Well…this is the second try at this one…my internet was down when I started it so the draft wasn’t saved…have to try to remember what I wrote but I think it wasn’t much…I was a little irritated by the outage but it really never happens so I just have to let it go….I did have a flat on the bike again today and had to walk back about 4 miles and that should have irritated me some but it didn’t for some reason and I am home and waiting for the ham to cook so I can have a nice lunch….it was a nice day yesterday with going out to see part of the Michigan game with C and D but I still have that bug that has been making me sweat just sitting here and the rest of the symptoms are coming on with a sore throat and coughing….there was one good thing about getting the flat…I found that the front tire is worn out and had a big slit in the sidewall that could have failed and caused a huge crash….and it gives me an excuse to not go out again today….so, I’m going to read the online papers and have a big glass of water…more later…
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Just some more stuff…
Well… a strange thing happened on the trail today…when I came past, a flock of sparrows took off down the trail so I was riding inside the group…the weirdest thing but pretty cool…did get a bunch of stuff done today…finally replaced the headlight in the car so I can drive it at night and be able to see…the wreck has the worst headlights ever put on a car and you have to use the high beams to see anything…going out to watch the Michigan game later but I still feel kind of crappy so I don’t know how long I’ll be out…will probably be home by 10 or so unless I get my second wind…what else? Nothing, so I’ll stop here and promise you that I’ll get to a political one tomorrow….there are lots of things to talk about…I just need to get motivated…
September 10th
Well…it was a nice day yesterday with a long lunch with T and then cocktails and another win by the Tigers….it looks like a glorious morning out there and I can’t wait to get on the bike for a long one to get the toxins out….”The Shining” was on last night and I can’t get over how great the direction by Kubrick was…it’s like a series of paintings put together to make a movie….probably my favorite Kubrick movie and my favorite Jack Nicholson role….going to be a long one today with the Michigan game on at 8 tonight…and C is coming into town so I have to go out to watch it…I do have my gear ready and I am looking forward to it….F-1 qualifying is on now so I’m going to go back to that…more later…
Wandering again….
Well…there are a bunch of things that I want to comment on…or maybe just a couple of things….the first is the reaction of the crowd at the repub debate that clapped and cheered when a question concerning the 263 people Texas has executed in rick Perry’s tenure there…really, cheering for someone dying? Even when it has been shown that many of them were mistakenly convicted? This just shows you the type of neanderthals that inhabit the repub party these days…and what we have to look forward to if these thugs are elected. Then, we have ole Rick calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” that he would like to eliminate….even Romney the flip flopper wouldn’t bite on that nonsense…
One other thing…not political but pretty cool nonetheless…a Great Blue Heron has taken up residence in one of the retention ponds along M-6 and it is just the coolest looking bird…and this was the third day he was there…brightened up my day for sure….there might be more later if I don’t hang out with T…..
September 9th
Well….running late this morning and I don’t know why really…I did have to finish up a movie that I started and I don’t have any sense of urgency to get moving since I am going to watch F-1 practice before I take off to have coffee…it was a day yesterday…I did get the car fixed and it is so cool to not get gassed when I drive…I did go out and have a couple with G and then back here to watch “Burn Notice” and have a couple of cocktails….not much to do today…might have lunch with T but I haven’t heard from her yet so we’ll see…more later…
Mitch McConnell is an even bigger idiot than I thought…
Well….ole Mitch was in fine form this morning addressing the Senate in anticipation of Obama’s speech on jobs tonight, raising the bar on pure partisanship to an entirely new level…he didn’t even wait to hear the speech to start to criticize everything about what may be said…trying to preempt the president when he is trying to get us out of the repub caused jobs mess. His main point was that he didn’t even want to hear anything more about additional stimulus and he even rolled out the old bromide that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of idiocy….doesn’t McConnell get irony? What have he and his repub know nothings repeatedly done since 2000? Cut, Cut, and cut taxes when they did nothing to stimulate the economy or add jobs….remember this, the tax cuts did not add one job…not one job. And ole Mitch had the audacity to stand there and basically call Obama an idiot. Look in the mirror, Mitch, and you will see the biggest idiot in government today….geez….
One last thing…by the accounts of the majority of economists, the stimulus package saved almost 3 million jobs that would have been lost without it…is that the repubs definition of failure? Gimme that kind of failure anytime….
More life stuff….
Well…okay, I know, you’re waiting for a political one but I’m just not there yet….went out to schedule the muffler work after groceries and they were empty so I had them do it today…put me way behind for the day but the car is stealth again and I’m not getting gassed every time I drive it…pretty cool since it only cost 35 bucks with the fact that I had a free muffler warranty and it is the 5th or 6th one I’ve gotten since I’ve owned the car…I guess they weren’t planning on me. Just finished up working out and need to get the bike ride in after lunch…so I’ll end here and try to come back later for the political stuff…more later…
September 8th
Well…I was right that the day had changed for me…I did lose at pool but then when I got home, got a call from G and swung over to her place for a couple and didn’t get back here until around 8 and by that time I was extremely unmotivated to write more so I didn’t. I did have problems sleeping but had weird dreams again that mixed the early 1900′s with current times along with weddings, plane crashes, and Paris…..very detailed and just a lot of fun…feel okay this morning and have a lot to do with groceries and then getting the car scheduled to have a new muffler put on it….other than that, going to just kind of veg here today…might be the day I take one off from riding….need to get the grocery list done so I’ll stop here…I will be back later for a political one since there was a repub debate last night and there had to be just a ton of idiocy coming out of the mouth of these idiots…
Maybe no politics…
Well…the day has changed for me today so I’m not sure that I’ll get back for a political one for later….the Tigers are playing right now with Verlander on the mound and then Tom called and we are going out to shoot pool in a while…and you know when I get back, I’m usually not too motivated to write but you never know….
September 7th
Well….I was really good last night and even slept quite well so I feel almost human again today but still have the aches all over so I may have some kind of a bug….or I’m just getting old but I don’t think that’s it…the legs were really dead on the bike yesterday and I think that points to a bug so that what I’ll keep believing. I am not ready for the weather to change yet but when you live in Michigan you have to be ready for it since it can happen in a couple of days….I do feel good that my allergies have not flared much this year even with goldenrod blooming everywhere…I do have things to do today….well, not much, but I do have some errands to run after coffee and that will allow me to wait until it’s a little warmer to get out for the ride…don’t want to go to sweatshirts yet….I did get a political one out yesterday and I’m getting a few ideas that I will get to today…I’m only one behind for the month so the goal is to get caught up…more later…