Well…running really late today and I feel pretty worn out…the idiots to the north of me were blasting their thumpy assed bullshit last night so I had to make a noise call and I am getting so tired of it…I’m starting to think that I need to find a place in the country where there isn’t anyone near me…might start looking for that today….slept okay last night but I’m just not feeling that way right now….had an okay day yesterday and got the bike tuned up and did 30 miles before that…going to do two rides again today but I may go out and try to find some pepper plants since none of my seeds sprouted…that will probably cost 10 bucks or so but I really want some green and Jalapeno peppers….damn, I’m pretty depressed this morning….but I will be able to put the top down on the car if I go out so that will make me smile…still waiting for the temp to come up so I can get on the bike…it’s only 51 right now and I need it to be at least 53 or it will be too cold….not much to do today…I sure hope DD has some protein on sale this week…have emptied the freezer and need to re-stock it…not sure what I’m going to have for food today…it the chicken legs I took out of the freezer have thawed, maybe those…and maybe a twice baked potato…who knows? More later..
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Got the bike serviced…
Well…got 30 miles in today and only did a little damage that won’t keep me off the bike tomorrow..and I washed and serviced it today since it had gotten pretty dirty riding in the wet last week…tightened up the rear swingarm bushing since it had some play in it, then lubed it, the chain, rear shock, front forks, and the idler wheels on the rear shifter since they had started to make some noise… and I just planted some leftover tomato sprouts in the garden to see if they will live…don’t really need them since I have about a dozen up downstairs but I hate throwing them away…I do have 16 bean plants so I think that will be enough and I may even have some green pepper seeds sprouting…still need to plant the broccoli and arugula and I think I’ll do that tomorrow….along with lettuce seeds just for a laugh….so I will have things to do tomorrow afternoon after I get the rides in…
Keep treading right, repubs….
Well…as the repub party keeps going further and further right and uses some actually fascist shenanigans to get what they couldn’t in any election, the rest of the country is leaving them behind on every issue that is important to real Americans. Starting with the “big lie” that trump won the 2020 election…64% of repubs truly believe that he did even though there was no voter fraud at all…and that is compounded by the fact that they refuse to believe that any election they lose is legitimate…on covid the general public knows it is more dangerous than the flu at 64% while only 40% of repubs do…and as ghoulish as it sounds, natural selection is going to take many more of their voters than our side and I think they made a bad bet going against the vaccine…on the January 6th attack, 43% of repubs think idiot boy was not responsible for any of it and dems and independents were at 60% that trump was responsible….on women’s rights it is a cavern between the repubs an everyone else with only 25% saying the overturning of Roe was a bad thing while almost 80% of the sane people said it was…and this same cavern has oped on every other issue and if the repubs think they can woo back the independents and some dems, they really are delusional…and when fail districts are drawn like they were here in Michigan, the repubs lose because all they have is hate to sell…no ideas or policies that help people…just more and more groups they hate and laws that hurt people…and most Americans don’t want that…geez…
April 10th
Well…you know, I just realized that I’m never going to look younger or feel better than I do right now and that sucks…and it still hurts in the biopsy site so the bike rides today are going to be a chore….woke up at 5:41 today but laid in bed til almost 7 and I’m barely awake 30 minutes later…first cup of coffee going in and that better work soon…it was nice to get out and work on the yard yesterday but my side hurts from raking…I wonder if I’m ever going to be pain free again? Yeah, I’m a little depressed this morning with all of the pain going on and I know it could be helped with an ibuprofen but I just don’t like taking stuff….I did make twice baked potatoes yesterday and I think that is going to be in my diet for a while…not a lot of work and they taste much better than baked potatoes…more calories but I can take that….I made two of them so I can have another one with lunch….not sure if I’m going to wear shorts on the bike today but I may wait until it’s warm enough to do that…it’s only 51 out there right now and that is borderline….not much to do today…just going to sit here and have another cup of coffee as I figure out what the day is going to look like…don’t feel like doing much but I know that is a trap that I can’t fall into….more later…
I’m damn tired of being sore…
Well…after doing the hard rides yesterday and suffering the pain from them last night, I decided to take the day off today and just clean the yard up and plant some flowers and veggies…but that made me hurt even more and I am getting damn tired of everything I do making me sore….I mean I was only on the yard for an hour and a half and didn’t do any heavy lifting but I had to heat my back when I got done and now everything hurts again…so, do I take something for it or just suffer? I really do hate getting old…so I’ll stop complaining…I did check the coolant in the car and it is still full after the 100 mile trip Wed so that is cool and I mush have fixed it right…I planted some of the odd stuff today with leeks, squash, cukes, radishes, and carrots…and I still have lettuce, broccoli, and dill to plant…have some of them up downstairs so I may just plant those…have 16 bean plants up and I am going to get those planted next week along with the tomatoes…still having a hell of a time with the peppers so I may not have any of those for the second year in a row…or I may just go out and buy a few that will be larger and that might work…I’ll have to see where I can get those out here…maybe depot…we’ll see….
Now the repubs can murder and get away with it…
Well…damn, you are not going to believe how far down the fascist rat hole Texas has gone in the past week…after telling his friends that he was going to murder some protesters in 2020, a man in Texas did just that…he drove his car into a crowd of protesters and when one of then walked up to his car, he shot him 5 times…trying to use Texas’ “stand your ground” laws to protect himself from a murder charge…but just last week, a jury unanimously convicted him of murder…but here comes the twist…because tucker called out the governor abbott for letting this go to trial, abbott is now going to pardon this murderer because I guess it’s not a crime anymore for a repub to murder people in the street…and folks, this is what fascism looks like…where the in group can do whatever the hell they want without consequences because they control the government and have no morals or respect for the rule of law…and it is spreading into every red state…we need to vote these fascist assholes out and now….
April 9th
Well…darn…up at 5:40 but didn’t drag myself out of bed til almost 7 since I am taking the day off and feel no sense of urgency today….still hurts from riding yesterday but it is a little better so I hope it will heal before I try to get on the bike tomorrow…I do need to do the yard work today but that might wait til after lunch with the truck race from Bristol on dirt on at 10….my right side hurts, too, and I’m sure I’m going to hurt it more when I go out to rake and bundle up the big branches to be put on Tuesday…still thinking about planting some flower seeds today since it appears we are past the hard freezes…but it will be down to 37 on the 18th and I wonder if that’s too cold…could probably start putting plants out in the garden but I think I’ll wait about a week or so….will have to get the hose out if I plant the seeds today and I hope the screw on shut off valve still doesn’t leak….still having problems getting green peppers and cukes to start so I may just plant the rest of the seeds I have in the garden and hope…I do have to buy a new hose since one of them is leaking and I’ll get that done this week….still need to get a propane tank for the grill and with getting 244 bucks back from the insurance company, I think I’ll use some of that so I’ll have a working grill again….not much to do today…just the yard work and taking it easy… sore everywhere and I need to heal up….more later…
Georgia is heating up…
Well…the NYT is out with a story today saying that the investigation into trump and his cronies is heating up and the signs point to the idea that Fani Willis is going to go big with her investigation since she has infomed almost 20 people they are targets of the investigation…and we know idiot boy is one of them and rudy, too, along with the head of the Georgia repub party…and since mark meadows was on the call where idiot boy asked the SoS to “find” 12,000 votes he should be one of them…and let’s not forget the phone calls that lindsey graham made for the same purpose….if there are around 20 people under investigation, it should be all of idiot boy’s inner circle along with all of the people in on the fake electors scheme, too…so, there are indictments coming…just not soon enough for me….
That was a mistake…
Well…damn, just got back from doing the second ride of the day and that may have been a mistake…where they did the biopsy last week hurts like crazy and it was not so good of an idea to sit on it for almost 3 hours today…and my fingerless riding gloves opened up the burn that was healing on my right thumb….and my back is being heated again since I could barely stand after getting off the bike…not a lot of pain but just so damn stiff that I had to do something…so, it looks like I’m taking a rest and repair day tomorrow and I’ll just get the yard work done instead of riding….I do need to come up with a political topic for later but I think I already know what it’s going to be…so, I should be back here in just a little while….more later…
April 8th
Well…just poured the first cup of coffee and I sure hope it starts to work soon….had some dreams last night that I don’t remember but it had something to do with being cold and then I woke up and was cold so that was weird….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I need to work on the yard today and I will get to that after I get two rides in…my hands are finally starting to heal and the stiffness is going away just in time to hurt them again raking today…I did eat two meals yesterday to have enough fuel to support riding two times and I got 23 miles in but I think I ate too much so that leaves me on the fence about eating two meals today…but I have chicken that needs to be cooked or frozen so I’ll probably do two breasts today…but won’t eat them until tomorrow…I have a leftover one that I forgot about and that will be enough for today….how many calories in a boneless skinless breast? Not more than 300 so I’ll stay under 1K for the day…not much to do today…Man U plays at 7:30 so I won’t be able to get out on the bike til 9:30 or so but it will still be cold so I’ll be in full thermasuit but maybe in shorts this afternoon….more later…