Well…that was okay…slept through the night until 6:24 this morning and that is really unusual…but I wasn’t good last night so I feel a little worn out and hope the coffee will start to work soon…it’s kind of funny that when I was trimming my beard yesterday that the guide fell off and I took a big chunk off down to the skin…so I had to trim the rest of it down to almost nothing so I really don’t have much of one right now….need to buy a new one since the rechargeable battery in this one quit years ago but I really hate spending money…a new one is only 17 bucks so I probably should suck it up and get one….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done and today will probably be the same….don’t need to cook today with all of the leftovers in the fridge but I do want to cook one of the steaks I got yesterday and I just might…..it’s a little weird that there is a garlic bread shortage when we have a Cole’s bakery right down the street that I smell every day….I wonder if it is a problem with wheat supplies? Not much to do today…I can get on the bike as soon as it gets light but that won’t be for an hour or so and I can use that hour to pour more coffee in me and wake up….I think I’ll just enjoy the day and I am looking forward to the care package coming from my daughter today…it’s just like getting a christmas present…and it’s T’s birthday today…she’s turning the big 60…damn, we’re all getting old…I’ve known her since she was in her mid 30’s….what a long fun ride….more later….
A few more things….
Well…was just sitting here thinking a bit and thought of a few things I didn’t talk about earlier…I won 4 bucks in the Monday powerball drawing? Or, to look at it another way, I only lost 2 bucks so I rolled it over into tonight’s drawing and got three easy picks for only two bucks more….and I bought some beef today…yeah, I know it’s bad for you but a 5oz. bacon wrapped filet for only a buck fifty? I thought it was a pretty good deal to get 10 ozs. of filet for 3 bucks so that will make one meal…or maybe two…not sure yet…probably should have bought a couple more but I have enough stuff in the freezer and I still have the thighs I bought today that I have to find a place for in there…probably shouldn’t have thawed the leg quarters I just put in the oven for dinner…and I’ll have to restrain myself from buying any more protein next week…need to eat more veggies….
A new way for the repubs to cheat…
Well…you know, if the repubs would make as much effort putting together policies that help people as they do figuring out new ways to cheat in elections, they may just be more successful then they are. Just the other day, I read an article that exposed the newest way for them to cheat…by flooding the country with biased polls like the one from Rasmussen that always favors repubs, they are trying to discourage our side from voting since these polls make it appear the the outcome is a foregone conclusion with the repubs winning…and with the hundreds of roadblocks that the repubs have thrown up against voters on our side…it makes it easier for our folks to justify not voting if it looks like the votes won’t matter. Damn, I am sick and tired of these assholes trying to ruin this country and stealing elections…but we all know why they do it…without cheating, the repubs would never win another election since they have no policies that anyone wants….but I am also confused why dems won’t come out to vote since the dems do…okey dem voters and independents…get off your asses and vote like your life depends on it…in my case, it does since the repubs want to destroy the very Medicare that is going to pay for the treatment I’m going to need to survive…and you could be next…geez…
Wouldn’t it be ironic?
Well…after finding out about the big C, out on the bike today a thought came to me…wouldn’t it be ironic if the thing I’ve been doing for many, many years to try to stay healthy is the thing that causes the cancer that kills me? And to add to that, it would be the ultimate irony if I won the 600 million dollars in cash in the powerball tonight and the cancer kills me before I have the chance to spend it…okay, this is the last time I go to black humor as this process plays out…probably won’t mention it again since I still do have a life to live…although I may re-think doing any more work on this house…why should I make it nicer for the next owner? Okay, that’s it..I am going to take today off to digest everything but then back to normal tomorrow….more later….and I will do a political one in a few minutes…just need to read the news a bit first….
One I hoped I’d never have to write…
Well…with the doctors appointment yesterday and what was discovered in my colonoscopy last week, along with my elevated PSA test, this is one that I had hoped to never write about…my doctor is worried that I have prostate cancer…yep, the big C and that really, really sucks. So the process starts to find out for sure in the next couple of weeks with a referral to a urologist for more tests and probably a biopsy to see what is going on…one tiny bit of hope is the weird effect that riding a bike hard has on the PSA test…it is supposed to raise the PSA like crazy and I did a full hour on the indoor bike going as hard as I could yesterday morning before they drew blood so I’ll bring that up when I have the urologist appointment…at least this will give me a topic to write about over the next few months…I’m glad we have found out about this early so the prognosis should be pretty good and normally prostate cancer grows pretty slow unless I have the aggressive one that could kill me next year….so, maybe there won’t be a UK trip after all…oh, well….
November 2nd
Well….damn, I was so worn out after the doctors appointment and the yard work yesterday I fell asleep sitting up on the couch last night…and I am having a hard time getting moving today and I need to…it’s 7:30 and I need to get on the bike downstairs no later than 7:45 so I can do the grocery run on time this morning but I don’t want to…slept okay last night but sure don’t feel like it this morning…had a couple of cocktails last night and that really hurts after taking so much time off…so I may have to re-think that….it does feel good to have the yard work done and only the last of the leaves to pick up but that will wait til all of them fall over the next week or so….damn, only 12 minutes and I need to get on the bike…I do feel good that I have gotten control of my weight and I’m under 180 pounds for the first time in over 20 years…and that makes me want to continue to 170 or even 160 over the next year…and that will be 52 pounds down from my highest weight of 212….I do need to remember to get some powerball tickets today since the jackpot is up to 1.2 billion dollars for tonight and I have Monday’s tickets to check to see if I won anything….not much to do today…just need to get on the bike here in 7 minutes and then out to do the grocery run…after that, it’s just one more ride and then winging it for the rest of the day….have some chicken thawed that I need to cook today and I am getting some thighs that will be my protein for the rest of the week…then it’s to the freezer to get it cleaned out….more later….
Poor Lindsey…
Well…finally, the SC today told Lindsey Graham that he has to testify to the grand jury that is investigating the attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia…and it wasn’t just the idiot trump doing it..ole lindsey called the SoS there, too, and asked if they could “look at” certain absentee ballots that are detrimental to trump’s election…and those certain ballots were all from a minority area of Georgia where it was almost a certainty that the majority of votes there were for Biden…so poor lindsey…you’re going to have to pay for your un-American bullshit and the sooner you and the rest of the maga assholes are gone the better…geez…
I think I did enough today….
Well…it really is nice when I feel that I did enough to keep the guilts at bay and today is one of those days….started out really early by getting on the bike downstairs by 7am and getting a good ride in…I did have to replace the earpieces on my ear buds since the rubber ones had rotted away and looked pretty shabby…so, I dug out the box for the betrons and found that there was a spare set of silicone earpieces that fit perfectly and do a better job of keeping the wind noise out of them than the rubber ones did…and I am still amazed at how long these things have lasted…going on 5 years now and I’ve never gotten more than 6 months out of any other ones…okay, back to the day….after I got the ride done and got cleaned up, I headed out to my doctors appointment that went well and I am waiting for the results of the PSA test to be sure that I’m in the clear…then, as soon as I got back here, I jumped on the bike for the second ride of the day, had lunch, then back out to work on the yard and spent 2 1/2 hours running the string trimmer and edger then cleaned all that up and finished about 2:20 or so…so, I think I did enough today and plan on taking the rest of the day off and having a couple of cocktails tonight after being good for the past week and getting my blood pressure below 130…and now I have tomorrow afternoon off after getting the work done today…yay…oh, I did hurt myself more today but it’s not my back or any parts that hurt before…it hurts on my side just under my shoulder and that is a familiar pain that I’ve had every time before when I abused those muscles doing the edging…oh, well…
57 Russian bots…
Well…when ole elon said that nothing would change on twitter after he took over, he was either stupid or lying…since he took over last Friday, I’ve had 57 Russian bots follow me when I had a total of about 8 followers who were real people before…and there is really no reason for anyone to follow me on twitter, I don’t post there very often and when I do, it something about music or riding the bike or some such nonsense that it would not interest anyone but me…but now I have over 60 followers and the funny think is the pictures they have attached to the accounts are all good looking women…kind of a clue to the fact that they are Russian bots. So, again ole elon is doing Russia’s work for it by cutting the content moderation and the bot detectors back to the point that most of twitter is going to be bots, not anyone you want to hear from…and that will mean that Russian disinformation and lies about our elections is going to explode over the next week…basically making twitter useless…good job elon…geez…
Broke the 180 pound barrier…
Well…had a bit of good news during the doctors appointment this morning…when they weighed me, I was under 180 pounds for the first time in over 20 years…and that was with jeans and my shoes on…almost 3 1/2 pounds less than the last time and that makes me smile a bit…I’ve really been working hard at losing weight and I’m happy I’m still going the right way…only about 9 pounds more to get to my goal of 170…but, when I get there, I’ll probably move that goal to 160…going to have to buy all new clothes for the trip next year if I hit that goal…but I need them anyway….more later…