Well…it was an okay day yesterday and i was busy all morning and into the afternoon so the boredom was kept somewhat at bay….got the car cleaned and waxed and I can see out of the glass again…slept okay but feel kind of crappy this morning with going out to have a couple with G and then cocktails after I got back here…but, I think it is more the allergies since I have had this low grade headache for a couple of weeks now…and they are going to get worse with the ride this morning…but, still no medication so far and I feel good about that…but, I may pick some up tomorrow to keep from coughing so much…not much to do today..pool, since it is Friday but that is about it…I do have to move the car at some point since they are going to repaint the lines on the lot here but I am hoping that will get done while I’m gone this aft…more later…
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Not sure what to write about…
Well…as you can see…I started one wrong yesterday with an okay instead of well…and I still can’t think of anything to write about but that really should happen sometimes since I have done 2,600 of these…I did have an okay morning with getting a lot of things done including waxing the car…but now, I think I will just take it easy for an hour or so and just chill….it looks like the repubs are still searching for ways to end the ACA but all the dems have to do is say no and pin the government shutdown on them….since there is still a majority of the country that likes the law…and as more and more info gets out, they like it more…and the polls are saying that more than 80% of the country don’t want a shut down…so, I say let them own it…and bring on 2014…the repubs will be gone…geez…
September 26th
Well…it has been an interesting morning and that is why I’m running late today…had to go to the bank to figure out why my debit card had stopped working…one of the places I used it had a data breach that could have emptied my account…but the bank canceled the card so they couldn’t steal…already have a new one and have it activated so things are back to normal…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t do much but send resumes….and today looks the same although I have already done the grocery run and I need to work out, get the bike ride in, and wash the car….so the aft will be busy…might have a couple with G later but I’m not sure about that…have been good most of the week so I can cut loose a little today….and I will be back later for three to get caught up…need to think out of the box a little for topics since I think I’ve beaten the normal ones to death….more later…
ACA pricing doesn’t look good for the repubs…
Well…just a shorty on the data that is coming out of the developing pricing for the insurance exchanges…one estimate for a family of four making around 40K in Texas is that, after subsidies, they will pay around 50 bucks a month for a silver plan that covers more than any personal insurance that is even available in Texas right now. So, to the repubs I say “you guys are in deep, deep trouble” if you continue to try to make sure that no one can afford insurance…your time is just about up when people get the pleasant surprise of the rates under the ACA and it spreads like wildfire across this country…and, you are a bunch of immoral pricks…geez…
Suicide squirrels…again…
Okay…not sure what is going on but today, I had another bout with the suicide squirrels on the trail that was just like the one in the spring…must have had fifty of them run out in front of me with some of them doing the double…going across, then slamming on the brakes and running back again…not sure what the connection would be to spring but it has been weird to say the least….at least the bike worked well and I didn’t have to make any fine adjustments to the shifter after the cable replacement…might have to lube it, though, since it does hang just a bit…I will have to adjust it in a while to allow for the natural stretching that happens after I use it for a while…and, yes, this one was cheating a little but I am so far behind, I am starting to get concerned…
Why do the repubs hate negotiating?
Well…after the news this week on the overtures from Iran on trying to start toward normalizing relations with the US, we got the expected response from the repubs in a letter to Obama from McCain and some of the other idiots on the right…and guess what the advice is? It is to shout louder at the Iranians and to not negotiate unless the US will tell them what we want and accept nothing less thai everything we want. Now, this is not diplomacy by any stretch of the imagination and is the same failed policy that led us into war in Iraq…didn’t the repubs see that diplomacy can work as it did in Syria? It just goes back to how the repubs view negotiating and compromise in our government…as in they won’t unless the left gives them everything they want and they won’t be satisfied if they ever have to compromise one iota. That doesn’t work here, and it sure won’t work in the international arena…but the stupidity and ideological rigidity of the right just can’t allow any new thinking…even if there have been good results…geez…
September 25th
Well…it was a nice day yesterday even with breaking the shift cable on the bike…and the idea that this time they only charged me three bucks for a new one versus 12 bucks last time…bitched about that but didn’t have the receipt…oh, well…had a lot of fun with T last night going to the MM alumni meet and greet over at Aquinas…spent most of the time talking to the president of the College and that was fun…and free beer helped…even wore my suit and looked pretty sharp…and, I skipped cocktails after I got home so I feel okay today….that’s twice with T this week and that made me smile….slept pretty crappy, though, so I think that will have to be remedied with a nap this aft…but, I do have lots to do today so that might not happen….not much to do today…have to clean this place up and then get on the bike to do the adjustments to the new cable but that is about it…I will get caught up today since I am three down for the month….nope…five down for the month…need to get in gear…
September 24th
Well…running really late this morning and there is no reason for it…just took a lazy time reading the papers since I do have to wait a while to get out on the bike…too darn cold right now…it was a nice day yesterday with lunch with T and then a veg out for the rest of the day…even skipped the bike ride to let the legs heal a little but that won’t happen again today…I do have an event tonight at Aquinas for the alumni of the MM program…T was nice enough to sign us both up and it will be a good networking opportunity…plus it will be easier with at least one person that I know…not much to do today…other than the event…did have to take the suit out again and let it air out since I haven’t worn it since last year and find a shirt to wear…but no tie..just can’t get to that point yet….more later…
Chuck Todd is an idiot….
Well…have to cheat some since I have been a little slow on the uptake lately…so,…no, I don’t think I’ll cheat…just want to comment on the idiot Chuck Todd’s statement the other day that went something like this: “it’s not my job to point out Republican lies…” I’m sorry, Chuckster, but it is EXACTLY the job of the media to point out republican lies and talking points. This is what is wrong with the media these days…they act like truth and facts don’t matter any more…and they give this false equivalence to what is true and the lies that come out of the repubs every day….what the hell is wrong with the media? When did they stop doing their jobs as they did during Watergate? If the media acted then like they do now, Nixon never would have had to resign since they would have bought his lies and actively supported him. Chuck Todd should lose his job over this since he has shown that he is not a journalist…just a stenographer for the repubs…geez….
September 23rd
Well…..it was an okay day yesterday but the anticipated episode of “Breaking Bad” was not as good as last weeks…kind of disappointed…slept okay I think but should have put the heat on…it was cold in here this morning…and still is but I just can’t bring myself to turning the heat on…something about the passing of the seasons that I just hate more and more as I get older…but there was a good Lions game that made me smile and a nice long conversation by text with T that did the same…I’m sitting here now debating with myself whether or not to work out and ride this morning…just don’t want to get the gloves out yet…not much to do today…may have lunch with T but that is about it….more later…