Well…I really don’t know why the cult has grown up around ole elon…I mean how hard is it to get rich when you start out with over 400 million dollars from daddy’s emerald mine where he made his money paying slave wages in the apartheid South Africa? And now, it looks like his not too brilliant move of buying twitter is going south in a hurry…especially when it looks like he paid about ten times what the company is worth and twitter has never made a profit…so how smart is it to take on 44 billion in debt when there is no profit to pay it back? Ole elon’s moves since he bought the company are head scratching at best…I mean firing half of the people who built it and are the ones who know how it runs and allowing the haters and trolls free reign so that hate speech, antisemitism, and maga bullshit has flooded it to the extent that most of the major advertisers have run for the hills…how does that make it more profitable? In a normal takeover, there are assets that the company taking over another can sell and strip all the money out of pension funds, etc. and then run away with everything that is worth anything…but what is there in twitter that is worth anything? No buildings, no factories, no stores, no inventory…the only thing that has any value is the goodwill of the users that is rapidly being killed as elon shows everyone he is just another petty little maga asshole and most thinking people don’t want to have anything to do with him….I really don’t think he’s playing 11 dimension chess on this one….just another rich guy thinking he knows more than anyone else….geez…
Can’t read the news…
Well…as you know, I am trying a news blackout until after the election so getting topics in politics is getting to be pretty hard…so, I’m not sure if I’ll get to one today…damn, this feels just like when Putin installed trump and I knew this country was going to be almost fatally damaged…and we’ll see if it is fatal by Wed of next week…but that’s not what I wanted to talk about…have been busy again today and I started if off by riding the indoor bike since I hurt myself again going into the wind yesterday and my back and sides are pretty sore…after that I got the laundry done and put away and made some chicken with mashed potatoes and corn and made some gravy to go with it but doesn’t have enough flavor for me…will probably add some garlic and onion powder when I have some of it tomorrow…I did start taking a supplement of calcium and vitamin D since I only have my face uncovered on the bike and I’m not getting enough sunlight to make my own D…and I got it buy one get one free the other day at Meijers so I thought I’d give it a try…I’m not sure if I’ll be able to tell if it’s doing anything…the data is all over the map but in general, supplements do appear to help with broken bones as you age so I’ll give it a try….I am going to buy a turkey this week since it is cheap at 55 cents a pound and I like turkey…but that means I’ll have to buy another one if I want to have one for t-day…I really do need to get the freezer cleaned out but I put 4 thighs in it today and that just about fills it again…I wonder if there is going to be any spiral sliced ham on sale this holiday season? I usually do ham for christmas but won’t if the prices are up around 2 bucks a pound instead of the 99 cents I’m used to….not sure what I’m going to do the rest of the day since I’m basically done with what I wanted to do other than the kitchen…but right now all I want to do is watch a little football…and yeah, I may read some news if I can stand it….
The wind has started to howl….
Well…a few minutes ago I had entertained the thought that I may be able to get outside on the bike today with it over 60 and no wind to speak of…but just a few minutes ago, the wind has started to howl out there…just sitting here in the quiet and all of a sudden it got really loud outside and I went out to take a look from the porch…the wind must be blowing almost 30 right now and I can see it gusting to 50 today….so, I have a decision to make…do I go downstairs and ride or do I take a day off to heal some? And do I have toast and peanut butter before I do that or do I not need the calories? Way too many decisions to make before 8am….yeah, you know me…I’ll go down to ride in a minute and then get at the laundry…and I want mashed potatoes to go with the chicken I’m going to make for lunch…do I use some chicken broth to make gravy? That would be good and I have two containers of it in the cupboard that I don’t know what else I’ll use it for….okay, I need to get moving…well… don’t need to get moving but I really should….I may take tomorrow off….ha, ha…yeah, I find that funny, too….
November 5th
Well…that was a 4:51 and 6:07 night last night and I feel just damn worn out today…as I have the past few days and that immediately starts me counting the calories I had the day before to see if I was stupid or not….yeah, I know I’m just about always stupid about that but it’s working with getting my weight down under 180 for the first time in a long time….I did get two rides in yesterday but going into the wind hurt my back again and I’m already in pain this morning….I wonder if I should take a day off the bikes today? I really have earned one with going over 5300 miles yesterday and it’s raining out there right now with even higher wind than yesterday….I could do the indoor bike today and probably will but I don’t want to…the waves are supposed to be 15 to 20 feet this afternoon so I may just hop in the car and go out to the beach to see them…we have storm warnings and gale warnings on right now and that means gusts of up to 50-60 mph today and I hope that wind blows the leaves out of my yard…but my big tree hasn’t even started to drop it’s leaves yet so it may be a couple of weeks until I can get them cleaned up….not much to do today…I did get the bathroom cleaned yesterday and I am going to do the kitchen today but I don’t feel like doing anything right now…I think I’m going to buy a turkey this week since Meijers has them on sale for 55 cents a pound and that is some cheap protein….might even go out to get one Monday so I can cook it later in the week…have been disappointed with them lately and there is no room in the freezer for it so I need to continue to empty it before I need to freeze the carcass….and I have one in the freezer from last year that I think I’ll toss and just use the new ones for soup….more later….
A bit of a rant…
Well…have been looking for a topic for a bit that I’ve made harder by doing the news blackout…and I haven’t had any luck so I guess I’ll go on a little rant instead…so, how the hell can people be so stupid? The damn repubs have been telling everyone they are going to destroy SS and Medicare right out in the open and yet the polls say that people in my age group, retirees, are going to overwhelmingly vote for the repubs just because they have to spend a few more dollars on groceries and gas….so let me get this straight, they are willing to vote for repubs since they have been lied into believing inflation is the dems fault, and that means they are voting to destroy the one program that is keeping most of them alive since they think the repubs will do something about inflation and save them 100 bucks a month? As I said, just frickin stupid to give up the average of 1700 bucks a month to save a hundred…where the hell is that 1700 bucks going to come from every month now? After Roe was overturned by the repubs after they had been trying to do it for 50 years, why don’t the old folks believe that they are going to destroy SS when they have been trying to do that sine the 1930’s? Don’t they understand that they will be going back to work until they die? Retirement as they know it is on the ballot in this election and they are throwing it away by voting for repubs…and I still can’t believe how stupid these folks are…geez…
November 4th
Well…that wasn’t too bad…slept through til 5:41 and then was able to go back to sleep for an hour….still feel a little worn out but that is my fault and I’ll accept that…damn, the inside of my right forearm hurts like crazy right now…how the hell did I hurt that just sleeping? Weird….had a good day yesterday but didn’t get anything done but the rides and trying on the clothes my daughter sent….I am going to try to get some cleaning done today but that won’t be til later…have to make a run out to Meijers to get my powerball tickets for tonight…the jackpot is up to 1.5 billion dollars and I really could use a piece of that…and I need to get some calcium and vitamin D tablets to see if I can get the bone loss in my jaw reversed….there is a gale warning on for tonight and all day tomorrow with winds forecast to be 25-35mph with gusts of up to 55 so that may keep me off the outside bike…I could use a day off to let my back heal up some but I am going out today even with the with being able to hear the wind right now…yeah, I’m stupid but it’s already over 60 out there and I want to take advantage of the last few warm days of the year…the highs are dropping into the 40’s next week and will be like that the rest of the year…not much to do today…coffee, coffee, and coffee first….the the errand and on the bike after that…it’s supposed to rain this aft so I’ll need to get on the bike by 9 or so to get two rides in before that….have another care package coming today and I wonder what will be in this one….more later….
Just got a call from my doctor…
Well…Just got a call from my doctor with some good and bad news…he agrees with me that all my bike riding could skew the results of my PSA test and has scheduled another one for Feb 3rd of next year…the bad news is I have to stay off the bike for two weeks before it…yep, me off the bike for two weeks…damn, that is going to be hard…but necessary…so I have to figure out how to get exercise for that two weeks…I think I’ll get a pair of walking shoes and start training for the UK trip then…I am glad it’s in the winter where I usually only ride inside 4 days a week so that’s only 8 times off the bike…I wonder if it will screw things up if I double up before that…probably shouldn’t since I’m riding twice a day now…think I’ll have to cut down to one meal a day for that two weeks….it will be interesting to see just how much not riding changes the results…
Won’t have to buy any winter clothes again…
Well…just got the care packages my daughter sent me and all I have to say is that I’ll never have to buy any cold weather clothes again…have 19 pieces of light to heavyweight fleeces in a lot of brands from North face, to Under Amour, Eddie Bauer, and lots of other stuff…used up all of the hangers I had to hang them up and had to put them in the spare bedroom closet since there was too much to fit in my closet…if I just wear just one a day, it would be 2/3rd of a month before I’d repeat…and I retired the two fleeces I bought about 20 years ago that were looking a bit shabby….and I think there are more coming tomorrow…and my daughter said what she sent was about 5% of her husbands clothes….and they have more they need to clear out…it took me an hour and a half just to try them on to see what I had…pretty cool….
The proposals are looking good…
Well…with the polls on candidates being manipulated by the right wing assholes loaded with money, I was thinking the same thing was going to happen here in Michigan with the three proposals to add voting rights, abortion rights, and term limits to the Michigan constitution…but luckily, they are all looking good with from 60 to 70 % support in the latest polls and all of the opposition being from repubs, of course. So, that is something to be happy about amid all of the bad news…it is getting so bad out there that I am going into a news blackout until after the election next Tuesday…I just can’t let the bad news pollute me and make me feel bad…just won’t do it…so you may not get so many political ones for the next few days since I normally get my topics from the news….
Perfect music…
Well…when I was getting ready to sleep last night, for some reason Peter Gabriel popped into my head and I realized that I hadn’t listened to any of his albums in a long time…yes, albums, I’m that old…and I remembered it this morning and I put his album So on…and followed that up with Up….and I haven’t listen to the entire albums in at least 5 years but it was the perfect music for how I feel today…I might even say I was happy…and that almost never happens….even with the health stuff going on I really do think I am happy…and I can’t figure out why…oh, well…I’ll take it….more later…oh, and now to change it up, James Gang Rides Again….