Well…it finally started to rain and it looks like it will be for a while so I need to find something else to do…and this is it…one of the things I did read is a new poll that has Marco Rubio running 4 points behind Val Demmings for one of the Florida senate seats and it would be so damn cool to see ole marco lose his seat…and another poll has the generic ballot for the house swinging to favor the dems by 7% and it is still almost 90 days before the election…the trend is up for the dems over the past months so I hope it continues…and new voter registration is heavily dem with almost 70% of them in reaction to the gutting of Roe by the corrupt SC….oh, and in the IRA bill that the repubs didn’t notice is a section that gives the EPA the authority to regulate greenhouse gasses that the corrupt SC, again, said they couldn’t, giving the coal industry a huge gift that they paid for when they donated to the right wing assholes who packed the court…and I think this was written specifically to poke the conservatives on the court in the eye for ignoring precedent and saying that the EPA couldn’t regulate those gasses unless a law specified that they could…so Schumer gave them one…tough crap…so, is there good news? Yep…for having a divided government, Biden is sure getting a lot done….now let’s see the ads touting these accomplishments…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Staying home to watch for rain…
Well…as I sit here waiting for the rain to come, the lyrics to “Time” by Pink Floyd come to mind…”tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch for rain”…yeah, I’m a little weird like that…can you tell I’m already bored and it’s only 8:47? While we’re at it, let’s look at another line from the same song that just about sums up how I feel about getting old…”the sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death..” and now the depression starts….I know I’ve talked about getting old before but as the days go on, it’s keeps getting more and more real…and I look in the mirror and wonder what happened to that guy…the one with brown hair and no wrinkles…and with the possibilities that have come and gone, leaving this husk of a person who has no purpose other than the rote repetition of tasks that make up my days….and that is pretty frickin depressing, too….I wonder if I can still change that? Do I want to? Who knows? If it’s not raining by 9, I’m going out…4 minutes to go….more later…
August 25th
Well…damn, this has been weird…up at 5:11 for the past three days in a row and it reminds me of how consistent I used to be waking up when I was still working…used to wake up at 6:12 every morning even without the alarm clock going off…ha,ha…that’s funny…haven’t used an alarm clock for so many years even the thought of it makes me laugh…don’t sleep well enough anymore to need one…and I don’t have anywhere to be….it looks like the rain is falling apart…again…so I will be able to get on the bike as soon as the coffee starts to work but I just poured the first cup so that will be a while….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done other than go to the beach and today will be the next to last day of doing that….not sure how I feel about that right now other than I’m ready for a change and to get back to work around here….I did give myself a haircut yesterday since I was getting pretty shaggy and I don’t like that and I wonder why I don’t do that more often? I mean it only takes about 5 minutes to do so I could look better all the time…hmmm….not sure what is going on but my right leg was really flat on the bike yesterday and it was a struggle to get through the rides…and it hurt, too so I may have to take a rest day soon to help it repair…and this has been going on for at least a month now and it even hurts just sitting here…crap….not much to do today…still waiting for the rain to start if it ever will but I don’t want to get wet so I guess I’ll be smart and wait a while…but that will put me behind for the day and I won’t get the second ride in til after noon so I guess the beach is out for today….so maybe some cleaning? Who knows? More later….
Finally got to swim….
Well…I was really hoping that the cold Lake Michigan water would warm back up some so I could get more than a quick dip swim in…and today it did so I got to fool around in the water for almost a half hour…and that felt good after how damn cold it’s been….and I got a little burned again today but there are only 2 more days of beach time for me so I guess my skin can take it…especially if the rain in the forecast happens…I did get a few things done today with doing the grocery run and getting two rides in…and I bought some chip dip for the first time this year since they had good dip on sale for 99 cents at Meijers….and I know I’m going to feel guilty about that when I have some tonight but I also bought bananas and celery so that part is healthy….and I tried Tom’s spaghetti sauce for dinner and it was really good…not sweet like jar sauce usually is and I filled up on that…still have enough for two more meals so that will get me to the weekend along with the two pork chops I just put in marinade…couldn’t get chicken thighs this morning since they had none so that is going to make me clear out the freezer if I want protein…but I guess I could just eat tomatoes and salads through the weekend since I have every thing I need to make a big salad….and still have pasta salad in the fridge…it appears that they are done working on the beaches and were loading up the pipes that were left on the beach today….oh, I just saw that they have robot beach cleaners that they are testing out on my beaches to try to get rid of the plastic waste that is everywhere and that will be cool to see…I wonder if they could just run them at night when the beaches are empty? If they can make a roomba work I guess they can make these work…still want to see them….
Damn, repubs..stop whining…
Well….with the way the repubs have been whining about the just announced student loan forgiveness program from the Biden administration, you would think they are the ones who are going to have pay them back…but they aren’t…we’ll all help by paying our taxes and it will help the economy by giving some hard workers some relief to help them get started on their lives…and isn’t that what government for? Some of the biggest complainers against loan forgiveness are repubs who got PPP loans back when the economy needed a lifeline to prevent a depression from happening…and not a damn one of them complained when their loans were forgiven…especially Marjorie Taylor Greene whose company was forgiven almost 200 grand but who has been all over the tv today calling the loan forgiveness for students “socialism” and buying votes…so okay marge…give your 200 grand back if it’s socialism….and I’m sure you will honor you “principles” and do that…won’t you? Hypocrites…and even some of the biggest whiners got millions of dollars in loans forgiven so when are they going to give that back? Yeah, not going to happen but we need to be better at using this to shut them the hell up when they whine and whine…geez…
Impeach Clarence Thomas already….
Well…if conspiring with his wife to try to overthrow the government on January 6th wasn’t enough to impeach Clarence Thomas, what is? Could it be baldy going to political campaign rallies for repubs? That was the latest in his unethical behavior that every judge knows you just don’t do when he was the featured speaker at a Herschel Walker for senate rally just yesterday…blowing the hell out of the illusion of impartiality that the SC is supposed to have but that we know WAS just an illusion since mcconnell packed the courts with the three unqualified, lying judges who gutted Roe…but what can be done? John Roberts can take him aside and lay down the law but after the Dobbs decision, we know he doesn’t have the guts to do the job…so we have to support Chuck Schumer and his decision to try to force a code of ethics for the SC through congress and he needs to make it have some teeth such as removal from the seat if they violate it…all of these repubs have been getting away with ignoring the norms of society for far to long and they need to be held accountable…and now…geez..
August 24th
Well…damn, how the heck can I be running late and it’s only 6:56 am? I need to do the grocery run in an hour so that means I need to get on the bike right now but with it getting light later and later, I may need to rethink my schedule on wed…I did sleep okay last night…for me, that is…and feel just a little worn out today but I know I didn’t eat enough but that will change today with making pasta to use Tom’s sauce and I wonder why I don’t make pasta more often? Need to get garlic bread today since I now have enough room in the freezer for it after eating out of it for the past week….and I thawed some pork chops that I am going to marinate overnight and have tomorrow…I wonder if I could just skip the first ride today and sit here and have coffee until it’s time for groceries? Still need to do my teeth and get ready for the ride and that means I won’t get out til 7:15….as I said, running late today…okay, need to get moving so this is going to be a short one…not sure what my day is going to look like after I get on the bike but I know I’ll be busy….maybe it will rain tomorrow and I can take it a little easy…but not now….more later….
Running late all day today…
Well…damn, ever since not getting going until after 8 this morning, I have been running late all day and I don’t much like it…just got back from the beach a few minutes ago so that make me late here, too…but I did want to talk a bit about the idiot and his new “legal” filing to try to get the stolen documents he took and that were seized by the FBI back in his greasy little hands…oh, and the funny thing is that idiot boy can’t find any lawyer to do this work for him so he did it himself and that generated huge laughs from the legal community because, of course, he did it all wrong and the timing of the filing is wrong, too…look, the idiot wants a “special master” appointed to look at the seized items and determine if they were legally in his possession and keep the FBI from looking at them…hey, genius, they have already looked at them or how could they put out an inventory of what you stole? Oh, and super genius, by filing this suit you admitted to having them in your possession and that is a crime…I’ll end here with an old saying that I’m not sure of it’s origin…”someone who represents himself in court has a fool for a client” and it sure looks like you do…what a maroon…geez…
August 23rd
Well…damn, I feel worn out today…the little gift I got from Tom yesterday had something to do with that but it was fun and helped me sleep until after 6 this morning….doesn’t look like I’ll get on the bike until around 8 so that may mean I won’t get out to the beach until later in the day if I get out at all…need to mow the lawn today so that is not hanging over me all week but I sure don’t feel like it right now…had an okay day yesterday With Tom and Lucy coming out to visit and there is something about dogs that make me smile…and laugh…see them every day on the trail and I marvel at the work that people do for them…damn, it’s 7:25 and I’m still doing this and not out on the bike….all I want to do is lie down on the couch and veg for the day…but I won’t….I am shocked that ManU beat Liverpool yesterday since they have been so lousy this season but I’ll take it…it’s not going to be a good season and I really wish the US owners would just sell the team back to anyone else….need to do one on this whole debacle soon….not much to do today…I need to get going but I have no motivation right now…it’s going to be a struggle to get out by 8 and I need more coffee before that is even a possibility….damn, I feel old….more later….
Saw a huge ship today…
Well…when I was out on the first ride today, I noticed a huge ship that was heading to the channel into Muskegon lake so I raced over to the channel so I could actually see one go through it…and this ship was really huge…1,000 feet in length and one of only 13 1,000 foot ships on the great lakes…the ship was named the “American Integrity” and I had guessed it was about 600 feet in length but then just went out to look at the ship page to make sure…and I was really surprised to see that it was 1,000 feet long instead of 600…yow, that’s a big ship…and the really cool thing was that the captain spun the ship 180 degrees right in the middle of Muskegon lake so he could back into the dock at the East end of the lake….I really do get to see some cool stuff out here….