Well…it has been another day today and I got a few things done…read a nice article in Rolling Stone with an interview with Neil Young that was fun to read…I did get out to shovel the snow but there really wasn’t a lot of it to do and it only took about 15 minutes…will probably take 5 times that when the snow gets going out here but it was nice to get outside to just fool around for a bit….I did get a hard ride in early today and made it to 200 miles and 15 hours on the bike and it looks like I’ll get another 100 or so miles in before the end of the year leaving me short of 5K but that’s okay…didn’t have an indoor bike to ride all year so I took a few days off with the wind/rain/snow that kept me in….I’m really hoping to get 5-600 miles in before the snow melts in the spring and that will get me close to 1K miles in downstairs from now til then…I did cook a big Cook’s spiral sliced ham today and I really like them…especially for 89 cents a pound and that will keep me going for a week or so and then I need to start clearing out the freezer and making soup with all of the ham bones in there…but not today…need to start paying attention to the Man U match that is on right now….and start planning the work for tomorrow….
Monthly Archives: December 2021
I was right…
Well…as you know, one of my big bitches is that it appears that media coverage of Joe Biden is much more negative than it was for the idiot trump…anecdotal evidence of course, but there is now a new analysis from the Washington Post that shows what I expected is true….that the media doesn’t cover any of the good things happening with the Biden administration but they reported any damn thing that idiot boy did and tried to slant it as being positive. Finally, the press is starting to realize their part in this slanting of news stories and some big names are beginning to sound the alarm about the damage this is doing to the mood of the country…especially since people don’t seem to know that jobs and wages are up and that the pandemic is now in full bloom in red counties where most of the people are not vaccinated. It’s not cheerleading for the Biden administration when you report the truth and the progress that has been made, and if you report that the repubs are still trying to rig the next election and take away women’s rights…and those kinds of things are damn serious and people need to know about it….it seems that idiot boy damaged the media along with the government in his 4 years of a criminal administration….and all of us need to do our part to repair it…at least vote…and not for the damn repubs…geez…
December 8th
Well…woke up at the big block time of 4:54 this morning…you car geeks out there know what that means…and then went back to sleep for a couple of hours and had dreams that had popcorn, boats, and dead squirrels in it…and yes, it was as weird as that sounds….slept okay last night…or as okay as I ever do and just for once I would like to sleep through the night…oh, well…didn’t do much yesterday and today will be much the same but I do have to cook today…have a spiral sliced ham to cook today and that will give me protein for the next week…..and I’ll get the bike ride in as it cooks so I don’t have to think about that….it looks like it did snow some last night but not the 3-6 inches they forecast…but, I think I’ll get out and shovel the snow off the walks after lunch and before ManU plays…want to keep them clear but with the warm up that is coming, I could just let it melt….and it looks like we’ll get through most of December with it above freezing during the day so, at most, we will have a couple of months of bad winter out here and I can live through that…..not much to do today…just going to cook and ride but that’s about it….I do need to work on the car at some point to keep the parking brake from seizing up but that can wait til it gets warmer….more later….
There are no sparrows out here….
Well….since I started feeding the birds out here a few weeks ago, I really expected to see sparrows on the feeder or in the yard at least but not one has shown up…I wonder how that could be? Sparrows are everywhere and I have never been to a place that didn’t have any so that makes it especially strange….I mean I have lots of titmouses…clouds of them…and I have chickens even but no sparrows so I guess I’m going to have to feed the 40 lbs of food to the chickens and the squirrels…oh, and this is another strange thing…I have a feeder full of food that has been visited by a few birds and you would think they would remember and come back there…but, no….lots of them will feed of the leftovers that the chickens leave but if I get two or three on the feeder in a day that is a lot….and it’s the same damn food…..I miss my sparrow mosh pit….oh, well…
What the heck is wrong with the media?
Well…judging how the media covers Kamala Harris, you would think that she is the worst person in the world…after all, she bought a 350 dollar pot a couple of weeks ago that was “news” for a couple of weeks but now, there is even a bigger scandal that erupted yesterday…she uses corded earbuds instead of bluetooth ones! Yeah, that was sarcasm but the media has been on the “scandal” for two full days now after Harris said that bluetooth ones are a security risk and can let people listen in to her calls….so when idiot boy used his non-secure personal cell phone to call everyone, the media just shrugged it’s shoulders and said so what….and now a female VP follows the rules on security, it’s a story that lasts two days? This is the kind of thing that just irritates the hell out of me about the media…when it’s dems in charge, every damn thing is a scandal, but when the previous guy tries to overthrow the government it just gets another shrug….no more “bothsiderism” media….do your damn jobs right for a change….geez….
December 7th
Well…darn, it’s 17 out here and it looks like the first batch of lake effect snow is going to set up tonight and we’re supposed to get 3-6 inches of snow…ick…but then it’s going to get back into the 40′s for the next week or so so it should all melt…I wonder if I’m going to have to shovel…could probably use the exercise…slept okay last night but still feel worn out right now and I guess that’s normal now…only did one ride yesterday with the errands I had to run but I may do two today since I don’t have anything else to do….have been on that bike for almost 14 hours already and will hit 200 miles the day after tomorrow depending on if I do two rides today or one….won’t get to 5,000 miles this year but it has been a good one and I should see around 4,800 and that isn’t bad for an old guy…I do need to do some maintenance on the black and grey bikes soon to make sure they are ready in the spring…going to try to figure out how to take the swing arm bushings out and see if they can be replaced since they are worn on both bikes….not much to do today…just going to ride the bike and clean some…damn, I have to clean a lot around here and I guess it’s because this place is so old….need to get the basement organized and I’ll probably start on that today…and I need to clear out the spare bedroom so I can start working on it…..more later…
Man, it’s windy out here today….
Well…had to run a couple of errands this morning and the wind was blowing the car all over the place….it’s steady at 30mph and gusting to 50 so when I hit HF, walking across the icy parking lot was a challenge…and you can feel it when it gusts since the house shudders a bit when it does….I’ve never lived in place that is so windy….there is a gale warning up almost every day…and I needed to do the grocery run today since it is going to be snowy and icy the next two days….tomorrow’s high is only going to be 23 so all of the wet roads will be icy in the morning and wed has the possibility of 3 in of snow and still only 30 or so for a high…got a Cook’s spiral sliced ham that has a regular price of 37 bucks for 6 and couldn’t pass up protein at 89 cents a pound….and I like ham and can use it in lots of stuff…and that will leave me two nice ham bones to make soup after the first of the year…need to empty the freezer first but it seems I keep putting stuff in….have had a pizza in there for a few weeks now and that will be used up this weekend…oh, I can use some ham on it so I’ll have to remember that….now back to soccer….
He admitted it live on tv…
Well…I wonder if this will be enough for Merrick Garland to at least investigate trump now….just yesterday, on live tv, the idiot trump admitted that he fired James Comey because, if he didn’t, the were going to “get” him….now, I’m not a lawyer but damn, if that’s not obstruction of justice, what the hell is? One of the things that Garland said was that the law applies to everyone…so why hasn’t idiot boy been indicted yet? This is what happens when you don’t hold people accountable for their crimes…they continue to break the law in plain sight and this has been the case for rich people in this country for a long time….I know I expect Biden to stay out of the business of the DOJ and not use it as his personal law firm like trump did…but, there had to have been discussions on what the priorities of the DOJ were going to be under Garland, and restoring the rule of law had to be in the top 5…so why isn’t it happening? It’s been almost a year since the attack on congress and only the little fish have been charged and convicted…what about the planners and financiers of the attack? Why have none of them been charged? I am losing faith in Garland and his approach…the people of the US needs to hear that something is happening to finally hold people accountable, damn the political fallout….and it needs to happen now….geez…
December 6th
Well….darn, I’m tired this morning…didn’t get out of bed until 7:13 but feel like I didn’t sleep at all…that seems to be normal these days and I sure don’t like it….but, I’m not too sore so I guess I’ll grasp at that to get my day started…it was nice to have fresh bedding last night and that may have helped me sleep better…the wind is already blowing like crazy out here and it is supposed to gust up to 50 today and I am wondering if I should do the grocery run today since the high is supposed to be in the 20′s with snow tomorrow….and I still don’t want to put the worn out snowies on the car….so I guess I’ll have to work my strategy of not driving when it snows….and I do need to get on the bike before I do anything but haven’t even read the news yet so I’m behind already….the plans for working on the inside of the house have started to form up in my mind and I think I’m going to start by working on the windows….need to get rid of all of the hangers for the shades, curtains, and everything else that is still attached to the frames…it is so strange that they just left all of that stuff on there when they put up new blinds….and then lots of hole filling and sanding to get them ready to paint….not much to do today…I think I may get out for the groceries today so I don’t have to think about that anymore but I’m not sure yet…we’ll see after the bike ride….more later….
I did take the day off….
Well…I finally did take that day off the bike that I have been needing for quite a while and I am surprised that I don’t feel that guilty from it….I did do laundry and cleaned some so I haven’t been a complete slug…and three of these which is harder than it appears…trying to watch a Who performance from England but the Sky feed has been a little unstable today…..and the F1 race really sucked so I gave up on that….and not it’s only 2 and I have the rest of the day to fill so you may get a couple more of these…maybe even a political one if I can find a topic….I did see an article that quoted a federal judge who is presiding over the Jan 6th trials ask why the idiot trump hasn’t been charged for trying to overturn the election…and he reminded everyone that it is illegal to do that so what’s the deal? This idea is starting to get some traction from members of congress, too, who are asking why he hasn’t been charged for the obstruction in the Mueller report? I hope they keep it up…it has just started to rain really big drops out here and it is very loud…I am so glad I have a garage to keep the ice off the car….