Well…sitting here at 12:45 and I have everything I wanted to do already done so what’s next? Got two rides in this morning and am still digging on watching tv on my tablet when I ride now…watched two episodes of “Leverage” today and will probably keep doing that since there are 5 seasons to watch…the teeth that they are working on Monday hurt like crazy today and I had to take some ibuprofen to cut it…and it worked well since I just noticed the pain is gone…it’s pretty annoying that the city is working on something at the corner and have had two trucks idling over there for over an hour…can’t figure out what the heck they are doing…I do still have to do the lunch dishes before the soccer match that is on at 3…it looks like the big empty lot to the north of me is having sewer lines put in it…there is a pallet of about a dozen 20 foot pipes sitting there so we may be seeing another new house or two out here….I didn’t hurt my should as much as I thought since it doesn’t hurt at all today…but it is funny that when I move it the thing grinds an pops so loud I can hear it…strange…
Monthly Archives: February 2023
Some good demographic news…
Well…with all of the insanity and hate coming out of repub party these days, and the illusion that they are taking over this country, an article I just read gives me hope that this is just temporary…when polling was done on political affiliation over the past few months, the only group that the repubs lead in is the over 65 folks…and that group is the one that they continue to kill off with covid by the constant anti vax bullshit that comes out of fox news on a daily basis…and the group that watches fox is the only one that is shrinking…with the greatest number of additional voters coming from the 18-29 year old group that overwhelmingly votes for dems…this demographic time bomb is paired with the fact that no one likes any repub policy…and the overturning of Roe by the supreme court brought needed attention to the rest of the bullshit they have been up to…I mean Missouri just passed a law that makes it a felony to cross dress or “drag” and perform in public…and that means that every trans person could be arrested for just living their lives…so, I have a little hope that enough voters that have at least one foot in the real world will continue to see the repubs for what they are and vote dem to boost the demographic train that is bearing down on them…geez…
February 24th
Well…I just noticed that I only did one of these yesterday and I promise to do better today….up at 5:04 again this morning but laid in bed til 6:43 and I’m not sure if that helped or not…my stomach is growling like crazy this morning for some reason and I have a bad case of heartburn and I can’t figure out why that would be…I know I kept the calories under a thousand yesterday but that’s pretty normal for me…I have started to prepare for the surgery Monday by getting food thawed that I will be able to eat with my mouth torn up…turkey soup is going to be the go to since I really don’t need to chew that much and I’m going to make mashed potatoes Sunday….have broth in the cupboard, too, so I’ll be able to survive it…damn, woke up thinking it was Saturday today and that has been a theme all week…off by a day and I wonder how I got out of synch? I did beat the heck out of my right shoulder peeling the ice off my walks with my garden spade but it looks like the heat I put on it last night has helped…doesn’t hurt as much as I expected but it is still stiff….not much to do today…need to get stared soon but don’t want to…just going to ride the bike…twice…and then see what happens….more later…
February 23rd
Well…damn, it’s one of those morning where you wake up at 5:04 and immediately know there is no point in trying to sleep more…but that means I’m going to be pretty worn out later and may have to take a nap….I did sleep okay but only about 5 hours and I already feel tired…had an okay day yesterday but got nothing done but cooking and today looks the same…I did stay around 1K calories with pasta for lunch and then a pork chop and asparagus for dinner…and I got two rides in watching tv and that will be the plan for this morning once I get more coffee in me and muster up the motivation to move off this couch….I do have to have everything done by 3 this afternoon when Man U plays…that may be the time to take a nap….I was a little concerned that I was going to lose power last night with the rain and ice that was falling but the house is still warm and I’m doing this so no problems…and the radar shows the there is nothing coming in so the big winter storm warning was a bust…thankfully…but we still have a cold day today and tonight before it warms up Sat and the snow/ice should melt….not much to do today…man, it’s going to be hard to get going today…it’s 6:17 and I have the first cup of coffee in me but I won’t be on the bike before 8 so that gives me some time to just ease into it and read a bit….more later…
Respect for the US skyrockets under Biden…
Well…with a new article that just dropped saying that respect for the US across the world has skyrocketed under the leadership of Joe Biden, we finally get to put numbers with the feeling I’ve had since he took office that his honor and honesty would have people looking at us and seeing the US in a new light. And the numbers really are staggering from the lows that the idiot put us in…Sweden went from 15% approval to 85%….Belgium went from 9% to 79%….The UK went from 19% to 72%…Germany went from 10% to 78%…you get the idea…even the lowest improvement on the list, Greece, went up 42% so you can really see by numbers the damage that idiot boy did to this country, and you can see the respect that the world has for Joe and what he is doing to repair all of the damage that the asshole in chief did…so why would anyone want that kind of crap again? Not me…but you know that…I just hate that prick with all of my being and I think the only place he should be is in jail…and that may be coming…fingers crossed…
More coolness…
Well…okay, got both rides in before 10:30 and that is a direct result of being able to watch tv on my tablet when I rode…the time just flew by and I got the chance to start to watch the original “Leverage” again and that was cool…I discovered something pretty cool about the earbuds when I accidentally hit the on/off switch on one of them and the tablet paused the show…something I would only have found by accident…and the tablet easily got through both rides and still had 80% of the charge left after streaming the entire time….I’m still marveling about my move into modernity with just the gift of a tripod….
February 22nd
Well…up at 6:11 this morning and slept through the night although I don’t feel like it…and the coffee looks pretty thin today and I wonder if I put enough grounds in it? Tastes a little thin, too, so I hope it has enough caffeine to get me jumpstarted today….it has started to snow out there and I am a little curious if we are going to get the hammering they are forecasting….I do know that I am planning on hibernating today and only riding the bike downstairs…but with TV this morning….didn’t get…no, that’s not true…I did get a lot of stuff done yesterday but I’m not going to go over that since I did that in a post yesterday….and it would just be filler in this one…pretty darn worn out today and it looks like I won’t get on the bike until around 9 or so…my darn allergies are really bad today and have been for a week or so and I wonder what has changed…there isn’t anything that has bloomed so what the hell am I reacting to? I wonder if I could take a day off in the near future? Probably not since I am going to have to take next Monday off…no, I can ride before the torture but I think Tuesday will be a day off….not much to do today…just going to ease into it and ride the bike later…don’t feel like doing much right now…think I’ll make a pork chop and a baked potato with green beans for lunch…and then maybe some pasta for meal two….who knows? More later….
This is pretty cool…
Well…when I was talking to my daughter last week, I complained that riding the indoor bike was boring just looking at the floor or wall and she told me that she uses her tablet to do scenic rides and mounts it to an adjustable tripod that she bought…so, guess what shows up here today? One of those tripods for me to usewith my tablet…it is really adjustable and pretty cool…after that came, I remembered that Tom lent me a set of bluetooth earbuds so I got those out of the drawer and charged them up and was able to get them to pair with my tablet…and they don’t sound bad… so with one purchase, my daughter has dragged me just a little bit toward modernity…oh, and I downloaded the Pluto tv app so I can watch anything on Pluto as I ride…I did take the tablet downstairs to see if the wifi would reach and it does…so that is going to be pretty cool..oh, and I got the prescriptions for the torture next Monday and they only cost me 4 bucks so that was a win, too….now it’s hibernation time with the big storm coming…maybe 13 inches of snow and a half inch of ice…ick…
The grand jury in Georgia recommended indictments…
Well…it just showed up on the news that the Special grand Jury in Georgia has recommended indictments in the election tampering case against the idiot boy and his cronies…and notice it’s plural so more than one of them will be indicted…one of the grand jurors said today that it’s not going to be a surprise who they recommended trying hard to not give any detail…could this finally be where the criminal trump starts to pay for his crimes? I sure hope so since he is the dirtiest person that ever squatted in the WH…and this is not the Jack Smith federal investigation but a state one run by Fani Willis…and if the state has found enough evidence to indict, I’m sure the feds will, too…I have waited a long time for this perp walk and I will make up a huge batch of popcorn to watch this one….
February 21st
Well…up at 6:21 this morning and I slept through the night but don’t feel like it….and I need to get on the bike in a half hour if I’m going to do a ride before the grocery run but sure don’t feel like it right now…maybe the coffee will work it’s magic and I’ll get the day started soon…had an okay day yesterday and got a lot done but don’t have a lot do do today unless I want to clean a bit…going to find out what painkillers they are going to give me for the dental work Monday when I pick up the prescriptions this morning…sure hope it’s something strong since I am anticipating some severe pain from it…and that means I can’t get out of here until just a little before 9 since the pharmacy doesn’t open til 9…will probably not be able to eat after the work so I’m getting some broth to sip and will take some soup out of the freezer….man, it’s hard to get started this morning…it looks like we are getting freezing rain along with the snow the next few days so it’s going to be a mess out there that might be interesting to watch since I don’t have anywhere to be until Monday….not much to do today…just need to get on the bike in 18 minutes but I’m still not sure if I will…I can still get two rides in if I start after the grocery and that is looking more attractive to me….just don’t feel like riding right now so i may cut myself some slack and do it later….more later…