Well…not sure if doing two hard runs both yesterday and today is a mistake or not but I am getting dang sore already and that will need some ibuprofen a little later…it was pretty cool to be able to get out for the second ride today in just a t-shirt and shorts for the first time this year and that made the ride just so much more fun and I was able to work up a good sweat, too….did that whole second run today flat out as hard as I could go but I did notice that I am nowhere near summer fitness levels so there sill be some gains to be had..but the weather isn’t going to cooperate with temps heading back down into the 40′s for highs for the next couple of weeks and rain in the forecast almost every day until the end of March…and that sucks since I am trying to get to over 600 miles by the first of April but that will take doubles almost every day and that is just not going to happen…it was still fun to get out on the new bike and not have to think about the damn chain skipping…or any of the other things that is wrong with the old bike…not sure when I’m going to start working on that…have some work to do on the car first so we’ll see….
Monthly Archives: March 2020
March 8th
Well…I’m not sure what it is about Sundays but I almost forgot to come here again this week…was getting ready to get on the bike and just realized that I needed to come here and do one of these…and the time change didn’t help, either…I’ll be feeling the effects of that for a couple of days and I’m not sure why that is…feel pretty crappy this morning and it’s entirely my fault but the coughing and stuffed up head isn’t…I sure hope it’s not allergies this soon in the year…yeah, I know, it is but I’m holding out the delusional hope that it will not get worse…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but put the new bike together and ride twice but I did get the dining room window finished…don’t think I’m going to do any work today other than get two bike rides in…I did get the tire liners and tools to install them late in the day but I’m not going to do that today…going to keep my fingers crossed that I don’t get a flat today doing two rides….that would be a pain to walk back 5 miles….not much to do today…going to get out on the bike here in a few minutes for the first one and then watch some soccer before the second one after Man U plays City at 12:30….going to make some chicken with asparagus and potatoes for lunch…it is pretty cool to have a large enough glass dish to cook them all in it….more later….
Trump’s supporters don’t believe there is a virus…
Well…you know, I have mixed feelings about the news stories that almost all trump supporters don’t believe that the coronavirus is real and are not going to take any precautions at all since they have been told by their savior and idiot trump that, if there is a virus, the virus is no worse than the flu and there have only been a few cases anyway…and the numbers are being inflated by the dems to hurt trump’s election chances in the fall. So, in my sardonic brain, that means that the outbreak is going to be worse for these idiots when it comes…I wonder what the excuse from trump will be when he has to cancel one of his hate rallies to prevent the spread of the virus? And I wonder what lie they will tell his stupid supporters to explain it? Look, I don’t normally wish anyone ill but cripes, maybe a little thinning of the stupid herd would be a good thing…no, that’s just wrong…that just doesn’t fit into my belief system to wish anyone death by stupidity….or to their families who would just be collateral damage from stupidity…maybe, finally, some people on the right in this country will finally see that government is not “the problem” and has a role to play to keep us all safe from pandemics….but it has to be be competent government…not the one we have now…
Got the new bike!
Well….I was really surprised today when the new bike came around 10 am when fedex usually delivers late in the day….but, I’ll take it since I put it together and was out on it for a shakedown run by 11:15…and that’s even with getting the computer mounted so not too much time at all…it did help that this one is the same model as the old one since it is the only one with full suspension in my price range, so I already knew everything about it…after starting out on the first ride all I could say is wow! All of the controls are feather light and I barely have to touch the shifter and it is in the next gear…it is so light that I didn’t even hurt my thumb doing two rides and getting almost 25 miles in…even the rear brake is so sensitive that I can lock the rear wheel up with just two fingers….it is just so cool to have a bike that works like it’s supposed to and I can go hard….I had forgotten how nice it is to just power up hills instead of having to shift down 4 gears to keep the chain from skipping…and it works my legs like crazy…so much so that I was already getting sore just sitting here having lunch between the rides…I AM going to need some ibuprofen later today to be able to move and to get ready for another double tomorrow…one crappy thing is that the tube protectors still haven’t shown up so I think I just wing it til Monday when it is supposed to rain and the take wheels off and install them then…oh, one last thing…I expected that the grey paint would just be regular gloss grey….but it is grey metallic and it looks pretty cool out in the sun…can’t wait for oit to get warmer and get some long rides in…
March 7th
Well…up too damn early again this morning….and I knew that if I just rolled over and tried to sleep some more it wasn’t going to work so here we are…so that means that there may be some napcar in my future this afternoon…I did get some work done yesterday and I’m down to only one window left after painting the one in the dining room yesterday…but I have to put the second coat on it this morning…I did find some clear lacquer spray that I used on the rusted part of the frame to try to keep it from bleeding through the white paint…it is a little funny that the spray can of lacquer is over 20 years old and it still works great…I may have to use it on another window frame that is rusted and the rust is making ugly brown marks…and the window over the sink is probably the worst one that I’ll have to take a wire brush to…think I’ll put it in the drill and see if that makes it a little less work…I tried to strip it but that didn’t work on the 60 year old paint…the new bike is supposed to come today along with the tire tools and the tube protectors that I have to install before I can take it out…and that means I have to stay here all day since fedex won’t leave it without a signature…so no last ride on the old bike…I think I’ll go look at the tracking to see if there is a projected time for the delivery…not much to do today…just the painting and the bike stuff along with watching soccer all morning and I need some rest already…or more coffee…yep, I think that’s easier….more later…
538 says it’s going to be Joe…
Well…isn’t it a breath of fresh air to not talk about the idiot trump for a change? After the wins on super Tuesday and with the pile of endorsements he has gotten just before an since then, the polling site 538 is giving Joe Biden a 94% chance of winning the dem nomination for president when you include the latest polling out of the remaining states. While Joe was not my first choice, I can get on board with this fundamentally decent man who we can count on to do the right thing where the country is concerned…and to follow the law…and to not lie all the damn time…and to be competent in appointing judges and his cabinet…not like the idiot who squats in the WH. One thing that does need to happen, though, is that some of the bigwigs in the dem party need to take him aside and destroy the delusion he has that there are people on the right he can work with…there are none and he needs to be ready to govern that way…he needs to make sure that he can get things done without them and that means we need to take the senate back, too, along with keeping the House…one other thing he needs to do is to draft Elizabeth Warren and the other wonderful candidates we had to craft the platform to be presented at the convention this summer…that will at least be a step to mending the fractures that still exist in our party…I will say thank you to Bernie for his comments the other day that he will support whom ever the candidate is…now he needs to get that word out to the berniebros who are grousing and planning to sit out the election that they need to put the country first, that winning this election is more important than their hurt feelings…there is plenty of time to bring this all together and crush idiot boy in the fall…and that has to be our message from here on out…
March 6th
Well…running late this morning and there is really no reason for it other than I just laid in bed for a while after I woke up…and I never do that….I wonder why this morning? Oh, well…feel okay this morning if a little slow and I guess I earned that with not being good for the first time this week….not sure if that is going to continue this weekend but we’ll see…didn’t get much done yesterday but the bike ride as I need to keep resting my hands to get them to heal and it appears to be working…much less pain and I can even do this without wincing…I did remember that I needed to repair the top on the car where more stitching gave way and got that done just before it got dark last night…used every clamp I got from HF to hold it while the glue set…and I needed to get that done before I take it out in the rain…I used the two big clamps and the 6 little ones I got for a buck and it is handy to have them around here….I may not get out on the bike today if the wind comes up like it’s supposed to…20-25 mph is way too much to ride into especially with a bike that I can’t put any pressure on the pedals…but, I haven’t checked if it is windy yet so I may be able to get out early if it’s warm enough….not much to do today…I am going to start working on the window in the dining room so I can paint it over the weekend and then maybe start on the final window over the kitchen sink but with getting the new bike tomorrow, that may distract me some and I may just want to ride….more later….
Elizabeth Warren drops out…
Well….the news that came out this morning that Liz is dropping out of the race for the dem nomination sure saddens me…I have been a huge fan of hers since she first came on the scene and started to get national attention…her intelligence, drive, and heart was a breath of fresh air from the same old politics as usual and just listening to her you could feel her passion for making this country a better place for everyone….and she was the anti trump in every way…fair, curious, accomplished, and with great ideas to move this country forward…and tough as nails when need be…I am going to miss her holding the rest of the candidates accountable and I really hope that there is a place for her as we go forward…she has the ideas we need to start erasing the stain of trump and his cronies and the stench they are going to leave on this country…look, I would have voted for her in a minute in the general election…but, since she didn’t make it, I will vote for whomever the dem nominee is…and I won’t “hold my nose” like some of the whiners whose candidate also didn’t make it…and, I will fully support our nominee since the alternative is just too awful to conceive…thanks Liz….
So, Roberts is just a repub hack…who knew?
Well….I guess John Roberts has a problem with getting the fee fees of the SC hurt after Chuck Schumer quoted Kavanaugh’s rant during his confirmation hearing saying that there would be payback if they didn’t vote for him…and all Schumer was trying to say is if this court ignores precedent and makes up law to ban abortion and overturn Roe, there will be electoral consequences..which is the truth. So, the hack can take all of the idiot trump’s threats to everyone and his shredding of the constitution, but if Chuck tells the truth, that is just too much and Roberts has to speak up…something that is never done by the sitting chief justice and reveals that Roberts is just a repub hack who is not the “caller of balls and strikes” as he said in his confirmation hearing but just another liar on the right who is using his court as a way to impose the ultra right wing nonsense that can’t get passed by the house and senate on the country who doesn’t want it. Especially in this case, more than 70% of the country wants Roe maintained and the access to safe abortion protected…but that doesn’t matter to this hack…he is going to be remembered as the justice who ruined the court’s reputation as being and honest arbiter of the law and turned it into just another corrupt part of the right wing machine…nice job Johnny boy….
March 5th
Well…running about on time this morning and had another good night of sleep…or as good as it gets for me…but, you’re bored with that so I’m not going to go on about it…I will say my hands are getting better so I’ll probably get back to working on windows again today to get the last two done…I do need to run out to depot this morning to try to find some thin zip ties to put the computer on the new bike…and I want black ones so they blend in with the black front forks and handlebar….and the only ones I have here are too thick and grey….it looks like tomorrow will be a day off the bike with the wind forecast to be over 20…but, we’ll see…I may be able to get out early before it gets too bad…and I don’t want to lose any days if I’m going to get to 5K this year…I may just put the summer tires back on the car to get ready to buy the new tires next month….I can get a set for 200 bucks out the door and it only takes a couple of days to get them…and the ones on the summer wheels are completely worn out but the winter tires are too so I guess it’s a toss up…and I do like the way the car looks with the aluminum wheels more than the black steelies…not much to do today…have some work to do downstairs and the errand to depot, then out on the bike….and I need to cook today…going to make a chicken burrito for lunch but still have leftover chicken for sandwiches for later….yeah, I know…sounds like too much boring chicken but I marinated the chicken for burritos so that is a nice change….more later….