Well…yeah, I know I’ve been saying this for a long time now but maybe, just maybe, this time is going to be different. Just yesterday, Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to take over the investigations into trump, both the insurrection on January 6th and the theft of government documents that were seized from his crappy golf club in Florida…I think this is a pretty smart move by Garland since a special counsel can’t be removed by the new repub house and it’s investigation goes on until it there is either an indictment or the counsel stops the investigation. The long time federal prosecutor, Jack Smith, who Garland appointed is a badass, too…doing war crime investigations at the International Criminal Court and prosecuting those crimes…along with multiple high visibility posts in the federal government…and the reason I think trump is in trouble this time is that they wouldn’t appoint a special counsel if they were winding the investigations down without indictments. So now my fingers will be blue from crossing them so much…hoping the criminal trump will finally be held responsible for his multiple felonies…and this isn’t going to drag on for years…I hope…geez…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
November 19th
Well…boy, my crappy sleep is getting pretty consistent….always up between 4 and 4:30 and then out of bed around 6 or so…and I just can’t get going…and that is pretty consistent, too….didn’t get a damn thing done yesterday and I am going to do the same thing today…I am going to try to clean my freezer today and maybe even work on the dining room if I can keep my head out of books today….but that may be harder than I think….I am getting concerned that there may be a big underlying problem with my back since it still hurts and I haven’t been on the outdoor bike in a few days…but one weird thing is that it didn’t hurt shoveling the snow yesterday and it should have….but it does hurt now just sitting here and that is is just so damn annoying….I am watching Canadian tv right now and the ads are so different than the US…just like watching UK tv…have stopped using the generic flonase to try to get my immune system working better and now I’m suffering for it….might have to try something else…I am running the hepa filter and that seems to help a bit but not as much as the flonase…damn…not much to do today….I do need to get on the bike after F1 qualifying and then I need to figure out what to eat today….still have leftover chicken and some ham but I am getting tired of them both so I may make some chicken tenders and tots…yeah, I know that’s bad for me but I’m not frying them so I guess that’s a plus….more later…
Hibernation time….
Well…just read the weather warning that popped up on my computer and it looks like we have a winter storm warning on from tomorrow morning until late Sunday…supposed to get 5-8 inches more of snow with winds blowing around 40 so there will be lots of drifting and this is the earliest I can ever remember having a warning…I mean damn, it’s not even thanksgiving yet and we are going to have 10 inches of snow over two days? Crap…at least I’m glad I got everything done for groceries and don’t need to go out again until after the snow melts next week….looks like it’s hibernation time…sure hope my heating pad and beard trimmer still get here tomorrow…at least I may have the last leaves from the big tree blown away with this storm….
Another day, another book…
Well…darn, this book reading is taking up all my time and I’m not sure if it’s a good use of it…just finished up the latest 500 pager that I started yesterday afternoon and I think I may have to take a break from it to let my eyes have a rest…I did get the snow shoveled and the walks salted today but that only took about 20 minutes…and I filled the bird feeder and have had the most different birds I can remember…but still no sparrows…had chickadees, bluejays, cardinals, juncos, nuthatches, and a titmouse…so I’ll have to remember to keep it filled….and I have about a half dozen on the sill and feeder right now…it’s pretty cool that the bird tv is working so well…
This will be fun to read…
Well…have been having a hell of a time coming up with a topic today but one just popped up over on Kos that I think I’ll talk a little about….a group of former prosecutors including Andrew Weissman, Joyce Vance, and Norm Eisen, among others is putting together a model prosecution memorandum dealing with the crimes the idiot trump committed when he stole the thousands of government documents that were found at his tacky golf course in Florida…and it will state the case for indicting trump for 6 felonies and that is based only on public information and these lawyers think they have a case even without the grand jury information that is being kept secret by the DOJ…l really do hope they get this done pretty soon since it is going to be fun to read and I’ll bet it drives idiot boy crazy…it will also put pressure Merrick Garland to bring charges against the idiot since he knows all of the evidence and it has to be much, much more incriminating that what is in public….so, get at it guys, I can’t wait….geez…
November 18th
Well…damn, up at 4:07 this morning and then out of bed a little after 6 and I feel pretty worn out…had to stop the allergy spray yesterday since it suppresses my immune system and that may be a reason why the infection in my teeth is not healing…and I am miserable from my allergies but that’s something I guess I’ll just have to live with…I may have to go out and clear my sidewalks today but the snow is stopping soon and the temps are going to be above freezing for the next week so maybe it will just melt…I did talk to my daughter for over an hour yesterday since she texted me but didn’t get the text I sent back and she joked that I may not be alive…that made me laugh…I was successful in keeping the calories down yesterday and I need to keep that up today or suffer the pangs of guilt that have been plaguing me lately….I finally got notice that my heating pad is going to be delivered tomorrow and I hope it will help with my back pain but it has been getting a little better without it.;..I may be able to get on the outdoor bike next week with highs forecast to be in the 40′s all week and that will get me close to my 6K goal…won’t get there but it will be close and I guess that’s all I can hope for…not much to do today….and that’s true for the first time in a while…the only thing I really need to do is ride the indoor bike a little later and maybe clean a bit but I’ll probably waste the day reading again…but is it a waste? Not sure but I like it and am going to finish the 9th book today….more later…
I got my turkey…
Well…as the snow stopped for a couple of hours, I decided to go out and get the second turkey that I’m going to cook next week and get it thawing in the fridge before the snow starts up again…we’re supposed to get 4-5 inches over the next couple of days and I really didn’t want to have to go out in it….this time the turkey cost 8 bucks and it’s 14.5 pounds….and that was the smallest one I could find…just read an article of dire warning for upstate NY near Buffalo where they are expecting the most snow ever over a two day period once the lake effect starts rolling in off Lake Erie…that will be something to watch along with the far southwest corner of Michigan where they are forecasting over a foot of snow through Saturday….yow!
Changing of the guard…
Well…the news was just announced that both Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, the speaker and majority leader of the house dems are not going to run for leadership positions in the new repub majority house….so we will see a complete changing of the guard for the first time in over 20 years and I am curious about who will be stepping up to lead the dems…I think it’s about time for the younger generation of more progressive dems to take over but I still think Nancy especially was just what the dems needed and was responsible for lots of good bills being passed including the ACA…and she has another month to go and it will be interesting to see if she can get one last thing done like abortion rights…she has already gotten protection of same sex marriages through and Biden will sign that in the next week or so, and I think she should try to go out with a bang…but, for now, all I have to say is thank you, Nancy…one of the best speakers in history….
Not ready for winter…
Well…as I sit here watching the lake effect snow fall, sometimes really hard, I realize that I am not ready for winter yet…I know I’ve lived in Michigan my entire life and I should be used to it by now…but I still get this feeling of dread every year during the first snow…and I haven’t even thought about getting my wool winter coat out and I probably should do that today….but it’s going to get warmer Sunday and stay in the 40′s all next week so that it’s warm enough for a fleece or a light jacket so maybe I’ll wait til the week after to get the heavy stuff out…I really should order a pair of light leather gloves since I wore out my only nice pair….haven’t heard from T yet so it looks like they picked her for a jury so lunch is out and I need to figure something out…probably just have a ham sandwich to settle my stomach….okay, going to read a bit before I figure out lunch…more later…
November 17th
Well…another wasted day yesterday and I’m not sure how I feel about that….I should be working around here but all of my motivation has disappeared…feel like crap this morning and I did that to myself and will probably do that again tonight…have been saving up some shows to watch so I won’t be bored…I hope…I did get my back to crack last night and this morning so maybe I’ll get some relief from the back pain I’ve had for weeks…used to be able to crack it any time I needed it but that went away at some point….I did get a ride in on the indoor bike yesterday and will do that again today with the snow overnight….I do need to get out to get a turkey today so I can thaw it over the next few days and then brine it Wed of next week…I am going to use some cranberry/raspberry juice to brine it and I am looking forward to seeing how it comes out…I may be meeting up with T for lunch in GH if she gets out of jury duty and that would be fun….not much to do today….going to get on the bike soon and abuse my body but I am almost to 900 miles downstairs…going to get close to 6,000 miles this year but won’t break the record of 6,043…..I did notice that I have over 70 hours on the indoor bike and that is a long time to be just sitting still and pedaling….man, I’m tired….and I feel old…oh, well….more later…