Well…you know, it hard to come up with topics when the congress is not in session…but, I guess I don’t have to write about politics all the time…I’ll start branching out today and come up with at least a couple so you’ll keep coming back…I did mention that December 26th used to be my favorite day of the year didn’t I? You know the day…everything is done for the holidays…not more presents, no more trips to relative’s houses….just screwing around until I had to go back to work after the new year. I still kind of feel that way…not about the work part but no more christmas commercials and everything will be open…enough about that, it was kind of a boring day yesterday…skipped SF since I was feeling like I have a little bug…started thurs and I still feel like I have a slight temp…coughing, too, so it might be the first cold of the year….so, I stayed in and watched the Lions win….yeah, the Lions won their third in a row and I am still in shock…it is fun to have them have a chance every week now….and a comeback from 10 down? Pretty cool…and then the Wings won in convincing fashion but they still look slow…it will be interesting to see how they do in the back to back against Colorado tonight….not much else to do today….I am a little excited that I may be able to take the bike out Friday..it’s supposed to be 47 degrees but raining….if there is any way…I’m going to go out for a short one anyway. oh, back to today…just the normal stuff I guess….I do have to go out for supplies either today or tomorrow…but I’ll just play that by ear…should go wash the car since I can’t see out the windows anymore…more later…
Monthly Archives: December 2010
December 26th
Well…another night of okay sleep last night but the combo of wine with dinner and the couple of mans last night has left me kind of logy this morning…go ahead look up logy, I’ll wait….the dinner came out great but I don’t know if it’s anything I did…the rosemary and garlic made a nice crust on the outside of the prime rib, though, and that WAS my idea…I still feel full this morning. Waiting for the coffee to get done so I can retire to the couch with the paper and then back here for more of this. Not much to do today…might have a SF today with K but I’m not sure yet..it’s only 8:30 after all…and I will have to watch the Lions today to see if they can make it a 3 game winning streak…yeah, I can’t believe it either…and then there are the Wings at 7 so there will be some boredom killers today….more later….
Happy December 26th!
December 25th
Well…I wanted to title this one happy Saturday but then I decided to stay consistent….since this is just another day to us non-believers serving out our forced exile….okay, that’s a little harsh…especially after seeing “A Christmas Story” this morning…one of the funniest movies ever made and one that distilled what Christmas was like when I was growing up; what life was like when I was growing up. It made me think of the path that got me to here; how the little kid that used to be is now the old guy….and the simpler times that were. Oh, well…not going to wallow in that today….had a nice night last night with movies, a few cocktails, and slept okay….well…I do feel a little slow but that’s to be expected. Not much to do today…I’ve already told you that I’m making a rib roast today…32 bucks of great looking beef that I’m going to cook bleeding and then add glazed carrots and baked potatoes with fresh baked bread and au jus….yeah, I know…it’s inconsistent that I’m cooking a special dinner on just a Saturday… but it’s been so long since I’ve had red meat that I just had to…don’t know if any of the boys are coming over but that’s okay…just going to veg all day and watch some tv…might get another one out later…
A War on Christmas?
Well…going through the newspapers this morning, I found this little nugget from Frank Beckmann in the Detroit News where he is still rolling out the old chestnut that there is a “war” on christmas still going on today…haven’t we tired of the majority religion in this country still casting itself as the aggrieved victim of some sort of conspiracy? He cites all of the same old stuff…no nativity scenes on public property, no religious carols at high school choir concerts…etc, etc, etc,….as the evidence that if christians don’t battle against change everyday,there will only be a secular holiday left and the ACLU and government will take away the christmas tree in his house. How does he think the jews, muslims, and non-believers feel when we are constantly told by the majority that we just have to be quiet and take it when we are bombarded with non-stop christmas for months and are forced to observe the holiday by the fact that everything is closed? Even as a non-believer, I wouldn’t want christmas displays to go away…it just brings too much joy to the believers and even makes me smile…I just want the christians to understand that we live here, too, and to live their principles of love and peace.
He then goes on to use a friends experience in China as a harbinger of what christmas will be here in the US if the forces of evil are allowed to continue their dastardly plan. But the kicker to me, was when he finishes his rant against the forces of darkness and reason; filled with hate, he goes on to say his article is in the “true spirit of the season”…well, I can see why people are turning away from religion if this is what it expresses….but, I know this is not the spirit that most christians share this season….even we non-believers can appreciate that most people are smiling this time of the year…and whatever the reason, the world can always use more of those….
December 24th
Well…it’s 5:03 and I’m up again…another night of ugly sleep but I think I may be getting used to it again….had a little fun and made a few bucks yesterday…went out to meet up with C at Vinny’s and had a couple of beers, played Keno and lost but that is okay..I am going to spend a couple of bucks today to get a Mega Millions ticket since it is up to 168 million…have to go out this morning to get the groceries I need for the weekend…I hope I can get a small rib roast…I haven’t made any beef in quite a while and I am getting excited for a rare to medium rare slab of meat, and a nice bottle of cabernet…I am a little irked that we are all forced to observe a religious holiday..after all, there are about 15% of us that are the rationalists and don’t celebrate…oh, well…other than that, not much to do today…did most of the cleaning yesterday so it looks like just coffee and working out today…maybe out to have a couple with K this aft before the bars close but I’ll be okay with just hanging here…I’ll try to get a couple out later this morning since I haven’t talked about politics or sports in a while…
Is this what I’m supposed to do?
Well…there were a lot of developments this week on the legislative front and the accomplishments were truly great when you look at it in the context of the rancor that has poisoned politics over the last two years or so…and I know I’m supposed to be overjoyed or something but I really don’t feel anything right now….I know I’m supposed to comment with lucid thoughts and insights on these happenings but I feel hollow and blank…and it’s not the holidays since I don’t celebrate them…saturday is just another day to me…how am I supposed to feel?
That’s the problem….I don’t even think I know how to be human any more, to be who I’m supposed to be…but, who is that? I still love doing this…this little slice of life that I share everyday and I also am humbled by the fact that quite a few of you keep coming back everyday to share in this weird, old guys life….I guess it’s what I shared with T this morning, though…that when you start thinking of your life in months and just keep trying to buy more by whatever means you can, it’s different…I don’t know if we’re wired to think that way….
December 23rd
Well…it not the easiest thing to get through a day like yesterday when you feel like crap….and today is going to be another busy one…have to get the car fixed at 8am….yeah, that pretty frickin early so I thought I’d get this out before I have to get moving…I did get the money situation sorted out so I can relax for the next couple of months, and actually get real food…I may make a prime rib for christmas just to splurge on myself but I’m not sure yet….one of the boys may be coming over for a while but it’s still tentative right now…so I will have groceries to do later along with C coming into town…as I said, a busy day…by my standards anyway. Not much else to do today….you know I had to say that….I did have a couple with K last night and that was fun….it just gets longer and longer between the times I see the old group and it like it’s dissipating slowly like smoke….oh, well…need to get off my butt and get started building a new one I guess…more later….
Okay…I know I’ve not been too productive lately…but the whole money thing has been weighing on me a lot; coloring everything I’ve done over the past few months…I’m going to try to get better here in the next few days…but don’t you have those slumps, too? The ones where your brain doesn’t feel right, where you are operating in second gear and can’t find the shifter? It is really disheartening when you live in fear of an unexpected expense happening…it’s not supposed to be a 57 year olds life. I did get the car fixed…they wanted to charge me 312 dollars for an exhaust component that is 20 inches long…I just had them cobble it back together and that was still over a hundred bucks….oh, well…have to start looking for a new car I guess…
December 22
Well…did it to myself again last night…feel like crap right now so I’m going to keep this short…for now, that is…I did win at pool so that was okay….more later….really later…
Okay..back and feeling quite a bit better…was kind of busy this morning and broke the exhaust on the car again…will need to get that fixed tomorrow morning since I need a stealth car…and I like mine to be as quiet as possible…not to draw attention…I really do like to be invisible but not where women are concerned…and that seems to be where my invisibility works the best..oh, well….as I said, I did have stuff to do today so this may be the only one for the day…I have a Netflix movie to watch and with getting no sleep last night, there will be a nap involved….and I do have to glue the tip back on the cue stick…but that won’t happen today I don’t think…oops…running out of energy again so I’m going to stop here….I will try to get more out today but I’ve been so focused on getting my printer working again that the four papers I read this morning have already entered the mists of the past…kind of catchy, huh? I can write at times….I think…maybe…more later…
DADT…there goes another wedge issue….
Well…I think last Saturday’s Senate vote to repeal DADT will go down as a great leap forward in the cause of civil rights here in America. It’s about time that institutionalized discrimination in any form is eliminated from our society…I’ve lived through the slow march for civil rights here and I can say that as I was watching the vote live, I was again proud of the US…and I will give a hearty thanks to the 8 brave Republicans who let their sense of fairness override their party’s pressure to vote no. But the day was marred by the pathetic display from John McCain who has found that his voice for prejudice is being left behind by our society….I think the majority of the repubs were just livid since one of their wedge issues, that has won them elections in the past, is no longer effective….what do they have left? They have lost taxes as an issue with Obama’s compromise, they have lost DADT and other civil rights as issues to be used to divide the country, and I think when people start to see what their plans are for dividing country by changing the constitution for their narrow views of what the country can be, they will lose that issue as well.
All I have to add to the repubs is: enjoy the next two years…I think it will be your last….unless you can step up and be adults governing with the dems for the benefit of all Americans, not just the right-wing screamers and business….
December 21st
Well….there are times when tv is kind of interesting…I don’t know if you saw it or not, but Countdown did a segment last night that was a mirror image of my post on the domestic spying programs that are part of the “anti-terrorism” efforts of the DHS…and I really don’t mind they steal my stuff…yeah, I know, it’s not stealing, but their conclusions were identical to mine…should I be flattered? Or, have I gone way too far to the left? Who, knows? Nope….the right to be left alone by your government is not a right or left issue…it is an issue of the constitution and abuse of power that comes with these ill-defined programs that have no oversight.
Okay…these aren’t supposed to be politically oriented so I’ll stop now…well…the ones tagged “life” aren’t supposed to be and that is the tag here…so, I’ll get back to the life stuff….up early this morning…crappy sleep again but I’ll live through it. Missed the lunar eclipse because it was cloudy here…and I wasn’t going to stay up all night to see it anyway…I’ve seen lots of them anyway and I’ll wait for the next one in a couple of years….hmmmm….the thought just came to me that there may be a series of lasts coming since I’m getting old…when do we start thinking like that? Is there an age where that kicks in? Geez…life’s depressing enough without that kind of thinking so I won’t think about that today….I do have some things to do today…out to Ada for pool later and I think I may have my cue fixed so I’m going to use that this aft….don’t know if it will help but it is nice to drag that antique out every once in a while….I’ve had it since 1971 after all…that’s enough for now…don’t know if I’ll have 4 posts today….odds are I won’t, but I’ll try to be topical and lucid…and I should be…two days in a row of being good….more later…