Well…hmmm…I guess that taking things with less urgency isn’t working today….I did get out on the bike before 8 and got a ride in before F1 qualifying…after that, I got the rest of the plants in the garden, got weed killer on the lawn where there were tree seeds that had sprouted all over it, and than had lunch and I am now thinking about getting the second ride in for the day…so, taking it easy is not working at all…but, I am going to try by watching Indy qualifying in a half hour or so….I need some rest…
Monthly Archives: May 2021
May 22nd
Well…running late this morning with trying to not feel any urgency about the day and just letting it happen instead of forcing it…yeah, I know that sounds weird but I seem to be forcing everything lately and running when I don’t need to…you know, I am beginning to get cautiously optimistic about the noise here with having a Friday night where it was tolerable and I had all the windows open here…and they still are and it is quiet here at 7:38 in the morning…I did get out to the new bar that just opened down the street yesterday for a couple and it was a little strange being out and sitting there and sipping a beer…might get used to it after a while but is going to take some time….only did a ride and a half on the bike yesterday and I am trying to not feel bad about that…they were painting the railings out at the beach yesterday and I feel a little guilty that I’m retired and not helping the rest of the oldsters that were doing it…I mean, I could tell most of these folks didn’t do sanding and painting much since they stood there and looked at it more than working but they were doing something and I wasn’t and that made me feel bad….but, I’m not even working on my own house much so it’s hard to justify working on other stuff….not much to do today…I am going to just sit here and have coffee while I wait for F1 qualifying at 9…or maybe I should get off my butt and get a ride in before? Damn, more urgency…what to do?
Why hasn’t bill barr been disbarred?
Well…we all know that former AG bill barr was as corrupt as they come, but the revelations of this week where he used the full might of the justice department to investigate to try to get dirt on a reporter from the Washington Post in direct violation of the first amendment…and this wasn’t the first time barr tried this crap…he got involved in trying to find out who was behind the parody accounts that went after devin nunes know as “devinnunescow” and others who tried to hold trump’s cronies accountable for their bullshit and lies. I really can’t understand why bill barr hasn’t been disbarred yet and his law license taken away for failing to follow his oath of office and the rules of the American Bar Association…look, I know we are all weary of hearing how bad these guys are…but we need to figure out how to get the Biden admin to hold these assholes accountable or the next ones will be worse and we’ll no longer have a democracy anymore…geez…
May 21st
Well…didn’t get up til after 6:30 this morning even with waking up a little before 6….can’t figure out why I’ve been so darn tired lately and I feel the same today…just worn out and that means I haven’t been getting much done around here and that feeds back into feeling depressed that makes me even more tired…okay, doing 30 miles a day on the bike probably has something to do with it…but, I did ride all the way out to the state park yesterday and that is a 16 mile round trip…the first time I tried it a few weeks ago, I felt like I wasn’t going to make it back without a rest but yesterday it was pretty easy so I guess I’m finally getting back into shape…but, I was suffering with pain by the time I got back here and my right elbow still hurts this morning from it so I think I’m going to try some ibuprofen before I get out today….I do have some errands to run this morning since I need more sunscreen so I have to hit the dollar store and Meijers to get my Mega tickets since the jackpot is over 500 mil…and I should hit depot to get some topsoil so I can start seeding the yard where I killed the weeds…and more potting soil so I can put the rest of the veggies in the garden…I did get some peppers to come up downstairs and should get them in the ground in the next couple of days so I can turn the light off….not much to do today…just the errands and two rides again today…I did check the temp of lake Michigan the other day and it looks like about another three weeks before I can swim…it’s still going to be cold but I want to give it a try soon….more later…
Formula 1 screwed up my big race day…
Well….it you’ve been here for any bit of time, you’ve heard me go on about my favorite race day of the year…normally the weekend of Memorial Day when we had the F1 race from Monaco, the Indy 500, and then the Coke 600 all on the same day and I spent that day being a couch potato watching 15 hours of racing…but this year, F1 moved the Monaco race to this weekend and screwed up my big race day…ever since I can remember, I’ve spent my Memorial Day Sunday watching all three races and this is going to put a big dent in my fun…I guess I’ll be able to get a bike ride in that morning now instead of using the races as an excuse to take a day off…oh, well….but, it just won’t be the same….
Don’t they have anything better to do?
Well….man, don’t these morons on the right have anything better to do? The latest conspiracy that all of the right wing nut jobs have seized on is that Joe Biden wasn’t driving the Ford electric truck that he was shown driving earlier in the week…and they think that Ford made a truck with two steering wheels so it would look like he was driving but Biden is too old and feeble to drive at all…never mind that he walked over to the truck and climbed in on his own…it is driving that he can’t do. There were even blurry photos that these morons say show a second steering wheel when the picture actually shows a camera sitting on the dash that a SS agent is reaching for to keep it from hitting the floor as Joe floors it…look, it these idiots want to compare Joe to the idiot trump, just look at the video of trump sitting at the wheel of a truck at the WH, not even touching the steering wheel but play driving like a 5 year old would…which one shows competency more? I’ll take the guy that gets in a fast truck and mats the gas…grinning all the time since he is not allowed to drive his 427 Corvette since he became president….those are the rules for presidents….and those on the right are just too stupid to know….
This sucks…
Well…this sucks a bit….I should be really happy sitting on my front porch with a coffee, the windows open, and the Doobies playing on the turntable and no other noise…but the depression came back last night and smacked me really hard this morning and I don’t know why…yeah, I know, there doesn’t have to be a trigger reason…it would be so much easier if there were…then I could just fix it and move on…I’m sure part of it is that I’m not making progress on the house after being here for almost 3 months…still no paint or repair on the stuff that needs it before I can paint…and windows still need to be cleaned and I need to cook….and the outside of the house needs to be cleaned, and I need to start reseeding the lawn…you get the picture…but, all I want to do is sit here….cripes, this sucks….
May 20th
Well…running a little late this morning with not getting out of bed until 6:30…again…and I wonder what the heck is going on….but, I’ll take it if I can sleep more than 5 hours a night…still feel pretty worn out and will need the coffee if I’m going to get out on the bike before 8….one of these days I’m going to take a day off and just lie around here and not feel bad that I’m not making any progress on the house…but, not today…I need to cook and clean some to have food for the rest of the week…have some boneless skinless chicken to cook today so I’ll have leftovers to make some chicken burritos for the weekend….or some wraps, not sure which yet….I did get some beans and more tomato plants in the garden yesterday and it appears that most of them are going to survive but I’m not sure how they are going to cope with the crappy soil that I didn’t do enough to prepare…..next year I’m going to dig down about a foot or so and replace all the sand with some garden soil…if they don’t grow…not much to do today….need to get out on the bike after reading some news…and I need to look at HF’s website to see if I can find a puller to get the pedal arms off the old bike and then look for the special tool that is needed to get the crankset out….really need to get at the old bike and get it rebuilt…oh, and I did check the temp of Lake Michigan yesterday and it feels like about another month before I can go swimming…more later….
It’s been quiet for two days now…
Well…don’t want to jinx it but I really do have to say it has been quiet up here for two days now after they cited the loud house for ignoring the law…and I sit here on my new couch right now listening to birds instead of the bang, boom, thump that had polluted the entire neighborhood…but, I am not so naive that I think that it will continue or that anyone up here has any courtesy for their neighbors…maybe enforcement of the law will change that behavior? I’m pretty sure they were surprised when the cops showed up at their place 4 times…and I will take even small victories…it was so nice working on planting more in the garden today in peace but I think I’m still feeling ptsd from having to call the dispatch all the time….and having to hear that crap all day long….but, right now, I have my porch windows open with a nice breeze blowing through here and need to just enjoy what is now versus what might happen….I just wonder why no one else appreciates the quiet? Or did anything about it before me? Oh, well….baby steps…
This is bad for trump…
Well…as I sit here waiting for the two posts that I read in the morning to go up at Kos, I just wanted to do a shorty on the bombshell announcement from the NY AG yesterday that the civil suit that the AG brought against the trump organization for tax fraud and a host of other charges, is being converted to a criminal investigation that is going to coordinate with Vance since the investigations are covering the same crimes and are using the same millions of pages of evidence that were surrendered when the SC declined to allow trump to escape investigation. Now, this may not snare trump himself since he operates like a mob boss and never puts his name on anything criminal, but his two baby boys are screwed since they supposedly are the ones running the organization…but I think it’s mostly Weisselberg who has worked for trump for decades and knows where all of the bodies are buried…and who is under intense pressure to flip on the orange menace. I know I’ve been talking about this for some time and hoping that justice finally catches up with these criminals, but this time the consensus is that someone is going down for this…and I can’t wait…