Well…forgot about this little bit of news that was reported last week but I did want to talk a little about it…just last week, the owner of the clothing company Patagonia put the whole company in a trust so that all the profits, almost 100 million dollars a year, go toward fixing the climate crises that are ravaging the entire world…I mean how many times in your lifetime has there been a typhoon hitting Alaska like one did this week? And it’s nearly the end of September and it’s 84 degrees here in Muskegon? There really wasn’t any detail in the article on what the money will be used for but giving up a 2 billion dollar corporation is pretty damn cool and every penny that can be used to stop burning fossil fuel has to help…maybe I can get a grant to go solar here? That would be cool….
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Too damn predictable
Well…I’m shaking my head at how damn predictable I’ve become lately…when I got up this morning, I really was thinking about not getting on the bike today…but I did for the first ride while thinking that I was only going to do one today and was going to put the bike away and take the rest of the day off…but when I got back here, I didn’t put the bike away but still thought of only doing one ride…but, as always…I had a cup of coffee and then got right back on the bike for the second ride…I wonder why I even think about riding less than two rides? I never do less and it would save me some energy to think about something else….or not think and just be…that is hard….more later….
September 18th
Well…that was better…no damn noise out here last night and I had a pretty relaxing night…but I don’t like nascar putting races on at night since I feel like I have to watch them…especially Bristol, and it just feels like I am not as entertained as I used to be….when I have lots of shows sitting on plex, it just feels wrong somehow…slept okay and heard the rain even with earplugs in but I was sure hoping it would rain today so I could just take it easy and stay off the bike…but it’s done it appears so I’ll get out by 8 or so….my back has been sore lately and I don’t know how I hurt it and it reminds me how it used to hurt all the time when I was younger….I do feel better that I finally got some cleaning done yesterday and I hope to build on that today by doing the living room before the Lions play at 1…not sure why I’m watching them since the still suck as they have my entire life but it might be a good thing to take a nap to….the weather looks like it’s changing over the next few days to more fall like and I really don’t mind that…I’m tired of sweating all the time but I will need to start getting the fall clothes out soon if I can find them…I am going to have to get up in the attic to smooth the insulation out and put a set of hinges on the door but I am going to wait til it’s cooler for that….and I want to put some weatherstripping on the door, too, to keep the cold air from coming in….not much to do today…just need to get moving here soon when it gets light but I need more coffee first…maybe I’ll just do one bike ride today….not feeling it right now but my weight loss has stalled and won’t get better if I don’t ride…more later…
Finally got off my butt…
Well…finally, got off my butt and got started cleaning up this place….got the stove done first and then took on the fridge to get rid of all of the 3/4 empty pickle jars and old mustard containers and the rest of the old stuff…then I cleaned all the shelves and drawers and the rest of the inside and organized all of the food so I can find it….took a big bag of stuff out to the trash bin and filled the kitchen trash can so I will need to put the trash out Monday so I should get the tomato plants out too and then get started on the doors in here…and I will…but, I’m done for the day and need to think about what I’ll have for dinner…thinking big salad with lots of tomatoes, green pepper, and onion with ranch…oh, a little shredded cheddar, too….yummy…
This is scary…
Well…I have been questioning being so careful and masking up when I go out for groceries or to depot but a new study just published has some scary numbers in it and will make me continue to be careful. In a large study coming out of the UK, it was found that if you get covid after the age of 65, your chance of getting Alzheimer’s disease increases by 80%…yep you are 80% more likely to get that terrible disease if you blithely go about your business without the Omicron boosters or masking up and if it’s that easy to prevent, I’ll do it…I’m so used to wearing a mask now anyway and I’ve gotten my boosters…so the covid crisis is not over…but, I don’t think most people have heard about this study and I know I haven’t seen it on the news…adding this to the possibility of long covid gives me all the reason I need to stay careful even if I’m probably 1 in 100 by the looks of it….this is scary….
September 17th
Well…that sucked…the assholes up here all decided that last night was a coordinated attack on the quiet up here and I had to make three calls to central dispatch…one from my bed when the earplugs didn’t even block out the noise…and that meant I was not going to sleep at all and didn’t…up at 3:04 and then up again at 5:36 and finally out of bed at 6:30 and I feel like crap today….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but cleaning myself up and picking the last of the tomatoes so I can take the rest of the plants out Monday to put them out Tuesday…and that means I have to cut the remaining flowers down but not pull the roots out since some of them are perennials that I hope will grow again next year….it’s 7 and it’s still dark out there so I won’t be getting on the bike til around 8 and I have to get used to it taking up most of the morning to get two rides in….or not do two rides? Nope, I have to do two…there is no choice….I do need to clean the living room today and do the couch shuffle to rotate the cushions so the wear is even and get the rug vacuumed and do the one in my bedroom since everything has sand in it from all of the beach trips…damn, I’m tired just thinking about it….more later….
Almost went to the beach…
Well…with the high humidity out here today, I almost went out to the beach but I thought better of it and thought I’d stay here and work on the house…to clean anyway since the kitchen needs work and I have been putting it off too long…and I think I’ll strip the rest of the tomatoes off the plants and make another batch of pasta salad after I cut the celery up into sticks so I don’t throw half it away…and I do need to clean myself up and give myself a haircut and trim my beard…and I need to do that before soccer comes on at three…so I should get off my butt and get to it but I have one more cup of coffee to have and I want to read the news for another topic…
More threats from TFG…
Well…aren’t you damn tired of the asshole trump threatening this country as I am? Just the other day, talking to one of his idiot followers on a radio show, trump went on and on that he knows he won’t get indicted because if they do there will be rioting in the streets by his maga followers….that right there is mob talk…nice little country you got there…it would be a shame if anything happened to it….so any of you DA’s out there, get on the ball and do it…indict this sucker and call his bluff…I think things have changed since all of the folks in the January 6th attack were arrested and many of them are in jail and the maga folks finally see that there are consequences for them if they break the law…not for trump so far but it is coming…and these morons have ruined their and their families lives from the attack…and I really think they are all talk anyway…so idiot boy will be indicted, and there will be some people in the streets but as soon as they break the law, they will be arrested and put in jail…so bring it on…geez…
September 16th
Well…you know, I do wonder at times what would happen if I just stayed in bed all day…would anyone notice? Probably not but that probably applies to just about anyone who is retired…hmmm….woke up before 5 this morning but was able to lie in bed until after 7 and now I’m running late to get out on the bike before 8….the rides yesterday were just so tough to get through and I think today will be the same with how I feel right now….can you wear out a body? I sure feel like I’m getting worn out but I worked a lot harder when I was young and didn’t wear out so maybe it’s just getting old…..I did get some cleaning done yesterday and I’m going to continue that today with working on the kitchen and maybe even taking out the rest of the garden but I’m not sure if I have enough bags for that….and that will end the tomatoes for the year but I have a new head of lettuce that needs to be used and I need to make another batch of pasta salad….damn, I’m tired….not much to do today…just the rides and cleaning and that seems like too much work right now….crap, feel pretty depressed and today is going to be a struggle…but nothing I haven’t gone through thousands of times but that makes it a little harder…oh, well…let’s go….more later….
That’s why Meadows wasn’t indicted…yet…
Well…cripes, the idiot trump must really be sweating right now with the revelation yesterday that Mark Meadows, his former chief of staff has been cooperating with the feds in the January 6th investigation and turned over all of the records he had…and this is the guy who was in every meeting with the idiot and knows everything trump said and did….and that is probably the reason he hasn’t been indicted yet or he won’t be because he flipped on trump…now, I know this investigation is moving too slowly for most of us but I now know there will be indictments of the idiot and most of his inner circle to come…hopefully by the end of the year…and I really can’t wait to see that happen….I’ll bet these assholes never thought they would be in the trouble they’re in, but how? Lots of them are lawyers and they must be pretty crappy ones to have gone along with all of this…did they think that trump had corrupted the justice department so badly that they could get away with it? Who knows but I’ll have the popcorn ready….geez…