Well….yesterday was really a Monday and that is not a good thing….I did have a nice lunch with T but after that her car broke down and stranded her…when we were leaving the restaurant her car sounded like it barely started and then it didn’t when she was putting gas in it…I think it’s the battery but we’ll see later today when the work gets done on it….I got a few things done yesterday but I didn’t have much to do so I didn’t….just have been in a funk lately and I’m not sure why…I guess I’ll just ride it out like I always do…my back is going through the pain/no pain thing for the past couple of weeks and I probably should be used to it by now….just stiff this morning so maybe it’s getting better? Just have the normal stuff to do today and I really do need more coffee so I think I’ll do that right now…more later…
Monthly Archives: October 2016
The debate….
Well…not sure if you watched the debate last night but if you didn’t, you missed Trump going down in flames and Hillary doing what she always does..being steady and watching with bemusement as Trump tried to make sense…but didn’t. All you really need to know about it was when Trump was asked about his sexual predator attacks on women, all he said was he was sorry, it was locker room talk and the something something ISIS….no answer at all, just deflection to what he perceives to be his strength…foreign policy when the idiot knows nothing about it. The most galling part of the debate was when Trump was told that the Russians were behind the DNC hacks and others and he just said that it didn’t happen…and this is after briefings from the intelligence folks that KNOW it’s the Russians…and told Donald that….so that makes his advancing of the Russian line on the hacking willful support of a foreign country over the interests of the US….if you read the legal definition of treason…that’s it right there…so the nominee of one of our political parties stood there on stage and blatantly committed treason, and that is perfectly fine to his supporters….I just can’t fathom these folks anymore….geez…
Bike repairs….
Well…I almost forgot that I did do some things yesterday…after the success of fixing the pedal arm on the bike…4 days and counting that it has not come loose….I decided to work on the other things that needed to be fixed….the stitching on the seat had worn through so I had to sew both sides back together with some heavy duty thread that did take a while and I stuck the needle under my fingernail which still hurts like crazy…and I drilled the seat post to put a screw in it to keep it from rotating…but, the screw head broke off when I was putting it in…if I have to remove it, I think there may be enough thread sticking out to grab it with vise grips….when I rode this morning, the bike felt almost good enough to get another year out of it….maybe….
Another one for the B-3 count…
Well….just working out and watching the Today show, they have Norah Jones on and her band has a B-3 on the back of the stage…it looks almost new and that is pretty weird….so, add another one to the B-3 count…
October 10th
Well…another wasted day yesterday and there are too many of those lately…not sure what the problem is but there is one…I did get to watch lots of sports yesterday so that was cool but nothing else got done…I did work on the bike but it didn’t work out like I thought…should be okay and we’ll see when I get on it later….put too much coffee in the coffee maker this morning and it overflowed the grounds into the carafe so I had to re-filter it and it is very strong..almost espresso like so I hope that will help me get out of this funk…I did get some good news this morning…having lunch with T today and it will be good to see her….it’s been a while…I do have an errand to run this morning but I’m not sure if I’ll get to it before lunch since I have to wait for the temp to come up to get on the bike…I guess I could do it this aft….more later….oh, I do have a debate one to do later so come on back…
October 9th
Well….I was going to do one to declare that the bike is fixed but I just didn’t get around to it…but, the bike is fixed…2 days now with no loose pedal so maybe I have it this time….didn’t get a whole lot else done yesterday bu I’ll have to do more today….feel pretty crappy this morning and had some weird dreams last night…I slept on my left shoulder that hurts like crazy….it may be a good day to just hang out and rest since the temp is only 44 and I need it to be 47+ to go out without gloves…don’t have enough leftover coffee this morning so I may need to make more…don’t think a cup and a half is enough to get me moving….okay…need to find out who won the F1 race last night so I’m headed back to the couch….will be back for another one later…maybe…
This is what it takes?
Well…with the latest revelations that ole Trump has admitted to felony sexual assault, repubs are disavowing him in droves and the RNC has even stopped working for him. My question is: This is what it takes? Not the overt racism, Islamaphobia, or hate that has been endorsed by these same repubs…not the shady business deals or bribes, or misogyny that has been okay with them until now…now they have had enough even though they knew what kind of person he was from the start? That just shows you the rot in the modern repub mind, and the fact that most repubs still support Trump says to me that they are the same inside…little balls of hate and racism that revel in the fact that Trump gave them permission to express their hatred and racism openly, and are proud that’s who they are….I really do hope that Trump doesn’t drop out…he is the perfect representative of the modern repub party and showed to the world who they are…and it’s not pretty…geez…
October 8th
Well…running a little late today and part of it is that I just can’t get going this morning…went out to have a couple with K last night and that got my night started way too early…oh, and I lost at pool…and we can throw in pool day so it was a long one yesterday….my back was okay most of the day yesterday but it hurts again today and I’m not sure why….I’m hoping I have the bike fixed but won’t know for sure until I get out today…but, it’s only 45 right now so I need to let the temp come up some so I don’t have to wear gloves….don’t have a heck of a lot to do today but watch sports so that is what I’m going to do….more later….oh, and clean some….maybe…
Another one for the B-3 count…
Well…just sitting here watching a documentary on Jethro Tull and what do I see? A Hammond B-3 on stage…so, add another one to the B-3 count….
Laughter in my head…
Well….out on the bike this morning, I came up on a place where the trail crosses a road and a Honda Fit, the smallest car that Honda sells int he US, was crossing in front of me….the first thing that popped into my head was: “who the heck would buy a car that small?” The laughter just exploded into my head from that…but you have to understand the context of that….If you’ve been here before, you know that I drive an A version 1994 Miata, one of the smallest cars ever sold in the US…it doesn’t even have a back seat…at least the Fit has four doors AND a back seat…okay, it was funny to me.
Oh, some trail stuff, too…I may have fixed the pedal arm on the bike…at least I got through today without it coming loose….yesterday, I took it apart and cleaned the whole thing up..then I slathered the shaft with blue Loctite, put the arm back on, and then whacked it to make sure it seated where it should…the thing went on an extra quarter inch and was stable even without the bolt…but, I red Loctited the bolt anyway and tightened it as tight as I could…so far, so good….