Well….need to be running early today to get back here before F1 qualifying at 9…and then soccer starts at 10 but it is only 55 outside right now so I need to wait until 7:30 to go out…it was an okay day yesterday with all of the sports on and today looks the same…identical, actually, so it will be a good day….other than the sports, didn’t get anything else done but I will get some cleaning done today….the kitchen and bathroom need to be done and I should go on cobweb patrol, too….I just need to get motivated and that is the hard part….my back has been giving me fits the past few days and it is starting again this morning…not too bad so far but just annoying…okay…need more coffee and to read a little news…more later…

Well…need to get going early today since it is a huge sports day…F1 and soccer on all day and it all starts at 9…slept okay last night and don’t feel too badly today…the pain from working on the car is abating so I can move without wincing and that is a relief….I did get a good bike ride in yesterday and eating more appeared to give me more energy in my legs…we’ll see about today…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today will be the same….I am looking forward to Belgium playing Brazil this aft and I really hope Belgium wins….this world cup has been a good one and two of my teams are still in it so that is cool…okay, need to have more coffee and get ready to get on the bike…more later….

WeIl….thought I’d come back this morning and do a short one about the free Neil Young concert from last night….it was similar to the one from earlier in the year that he did from Omemee, Ontario, a town that Neil lived in as a kid. Lot of just Neil wandering around the stage and picking up instruments in a seemingly random way and the songs seemed to be random as well…he went way back into the Buffalo Springfield catalog and did a lot of songs I have never seen him do before and that was an unexpected treat…as was the electric version of “Ohio” that he did with an alternating quiet/screaming loud arrangement that was just too cool….he even went into how he wrote the song after seeing the iconic photo on the cover of Time Magazine of the woman kneeling next to a dead student at Kent State that he saw lying on a table in the rain…..it was a very personal performance that I was blown away by…he even called David Crosby a great friend…maybe it’s the first step in their reconciliation? Hope so….

Well…not sure why I’m getting going on time today…don’t have much to do but work out and ride the bike so I guess I could wait but habit is pretty strong…slept okay last night but feel pretty slow today so the coffee better start to work soon….I did get the plate off the car yesterday but I am sore everywhere again today so I may have to take something for it before the bike ride…many new muscles in use that all hurt…I did get to see Neil Young’s live concert last night and it was great…will probably do one on that later in the day…didn’t get anything else done yesterday but I think I’ll clean some today since I don’t have to cook and there is no soccer on again until Friday…I am hoping that we get the storms that are predicted later today…that would be somewhat entertaining…more later….

Well….it has been a heck of a lot of work this morning trying to get the old license plate off the car…even went out and bought some tools to do it but, in the end, I didn’t need any of it other than the big screwdriver…didn’t have one of those so it was a good 1.89 that I spent. Figured out this morning that I could just take a hacksaw blade and cut a new slot in the head of the screws and then use the new screwdriver to take them out…it worked for the first one but the second one just wouldn’t budge so I had to cut the plate off and get my vicegrips on the head to get it to turn…and it barely did. So, I have my new, weird numbered plate on the car now that I will have to memorize at some point….

Well…running a little early today and I don’t feel that hot today…still have that lung congestion that has been bugging me for a week now and I wonder what it is…I did have a nice drive out and back to pool…which I lost…and I really like the new brakes on the car…I do need to head out to HF later today to get a little grinder to cut a slot in the license plate screws so I can get them off and put the new plate on…have been wanting one of those for a while and they are only 7 bucks….need to pay bills today, too, but I can do that from the couch when soccer is on…not much to do today…I do need to cook some but probably won’t work on the car today…oh, and I do need to buy an extension cord so I can get to the car with the grinder…haven’t had one of those in years, too….more later….

Well…running quite early today since I have lots to do before the Brazil/Mexico match at 10…need to wash the car after having the sprinklers cover it with the crappy water that leaves the ugliest spots all over it…and I’m sure there are greasy fingerprints from doing the brakes yesterday…other than doing the car, I didn’t get anything else done yesterday and today will be the same with pool this aft…I can’t wait to see how the new brakes work on the trip out and back….I am really sore from using a bunch of new muscles working on the car yesterday and that will need some ibuprofen here in a few minutes….and that will help with working out and riding the bike….not sure what I’m going to eat today…I have a pizza in the freezer that is calling my name and I just may cook that for lunch…maybe not….more later…

Well…just finished up doing the front brakes on the car and I am worn out from the heat….was going to wait until tomorrow morning to do them but to have a box full of new parts just sitting here was too much for me to bear…after I tore the passenger’s side apart, I couldn’t get the rotor off since I didn’t have a bolt to put through the hole and push it off…so, I had to put it back together and go out and get one and then I remembered I didn’t have a hammer so I went over to Harbor Freight and got a 2 1/2 pounder for 6 bucks…haven’t owned a hammer in over 15 years so I thought it was about time…after I got back here and started, it only took me 45 minutes to do both sides including a shower afterwards…it was a good thing I did, too….both rotors were so rusted they could have come apart at any time and the friction material on one pad on the drivers side had come off the backing plate and was just floating around in there…and it was about as thick as a piece of paper. When I took it out to test, I couldn’t believe how good they are now…I even locked up the fronts and I could never do that before…I can’t wait to see how they are after I get them bedded in on the drive out to pool tomorrow…the carbon/ceramic that the pads are made of are supposed to be the best material you can get and have 20% more stopping power than the normal metallic ones…let’s hope they do…

Well….running a little early this morning since I have to…need to get on the bike before 7:30 to get back here for the F1 race at 9….slept okay last night and don’t feel too badly this morning but my lungs are congested still and that is annoying….there is good news today with my health insurance starting and now I need to find a doctor and see if there is anything wrong with me…yeah, there is a lot wrong with me but I’m hoping nothing with my health….not sure how I feel about that but it will take just one more thing off my mind…didn’t get much done yesterday with the heat and today looks the same…I do need to watch some soccer but that is about it….I do need to cook today but I’m not sure what…probably another burger but I do have some leftover chicken, too….okay, need to get to the coffee and get on the bike…more later….

Well….my new brake parts for the Miata got here today! They were not scheduled to arrive until Thursday so that is a pleasant surprise…and now I can install them Monday morning and work them in on the trip out to pool and back….pretty cool….