Well…one of these days, I’m going to just noodle around here and do what I want instead of what I need to do…I am so tired of starving myself, forcing myself to get on the bike, and all the other things I do to try to extend my life and stay healthy….I wonder how long I would last if I just stopped? Okay, not going to do that….but man, I remember the days when I just let life happen and it felt good….slept okay last night but sure don’t feel like it this morning…it’s almost 7:30 and I’m still working on the first cup of coffee….it’s getting light and I will be able to get on the bike soon since it’s 45 right now…I do have the end of life seminar to do this afternoon to get my medical power of attorney set up and get my daughter set up as my emergency contact…and fill out my DNR paperwork…we have talked about how I want it handled when she was here but it needs to be down on paper…I had a damn squeak in the bike yesterday that I will try to fix with some wd before I go out today….need to clean the bike before it gets cold so I can lube it up for storage….not much to do today…just the rides and the seminar…it will be warm enough to put the top down on the car today when I run out to my doctor’s office…but that is not exciting me and that sucks….more later…
Monthly Archives: November 2023
We need media not controlled by billionaires..
Well…do you ever miss just reading a good newspaper? When I was growing up, even in the medium sized town of Grand Rapids, we had two full fledged newspapers that we staffed for local, national, and world news and only cost a quarter with the huge Sunday was only 50 cents…and both papers were worth the money and supported hundreds of good jobs for both reporters and production staff…that began to change when venture capital, supported by billionaires started buying papers across the country and the need for huge profit to pay them back started the inevitable slide that is still happening today…cripes, back then we even had a little paper called the “Suburban Life” that reported on life in Ada, Lowell, and all of the other small villages around GR…but now? They don’t even print the Grand Rapids Press here anymore and the Sunday paper is now 5 dollars and it is about the thickness that the daily paper used to be…sure not worth it so I don’t buy it anymore…how the hell did the paper support hundred of jobs for 70+ years and now it’s essentially gone…it’s the billionaires, folks hoovering up all the cash in this country…but there is a movement starting to have taxes fund local newspapers across the country in areas where the news in print, tv, and radio is either owned by right wing billionaires or doesn’t even exist anymore…I for one would chip in for an independent newspaper here in Muskegon that actually paid reporters and printed objective, truthful news along with an opinion page that would be clearly titled as opinion…just like it used to be before the billionaires wrecked the whole thing…geez…
November 14th
Well…running a bit late this morning but I’ve already gotten a load of laundry in and it’s just 7:30…but I’ve just poured the first cup of coffee so it’s no help so far…my hip still hurts a bit but I’m not sure if it’s the hip or a groin problem since it’s on the inside and not where it normally hurts…but I can walk with just a little pain and stiffness so I think it will be okay…I will be getting on the bike as soon as it gets warm enough and I wonder if I should try to do three rides today to make up for abandoning the ride due to pain….have to remember to wd the pedals since the left one was clicking and the idlers on the rear shifter are making a little noise…it’s only 34 out there right now so it will be a while until I can get out…looks like about 11 or so and I do want to get outdoor rides in for the next few days….then the temp crashes and I’ll be indoors for a while….didn’t get a lot done yesterday…no, that’s not true…I worked on the yard for 4 hours yesterday and that is part of why I hurt so much…everywhere…not much to do today…just going to ride and then figure out what else to do….should do some cleaning but I’m not too motivated right now….more later…
He’s a frickin fascist…
Well…you know, the media has been trying it’s little heart out trying to not call a spade a spade when they talk about trump and his minions who are still trying to take over the country…but this time it’s in the shadows and funded by all the right wing billionaires…but that’s not what this one is about…one of the things that media won’t do is call the idiot trump that fascist that he is…so it was left to independent media to do it…and the neat trick is they didn’t just say it, they lined up lines from Hitler’s speeches beside what trump said in a speech over the weekend and they are word for word identical…right down to idiot boy call Americans that hate him “vermin” the exact term that Hitler used against his enemies…I guess we shouldn’t be surprised when it is know that idiot boy always kept a copy of “Mein Kampf” on his nightstand and would read it incessantly as he litsten to Hitler’s speeches…so is he a facist? Hell yes…and he need to be called that…geez…
Well…crap…
Well…crap…after getting all of my yard work done that took all morning, I ignored the high wind blowing out there and got on the bike…it wasn’t too bad for the first couple of miles but when I made the turn to go straight into it, something popped in my right hip and then howling pain ever time I pedaled…almost had to get off the bike and walk it up the last climb up to my house…so now I’m sitting here on the couch with heat on my hip hoping that I can walk later…no ibuprofen yet but will probably need some later…whacked my left shin on the mower bag and now I have a 1/2 inch high welt across it the will be black and blue later…need to take the rest of the day of to repair this old body…
November 13th
Well…damn, I’m worn out this morning…just poured the first cup of coffee so it hasn’t started to work yet….I’m a little impatient about that since I want to get moving soon…not sure why but that’s just me….it’s already almost 50 outside so I will be able to get on the leaves as soon as it gets light and I get at least two cups of coffee down…and I’ll be able to ride outside today, too…slept okay last night and I put earplugs in to do it…it had been weeks since I used them and they sure helped last night…tried to stay under a thousand calories yesterday and I was pretty close and that will help with losing the fat I’ve put on since the surgery….I am so tired of having to think about everything I do…when do I get time off to just live? Never, probably…and that sucks….I did see a couple of deer on the trail yesterday and that was a little unusual since I haven’t seen many lately…not sure where they went but there used to be some that wandered around right here in downtown…not much to do today…just the first pick up of the leaves and riding and I hope to have both done before noon but that means I’ll have to get off my butt soon…I do have to get a new aerator for the kitchen faucet since I broke it washing up after making the turkey…maybe today…who knows? More later…
A nice day…
Well…I wonder if no one knows the traffic laws anymore? When I was out on the rides today, the power was out to the traffic light down the hill at 31 and 7th street but no one was following the law that says you have to treat it like a 4-way stop…nope…people were just blowing through and all four times I rode through there was a near accident…idiots…other than that, I had a nice day today with getting two rides in before noon and not freezing my hands off even though the wind was blowing around 20 with gusts but it was out of the south so I can take that…after I got back here and had a turkey lunch that I will repeat all week, I gave myself a hair cut and trimmed my beard but then took the rest of the afternoon off and just read…but tomorrow I have to get at the leaves and get them picked up for the first time so I can put them out Tuesday…so I think I’ll do that before I ride tomorrow…now it’s time to read a bit more and then watch a little tv…only one meal today and I’m going to keep that up until I lose 10 pounds…
Are they just stupid?
Well…just read a disturbing article that states that 50% of repubs are not going have their young children vaccinated…and the laws that require that children have proof of vaccination before they start school are being rolled back in every red state…and when asked if it matters that their unvaccinated child could infect others and cause severe damage, their answer is no, they don’t give a damn about anyone else’s children when they have the chance to “stick to the libs”…Are these people just stupid? Don’t they remember the thousands of children in iron lungs before the Salk vaccine for polio was developed in 1953? And to top this off, millions of kids in red states no longer have any health insurance as the repubs essentially ended Medicaid in the states they control…so I wonder why this “war on children” is not being covered more? Again, the media is falling down on the job sine most of it is now controlled by the maga assholes out there who want the idiot trump returned to the WH so they can continue their destruction of the country…or the stealing of the rest of it they haven’t already stolen…geez…
November 12th
Well…darn, I know I say this a lot but I really am running late again today…woke up at around 6 but just laid there in my bed until 7:30 and now it’s after 8 and I’m just getting here…slept okay last night but my allergies are still really terrible and I have a headache that started last night and is still thumping the top of my head…might have to take something for it today…got a nice ride in yesterday outdoors when I was going to take the day off so I feel good about that…and I am going to try to get two rides in today as soon as it warms up…but it won’t get to 50 til around noon and I do want to watch the Lions play today but that’s not til 4 o’clock so I’ll be able to get that done…and I’ll make an early lunch before that of leftover turkey…still not losing any weight even with going down to one meal a day so I’ll have to figure out what’s going on and change….I wonder if I can just take it easy this morning and relax for a while? Not very good at that…going and going is such a habit that I don’t know how to relax…I think I may have to just force myself to take a day off and figure out how to derail the guilts that come with it….I do have leaves that need to be picked up and that should be done in the next four days when it’s going to be in the 50′s and no rain…see…still planning work and I’m tired of it….the wind is going to be nuts later but I’m going to go out anyway….more later…
Turkey came out great…
Well…just finished cleaning up after cooking the entire t-day meal today…dry brined the turkey and it’s a method I think I can work with…I will rinse the bird the next time I cook one even though you’re not supposed to…the skin is too salty if you don’t…but the meat came out nice and moist and tender so it seems to work…only the roasting pan to clean up and that is soaking right now…may go out and do and outdoor ride after the Michigan game…not much wind out there even if it is a little cold…we’ll see…