Well…it wasn’t much of a day today but I did get a ride in outdoors even though it was in the 30′s when I went out…no Stupid the turkey today so I wasn’t as entertained as normal…but the ride was nice and got me to 29 miles for the day today…didn’t have to cook today since I’m trying to use the potato soup up before it spoils so today was the second day of only two bowls of soup to eat…don’t think that’s enough…damn, I forgot to do the weight work…have to get on that after I do this…going to make chicken thighs tomorrow that will last me for 3 more days after I have the first of it…but I’m not sure what the second meal will be the rest of the week…maybe some pasta? I have enough chicken for another stir fry so maybe I’ll try that…okay, just checked and I have enough chicken for both a stir fry and Masala later in the week…so that give me two more meals and I still have a couple of pork chops and a t-bone in the freezer so I can make those on the grill this weekend…so it looks like the chicken dish tomorrow and then the stir fry Wed…okay…need to read more…
Don’t travel to the US…
Well…with the idiot trump and his minions locking up people who are here legally, say on vacation, travel to the US is now too dangerous for anyone to come here…and even dangerous travel notices are up around the world stating that fact…and the people who are detained are basically “disappeared” across the country and locked up illegally with no way for them to be protected from the gang of thugs running this country…and the word is starting to get out across the world with travel to the US down by almost 30% since those criminal thugs took over…so where are you the “good for business” crowd who says that the idiot trump is a “businessman” and that is what’s needed…the economy is cratering and now the excuse for that is that there has to be some “pain” before the glorious new economy will be here…not going to happen…this is what you get maga voters…we now live in a police state that has no laws…geez…
March 17th
Well…happy St. Patrick’s day to all of you who celebrate…man, I remember the years when a huge group of us would get together and hang out with lots of beer, shots, and laughs…I miss those days a lot…oh, well…I did enjoy the moon shining through my blinds in the bedroom this morning and I just lied there and soaked it in for a bit but then my compulsion to get moving kicked in I was out of bed at 6:09…it is damn cold for March out here right now at 21 degrees and I really hope this is the last of the cold for the spring…it’s going to get to 60 tomorrow but then back down into the 40′s for highs and we really need a break from the cold…or I do…haven’t smelled the spring smell yet and I look forward to that….didn’t get anything done yesterday but bake bread and read but I really should clean some today…oh, I did do laundry yesterday so I guess that’s something…I did take some chicken thighs out of the freezer so I can make the chicken, potatoes, carrots, and rice dish in my half dutch oven tomorrow…and that will last a few days to go with the potato soup and bread…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike in 14 minutes to get started by 7am and get the two indoor rides in…going to suit up and do an outdoor ride this aft…have a can of Colombian coffee I’m going to open this morning and see what it tastes like in my pour over coffee maker…I wonder if it will be as good as my whole bean coffee? More later….
This is how you do it…
Well…not sure if you knew this or not but the idiot trump threw out the entire board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and put cronies of his in…essentially magafying what is supposed to be arts for the people…so guess what happened? Performers of all kinds are cancelling their shows and ticket sales are down by over 50% while donations to help run the place have completely dried up…now this is how you react to this asshole ruining everything in this country…you punch the son of a bitch in the mouth and don’t go along with it…I guess Kid Rock or Ted Nugent can become the house band and do shows every day…ha, ha…keep it up America…geez…
I feel guilty…
Well…only did two rides indoors today and I feel really guilty about that…but I think I made up for it by only having two bowls of soup to eat…oh, and two slices of sourdough bread to go with it…will have to get moving tomorrow…should do two indoor and one outdoor ride since the high is going to be 49 so I can get out for a ride in the afternoon…we got three frickin inches of snow today and my entire yard is covered…ick…but it will all melt tomorrow morning and then it’s going to be 50 for the rest of the week…not warm enough for me but it’s better than snow…still haven’t figured out any other meals so it may be another two bowl of soup day…have already finished two of the books I got Friday and I’m going to start another one right now…so back to reading…
More F-35s cancelled…
Well…another day, another order for F-35s cancelled…the latest is the fallout from the idiot trump’s attacks on Canada and they have now cancelled an order for 88 F-35 and are talking to the EU to buy their comparable fighter jets…so that is now over 300 cancellations and at 100 million dollars per plane or about 30 billion dollars that the idiot trump has cost Lockheed/Martin and it’s going to get worse as he stumbles around destroying our economy…and he is giving up influence that we used to have and is isolating the US on the world stage…our allies can’t depend on us and our enemies are laughing at the self destruction of NATO and all other alliances the stupid trump is taking a sledgehammer to…soon we’ll be a footnote of history as the rest of the world moves on without us…nice job maga assholes…geez..
Rising bread…
Well…just took a look at the bread dough in the silicone bowl in the fridge and I can’t believe how much it’s risen overnight…this is by far the best loaf I’ve made and I wonder if it was from the newly fed starter I used? I’ll bet it’s going to rise even more and push the top off the casserole dish I use to bake it in…I don’t know if I’m going to buy bread anymore or just bake a loaf a week…but bread flour is about 5 bucks for a 5 lb bag so it’s not cheaper than buying whole wheat at aldis…and each loaf takes 350 grams…okay, so that makes it about a buck per loaf so I guess it is cheaper…if you didn’t know, a pound is 454 grams so that gives you 6 loaves out of a 5 pound bag so that is 83 cents a loaf…I wonder if I should factor in the time it takes to make a loaf…no, I was just sitting here reading and the total time of mixing it up and doing the folding and stretching is about 10 minutes over the afternoon so it only appears it’s a lot of work…okay, need to get on the bike right now…more later…
March 16th
Well…it’s damn cold out there with the temp hovering the mid 30′s and that is down 40 degrees from Friday…that is March in Michigan so that will mean the rides will be indoors today…my right eye is pretty weepy this morning but doesn’t hurt so I will need to wash it and put the hot compress on it before I get on the bike here in a few minutes…I hurt my back somehow and it’s probably just from riding outdoors and using outdoor muscles to do it…and my hands hurt all night last night from the same thing since I only have about 200 miles in outdoors and I’m not used to it yet…slept okay last night and I’m not sure why I’ve been feeling so tired lately…yesterday it was a chore just to move at all and I feel the same today…I really should take a day off at some point…man, that would be such a luxury if I could ever do it…I used to be able to and I wonder how the heck I got to this point? I am going to bake some bread this morning to go with the potato/cabbage soup that I am going to have for both lunch and dinner today since I have so much of it in the fridge and don’t want it to spoil….not much to do today…it’s going to be a good day to just hibernate here with the rain/snow and cold that is going on right now…more later…
Pretty easy today…
Well…I did get two outdoor rides in today and the turkey was being exceptionally weird on the road up to the beach…when I got there, Stupid the turkey was chasing cars at full speed down the road gobbling loud enough that I could hear it over my music..so, of course, I gobbled right back at him and he stopped dead, turned around, and started to follow me up the trail…weird as heck…man the wind has been blowing like crazy out here all day today and I’m glad I went out early but it was still blowing almost 20 when I was out there but now it’s blowing 25-30 and gusting to 40…I really shouldn’t be surprised at that after living out here for 4 years…I did get the dough for another loaf of sourdough bread mixed up using the new batch of starter I made yesterday and it is now in the fridge doing it’s cold fermentation so I can bake it tomorrow morning and have some with the soup I’m having for lunch and dinner tomorrow…probably need to do some meal planning tomorrow, too and get some stuff out of the freezer…the temp is going to start crashing here in a couple of hours and tomorrow’s high is only going to be 35 so I’ll be indoors for the rides…but it will be warm enough to outdoors for most of the week but I’ll have to be in part thermasuit…okay, need to do some reading…
Poor lil Marco..
Well…since the G7 summit was being held in Canada, our SoS lil Marco Rubio had to go there and the greeting he got at the airport made me laugh like hell…first, there were only two people to greet him and the red carpet was about the size of a bath mat and dropped into a puddle…and since it was being covered by Canadian media, almost all of the questions were about his idiot boss and his threats to take over Canada…after a while lil marco got a little frustrated and lashed out at the reporters…now I’m not sure if this was planned by the Canadian government but their new PM ripped on idiot boy and in no uncertain terms said his comments on Canada and the stupid trade war he started are his fault…so good, the rest of the world is starting to treat the moron in chief with the contempt he deserves…oh, and Portugal just cancelled an order for a bunch of F-35s they were going to buy…geez…