Well….it was definitely not just another night last night…went out to see Willie Nelson play downtown and had a ton of fun…it was almost like it used to be with a bunch of the old group together again laughing our butts off all night and I was good and came home when I should have so I feel okay today…ran into Sarah from the now closed Kava house and it was so good to see her and talk for a while….so, finally a good night to report here. Not much to do today, though…I did have to have the shifter on the bike fixed again yesterday…broke another cable and had to ride the thing back 10 miles with only two speeds…not fun….I am going to get groceries this morning and then take it easy the rest of the day….I am a little worn out from all of the fun yesterday….
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Too depressed to write…
Well…after the Koch brothers bought another election in Wisconsin yesterday, I’m too depressed to write much…our democracy is doomed to be the wholly owned subsidiary of the rich here and that is too depressing to take lightly….I may come back to add to this one but the double whammy of the Dow being down another 400 points today is just getting to be too much….
August 10th
Well…another night but I was really good so I feel okay today….I did make headway here on the cleaning and I feel good about that, too….all of the cobwebs are gone from my room and I got all the clothes folded and taken care of and I hope there are no more spiders since I found about 20 of them….I am going to continue working on the place and getting rid of stuff to get ready for a move if I can find a job somewhere else…there are things to do today…C is coming into town and J got some free tickets to see Willie Nelson tonight downtown so I think I’ll be going out to do something finally….and I made a little cash so I can buy groceries tomorrow….at least I can make it through the rest of the week….more later…
Maybe it’s a sign….
Well….just had to pass this one along since I haven’t done a trail update in a while…today, while out at the end of the end of the ride, I ran across thousands of grasshoppers that coated the trail from edge to edge and that flew up into a huge brown cloud when I went through….and that cloud brought a thought to my head….what if this is a sign of the coming apocalypse? You know, plagues of locusts…from the bible….oh, well….it sounded better in my head than it did after I wrote it….
Idiots, idiots, idiots….
Well….the idiots on the right are still trying to place the blame on Obama for this major crash in the economy…now, let me get this straight…ole Boehner goes on tv and says he got 98% of what he wanted and then you have the right saying it’s Obama’s fault? The insane logic that the right used to justify cutting the budget in the midst of a recession is the fault here…the markets are just reacting to this insanity….what happened to the right’s slavish devotion to “the market” and their faith that it will do everything right with no regulation or shaping at any time? But, as you know, the repubs flip flop faster than than you can even see…and they have never let consistency be an impediment to trying to make political gains from any event.
One last thing…I am kind of holding my breath about the recall elections in Wisconsin today…it could be the first chink in the Koch brother’s armor….and they are still trying to buy this election; just like they did in 2010…having spent almost 30 million dollars to try to sway this election, I hope the grass roots can counteract this money…if that happens, maybe we’ll get rid of the deep pockets that have put this country on the wrong path. geez…
August 9th
Well….another night and it was a weird one…out with G for a few and more arguments and I really don’t want to do that anymore….so I don’t think I will….other than that it was just another normal day of looking for work and trying to stay fit….I really did take it easy so I feel okay today other than no sleep….still a little fuzzy so this one is not too lucid at this point….not much to do today….I think I’m going to really get at cleaning here….had some pork explode in the microwave yesterday and it sounded just like a gunshot…when I opened the door, half of the rib had just vaporized…had never seen that before…the mess was nice and even over the whole interior…so even that I just had to stare at it for a while….yeah, I told you…it doesn’t take much to amuse me…
How do you like the tea party now?
Well….the stock market tanked today and the damage is spread across the world….since the tea party terrorists started the whole debt ceiling nonsense, the dow has lost almost 20% and you and I and everyone else that didn’t vote for those idiots have paid real money for their ignorance and stupidity. How do you folks that voted for these idiots feel now? The entire blame for the damage done to our country should be laid at the feet of these so-called patriots and we need to ensure that they are all one term congressmen….or impeach the lot of them for malfeasance and for shirking their oath to the constitution. I am almost speechless…nope, I am speechless…geez…
Another trillion dollar tea party tax…
Well….I hope you’ve had a chance to see that what I predicted last week with interest rates rising for the first leg of the tea party tax on the middle class has happened and there is a new leg to that story that is occurring as we speak….the Dow is down almost 400 hundred points and that means any of us that have 401K’s or IRA’s (and that is most of us) have just paid another trillion dollars for the tea party nonsense that held up raising the debt ceiling. Yep, but you shouldn’t be surprised…the republicans are always wrong on the economy…every fricking thing they do is the exact opposite of what should be done…and remember, it was the tea partiers led by Michelle Bachmann that wanted the US to default on it’s obligations and truly believed that there would be no effect…what do you say now Michelle?…what do you say now Cantor? Geez…what idiots….
Oh, one last thing, where are the jobs Boehner?
August 8th
Well….another Sunday but it was better than normal…went out to have a couple with K and had fun….it looks like no waves for today so I’m going to get back to the normal routine….feel crappy today and I’m losing my motivation to work out and ride…I wonder if I can take the day off and just veg here and watch a movie…nope, that doesn’t work for me, as you know, the guilts work quite well for me and I’d be thinking of nothing else…not much to do today…I really should keep cleaning this place up but I’m not motivated to that either…oh, well….I’m already one behind for the month so I do need to get moving on that….more later…
August 7th
Well…it’s about 7:45 and I am trying to get going so I can get the bike ride in before the fog burns off….not much of a night last night with just hanging out here but I guess that’s what it is right now….so, I’m going to come back later and build on this one….
Okay…I’m back…had to get the bike ride int an get lunch started…making some Texas style ribs in the foil pouch and it smells good in here…even got some work done…had to clean the shower grout and I wonder how they expect you to use cleaners to do that when you aren’t supposed to have them touch your skin….I feel like I did some damage to the bottoms of my feet since I had to stand in the tub to clean…do they make feet gloves? Hey, I may have just invented something new….the fog was already gone when I went out so it was not the neat visual I was expecting but it was a good ride….waiting for the storms to come here in a few minutes but it look like they are kind of dissipating as they come across the lake….I may have to take a trip out to GH tomorrow if the waves are going to be the 8-10 feet they are predicting…even though I’m getting older, I still love to play in them….