Well….it has been a busy morning with the normal workout and bike ride but then I had to take the title for the old car out to the boneyard that took it…a really nice drive with the top down and then got a pleasant surprise of $100 bucks they paid me for the wreck…I was just shocked but really happy to get the extra cash….and I did get a photo of the car that I didn’t get at the wreck so that was cool, too….and I am really getting to like my new car more and more as I drive it…put premium in it (like I’m supposed to) and it seems much happier…so I am, too….
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Buying an election in Wisconsin…
Well…since it is election day in Wisconsin, I thought I’d write a couple of lines here about it and see if I can be at least a little lucid…it has been a struggle lately to have something to say and I’m not sure why…but, I’ll just keep trying….so, let’s get on to the election…it looks like Scott Walker may win it…no matter that he hasn’t created one job, he has taken away rights from the working class, and he has divided a state that was once united in doing what was right for everyone in the state. I guess when you inject over 35 million dollars of the 1%’s money into an election, you can fool the people into voting for anything…so, it looks like the Koch brothers have bought themselves a state and with it have driven another nail into the coffin of bi-partisanship….it is a sad day….
June 5th
Well…it was a long one yesterday and I feel a little under the weather today…I really do think it’s allergies since I have been sneezing and coughing like crazy….I did lose at pool yesterday but it was a hard fought battle so I feel okay about it….I had weird dreams but nothing that I can share…since I don’t remember it….my neck is hurting again and I can barely move it and it is getting to be a real pain since it’s been a few weeks now and I’m not sure what the problem is…okay…going back to the couch for a few…
A funny thing…
Well..I was going to talk about trail weirdness today but I forgot what it was so I won’t do that one….there was a strange thing that happened today with the car….a switch flipped and it was my car…you know how that goes….at least I hope you do….it was someone else’s car that I had bought…but today, it turned into my car and that is a good thing….yep, you know that I’m weird and this one shouldn’t have been a surprise….I did have to get two out today and tomorrow, I promise that I will have one about Wisconsin and the Venus transit across the sun…so come on back…
June 4th
Well…my site is screwed up this morning and I just lost the post I just put together…so, I have to try to remember it…not an easy thing right now….it was a cocktail night last night so I am moving a little slow today…I am thinking about putting the top down and going out for the papers and coffee…one of the guys that work here brought me some smoked salmon this morning and I am thinking about some cream cheese and a toasted bagel with the salmon….more later…
Just realized I lost a post from yesterday about Paul Krugman and I am more than a little irritated….it’s hard enough to do two of these a day without having the site conspire against me….oh, well….I did get the bagel and cream cheese and with crumbling some smoked salmon on top, I think I’ve found my new favorite food….
just some stuff…
Well…just wanted to do a short one on the happenings of the day that had to do with the car….when I went out to get the paper this morning, the belts started shrieking and slipping and did it for about 15 seconds….when it did it again when I went out to run an errand, I remembered that it is a real wheel drive car (a real head slapper) and that it may be packaged so I could get at the belt adjusters without having to jack the car up and crawl under it….like I had to with the MX-6….well….5 minutes later I had both belts adjusted and it was just so cool to be able to do those things on a car again…to be able to use the knowledge that I learned over a lifetime of working on cars….I think I have this mental image of the Miata as an English sports car that had to be worked on just to keep it on the road…but a reliable one….it was fun to work on today….
June 3rd
Well…I guess I lied…I am getting behind again but that always happens on the weekend so you shouldn’t be surprised…it was a busy day yesterday with getting the new stereo in the car and then going down to the casino with G and hanging out with her all day…just a nice, relaxing day but I lost 30 bucks playing the slots so I won’t be going back there anytime soon…G was up 200 bucks but gave it all back by the time we left…made me a little nostalgic for all the time we used to spend together….it looks like a nice day out there and with it being 58 degrees already, I’m going to head out for a ride in a minute and clear my head some….I will try to come back later for more since it is going to be a total veg day with races and naps since I got up at a little before 6…
One last thing…you can blame me for all the rain…I bought a convertible….
June 2nd
Well…it was busy yesterday but I am going to make sure that today is easier…but, I am going to go out and have a new stereo put in the car in about an hour…I did have dreams last night that included Czech women, water towers, and horse drawn wagons…don’t ask me how it all fits together but it did at the time…and, I didn’t sleep well and was back up at 5:30 this morning so the trip to the casino with G isn’t going to happen….and I’m not really a gambler so it doesn’t have any attraction to me…I am going to put the top down on the way out to ABC if it’s not raining….waiting to hear from T about the B-52 concert last night…not a place I would have wanted to be with the cold and rain…Okay…have a few things to do before I take off so I will end here….more later…
Not going to get behind…
Well…it has been some sort of a day and much busier than I like but I did get to see T for lunch so that made it a little better…I was going to do a political one but I cleaned up the papers and don’t feel like digging them out again….oh, there is one thing that I wanted to talk about…with all of the budget cutting and hatred of any stimulus for the economy by the repubs, we are seeing exactly what Keynes predicts…that is that with the federal, state, and local cuts that have taken place, the economy is slowing down…exactly what the repubs were trying to do to make sure that Obama is not reelected. Never mind that it is hurting the country, the repubs are all about winning the political battles no matter what the cost is…one of the most Un-American things I have seen in my lifetime….and shame on them….how do you sleep at night?
June 1st
Well…it was a night out last night with G for a couple and then back here for one more and I still feel a little crappy from yesterday and not eating enough but I’ll fix that today I hope….I do feel good that I caught up and made the goal for the month and I am not going to get that far behind again…I am still really gunshy in the car even in normal driving and I hope that goes away soon…it’s preventing me from enjoying driving and that’s about all I have left in my life…I am really starting to like the new car…it just reminds me of simpler times and cars and I need that right now….I will be back later for more but right now I need water and the couch….I do get to have lunch with T today so I have to get ready for that, too….