Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done….and even I am getting tired of that…slept okay but feel pretty tired today since I only ate one meal yesterday…I know that is not a good idea but I’m just not hungry for some reason….Man U won their FA cup game and are in the finals so maybe they can salvage their season and even get in the champions league…I did get a nice bike ride in yesterday and today should be the same since it is sunny and almost 50 already….still don’t hurt anywhere and that is really weird….not much to do today…going to make tacos and clean a little but that is about it….and then take a nap during the race as always…more later…oh, and come back for one more of these…not sure of the topic but I have to do something…
All posts by James DeVol
April 23rd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that was cool…and the drive out and back was fun with the top down…didn’t get anything else done but I really don’t mind that…it was kind of funny that I hadn’t talked to any of the kids in months and then talked to 3 of them yesterday….just checked the tracking on the exhaust and it is in town so I may get it today…or no later than Monday so I can get it put on Friday….the elbows are starting to hurt so I can notice it today so I need some ibuprofen before I go out on the bike…it is only in the 30′s so that is going to wait for a while but I need to get it done before Man U plays in the FA cup at noon…not much to do today….don’t really have anything to do other than clean so maybe I’ll do that…maybe not…more later….
Shredding the constitution in Oklahoma…
Well…I am so damned tired of the repubs talking out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to the constitution…always waving copies in peoples faces and saying how much they revere it, and then going back to the legislatures they control and passing blatantly unconstitutional laws. This is happening across the country wherever repubs are in control…from NC to Mississippi and now Oklahoma where the latest these idiots have done is pass a law taking the medical licenses away from any doctor who performs an abortion…yeah, a perfectly legal procedure is being criminalized by idiots that just don’t understand that federal law trumps state law….this from a state that can’t educate it’s kids because of the tax cuts they have given to the rich and crying that there just isn’t any money left, but they have no problem spending millions to defend this blatantly illegal law. What the hell is wrong with the repubs in this country? When did they get so stupid? I just can’t understand why anyone votes for these idiots who obviously don’t have a clue how government works…I just can’t believe this crap….geez…
April 22nd
Well….it was a long day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done….went out to have a couple with G and that went a little overboard and led me to go to bed before 10…hadn’t slept well at all for the past 5 days and I think I made up for it last night…had been good since sat but not last night…oh, well….my elbows are teasing the pain that is coming and I really don’t like the anticipation…it hurts to pick things up again…just twinges but that just makes me remember how bad it was last time….and, my allergies are flaring like crazy so I think I will take something this morning before I take the bike ride…the exhaust didn’t come yet so it looks like it will be pool instead today…the car is still not too loud so I can live with it….not much to do today…I need to run some errands this morning and I am going to make some cash so that is cool….then pool this aft….more later….
April 21st
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I get a few things done so that was cool…sleeping is still a challenge and I think I got about 4 hours last night which was full of tossing and turning…hurt my elbow somehow last night but the pain is receding so I guess I can live with it….have been good for 4 days now and I feel pretty good even without sleeping so I may just keep that up…just checked on the new exhaust and it was in Cali yesterday and coming by ground so it looks like it won’t be here until Sat so no work until next week…but, they may do a miracle and get it here on time…don’t see that, though…it is damn gloomy right now with the rain and clouds an that makes my mood kind of gloomy, too….hope it quits so I can get on the bike this morning…it looks like my son has the new server in France figured out and Plex is back to working like it should…and I can add Tom to it now that he has more capacity…lots of free tv and movies….not much to do today….going to have a burger for lunch for the first time in months since it was on sale and then maybe out to have a couple with G before the Wings game…and a nap with not getting any sleep last night…more later….
The rats are even deserting Brownback…
Well….you know the old saw that the states are the “laboratories of democracy”….if they are, the Kansas lab just blew up. You know that they have been implementing the whole wish list of tea party economics there with tax cuts for business that were supposed to increase revenues for the state? As the rest of us know, this “voodoo” economics doesn’t work…never has and never will…and the tax elimination for the almost 400,000 businesses and farmers there did absolutely nothing to create jobs…leaving Kansas 43rd out of 50 states in that measure. The latest studies there found that almost all of the tax cut money went right into the pockets of those getting the tax cuts…not used to expand business or hire since Kansas has the same problem the rest of the country has, a lack of demand and no business is going to hire or expand when there is no excess demand…and expansion follows increasing demand not proceeds it. So, the only thing these tax cuts have done, as they have done across the country, is to starve Kansas of the money it needs to educate it’s children, and pay for the services that are necessary for the state to run. Some of the repubs in Kansas, (the ones that are not too blinded by ideology) have started to revolt against the decimation that these tax cuts have wrought and are starting to float the idea that maybe they were wrong, that maybe they will have to raise taxes to fund the bare necessities of government so that Kansas is not the third world backwater that the repubs have made it…probably not but we can hope for the people of Kansas…geez…
New York primaries…
Well….sitting here waiting for the pork loin to cook and thought I’d do a comment on the New York primaries that were held yesterday…on our side, Hillary won in convincing fashion and made the path to the nomination almost impossible for Bernie…one of the problems our side has is that the youngsters that have come out strong for Bernie just don’t understand politics too well….that their guy is not going to win and it was not shenanigans, it was just that more people voted for Hillary and want her as the nominee…it’s nothing personal and they have to get over it and support our side’s nominee in the general…after all, do they really want a president Trump? Look at the damage the repubs have done to this country since Reagan, do they want that on steroids with a repub president? I know it hurts when your candidate loses but we need to take the long view…that any dem is better than any repub and we need to stick together to restore some sanity to this country. Oh, and Trump won the other side…it made me feel good that ole Ted was chased out of the state…after all, he hates “New York values”….good riddance…
April 20th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a few things done so that was cool…slept okay last night…kinda….and feel okay today with having the third night of being good and tonight will be a fourth and I feel good about that….might just do the whole week since I am now getting used to it….the car is still holding up with the patch I put on it so the urgency of fixing the exhaust has lessened somewhat….I did talk to my middle son last night for an hour and that was fun…he has a new job running IT for a school district near Detroit and that is cool….still have the twinges in my elbows but still no full pain yet and I am not sure why that is….haven’t even taken any ibuprofen for it and that is a good thing…my back has been great for almost 6 weeks now and I am getting used to it not hurting and being able to move as I want….T is in Phoenix until Sunday and I kind of miss talking to her but it is something I think I can get used to…..not much to do today….going to clean some and make a half pork loin for lunch along with the normal stuff but that is about it…more later….
They really do hate Ted Cruz…
Well…just a little short one on an article I just read about how much people really do hate Ted Cruz….one of his compatriots in congress, Rep Peter King, had this to say today…”I really hate Ted Cruz…I’d take cyanide if he gets the nomination…” now, I know this is hyperbole from a congressman who is known for it…but to publicly make a comment like that during the New York primary says a lot to how much ole Ted is just despised by everyone he has ever come into contact with from his college roommate to the prosecutor’s office in Texas, to the senate…everyone hates Ted….and that only happens by being the self-centered asshole that he is…remember, his little shutdown tantrum cost this country over $24 billion dollars….money that could have been spent to provide free college to over 200,000 kids…selfish asshole…geez…
April 19th
Well…it was a busy day yesterday and I got a bunch of stuff done…made a little cash but spent most of it on supplies that I needed so I guess the day was a wash…slept pretty crappy last night but I don’t feel that bad today so being good is having it’s desired effect….got a great bike ride in yesterday and finally felt like I am getting my legs back…it did help that it was over 70 and that loosened things up somewhat…haven’t had to take any ibuprofen for almost a week now and I am hoping my elbows were just screwing with me when they shadowed some pain earlier….don’t hurt at all today so I guess I’ll keep my fingers crossed…did get a notice that they shipped my new exhaust yesterday but I don’t think it will get here by Friday…the car is still not too loud so I guess I can get through another week with the old one on it….not much to do today…got my state taxes in yesterday and got enough back to buy the exhaust and still have 50 bucks left over so that was cool…..oh, today….going to get back to the normal routine today but it’s been slow starting so I guess I’ll just play it by ear….more later…