Well…the repubs have finally devolved into the Mafia with their latest threats to crash the world economy unless they get all of the crazy they have been trying for for the past 4+ years. The latest nonsense is that they have threatened to hold the debt ceiling hostage unless the Keystone pipeline is approved along with the wish list of the far right…of course the repeal of the ACA, but then more tax cuts for the rich, more food stamp cuts for the poor, and more voter suppression, slashing SS and Medicare…you get the point…they can’t win elections so they thumb their noses at democracy and do what thugs do, threaten the country and the world…are these guys nuts? At least we have the president saying that one of his biggest mistakes was negotiating with extortionists in 2011 and has promised never again. I say let them crash the economy…and then let’s tie this millstone around the necks of every one of them and push them out of the congress so maybe some sane people can take their places…ignorant know-nothings have no place running this country…we are the laughingstock of the world whenever they open their mouths and I have had enough of the crazy…geez…
September 18th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I spent most of it thinking about the ordeal that T was going through with a day long interview…but, it would be nice for me to get one of those….slept okay but with a bunch of “Walking Dead” dreams that I really don’t understand what the connection is to me….lots of shooting with a .30 caliber lever action Remington…weird….I did have to go out and get my tickets for the powerball for tonight…just couldn’t pass up the chance for 400 million bucks…not much to do today…I do have to find time to get the car washed for the trip across the state Sat…but that won’t be today since it is supposed to rain…maybe tomorrow morning…other than that…not much going on….just the normal, boring stuff….but, I will be back with some political stuff for later….
Interesting trail stuff…
Well…I could go off on a real rant about the nonsense of not being able to pass even the feeblest gun control legislation, but I’m not going to do that…as you can see from the title….the ride today was pretty interesting with all of the stuff to see that you normally don’t…snakes for one…saw a bunch of snakes on the warm pavement just sitting there as I rode by…I could have picked any number of them up with not too much trouble….then there were the wooly bears…ended my count at 272 of them and that was only in the first half of the ride…so, we may have more monarch butterflies next year…then, there was the great blue heron that is back in the retention pond…well…not in the pond but on the little dam at the end of it…didn’t move when I went by and that was pretty cool…lastly, there was the female red tailed hawk that was sitting on the fence by the same pond…got within about three feet before it took off…it was finally nice to have things to see and make the ride so much less boring…and I did get the new battery in the computer for the bike so I can read it again…yay….
September 17th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but the first day out on the bike in a sweatshirt made me a little wistful for the 90 degree temps of the summer…slept okay but may have to put the heat on tonight if it stays near 40 at night…it was a comforter night…hmmmm…lots of nights in that last sentence…wonder what that means…probably nothing….short, weird dreams, too, but nothing remarkable….I can’t wait to hear about T’s all day interview with FSU that is happening today…really hope she gets this one…I did finally empty my mailbox yesterday and found an invitation to one of my son’s engagement party at his house on Sat…so it looks like a run over to Farmington Hills sat aft….looks like the route is all e-way so it shouldn’t be too bad a drive…not much to do today…resumes, of course, then not much else….more later…
I’m confused…
Well…here comes the new meme of the day from the right wing wingnuts…that because Obama got Syria to give up it’s chemical weapons without firing a shot, it makes him look weak and because he is weak (in their minds), he now will go along with defunding Obamacare. What the hell planet are these nuts living on? In any rational mind (which means none on the right), getting what you want through talking and diplomacy is much preferable to using military force and killing a bunch of innocent civilians…but the right thinks that there is only one response to any crisis…bomb them! But, the funny thing here that exposes the pure, unadulterated hatred the right has for Obama is that they were for bombing Syria until Obama came out for it…then, they immediately changed to be opposed to it….I, for one, feel that diplomacy was and is the right choice in this situation, that there is nuance and subtlety that can work wonders if you have an administration that understands it. That does not describe ole Gw’s time in office…they had an outcome they wanted and then faked the info until they had a reason to attack….something that still should subject those folks to the law….I can’t wait to see how this one plays out…geez…
September 16th
Well…it was a long, boring day yesterday and part of it was my fault…took the day off the bike to try to get the legs to stop hurting and it looks like it may have helped a little…but I hurt everywhere else so it may not be from riding the bike…so, back to the ibuprofen again today to keep the pain from reaching screaming levels again…so yesterday was just a total veg day with football and the races…did watch “Breaking Bad” last night and it is getting really kind of strange with everyone melting down..can’t wait for the last one next Sunday…not much to do today…I am still in go slow mode today since it is too cold to get out on the bike right now but I guess I can work out…so, I’ll go do that now…more later…
September 15th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done with watching Michigan and the races…had to do a play by play of the game by text for T since her cable box crapped out at halftime and that was kinda fun…it was a cocktail night so I do feel a little crappy today…and it looks like I will finally get the day off the bike since it is already raining an it appears it will be raining for most of the day…I do need the day off to get some energy back in the legs but that will delay my recovery some…slept okay and late this morning since I just didn’t want to get up….not much to do today…not even any cooking since I have the leftover chicken from yesterday and that is okay…I think I’ll just go back to the couch and watch the rest of “King Kong”…more later…
They’ve just ruined NASCAR…
Well…it appears that today will be a sports day…haven’t really done much on sports in a while but with the Michigan win and now the new rules that have just come from NASCAR, I just had to comment. I think they’ve just ruined the sport that I have followed since I was a kid with these rules…no more bump and run? No more letting your teammate through to get a point for leading? No more using strategy of any kind for multi-car teams? I have had just about enough of all of the rules from these guys…they have taken all of the intrigue and fun out of the races with these rules and it just continues taking the innovation and fun out of them, too. This will probably be the last season I’ll watch if this crap keeps up…nice job ruining the fun of the fans…I’m talking to you Brian France and Mike Helton…geez…
Go Blue!
Well…it has been a nail biting day today…Michigan looked really, really bad against Akron and almost lost the game…but, they saved it with a goal line stand…4th and goal for Akron with 5 seconds left…and finally, Michigan blitzed and an incomplete pass gave them the game…but, to even let Akron be that close, I am starting to be concerned with Michigan even after that nice win over ND last week…so, we’ll see what happens over the rest of the year…all I have to say is Go Blue!!
September 14th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool…and that’s okay…I am still so sore that I need to take some Ibuprofen here in a minute…not sure why I hurt so bad but it’s almost everywhere now….oh, well…slept okay last night I think but no dreams to speak of…so I won’t…not much to do today…there is a Miata drive today but I’m going to skip it to watch the Michigan game and cook a whole chicken that I have been brining overnight…going to make some rosemary butter to put on the skin and that should be yummy…waiting for the temp to come up so I can take a ride but it is only 49 degrees right now and that is just too cold…don’t want to put a sweatshirt on yet….I do need to do two more of these to get caught up today but I’m not sure what the topics will be yet…more later…