th
Well…I wonder when taking the day off got to mean still doing 30 miles on the bike? Hmmmm…don’t want to talk about sleep today since you know how that went…so, what the hell do I talk about? It was an okay day yesterday and I did get out to get the paint I need to start the interior work on the house today…I am curious how the filler I used for patch work is going to sand out and what kind of surface it will leave…I chose a white eggshell finish for the paint since I really like that and it is easy to paint over it when you want to change colors…okay, enough about that….still didn’t get any cleaning done around here so I guess it will be the project for the weekend…but, soccer is starting this afternoon and I find myself looking forward to the EPL season more than the Lions this year…after all, they lost their first preseason game last night 31-0 and looked really, really pathetic…Man U just has to be better than they were last year but with no addition of a striker and with Lukaku leaving the team, I’m not sure where the goals are going to come from…maybe I’ll do one on that this afternoon…hmmm…again…this is supposed to be about my life but I seem to be unable to think about that right now…is this my life? Thinking about unimportant stuff? seems to be…more later….