Well…if you’re sitting on the fence about voting…and I sure hope you’re not…you need to go out and find a copy of the repubs 2025 project that will turn this country into a christo fascist theocracy if the idiot trump cheats his way to another election…some high point include rounding up every undocumented immigrant (only brown ones, of course), putting them in camps and then deporting them…hey, I think you should ask the farmers in Florida who had most of their crops rotting in the field when the repubs there passed a law saying that any latino person could be arrested so they all left…and women are going to be the target of these assholes…no birth control, no abortions, IVF, monitoring women’s periods…and they are even floating taking away the right to vote…and don’t think the courts are going to protect you…especially since a few of them are already members of christian cults and believe that women should be kept in their place…so folks, just because you live in a state like Michigan that, for now, has enshrined women’s rights in the constitution…federal law will override them…and they really plan to come down hard on the LGBTQ community…essentially outlawing being gay or transgender…believe them when they say it and get out to vote in the most important election in any of our lives…geez…
April 7th
Well…damn, I really hurt myself going into the wind on the bike yesterday and I can barely move my neck today….and the thought entered my head that there is going to come a point where I just can’t do it anymore and that just sucks…need to get moving soon to get the first ride in but the F1 race is on and I want to see some of that but they are going to re-run it this afternoon so I guess I can watch it then…slept pretty crappy last night and tonight is going to be the last night of cocktails until after my upcoming doctors appointment on the 3rd of May to get my blood pressure down before then…and it will help me lose weight…want to drop another 10 pounds before summer to get me down into the 150′s…I did get some things done yesterday but I really do need some time off as I get older…getting three rides in, doing the weed walk, and starting to clean up the yard took a lot out of me and it doesn’t help that I only had a bowl of soup and a BLT yesterday but I’m doing that again today…just so darn worn out that it is going to be a chore to get going…not much to do today…have 14 minutes to get on the bike and today is going to be a struggle…more later…
Couldn’t find a topic…
Well…it has been a busy day today and I looked for a political topic but couldn’t find one so I’ll do this instead…after I got up, I was on the bike around 7 and had both rides in before 9:30…then I put wok clothes and went out to clear the dog crap off my front terrace…then I filled my sprayer up with weed killer and did the first weed walk of the year that took forever since I have more weeds than grass at this point with the big drought last year…so I’ll be seeding…again…maybe next week since there are a couple of days of rain in the forecast…I did get out on the outdoor bike but went out at 51 degrees in shorts and froze my fingers in the new riding gloves…and the wind was blowing 15 on the way out and I pulled something in my back that is going to have to be heated tonight…darn…I did take the cap off the outside faucet and put the valve on it but I still need to climb in the crawlspace and turn the shutoff on….should probably clean it while I’m in there since there are some old paint cans that need to be discarded…maybe tomorrow…okay…going to go read a bit…
April 6th
Well…damn, up at 5:14 this morning and out of bed by 6 so I wonder how I’m already running late? Need to get on the bike in 15 minutes but I haven’t even had the first cup of coffee…and I am sore from riding outdoors yesterday and I’ll be back to that today…my allergies could put me on the couch today if I let them…going to have to use some flonase before I get on the bike…had a good day yesterday but I’m sure I didn’t eat enough with only two bowls of soup and about 600 calories for the day….will have to try to do better today and I will with soup and then a blt later….would like to get out on the bike in shorts today but that means the outdoor ride will be in the afternoon since it’s only 32 out there right now…I really need to get on some lawn work and plant some seeds downstairs but that will mean no reading today and I can probably use the rest for my eyes…and I do need to do a weed walk out there since the whole yard has been over run by weeds…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike soon and then get off my butt and get some work done….more later…
A pretty good day…
Well…had a pretty good day today and got some things done…after the first two rides indoors, I jumped in the car to run over to Meijers and check on my prescription wearing my Manchester United hat…after I hit the pharmacy and they said it would take 30 minutes to fill the prescription so I did some shopping since I wanted one more bag of bird food…after I got that done, I went back to wait for it at the pharmacy and noticed they had signs up for the booster vaccine for anyone over 65 so I signed up with no reservation and 5 minutes later they called me and I got it…no reaction at all so far other than a little pain…while I was waiting after that, a young guy noticed my hat and we sat there and talked English Premiere League for 15 minutes…he is a Tottenham fan and was jealous I got to see a match at Old Trafford…then they called me to tell me they didn’t have enough pills to fill my prescription so I came away empty handed…again..but, they’ll have it done by Monday so I’ll pick it up then…was on the run from 7am til a little after noon with getting an outdoor ride in today…wind was nuts, again, coming back so I’ll be sore tomorrow…hoping to get 4 rides in tomorrow…2 inside and two outside for 41 miles…I did hit 2,000 miles for the year today and only missed the goal by 5 days…and that’s a success to me…
This is what the repubs did…
Well…with the repubs in the house still blocking sorely needed aid to Ukraine, reports from intelligence services in Europe are getting alarmed that the lack of ammunition and artillery shells is allowing Russia to reconstitute their forces that are slaughtering Ukrainians…blocking aid has given Russia time to being in more tanks and artillery systems and call up more soldiers while all Ukraine can do is try to defend against them…they don’t have anywhere near what they need for attacks are are left to dig in and try to not lose more territory…and it is all the repubs fault…every damn one of them is kissing Putin’s ass and we know why…and that is the money that has been pouring into their coffers from Putin’s cronies and that money is doing just what Putin planned…stopping the biggest donor to Ukraine and leaving them twisting in the wind…I think we need to push for the 300 billion dollars of frozen Russian assets that was seized when the illegal invasion started…and that would be justice for Ukraine that would have Russia funding the war against them…let’s get it done…geez…
April 5th
Well…man, only have 15 minutes before I need to get on the bike for the first ride and I just poured the first cup of coffee…slept okay last night but was up and down all night and I’m feeling it right now…I do have an errand to run after the indoor rides since I am still working on getting my damn prescription filled and I wonder why it’s such a problem…and I’m going to buy one more bag of bird food for this year…it looks like I’ll be able to get outdoors on the bike today but it will still be in the 40′s…I may be able to get out in half thermasuit tomorrow and try out my new riding gloves…I’ll have to check if I’ve hit 2K miles for the year…close to it but we’ll see…still working on leftovers so I won’t have to cook today but will finish up the ham soup today and will need to cook something tomorrow…will be doing some freezer diving today…still have some bacon wrapped pork loins in there but I did take the bacon out of the freezer for blts since I bought tomatoes earlier…I do need to plant my veggie seeds this weekend so I get a small head start on the garden but I won’t be planting outdoors until May….not going to repeat the debacle of last year…but need to prep the garden before that and get started on the lawn…not much to do today…this will be the last easy day for a while so I’m going to take advantage of it…more later…
Good news…
Well…I was disappointed last week when I read that they were going to move the trail across the point in the condo project away from the water even though they promised not to…but today, I had a pleasant surprise when I read that the developer and the mayor put out a statement that made it clear that the trail is going to go right back where it was and they are going to add a second bypass trail that people can use if it’s too busy across the point…and they made it clear that the whole of the property other than the marina is going to be open to the public with places to fish and just sit when it’s done…not sure how people paying a million dollars for one of the condos are going to react to that…I just hope that we users of the trail respect that this is people’s homes and treat it better than they do up here…so I’ll be riding on the trail by the end of July if they stay on schedule…can’t wait to see it…I did get out today to Menards to get lawn food, weed killer, potting soil, and some seeds to plant to get my garden started inside…not going to rush it like last year…
Let’s remember this…
Well…as the election gets closer, there is only one thing that we need to remember…the economy always does better under dems…in every measure, like growth in GDP, income, jobs, and wages are better under dems…and the negative indicators like unemployment, inflation, and interest rates are lower under dems…and any gains from economic growth are spread more evenly when dems are in charge and the social safety nets are strengthened…and this data is so lopsided the study lead can’t figure out why polling shows that people think the repubs are better with economic issues…and that gap in the polls is due to the media not covering the economy other than as a horse race and never publish anything good about the dems performance even though for 75 years dems have outperformed repubs and Joe Biden and his team never get credit for an economy that is outperforming every other G-7 country in all of the indicators…and by a large margin…so we need to shout this from the rooftops every day from now until we win the election this fall…no tax cuts for the rich or corporations…geez…
April 4th
Well…it appears I’m in that backward progression in wake up times again…had a few days of waking up at 5:14 and today it changed to 4:14…in a few days it will be 3:14 and so on…slept okay but feel pretty worn out…as always…and I wonder if it’s from only having two bowls of soup to eat yesterday…crap, only have 8 minutes before i need to get on the bike downstairs and I really could use some time off…but I feel like I’ve gained a zillion pounds lately and I can’t wait til I can start piling on the miles outdoors…but rain is coming in today that will last most of the day…and the weird part is it’s coming in from the north since we’re on the back side of the cold front that came through yesterday…and that means there could be snow mixed in…and it appears it will be wet out there until around 5 this afternoon…but I should be able to get outside tomorrow in the afternoon and every day til Tuesday…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike right now and start thinking about getting on the yard this weekend since they are picking up yard waste starting this week…need to rake and get food on it since it is greening up pretty fast….more later…