Well…finally got all the packing done and have the ride to the airport confirmed so now all I have to do is worry that my garment bag is too big to carry on…I’ve done it quite a few times but it looks like they revised how big your carry on can be…oh, well…all I can do is try it and see if they force me to check it….and spend more money that I don’t have….it has been a weird couple of days getting ready and I just want the trip to get started…I guess I’m just not the traveler that I used to be and being gone 5 days is going to be about to the limit for me….so, with that said, this will probably be the last one until next week…I do have one idea percolating that I might get to but I’m not sure…
September 4th
Well…I know, running late again today and today I’ll blame it on packing for Seattle…but, that’s not really true…have just been distracted lately and I know it has to do with flying for the first time in over 10 years….and, today is two of my son’s birthdays and I have to pay my cell bill before I go and I have to prep this place…just too much to do…so, this one is going to be short…have to confirm my ride to the airport tomorrow morning and figure out what to do if that fell through…more later…
Here’s a question…
Well…just had a thought pop into my head as I was skimming through the online papers a few minutes ago…with ole GW becoming invisible in the party due to his toxicity to the American people, to the point that he was only at the convention on video, why are all of the economic ideas that the repubs have presented just re-runs of what ole GW inflicted on the country? I know most Americans have short memories, but do they really believe that we can’t remember 2008? It just shows you that the modern repub party is devoid of new ideas and doesn’t have the capacity to understand what is necessary for the country to move forward…geez…
Just some stuff….
Well…haven’t really thought of a topic for this afternoon so it looks like it’s noodling time again…haven’t commented on the Clint Eastwood debacle from the convention…but Jon Stewart did a funny bit on his show about the absurdity of it all…and I don’t know how anyone could have called the speech that Romney delivered anything but pedestrian…no vision, no fire, no conviction…the guy is just a stiff…and there was no bounce from the convention so far so ole Mitt looks like he is in trouble…poor boy….it has been a day of getting ready for the trip but I’m almost done already so that is okay….what else? Let me go out and look at the papers for a minute and I’ll come back to see if I can come up with something…nope…nothing right now so I’ll stop and think for a while and then come back…
One last thing…the polls are showing that ole Mitt’s speech was the lowest rated one since they have been keeping records…I guess I was right about that one…
September 3rd
Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back for another one yesterday and there really is no excuse but I was on a total veg day and didn’t really do anything but watch sports all day….so, it was okay but today I need to get moving and get the clothes ready for the trip to Seattle Wed…so, that means I will be at least 10 under for the month since I am not taking my computer with me and there will be no posts from wed until Monday…then, I’ll try to get caught up but I’m not going to promise anything…I am trying to match the food on hand here with my travel schedule so that might mean a fast food day on tues but I’m not sure I want to do that since it will be all fast food for 5 days and I’m not sure how I’ll react to that….I will be back later for more and try to do at least three a day today and tomorrow…more later…
September 2nd
Well…sitting here watching the F-1 race from my favorite track, Spa in Belgium, and thought I’d take a minute and get this one done…it was another sports day yesterday and I think I’m getting burned out on it…but today is the same with the race, Man U, drag racing, and then the cup race later…slept okay last night after falling asleep on the couch and even with the cocktails last night, I feel okay today…but, there won’t be any accomplishments with all of that stuff going on…so, I’m going to veg it out today…more later…
Some good news….
Well…I know I shortchanged you guys on the life column this morning and I may even go back and add to it…but, I’m sitting here listening to David Gilmour on TV and wanted to comment on some good news that has been coming for the past couple of days…it seems that the courts are starting to get it right on the voter suppression laws that the repubs are so fond of with three of them being struck down in the past week or so….along with the egregious redistricting in Texas where the repubs blatantly redrew lines to make sure that minorities would be shut out of governing…or being able to vote for people other than repubs…now, the appeals court needs to throw out the Pennsylvania law that was approved by a purchased repub judge to make it even better…and maybe then, we can get the Koch brothers out of the business of trying to buy laws through ALEC….what else? Oh, I find it the ultimate in hubris that ole Mitt is touring the hurricane flooded south and offering “whatever I can do to help”…is he so deluded that he thinks he’s president already? It is the people in the flooded area that will be hit hard if the idiot gets elected and FEMA gets eliminated…and let’s remember his running mate Ryan was the one who held up emergency assistance for tornado victims a few years back to score political points, saying that he would not approve it unless other things equal to the assistance was cut from the budget….remember folks, this is the party that doesn’t give a damn about anything but themselves…geez…
September 1st
Well…running as late as I ever have today but I have great excuses that I won’t get into right now…it was a huge sports day yesterday and I think I strained a finger flipping back and forth last night…and it looks like another one of those today…haven’t even gotten to the newspapers yet and it is 11:30…so I am going to go do that right now and come back later for more…
Last one for the month…
Well…another month has gone by and at least this time I didn’t have to cheat to get to the goal…I know I’ve been kind of fixated on the lies coming out of the repubs lately but they need to be highlighted…but, not in this one…just going to meander around a little and maybe do a summary of the month…I can’t remember a nicer summer and a better one to purchase a Miata…not sure what it is going to be like over the winter but I’ve wanted to get back into a rear wheel drive car…it is going to need new tires since I can spin the ones on the car even if it’s a little wet….maybe I’ll just hope for a winter like last year…almost ready to go out to Seattle next week but I’m still not sure if the back will hold up to 18 holes of golf…just hitting 60 balls yesterday has left me sore and stiff but the ibuprofen is cutting it…it has been a nice August but getting to the first of September depresses me as always when I have to pay my rent…not much has happened this month that I can remember except Neil Armstrong dying and the repubs lying…I was going to go back to the life post to add another part but I think I’ll do that here…there was a grasshopper alert yesterday on the trail with clouds of them flying up as I rode through them….pretty weird to have them smacking off my face and chest and even hitching a ride for a ways…okay…that’s enough for now…need to get a few things done before the State game tonight…
August 31st
Well…I just can’t understand why I’m always running late over the past few weeks…oh, well….I guess I’ll either live with it or do something to change it…not sure which….it was an okay day yesterday with getting a chance to hang out with T for a while…and I ran into K out at Kohl’s and that was kind of strange…it looks like a day off from the bike today since my legs were so dead yesterday that it was hard to get the whole ride in…I need to go run some errands so I’ll end here…I’ll be back later to add to this one…