Well…darn, there were auroras as far south as NC last night but none here and I stayed up to look for them…oh, well…I guess I’ll just have to live the memory of the best ones I’ve seen from 30 years ago…and when I was diving my Fiat 124 spyder at night with the top down in the cold and that was cool…I guess I’m lucky to have seen great ones twice…went to bed early last night and was up by 5:14 and slept about normally so I’m okay with that…the broken laptop is still working and I’ll be careful with it until I find a new one to buy…I did look at an Acer for about 300 bucks that would suit my needs but I’m waiting to hear back from my son what his opinion is…but I probably won’t hear from him so I guess I’m on my own…and 300 bucks is not too much of a risk…it’s warm enough to ride outside right now but it’s dark til almost 8 and I need to have a ride in before that…so, I’ll be inside for the first one since I have a morning schedule I have to keep…want to get two rides in before I head to the used book sale at 10 and then back here and on the bike again to have 3 in before noon…then it’s going to be warm enough to clean the front porch siding so that will be the project for the day along with the porch windows…have leftovers for today but will make some bean burritos tomorrow to use up the tomatoes I have in the fridge…not much to do today…okay, that’s not true…going to be running all day until I get the porch done and that’s okay…need to get off my butt and get things done…more later…
Monthly Archives: October 2024
Americans died because of gifts to putin …
Well…as more and more is revealed about how much the idiot trump kissed putin’s ass, we now know that the gifts he gave him during the pandemic actually cot Americans their lives…just this week it was revealed that as the pandemic was getting roaring, idiot boy gifted putin with some early response testing machines…and this was before the quick test were available and the only way to tell if a patient had covid was with one of these machines…and of course, idiot boy lied about it just this week that he didn’t give putin anything at all…but then putin’s spokes people just yeaterday confirmed that yep, he did get a bunch of the machines that would have saved thousands of lives but I guess trump wanted to save Russians more than Americans…but we knew that since multiple studies have shown that the idiot’s bungling of the covid response killed almost a million people here…and yet people are still going to vote for this asshole not matter what he does…god, I can’t wait for him to be gone and Kamala replaces garland with someone who will hold this asshole responsible for all of the damage he’s done to this country…I’ve never rooted for someone to die in my life but I am now…geez…
Crap!
Well…the second hinge on the laptop display just broke so now I’m using a small wood clamp to support it…works okay but I need a new one soon so I just texted my son and asked him what he recommends …probably won’t reply so I’ll be on my own and I’ll just have to wing it…oh, well…I did get a lot done today and have the chain link fastened to the posts and have drilled and put stump killer in the holes to get the rot started so I’ll be able to take them out easily in the spring…what a pain in the butt…I did see three herons fighting in Muskegon Lake this afternoon and that was pretty cool…have never seen such big birds fighting before…have never even seen three herons in the lake at one time and that was pretty cool…damn, I’m pretty bummed with the computed failing on me so I’ll stop here…need to find a political topic so I should go out and get looking…more later…
October 10th
Well…darn, up before 5am again today and have a very busy day today…even without sleeping well, I feel okay this morning with being good for the 4th day in a row and tonight will make it 5 in a row…it’s only 38 degrees out here right now and it’s not going to warm up enough to ride outdoors until after 10 this morning so that gives me the chance to get a bunch of other stuff done after the indoor ride…need to get fuel for the string trimmer and mower along with getting another gallon of milk I forgot yesterday…then over to depot to see if they have stump killer and a cover plate for the ground fault/light switch in the bathroom…might do one more mowing of the lawn in mulch mode since there aren’t many leaves down yet and the grass is still growing…and I want to work on the fence to get the ties replaced that are gone…and need to get that stuff done today since it is the used book sale tomorrow morning at the library and I don’t want to miss that…it will be nice to do something just for me instead of the house or health…so it’s going to be a busy one today but at least I don’t have to cook with the potato soup I made yesterday and the leftover chicken/rice I made over the weekend…I did get 5 pounds of Jasmine rice for around 7 bucks yesterday and that will be enough for the rest of the year…and I got a big can of chock full o’ nuts coffee for 10 bucks and that will get me through till at least Thanksgiving…and that’s why I spent a hundred bucks on groceries…oh, well…more later….
Not a lot done today…
Well…the title to this one is kinda accurate since I didn’t get a lot done for me…I did get three rides in, hit menards and the grocery stores, and then made potato soup this afternoon…that does seem a little busy but not like yesterday…I think I’m going to plan to try to wash the front of the house tomorrow if it ever gets warm enough…but it’s barely getting into the 60′s so I may wait til Friday when it will be in the 70′s…maybe I’ll mow the lawn and run out to depot to get some stump killer tomorrow…then I can go to Meijers to get the extra gallon of milk I forgot today…so I do have lots to do for the rest of the week and need to get off my ass and do some of it…okay…want to read a bit…
Start thinking, Michiganders…
Well…yeah, you don’t have to tell me that the tragedy happening in Gaza and Lebanon is not one of the most terrible things that has happened in my lifetime…and I can understand how people of Middle eastern descent are livid about it and the US’s part in it..but now you say you are going to vote for trump or not vote as a protest? What the hell do you think you are going to gain by helping elect the idiot boy? Do you think you’ll get a seat at the table to make your views known and to effect policy? You must know from his every day screeds that trump hates anyone who is not white and that includes you and there is no damn way he is ever going to meet with you…so you’re ready to destroy this country just because our side is not doing exactly what you want? This is the kind of naive thinking that is going to make the murders in the Middle East get even worse…do you think trump is ever going to be a check on Bibi? Nope, he will give him everything he wants since he just loves him some dictators while Harris/Walz has already said that an arms embargo is on the table and they will sit down and talk to you about your concerns…and those of everyone else in this country…do you think trump would ever do that…hell, no…and trying to prove a point by voting for trump…whatever that point would be is no going to make anything better…read project 2025, trump has even said that he wants to do away with birthright citizenship…and guess who will be the first to go? It isn’t old white guys like me…start thinking Michiganders and don’t throw away this country just to prove a point…geez…
Damn, spent a hundred bucks on groceries…
Well…damn, that was an expensive grocery run…spent over a 100 bucks but that included 10 bucks for coffee and another 9 bucks for the saline that has been working on my allergies and 9 bucks for stop leak for the car just in case I need it to get through the winter…and I bought a 5 pound bag of Jasmine rice to have here…so lots of stuff that I won’t need to buy again for a long time…and heck, I can afford it so no big deal…oh, and I did buy some cocktail materials for next week that is about 26 bucks…but not for this week…have two more days of being good and I have enough mixed up from two weeks ago for Friday and Sat…the only protein I bought was 4 pounds of chicken breasts for 8 bucks that will go into Masala later in the week…menards didn’t have the stump killer I needed so I’ll hit depot Friday when I need to get another gallon of milk since I’m going to use a lot of it to make potato soup this aft….and I’ll do that before I hit the library for the yearly book sale…okay, need to suit up and get on the bike….more later…
October 9th
Well…damn, up a little after 5 this morning but I did go to bed early from boredom so I guess that evens out…I did sleep okay, for me, and I feel okay this morning other than being damn sore from cleaning the garage siding yesterday…the last time I did it, I didn’t have the extension handle I used this time so it went a lot easier with a lot less climbing up and down the ladder…it looks pretty good and will keep til spring…might even get some of the house done this week…cripes, it’s only 35 out here right now so the outdoor rides will probably wait til later after I get the grocery run done…with wholesale coffee prices up 80% in the last 6 months, I wonder if I should stock up now before the increase hits retail prices more than it has? It’s already up to 9 bucks a can and could get to 12-15 bucks soon…hmmm…I am going to hit DD for chicken breasts at 2 bucks a pound so I’ll be making chicken Masala this weekend and potato soup today…I do need to plan better so I don’t have so many leftovers going on at once…the “saddle sore” I’ve been fighting for the past 10 days is finally starting to heal so it doesn’t hurt to ride the bike…or it does but it’s tolerable now…need to get on the bike here in half hour to get an indoor ride in before I need to get moving…going to hit menards for some stump killer to treat the stump and let it rot over the winter…and I need to get the fence ties installed…maybe this afternoon…not much to do today…just my normal busy day that falls every Wed…four stores to hit today but I can’t buy much since the freezer is full…need to start using the canned goods I have on the shelf and make burritos to use the lettuce and tomatoes in the fridge…more later…
Boxters are cheaper…
Well…damn after looking for an affordable Miata and not being able to find one…I’ve decided to look at Porsche boxsters, too…and with just a cursory search, I found some that were 5-6,000 dollars less than a comparable Miata…I mean a 2004 with 67,000 miles for under 10 grand? So that is going to be my new focus since Miatas are priced out of my reach for some reason…found quite a few boxsters for under 10 grand…all the way down to 6,850 for one with about 120K miles…and I really don’t care about the mileage since I put about 10 miles a week on my Miata right now…I know that Porsches are really expensive to fix but if I can get one for 5 grand less than a Miata, I can put the difference in the repair fund for when it breaks…I did get three rides in and even washed all of the siding on the garage today to get ride of the dirt, black mold, algae, and moss that was all over it…and it only took about an hour and a half this time with putting a long handle on the brush…so I may do the front porch tomorrow and the porch windows that are going to have to be replaced at some point…okay…going to go look at more boxsters…
Desantis is a little pissant…
Well… we know how far the idiot desantis has fallen in Florida when he refused to take Kamala Harris’s call to try to plan disaster response to hurricane Milton that is going to slam into the state Thursday…just to be a pissy little shit, this moron is going to get people killed and cause the recovery to be slower than it needs to be…and that tells you all you need to know about the maga assholes now in charge of the repub party…petty little fools like desantis and the idiot trump who has spent the past week lying about the administration’s response to Helene even when the repub governor of NC stated that he was in constant contact with the WH and they were doing everything possible to help the people in the south who were affected by the storms…and Joe Biden has ignored desantis and has poured FEMA personnel and equipment into Florida to pre stage and be ready to get to work after the storm hits…this is the modern repub party, folks…their hatred of good government lets them kill their own voters just to make the point that government doesn’t work while they are the ones making sure it doesn’t…if this storm is a s bad as it looks, the damage is going to be the most of any hurricane in history…and yet desantis twiddles his thumbs and sues newspapers for running ads supporting the abortion rights amendment that is on the ballot…that is maga in a nutshell…geez…