Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done…well..I did get a few things done but not enough…slept okay last night but feel a little slow today and that means I am going to ease into the day…as I always do….still no pain anywhere and that is a little weird…after getting back on the bike, I usually hurt some in the legs but not today….I did get a nice bike ride in yesterday and I hope to do the same today after the temp comes up some….I will have to remember the ibuprofen today since the cramps in my hands were pretty bad yesterday….all of this is pretty boring, isn’t it? Yeah…even to me so I’m going to stop here and go get more coffee….more later…
Monthly Archives: March 2016
The backlash begins in NC….
Well…as you probably already know, the repub controlled legislature in North Carolina passed a terrible discrimination bill the other day, in special session and in one day to avoid any input from anyone…the bill would allow anyone to discriminate against the LGBT community for any reason…and now, the backlash begins…basically every national business that does business in the state has condemned this blatant piece of crap bill and the flood of criticism continues today with the NFL saying that NC can forget about getting the super bowl they were expecting…and that has been followed up by the NCAA saying they will move the college basketball playoffs scheduled for 2017 out of NC….but, unless these people follow through on the threats these asses in NC will just laugh and say that it all just “liberals” that are the problem and they are just upholding “family values” for the people of NC…but, the thing is, over 65% of the people of NC didn’t want this bill passed…so who are these idiots representing? I hope these smug asses get the smiles wiped off their faces when the state starts losing billions of dollars when companies leave….they deserve it…geez…
March 26th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool…I did get to put the top down on the car on the way back so that made up for it…slept okay last night and woke up early today so there will be a nap later….I did get to watch the new Star Wars movie last night and it was pretty good…and my son updated the plex software so I can run it at the highest resolution so that is cool…and the new interface is quite modern looking so that is cool, too….will probably watch Deadpool tonight or watch the Wings game since they are struggling to get into the playoffs, again…I really hope it warms up so I can get back on the bike today since I have been off for a few days….not much to do today…going to clean a little and make a blt for dinner…Tom made a suggestion that I put mozzerella on it so I am going to try that today….more later….
March 25th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…just a little cleaning but I need to do more…or I don’t…after all no one sees this place but me…slept okay last night but I woke up with the allergies being really bad today so it looks like I may have to take stuff for it all day today…at least I’m not sore today so I guess that’s something…and I haven’t been on the bike in a few days and that makes me grumpy…and it looks like another day off today since I have errands to run this morning and maybe pool this aft…and it is cold outside this morning…cold enough that the rain that was on the car froze and now the beaded drops make the car look like it’s wet but it’s frozen…cool looking but I am tired of the cold…not much to do today…errands and pool…maybe…but that is about it…I splurged and bought bacon yesterday so I am going to make some bacon, eggs, and toast for lunch…..more later….
Republican hate…part two…
Well…if you take a look down the page, you’ll see that I did one of these yesterday on the hate filled bill in Georgia that would legalize discrimination in Georgia…so now, I have to do one of the same on North Carolina, whose repub controlled legislature just went into special session yesterday to pass another one of this heinous bills…but in this case, the governor there, Pat McCrory, gleefully signed to bill to ensure that discrimination is now part of the face of NC. The repubs there plotted this little shenanigan to take place in one day to make sure there could be no citizen opposition to the bill…and a good thing since 65% of the people polled said they didn’t want this bill passed and, as in Georgia, businesses didn’t want it passed, either. So, just like Georgia, companies such as Dow Chemical, Amgen, and other have said they will pull out of the state if the bill was passed…but, in another little twist…this bill is in violation of title IX, which does not allow discrimination in schools…and guess what you haters? You have just cost your state 4 billion, yep, that’s billion dollars in federal school funding just so you haters can hate….I hope all of you pay for this crap…especially you McCrory, all of you repubs are the same….if you can’t hate, you don’t know what to do…geez…
March 24th
Well…running really late today with some computer problems being the cause…I really do need a new one but can’t spend the cash right now…slept okay last night but no dreams again and that is a little frustrating…had to do another grocery run this morning since I forgot a bunch of stuff yesterday but I now have everything I need for the next week or so…spent a ton of cash this week but I needed to…I did get a new baking pan and used it for the first time yesterday…I heard a loud bang in the oven and the pan ended up twisted…it flattened back out after it heated for a while and it’s flat again now that it’s cool but I will be interested to see if it stays flat the next time I use it…I did save the receipt in case it goes wonky again….didn’t get a lot done yesterday since I felt really crappy with not eating enough so I watched a bunch of Japanese movies and just melted into the couch…hope today will be different…not much to do today….going to just try to clean a little after I finish this cup of coffee…more later….
Are they this stupid in Georgia?
Well…another day, another “religious freedom” law is passed in a repub controlled state…this time it’s Georgia pandering to the haters in their state by allowing anyone to discriminate against anyone if they feel like it…I know they thought they were being smart by keeping their law vague so they could hide behind the vagueness and use that to say that anyone that thinks it’s a license to discriminate is wrong…but that vagueness just means that the haters can basically discriminate against anyone…don’t like interracial couples? Check, you’re covered…discriminate away…don’t like gays? Check, you’re covered…discriminate away….don’t like the color of someone’s hair? If it’s a “strongly held religious belief” you are free to discriminate against them…and if you think this is anything but a childish tantrum against the 14th amendment’s equal protection clause…you are an idiot. The delicious irony here is that many large companies…Coke, Disney, Marvel, AMC (the Walking Dead) Home Depot…among others have said that they will leave the state if the idiot governor, Deal signs this atrocious bill into law. Now, we know the so called “religious” right has sway in the south…but I applaud these companies for not using their dollars to support this backward crap…explain this to your citizens, Deal, that their jobs are now gone and 4 billion dollars in economic activity has left your state just so a small group of assholes can discriminate against your fellow citizens…I’d love to hear that conversation….geez…
A non apology apology…
Well…Paul Ryan…what else do I have to say? This idiot came out today and said he was sorry he made the comments about “makers” vs. “takers” during the campaign that he lost and tried mightily to walk back the fact that this apology is not an apology at all…unless you think that just apologizing for the words he said makes up for the rest of the crap he is still supporting in his latest budget proposal. Things like cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, food stamps, and every other program that tries to make life a little more bearable for the poor here in the US…I wonder when he will apologize for that? For being the clean dish washing liar that he is…for being the budget “guru” who uses magical thinking and magical math to try to make tax cuts for the rich look like they won’t result in more of the huge deficits that Obama inherited from the last round of the tax cuts that the repubs just “knew” (without any evidence) would grow the economy and create jobs. So, no, Paul…we in the reality based world don’t accept your fake apology any more than we accept your fake budgets or fake dish washing…it’s all just a scam to provide a smoke screen to hurt the American people and give more of the country away to the rich….geez…
March 23rd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a bunch of work done around here so that was cool…still have more to do today but it won’t be the three hours I did yesterday…slept okay last night and feel okay this morning since I have been good for three days now and tonight will be another…I do need to have 4 days a week that I am good to give my body a rest….I did have to do the grocery run this morning since there was a winter storm watch on that has since been cancelled…the 8 inches of snow has turned into a half inch of rain today and that does not break my heart at all….so, I guess I could have waited until tomorrow but there may be a little ice on the roads and the summer tires won’t really deal with that too well….I may have to go back again tomorrow anyway since I forgot about half the stuff on my list….not much to do today…have a bunch of repairs to my equipment that need to be done today and that will be the agenda after I get the workout in and get the rest of the work done…more later….
Dumb and dumber….
Well…with the attacks on Brussels yesterday and the loss of life there, of course we have the repub candidates spouting off what needs to happen next here in the US….yeah…an attack on Europe means that these idiots have another chance to politicize the suffering of the victims for their own benefit…starting with ole Donald this morning going on the morning shows saying that, if he was president, he would close the borders and start torturing people to try to get “information” he never said what information or who from but he was damn sure that torturing was the way to get it….then, he went on to brag that he was right about every terrorist attack ever in the history of the world and then drove down the nonsense rathole that he seems to always go down…can’t even figure out what he means most of the time…then, we have ole Ted Cruz saying that we need new laws to allow the police to “patrol and secure” Muslim areas of the country…and, I would assume, enter Muslim American homes to make sure that there is nothing going on…never mind that this is just what the English did that triggered the Revolutionary War and led to the 4th amendment that ole Ted is supposed to revere….I just can’t believe these guys are the leaders of the modern repub party…well…yeah, I can..they are the distillation of the hate and fear that the repubs have won elections on for the past 30 years….I’m just glad it’s out in the open now so the rest of us can see that reality…it’s not pretty…..geez…