Well…it was a long day yesterday and the Lions lost so that put a damper on the day somewhat…but it was a good game so that was a plus…and I didn’t sleep all that well so I’m dragging some today….just sitting here thinking if I should go and clear the snow from the car and go out for the papers but it’s cold and I don’t want to…not much to do today but football and more football…and the winter classic outdoor hockey game…so I should be able to keep myself amused…who knows if I’ll be back for another one…I will try, though…
Okay…I feel like I’ve been cheating for the last couple of weeks and need to get my act together here…the problem has been that I just don’t have a lot to say right now…I did go out and get the papers and I’ve already worked out so that basically finishes up what I had planned to do for the day…I guess I could clean up the kitchen before the football starts but I’m just going to cook again later so maybe that should wait…see…not really anything to say so I’ll stop, again….
Well…another night and a good Wings win so I feel better than I should…no, that’s not true…it was such a chore to just go out and get the paper that I think I may have to take a rest…there is an Ab Fab marathon on so that will be good to do for the day as I rest here and heal the wounds…and no, there is nothing earth shaking or revelatory that I’m going to put down here just because it’s the start of a new year…it’s just another day to me…I will come back later to add to this one but right now I need more coffee and the couch…
Well…I was going to do a political one to end the year…or maybe a wrap up on how bad the year has been..but then I saw the coolest sunset in the way home and could almost smile again…it was filled with blues, pinks, purples, and reds and all I could do was marvel at how neat it was….and I won at pool for the first time in 4 weeks but we both were really off our games but it was still fun…turned the car over to 291 thousand miles on the way home and I think there may be something there but I don’t know what that is…..okay…this was kind of a filler to get to the goal but it meant something to me so maybe that’s enough? Happy New Year and I’ll talk to you tomorrow…
Well….it’s the last day of the year and I really don’t know what the significance is….it seems that all of my days just run together and it is just a Saturday for me…it was an okay day yesterday but nothing happened other than coffee and newspapers…I did have cocktails last night so I don’t feel that hot today but I will get a ride in this morning that will help..the Wings looked bad last night and lost to the Blackhawks but they play again tonight so maybe they can redeem themselves…I did have dreams last night but they were crappy so I won’t share right now…not much to do today…just going to hunker down here and hang out for the day and night..might clean some but I’m not really motivated to do that right now…it’s a good thought but that’s just it…a thought, nothing else…I will be back later for one more since I need it to make the quota…I do need to get back to Man U since they are behind to Blackburn…yow…
Well…it is a big sports weekend so I thought I’d just noodle around a little and comment on a few things that have caught my eye and that are rattling around in my head. First…when have they ever moved the college bowl games from January 1st? It is just too weird to have all of the games on the 2nd and have pro games on the 1st….but it is cool to have the Lions playing the Packers Sunday…and a friend of mine is going to be in the stands at Lambeau Field in the cold and I hope she has fun…it looks like the Packers are going to rest a lot of their starters so we may have a chance to get to an 11-5 season which would be really cool. The Wings have been playing well at times but I really want to see what they can do if they play a whole game instead of just parts of them….but, their record over the last 15 is pretty good so I guess I shouldn’t bitch too much…and they play Chicago tonight which I am really looking forward to and to the game tomorrow which is a rematch with the Blues from Tuesday night…one that we won but it was a trial at times. Okay, that’s enough for this one…I may come back and add to it if something strikes me…if it does, I hope it doesn’t hurt…
Well…I was just reading the Detroit News (yeah, I know, it will rot my brain but I do need topics) and a little article from ole Nolan caught my eye for its nonsense that blames Democrats and liberals for the financial problems that beset Detroit. Nolan, Nolan, Nolan….how stupid are you? I will admit that Detroit has been looted by mismanagement over the years and has never been a model for good government, but, to blame the loss of population and the shipping of jobs overseas on the democrats is to blame the victim for having his life stolen from him. It is the republican party’s pro business policies that have led to outsourcing; to moving auto jobs to Mexico taking millions of other support jobs that used to pay a living wage but now, what jobs are left, don’t pay enough to pay taxes on let alone add to the tax base that has fled. So, Nolan, your anti labor and anti human screeds are getting tiring…how can you have so much hate inside and still call yourself a human being? Geez….
Well…had a pretty nice day yesterday with lunch with T being the highlight and then a few cocktails last night so I feel a little crappy today…not really, just tired from the poor sleep and flopping around all night. It’s almost another month gone and still no bites on the job front and I am getting numb from the process….I hope that January will be better and someone will think that I have something to offer….still haven’t given up hope but it does get harder every day to keep a happy face on it…oh, well….not much to do today…I do have to go back to Meijers since I came into some money yesterday and I need coffee and some other stuff…but that is about it…the Wings do play tonight so that will be something to look forward to and it looks like I’ll be able to get a bike ride in, too so maybe it won’t be such a bad day…more later…
Well…there is not much going on with politics but the Iowa nonsense with the repubs but I can’t believe that there is so much time and attention being expended on this weird, throwback of a process. When you do the math, the whole caucus there and all of the votes amount to less than one-half of one percent of the total electorate in the US and the winner comes out thinking that he or she is presidential material and has earned a mandate to continue. But that is not what this is about…this is supposed to be about the repubs getting some sense and abandoning the idiot Newt for the nonsense he has been spouting…now, ole Newt may be right at home in a Dickens novel, but he is certainly not presidential material and it looks like even the hard right that controls the elections in Iowa has wised up to that fact. Well…maybe I’m wrong that they’ve gotten smarter…since they have pushed Rick Santorum to second place in the polls and have even kept Ron Paul in the running…this could be fun to watch if you like slow-motion crashes….I know, not too lucid but I’m really trying so bear with me a while…if I don’t get better then abandon me…
Well….it was the most low key day yesterday with staying in for the whole day…even skipped coffee to save a few dollars and will do the same thing today…I do have to go out and spend the minimum on food…going to try to keep it under 20 bucks including cocktail material and I will be eating out of the freezer but I’m not sure I can take a diet of fish and turkey soup…but I guess I’ll have to….had some weird dreams last night that included running a marathon in 3 hours and 7 minutes and then it snowed and I was riding my bike….not as weird as normal but close….not much to do today….groceries, of course, then out on the bike if it gets warm enough…and I am going to get caught up today since I’m running out of time to get to the goal….more later…
Well…this one just popped into my head about an article that I saw a few days ago that said that the current congress is the richest one in the history of the country with the current crop’s net worth being 10 times the average Americans, and this points to one of the problems that I see with the country right now: that everyone but the workers are doing well. Corporations have the highest highest retained earnings of any time in history and CEO pay is at it’s highest in relation to worker’s pay since statistics have been kept…why doesn’t anyone connect the dots here? We have the rich in congress making laws for the rich bought and paid for by corporations that have done nothing but stagnate the income of the middle class (or, in real dollars have shrunk the income of the middle) and we wonder why no one is spending, we wonder why the economy can’t stop sputtering and start to move again? Until the middle gets a true share of their contribution to the economy and the rich stop taking more and more, we are doomed to just idle, to look at tiny slivers of hope and blow them out of proportion just because we want to believe that the American dream still exists…I’ve got news for you….it’s already gone…geez….