Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back for another one yesterday and now that means I need to do three today…but that is a concern for later…it was an okay day yesterday but I got whipped at pool again…I did make an 8 ball on the break so that was some small consolation….and, with the cocktails last night, I feel a little crappy today and that is why I’m running so late…it looks like it’s going to be a low key day today with nothing but cooking and cleaning in it…I am going to run the slow cooker today and that is something I need to get to right now so I can get out on the bike….I may have to take a day off the bike in the near future since my legs are constantly in pain and stiff…but, not today…more later…
Monthly Archives: July 2013
July 26th
Well…feel kind of crappy today with going out to meet up with C for a few more than a couple last night…but it was fun and good to get out and see a few people after being in since last Sat…other than that, it was just a normal day with the normal stuff going on….slept okay, I think, but I am quite tired today and I hope that the bike ride will help with that…I’m sure I didn’t eat enough and that is part of it…but, you’ve heard me bitch about that more than enough times…I am going to try to eat a lot this weekend to make up for it…making some slow cooked chicken that may help….not much to do today…..might have pool day but I’m not sure about that…more later…
The lack of outrage is doing me in…
Well…I have been working on trying to circumvent the lack of outrage lately but trying to make some faux outrage…is not working at all so I really don’t know what to write about…politics has reached the level of absurdity that I can’t top with the repubs going off the rails constantly…I really can’t believe how crazy these folks have gotten…the latest one that has me shaking my head is an editorial in the Detroit News yesterday arguing against medicaid expansion here in Michigan since when it was done in other states, not as many people signed up as was projected so we should not make it available to anyone who can’t afford insurance….or the other day, too…when ole Steven King. R from crazyland, said that he could spot an illegal immigrant from their “cantalope sized calves” that they get from carrying 75 pounds of drugs across the border…and sadly, I’m not making this up….then in another fit of the crazy…there are about 14 repub senators who say they will crash the world economy unless Obamacare is repealed…going along with ole Boehner who says that he will hold the debt ceiling hostage unless every safety net is destroyed….never mind that before Obama, the debt ceiling was raised 57 times with no drama…I wonder what the difference is now…hmmmm…could it be because the repubs are a bunch of racist hacks? No wonder the repub controlled congress is at the lowest approval rating in history…we just need to do something to throw these know-nothing idiots out in 2014…geez…
July 25th
Well….it was an okay day yesterday but didn’t do much…I did get to four days of being good but that will end today with meeting up with Chad this aft for a couple of belated birthday drinks…I am starting to feel pretty good so I’m not sure if having cocktails again is that good of an idea…slept okay but fitful and that is starting to be the pattern of the week that I am sure I don’t like….I did find out I have enough cash to get through next month so that took a little bit of a load off so I can enjoy the rest of the week…and, the US won in the gold cup last night putting them in the final Sunday against Mexico which should be a great match….not much to do today…I do have to work out and get the bike ride in right now so that is what I’m going to do….more later…
Snyder the liar strikes again…
Well…I wonder if anyone is surprised that there are new revelations that the Snyder administration here in Michigan had no intent in following the law or even good faith in the appointment of the emergency manager for Detroit…these folks went on and on that bankruptcy was the last resort for the city, but new e-mails have just been found that show that all of this was just a sham…that they wanted bankruptcy from the start and tried mightily to cover up that fact…one aide going so far as to ask how they could hold discussions that would circumvent the Freedom of Information act…that would keep their shennanigans secret from the public and allow them to cut back room deals that would lay the burden solely on retirees and workers of the city. But, do you expect anything different from the repubs? If you do after the right to work for less debacle, and all of the other shady deals that have come from this administration, I feel sorry for you…these folks are the typical repubs, jamming their extreme agenda down the peoples throats while working overtime to ignore laws they don’t like….I, for one, have had enough of these folks…they need to go…geez…
July 24th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and day three of being good so I feel okay today..still not sleeping but that’s a good tradeoff for me….it was finally cool last night and it is still that way this morning…might even have to wait a while to get on the bike until it warms up…but, that’s okay….I did hear from T this morning which was kind of cool and I may even have things to do today…I am going to continue the roll I’m on cleaning…the bathroom needs to be done and I am going to get to it today…even had two resumes go out yesterday and am hoping for at least a couple more today….but, right now, I need to have some more water and just veg a few minutes…more later…
Idiots reign here in Michigan…
Well….has the stupid in the repubs here in Michigan reached it’s peak? Nope, not yet it appears…our wonderful gov and atty general here have decided to defend the discrimination built into the protect marriage act after a federal judge has said that the law is unconstitutional and has said that a suit by a same sex trying to adopt some special needs kids can go forward. The reasons to reject the couple’s claims that these idiots are citing are the same ones that the supreme court laughed at in striking down DOMA last month…but, that doesn’t deter the haters here…with Snyder and Schuette going so far as to say that the 14th amendment doesn’t apply…in direct opposition to the specific findings of the supreme court decision. So, the government here in Michigan is going to spend millions to defend a law that even a lay person can see is unconstitutional; pandering to their quickly shrinking base who are now far in the minority here…what happened to the will of the people? Just another instance where these righties have to do everything in their power to keep people that they hate from getting the full rights as American citizens…their time is numbered and I can’t wait until it ends and we can get back the America that doesn’t hate, that doesn’t try to limits rights for political gain, and that doesn’t do everything it can to subvert our democracy…geez…oh, and if you had any doubts, the people I’m talking about are all repubs…
July 23rd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t do much…I did finally get some of the cleaning done and a little other work so I feel better about that…slept like crap again last night and I am feeling exhausted today…but I am into the third day of no cocktails and I know I’ll feel better even without the sleep…I think I do need to get some allergy stuff since I was plugged up and almost choking all night which didn’t help…not much to do today…might meet up with T for a little while and I am going to continue to clean today but that is about it….just another boring day in GR…
Suicide birds….
Well…I have been trying to remember to do a trail weirdness one every week but my memory has not been doing it’s job lately…today there was some weirdness that I really want to report before I forget it, though, so here goes…as the title says today was suicide bird day on the trail…with all kinds of birds just darting out in front of me all along the trail…and not just one type of bird, either…there were blue jays, sparrows, goldfinches, and one robin who cut out of the trees, turned right down the trail and flew just in front of my bike for at least 20 feet…close enough that I could have reached out and caught it if I was just a little faster….not behavior that I have seen in a while…or maybe ever….that, along with the female red-tailed hawk who sat about 6 feet away from me while I had a water break the other day…birds are going crazy and I am not sure why….
More on the Keystone XL….
Well…it is getting toward decision time on the Keystone XL pipeline and before that happens, I think we need to understand the latest findings about the process and the effects that building it would have. First, over the past week or so, it has been discovered that the environmental impact study is not being done by any impartial body, but is being done by a company who has ties to Trans Canada…the company who stands to make billions if the pipeline is built so how can anyone believe anything that is in the report? Second, the leading climate scientist, who used to be the head of NASA, has said bluntly that it is “game over” for the climate if the pipeline is approved and all of the carbon that is now locked in the tar sands is exposed…not to mention that there will be no jobs created anywhere except for the Canadian company that will build it. But, the biggest surprise that I have reported here before is the fact that, if the pipeline is built, gas prices will rise by 20 to 40 cents per gallon in the Midwest since the discount that is paid for tar sand oil is now almost 30 dollars a barrel because they can’t move it. Once the pipeline is built, we here in the midwest will pay billions of dollars a year in increased profits to the oil companies and that is what this pipeline is really about… more transfers of wealth from everyone else to the 1% while they push the costs of trashing the environment on the people who don’t get any of that profit. We don’t need the oil and the pollution or the 1% getting richer so let’s just stop this thing now Obama…geez…