Well…with the emergence of the new omicron variant, all I have to say is go to hell anti vaxxers…if it was for your stupidity, this mutation wouldn’t have happened since everyone infected so far has not been vaccinated…but, with the strain first identified in South Africa where they are having problems getting enough vaccine, it’s more of a logistic issue than truly anti vaccine ideology. That still doesn’t make it any better, though, since it appears that this new strain spreads even easier than the delta variant that took over the world in the last year….first reports coming out of SA are hopeful that the symptoms are milder than delta but it’s still early to know that for sure. One thing that is for sure is that the racist right wingers at all over it with one of the dumbest takes I have ever seen…I guess these morons think South Africa is the same as South America since fox news and the rest of the stupid party are yapping about South Africans coming across our southern border…yep, they think that people are walking across the Atlantic ocean to Texas I guess…I am still amazed at the ignorance of these people…by second grade I could tell the difference between Africa and South America…but these morons can’t….I would say I can’t believe it…but with these idiots, I can believe they will do or say anything…not even caring how this crap makes them look….geez…
November 29th
Well…I sure wish I could figure out how I got to 7:44 this morning before waking up….I wonder if it’s from not sleeping much the past couple of days? Whatever it is, it was nice to wake up with the light today….I did get some work done yesterday…had some peeling paint in the bike room that was bugging me so I scraped it and used a wire brush to clean up the spalling, then painted it with the exterior white paint the I had left over from doing the door frames…have to figure out what color I’m going to paint the room but I think it will be the grey theme that I’m going to use on the rest of the interior…I did get a bike ride in yesterday and I’ll do that again today but I am having trouble getting going so it will probably wait til later this morning….have to run an errand this morning to get a pork shoulder that I’m going to cook tomorrow since I’m getting tired of turkey and it’s only 99cents a pound….that will keep me going for almost a week…and I haven’t had any pork for quite a while….not much to do today…just the errand and then back here to do the ride and then figure out what else I need to do….but I need coffee and to read the news right now…I feel like I’m running behind after the long sleep…but, I know I’m not….I have all day but it’s 8:24 already and I need to get moving….more later…
They don’t know anything about inflation…
Well…with all of the repub yapping about inflation and bragging that they are going to run against Biden and the dems with it in 2022 and 2024, you would think that they would know something about it…oh, that’s right…with their lie machine of fox news, they don’t have to have any facts or know anything…just the daily talking points delivered by fox news. So, with every credible economist saying the inflation we are seeing is transitory and due mostly to shortages rather than any underlying problems with the economy…you can see that just by looking at the contracts for oil for January that have dropped to 64 dollars a barrel from 100 bucks…which converts to about 2.35 a gallon of gas…and it could go lower once the oil companies stop keeping the prices high even when their costs have plummeted….I’ve seen that food prices have started to moderate, too, with pork shoulders back down to 99 cents a pound on sale compared to the 1.49 a pound they were just a few weeks ago…and you could still get a frozen turkey at Meijers last week for 33 cents a pound on sale….so, in these unprecedented times, let’s take a breath an hope the media stops howling about inflation…after all no family drinks 15 gallons of milk a week….yeah, that was a little joke….geez…
November 28th
Well…darn, another 5:13 morning and I didn’t sleep for crap last night….tried to get a little more sleep but gave up at around 6…but, I feel okay so I guess that’s something….I did get out to get the paper this morning and the roads are really icy up here…the summer tires did okay but I am going to put the winter ones on this week….I did ask if there was a self serve car wash when I went out to get the paper this morning and there is one on Sherman so that is only a mile or so from here so I’ll look for it when I go out for groceries wed….I did get a ride in yesterday but not much more than that with the Michigan game on and taking up 3 1/2 hours in the afternoon…I am over 100 miles on the inside bike and over 8 hours in time on it and I hope I can get another 100-200 miles before the end of the year…that should get me to 4700 miles or so and that’s not a bad year…..and this year I can start riding on the 1st of the year and should have close to a thousand miles before I get out on the trails….not much to do today…Man U plays at 11:30 so I need to get the bike ride in before that and maybe even some cleaning….Meijers has pork shoulders on sale this week for 99cents a pound so I’m going to get one and cook it in the instant pot and that will give me protein for the entire week after I finish off the turkey….more later….
Michigan beats Ohio State!!
Well…holy, holy crap! Michigan just beat Ohio State by the score of 42-27 and I am so damn geeked…Big Ten East champs and go into the playoff next Sat for the championship…and if they win that one, they will be in the playoffs for the National Championship in January…probably the most complete game I have ever seen the Wolverines play…they just ran over Ohio and matched them every time they scored….it has been such a long time since Michigan did this that I thought they never would again….today they were the much better team and will end up in the top four at least and maybe all the way up to second since Ohio was 2nd and got completely whipped….I think I’ll have a smile on my face the rest of the day…Go Blue!
“Potgate”
Well…you know the repubs have nothing to criticize the Biden administration about since we are in the best economy in 20 years and have the lowest number of new unemployment claims in 50 years…so what do they choose to make into a fake scandal? Kamala Harris buying a 350 dollar pot in France with her own money…yep, this coming from the party that was just fine with the the idiot trump spending 150 MILLION dollars of taxpayer money to play golf and make a profit at his tacky golf resorts….and they bray on and on about “out of control” spending by Harris when there is “economic uncertainty” for many Americans….look, she makes over two hundred grand a year in pay for being VP…should she feel guilty for spending some of her pay to buy cookware…for anyone who loves to cook, and she does, having good cookware that lasts forever is a goal and spending 350 bucks is not an “obscene” luxury as the repubs would have the world think…it just shows you that they really do have nothing to criticize…so they have to make it up like they always do….and I hereby trademark “Potgate”…it’s mine now…geez..
November 27th
Well…stayed up late last night watching the Beatles documentary again and that makes waking up at 5 a little too early but I was able to get back to sleep for an hour or so….even with not doing anything yesterday, I feel pretty worn out today and I’m sure it’s just from getting old….I shouldn’t hurt today but my ribs on the right side are stiff and sore and it’s probably from sleeping wrong…okay, that’s enough whining….looks like the ride today will be inside with snow/rain coming in and a winter weather advisory in effect for the day…still haven’t put the old snowies on the car and I’m not going to to do it today…think I’ll just stay in until the snow melts this time and get them on next week…going to try to not take the car out in the salt as much this year and that will mean I’ll be staying home a lot with how much it snows out here…I really only need to go out once a week for groceries so that may be doable….I have to get started on the inside of the house soon and get some color chips to decide on the color scheme for the house…still want to do it in greys but I’m not sure how dark I want to go…not much to do today…need to get the bike ride in downstairs since it is cold and wet out there and I’m not riding in that….and I need to get that done before the Michigan game today…they play Ohio State and are going to get whipped so I’m sure I won’t watch the whole thing….more later…
I’m finally doing it…
Well….I’m not sure what the reason is but I’m finally taking a day off of everything…I think it’s been around 3 years since I’ve allowed myself to just do nothing for a day…no cleaning, no cooking, no bike, no nothing…it’s even almost two in the afternoon and I haven’t even gotten in the shower yet…and I don’t feel one bit guilty…okay, maybe a little but I’ll live through it….and I just got the first birds on the feeder in a couple of weeks….I guess the snow we got out here covered up their normal food….have a blue jay on the sill right now but he hasn’t figured out how to get on the feeder yet….still haven’t had any sparrows on the feeder yet but I have hope I’ll get some other birds soon….okay, that’s enough….need to get back to doing nothing….
November 26th
Well…running a little late this morning with not getting out of bed until after 7….and it snowed out here last night and it is sticking to the roads so I’ll be riding indoors today….had an okay day yesterday but I am a little irked that I didn’t hear from two of my kids after I reached out to them….only had one meal yesterday but it was a big one with doing the normal turkey for t-day and I’m not sure what I’ll do today…still have leftover ham that needs to be used or put in the freezer and I do want to have turkey sandwiches so maybe I’ll have a small lunch so I can do two meals today…..I can’t figure out how I hurt so much yesterday with just doing one bike ride and no other work but it might have been doing the leaves Wed…and, as I’ve bitched about before, it seems everything I do makes me hurt these days…it was almost a day off yesterday other than cooking and I think today will be the same….just don’t have any motivation right now and I hope there will be some soccer on later…I did start the Beatles documentary done by Peter Jackson last night and it was so cool to see how they worked to develop songs that I’ve only heard in their finished states….more later…..
What am I thankful for?
Well…yeah, I usually don’t do one of these…they seem to be pretty self-indulgent and a way to brag about how much you have and how good things are going for you…and I know that many people in this country aren’t doing great…in fact almost 60% of the people in this country wouldn’t be able to meet a surprise 400 dollar expense….that said, I have had a lucky year that has been pretty good to me and my future….I have been in my new house now for 9 months and that in itself is something to be thankful for….with all of the moving parts that had to happen just right to get everything I wanted in a house for a good price, I will thank my brother the realtor…and to have the beautiful trails I ride on everyday and to have Lake Michigan so close is something I never thought could happen after looking for houses for a year….it has been a lot of work to tame this neighborhood but it has gotten so much better that I can go weeks without making a noise complaint…and I have enough money in the bank to take care of any emergency that might arise and that is all happening with my only income being SS….and that is something to be thankful for after being broke 4 years ago and having to borrow money to live….I’m on pace to have 100K of assets by early next year and that is just so damn cool…so, it has been a good year…I am thankful to have all four of the kids doing well, too, and for my grandchildren that I hope this damn virus will stop preventing me from seeing….and I’m thankful for the turkey that is making this place smell so good as it roasts….I think I may be at peace for the first time in many, many years and I always thought that was unobtainable….it’s not all rosy…I’m getting older and the daily aches and pains are always here and getting worse but I can still rip off 15 miles on the bike so I should stop bitching…so I will…Happy Thanksgiving…..