Well…everyone knows that the idiot trump is the biggest liar in the history of the world, and now the media is helping him lie some more by broadcasting an 8 minute screed tonight on the “crisis” at the Mexican border….one that only he and his idiot followers believe. Let’s look at the truth…using the government’s own statistics, it is clear that there has been a net outflow of undocumented people back to Mexico for over three years now, so what’s the “crisis”? What does idiot boy want to accomplish by lying to try to get his wall? To keep the rest of the undocumented people from Mexico from going home? I have had enough of the stupident trying to spend my taxes on a vanity project that only his rabid base of racist morons wants and that can never be built…do you think the people of Texas will stand still when he starts to use eminent domain to take their land for the stupid wall? Not going to happen and the news media needs to start calling him out on it…and on his litany of lies…tonight is as good a time as any…get on it media…impeach…
January 8th
Well…rolled over onto my right shoulder in bed last night and all I have to say is ow, ow, ow, ow, …ow, ow, ow…that was a huge mistake and my shoulder is howling in pain right now and it even woke me up and kept me up from about 3 or so…so, I feel like crap right now and will probably need to take something for it…at least Clemson beat Alabama last night and I was smiling how they dismantled them…but, all the god crap in the post game interviews showed me that there is a lot of delusion that is still rampant in this country and that we still have a long way to go to get to the enlightened state of rationality here….oh, I did lose at pool yesterday but it was fun to get out and do something for a change…and my new wiper blades worked like a champ without any noise so that was cool….didn’t get on the bike yesterday with the rain and wind but I am going to try to get out today before the rain starts since it is still over 40 but it looks like it is going to get cold and snow tonight so it will be a few days of hunkering down here…more later….
That was a mistake…
Well…after waiting for two weeks to get back on the weight machine after the crash, I did try it this morning and it was a mistake…only got about 5 reps in and the pain came howling back…had to even take some ibuprofen for it and I’m now waiting for the pain to subside again…it is getting better so I’ll be able to shoot pool today but damn, I need to be able to work out again with not being able to get on the bike today or tomorrow…was going to try it in the dry slot that is here right now but the wind is blowing 25 with gusts to 40 and I am not going out in those conditions….I did get out and get some winter wipers today but they are the beam type that I’m not sure I like…the ones I had on the car froze up and chattered all the time when it was cold and icy so I guess these can’t be any worse…we’ll see in the rain today….more later…yeah, I’ll try to get to politics before pool but I can’t promise anything right now…have to have lunch and get the dishes running first….
January 7th
Well…just can’t get started today and my shoulder is hurting again so that is disappointing…and I didn’t sleep for crap and that makes me a little grumpy to start the day…part of that might be that I know I won’t be getting on the bike today with all the rain we are going to get…raining right now and as far out to the west as the radar can see so I may plan to run some errands this morning instead…I am going to try to get back to the weight machine but with the pain I’m having, I’m not sure if that’s a good idea….I did get some cooking done with a new batch of turkey soup in the instant pot and it came out good but needed more carrots…I’ll have to adjust that the next time…didn’t get anything else done other than a little cleaning and I’m not sure if I’ll get to anything today…might have pool this afternoon and it will be good to get out to do something after a couple of weeks of just hanging out here….but, I need coffee now and to read some news….just feel exhausted right now and need to not think…more later…
Perjury, perjury, perjury…
Well…just read with a little glee in my head that Adam Schiff, the new chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has offered to work with Robert Mueller to determine if anyone who testified to the committee while it was under repub control committed perjury and if they were protected by the repub majority while doing it. Can you say jail time Don jr.? Schiff has said that he will provide the transcripts of all of the testimony before the committee to Mueller as soon as possible…something that the repubs conspired with trump and his cronies to prevent and that is going to put Kushner in jeopardy, too, since it is already clear that almost everyone who testified lied…including Jeff Sessions. So, the immunity that these asses felt is now gone, and Schiff is going to make it clear to everyone that lying to congress is a crime that will be prosecuted…after all, that is one of the counts that Michael Cohen is going to jail for…perp walk, perp walk, perp walk….
January 6th
Well…looks like I’m on time today and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not…slept okay last night and don’t feel too bad today other than lots of little pains that I have been fighting for a while…but, I got down to only one dose of ibuprofen for the day yesterday and it was okay so I think I’ll try the same thing today…didn’t even take anything before the bike and my shoulder didn’t hurt until I picked the bike up to carry it down the stairs….so, that will be the plan for the day…didn’t get a lot else done yesterday but I am going to make turkey soup today since I have carrots and celery left over from making the pot pie filling and I haven’t used the instant pot for a while…and I do need to clean the bathroom that has been waiting since the crash and I’ll attempt that later after the soup…or maybe while the soup is working…more later….
Hey Tim Cook, I’ve got your answer…
Well…going to get off politics for a minute and comment on the wailing and gnashing of teeth going on in the tech industry right now with the sales of Apple’s Iphones tanking and year over year growth in negative territory. All of the articles I have read make it appear that the pundits and Apple are confused on why this would be…why is their money printing machine starting to stall? Damn, Tim Cook…the answer is so damn simple that I have it…do you really think any phone is worth a thousand dollars or more? That is the price point that the new Iphones meet…let’s say that again…a thousand dollars for a frickin phone? What does it do better than my 139 dollar used Samsung Galaxy S-7? Does it send texts directly to your brain? Does it take holographic pictures that you can play like R2D2 did in Star Wars? Does it cook dinner for you? Nope to all of those…so why is a stupid phone priced more than two laptops? I think the hubris of the people at Apple has finally blinded them to the economic reality of the world….I mean you can buy a phone, a laptop, a tablet, an Instant Pot and a new set of tires for what Apple is charging for their latest phone…and people are starting to realize that the premium Apple has been able to charge until now is no longer worth it…and that’s your problem, Tim….
Top down cruisin in January…
Well…I was going to talk about politics today but I decided to go out and take a drive in the car with the top down…it is 47 degrees after all and I needed to get my January run in…and it was fun to get the looks from the other folks in their suv’s and mini vans and I like to imagine they would prefer to be me for that one moment…or maybe not to be me but to be driving my car…whatever, it was fun and I may be able to do it again tomorrow…and get another nice bike ride in…that is if my left hamstring will let me do it…it has been hurting for a few days now but the lucky thing is that it doesn’t hurt much when I’m on the bike but it screams at me when I get off…at least the pain in my shoulder is getting better but I’ve noticed it is changing and I think I may have cracked my collar bone on that side since the pain now is centered on it…oh, well….just need to rest it and try to not use it too much…darn, that means no cleaning today…
Seaweed on the trail…
Well…noticed this out on the trail the last time the ice was all melted but just forgot about it until now…on the part of the trail that runs beside M-6, there is a spot that is always covered with water for some reason…and it is a little weird that it is not the lowest part of that section of trail…you would think the lowest part would be flooded…but this place is a good two feet higher than the low point and that leaves me shaking my head….back to the flooded part….a few weeks back, riding through the flooded part I noticed that there is seaweed growing in that water attached to the pavement of the trail…now, to me, that just shows how long that part has been flooded this year…and it is still flooded but covered with ice now…can’t wait to see what it looks like if it ever dries out…
January 5th
Well….you know, I really like fresh coffee days…got up a little early this morning and slept okay with the pain in my shoulder abating some overnight…was almost able to sleep on my right side last night but not quite yet…maybe tonight…didn’t have any dreams last night and that is a little disappointing but the ones from Thursday night will keep me going for a while…I think I’ll try to go without ibuprofen today just to see if I still need it…okay…maybe not since the pain has changed to be in the front of my shoulder, not in the joint anymore and that makes me think that I may have cracked a bone…if that’s the case, it will probably be a few weeks until it is healed…had an okay day yesterday and got some cooking done so today will be a leftover day…but, I am going to make turkey soup in the instant pot tomorrow….only have one carcass to use so it may be a little short on turkey…not much to do today…going to clean some and get the bike ride in but that’s about it….but, I need coffee right now or I won’t be motivated to do anything…more later….