Well…the bike has been giving me problems for the past week or so with the rear shifter seeming to lose it’s adjustment every day…I thought it might be the shift cable so I changed that out and worked on trying to adjust it for an hour and a half and remembered that I had this same problem with my first bike when the shifter wore out at about 12,000 miles…and this shifter had 27, 000 miles on it so I bit the bullet and changed it out for the new one that was on the black bike…what a pain in the butt…worked on that thing for 3 1/2 hours but I think I finally have it adjusted and it works for tomorrow’s rides…but damn that was a hell of a lot of work and I’m not sure if I’ll ever get my hands clean…I need some rest right now and some more water…it will take days to get everything cleaned up but that is going to wait til later or tomorrow….what a day…
May 30th
Well…damn, how does it go from 84 degrees to cold enough that the heat comes on? The weather has been weird out here and so damn dry that even the trees are looking wilted…slept okay last night but I am so damn worn out from all of the health crap that all I want is a day off to not think about it….just got an alert on my bottom banner that says: Air; poor…and I guess that means that the heat and lack of wind is going to let the air pollution get pretty bad later today….didn’t get much done yesterday but I am going to cook today…at least for one meal…going to make some catfish and fries in the air fryer and use the leftover burger for the second meal….and tomorrow I’ll grill some pork steaks that I thawed…and I’ll make some potato salad after I get some sweet pickles on the grocery run…the problem is I can’t taste a damn thing…what’s the point of eating? Not much to do today…just going to get on the bike in a minute to get the first ride in…crap…the weather widget just changed to “record high” and I wonder if I should drag the AC unit out of the basement? Probably not…don’t mind the heat…more later…
Lefties, quit whining…
Well…with the deal that Joe Biden made to keep the world’s economy from crashing with the hostage taking repubs, the left has started whining that he should have let them crash it…that compromising at all with the repubs is the wrong thing to do…and all I have to say is stop…stop your darn whining about how politics is supposed to work…Joe still got a pretty good deal and remember that in 2024, we can get rid of everything that Joe had to compromise about…if we all pull together and take back the House and hold the Senate…and again, the righties are howling about the deal so they didn’t get what they wanted, either…at least not all of it so let’s just give Joe the benefit of the doubt…hasn’t he done a lot already? Yes he has…so give him credit and a chance….geez…
May 29th
Well…man, I’m worn out today and need to get on the bike in less than 30 minutes if I’m going to get two rides in before the xfininty race starts at 11…out of bed at 7 and feel like I didn’t sleep at all…hmmmm…seems like I’ve said that before…lots of times…it’s going to be in the 80’s today and that will be okay if the assholes out here don’t thump their bullshit all day and I can open my windows…might have to water the lawn again today…okay, the little weather widget at the bottom of my screen just popped up with a “near record temps” alert and I’m okay with that…it was a race day yesterday and it’s going to be another one today with both the xfinity race and the cup race postponed til today….so I’ll be entertained or at least not too bored today….I was going to make potato salad today with having eggs in the fridge but I don’t have sweet pickles to put in it so I’ll probably wait til wed and the normal grocery run….not much to do today…just need to get going and get on the bike here in a few minutes but I sure don’t feel like it….had too many days off last week to take another one off today but I’d like to…more later….
A deal on the debt?
Well…it the news reports are correct, it looks like deal on the debt ceiling has been reached…and to hear the hard right whine and cry, it looks like it’s not a bad one other than work requirements for food stamps and Medicaid…it’s going to give us two years of breathing room since it pushes the next battle all the way to 2024…I haven’t read much about it yet but I do know that if it is done, my SS is going to keep coming and that is a good thing…I’ll come back later when I read about it…
May 28th
Well…up at 6:17 this morning and I really thought it was later looking at how light it was…but it’s only 51 degrees out there so that is going to make the bike ride pretty damn cold…have to get out by 7:30 if I’m going to get the first ride in before raceday starts with the F1 race from Monaco at 8:55…not sure when I’ll get the second ride in but it looks like after Indy around 3:30 or so…I really look forward to this day every year with three races on ending with the Coke 600 tonight…had an okay day yesterday but only got the lawn watered…today is going to be a write off with just the bike ride and not even any cooking since I have leftover burgers and some Italian sausage in the fridge…I may even fire up the grill to cook the sausage…I think I’m going to be sore on the bike this morning since it hurts to just sit here right now…I wonder if I’ll only do one ride today? Not sure….I did have to make a noise call last night and that depresses the hell out of me…what the hell is wrong with these assholes? Not much to do today…just need to drag my butt out here in a minute…okay, in 35 minutes and that will give me enough time to get another cup of coffee in me….more later…
Got two rides in…
Well…it felt pretty good to get out on the bike today but I think it’s going to hurt later since it does right now…even went out for the second one in just a t-shirt and shorts and that was fun….it’s strange that my back doesn’t hurt at all right now and it should…one good thing is that I can have two meals again with getting two rides in and I wonder if the two eggs and two slices of toast count as a meal…I really want to grill the pound of burger that I have in the fridge and I probably will here in a little while…need to take it easy for a bit and do the dishes first…had to water the lawn today to keep it from dying completely since there is no rain in the forecast til two weeks or so and it is getting crunchy…going to make bigger burgers this time and only get 4 out of a pound…so I probably will get to that soon….
Paxton is going down…
Well…it looks like the criminal Ken Paxton is going down in Texas today…you know him the AG who filed like 200 lawsuits trying to get the 2020 election overturned…and the one who has been under felony investigation for fraud for years? Yep, that one…the lege there is voting on 20 articles of impeachment that they have brought on him…and how bad do you have to be to get a far right, repub controlled lege to impeach you? The vote should be going on right now so we’ll have some news soon…if they don’t vote to convict…he’ll just continue being a criminal and pushing to have everyone’s rights taken away…he’s already taken them away from all women and now he’s coming for the LGBTQ community and that will happen soon…so remove this ass already…geez…
May 27th
Well…damn, I really did think it was much later when I woke up today but it was only 7:03 and I feel that right now…all of the health crap has worn me out but I am going to try to get on the bike today…it’s too damn cold right now at 48 degrees and it sucks to hear the heat come on at the end of May…can’t remember another year where it has been this cold so late in the year….it looks like I’m losing the lawn already since it hasn’t rained in two weeks and there is no rain at all in the ten day forecast…F1 qualifying is on at 10 and I don’t think I’ll get out before that…I wonder if I should make a couple of eggs for breakfast today? Going to make 4 burgers for lunch so I’ll have them for the next few days but I still need to limit my calories…damn, I am just so worn out today….can I go back to bed? Didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I do need to clean up the bike room later today and get the cups taken care of…and I need all of that done before the xfinity race at one….not much to do today…just need more coffee and to ease into it…damn, it’s already almost 8am and I’m barely moving…more later…
Don’t do it, Joe…
Well…damn, Joe, don’t you remember raising your kids? You didn’t give your kids what they were throwing a tantrum about and you don’t give the repubs what they want as they hold the world hostage to give more tax cuts to the rich. It’s as simple as that…and yet news reports out there say that you are giving in to these terrorists just because you want to look bipartisan…if you do this, you are going to lose the entire dem caucus in the House as they have been begging you to just ignore mccarthy’s threats and let him crash the economy…and I would give up my SS payments for a few weeks if you just put a stop to this right now and do an address to the country telling us that it is the repubs who are going to crash the economy unless we hurt the poor and retired…that would play to the country and make your chance of re-election better…but that’s not even the point…negotiating at all just guarantees that the repubs will do it again…after all, you get the behavior you reward…and you’re rewarding mccarthy by just talking to him….geez…