Well…a fun night last night at G’s birthday party…it was great to see all of her friends that I haven’t seen in almost a year…my bean dip was a hit and the Red Wings crushed Anaheim so it was a two-fer…and I took it kind of easy so I feel okay this morning…weird dreams about kidnapping and beatings, though, that are fading as fast as I’m writing this…can’t remember who the female lead was but I do remember there were trains all around and some city like Newark. Yep, you know I’m kind of weird….and I don’t want to get better….not a lot to do today…just get the bike ride in this morning and then get ready for the Michigan game…looks like no group for the game so it might be here or maybe out to the new Peppino’s….was thinking about going out to M’s but the 40 mile drive is just not something I want to do…I do need to thaw the food for tomorrow…more later…

Well…a night of no booze or sleep aids and I can tell it was a good idea…even though I was up at 5, I still feel a hundred percent better than I did yesterday. Today looks kind of busy, at least for the morning…have to do the grocery shopping and then make my bean dip for G’s birthday bash later….and I am going to try some texas style ribs in the slow cooker. I am getting disappointed with what is going on in this country with the huge influx of foreign money as a result of the Citizen’s United decision by the Supreme Court. That is going to be a topic for later on today while the wings are cooking and I don’t have anything else to do. It is still nice to be able to go out on the bike in a t-shirt….more later…

Well..an interesting day yesterday but I didn’t have time to get the political post out and for that I’m sorry…the day just got away from me when G called and asked me to go over to wait for the cable guy to come…that stretched into HH with T, which was a lot of fun, sitting on the deck at Rose’s in EGR. By the time I got home, I really wasn’t in the mood to write anything and the time with T made me happy so there was no outrage to put down on paper…or on the screen. So, I’ll try to do better today but feeling as I do…kind of crappy….it will probably be a little later in the day. More later….

I guess this is later…not a lot to do today…I think I have the night off from everyone so I’m just going to take it easy all day…have to finish up a movie here in a couple of minutes so I can get it in the mail but I’m hitting the couch to do it…can’t wait to feel better…

Well…feel a little better after getting a ride in and just had to pass this along…was on the fastest downhill section of the trail this morning and a red-tailed hawk that was perched on the fence that runs along it took off and flew right down the trail in front of me for at least 50 yards with me just about 6 feet behind and to the right. I was so close I could count the feathers on his wingtips and tail…it was the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long while….

Oh, there is a dead mouse alert on for today…must have seen 20 of them on the trail….more later…I think about the corporate money that is being used to buy the repubs again…

Well…it was a fun night out in Ada…not really a night but an afternoon…won at pool and was successful at tamping down the anger..it was a little weird taking it easy in the car but it was nice to walk in the door here without even a little guilt for my behavior. But I was not good when I got home so I have another day of trying to get the toxins out and feel like crap. Oh, well…will probably have to go to the grocery store this morning and I am not looking forward to it when I feel like this…or I could do a fast food day…haven’t done one of those in a long time. As you can tell, I’m not too lucid this morning and there are no ideas in my head so I’ll end here for now…more later…

Well…don’t know if I will have any earth-shattering posts for you later today…I was thinking about Boehner and his band of miscreants as one but I’m just not sure that it has jelled enough to make sense. So, I may have to let that one percolate for another day or so…I’ve just had a lot of jumbled thoughts but one that has been bothering me is a little personal and a failing that I’ve been working on for some time now. You know the issue…letting my anger boil over in my personal life..I’ve been getting angry at everyone and everything again and I, again, need to do something about it. This whole thing was triggered by another person almost running me down in a crosswalk starting out on the ride this morning…it made me so mad that I almost allowed that person to ruin my ride on this glorious Michigan fall day. It took almost 5 miles before I stopped seething and there is something wrong with that…I’ve also noticed that my driving is creeping back to aggressive again and I’m bitching about people all the time.

So, I think my path here is quite clear…I need to start thinking about what I’m doing again; I’m going to try to not say one bad thing about anyone for the rest of the day….I’m going to smile more than I scowl, and I’m going to try to shift into laid back mode in the car when I head out to Ada today…I know I feel better about myself when I do these things but it is harder than it looks…these behaviors have to be turned into habits just like the anger and meanness….I hope I don’t get too relaxed that I can’t work up outrage for my posts…I wonder where the balance is?

Well…out with G last night and had some fun…but was not a good boy after I got home so I feel a little crappy today…but that’s okay…don’t have a lot to do today and with the weather changing, I can’t get out on the bike until later in the day…I do have pool out in Ada with Tom later and it is nice to not stack lunch with T on top of it…don’t really need to get a head start. Decided to make my bean dip for G’s birthday party on Friday so my contribution is taken care of…along with the bottle of Hot Damn that is getting to be tradition sitting around her outdoor fireplace. Not much else to say right now so I’ll stop and head for the couch for a while…as I said, I do feel a little crappy today…more later…

Well…I forgot to pass on the dual grasshopper and caterpillar alert for the trails today…the wooly bears were swarming along with a huge cadre of grasshoppers that met the generally accepted alert rate of 20 per 100 feet…so, be careful out there…I decided to ride my route in reverse yesterday and neglected to pass that on…it was so weird to not know where I was on the trail and to have to think to know what gear to be in….the terrain looked so alien going clockwise with the shadows and sun making a completely different view from the bike….places that looked like large hills turned into flats or downhills going backward and the last climb along M-6 was just a killer with dead legs after 10 miles…but it was still fun and I think I may do both weekend days that way…it may work the legs a little more and challenge the muscle memory I’ve built up over time. One last thing, I’m only 26 miles from hitting 1700…2000 still looks doable before the weather goes away….no more later….well…who, knows…I may have another topic…I really did have one but I forgot what it was…might have to go back through the newspapers to refresh my memory…

Oh…do have the normal night out with G I think…then Tom tomorrow, then out with T for HH Wed…maybe even K for HH Thurs…geez… a lot to do this week…

Well…it’s another harbinger of the coming winter here…had to put the heat on for the first time last night since it’s only 35 degrees outside. But, the cool thing is the heat is included in the rent so I can run it 75 in here if I want. I know that’s not something you care about but that’s okay…going to have to wait until after noon to go out on the bike but I don’t have anything else to do so it’s no big deal. Not a lot to do today….and not much of a SF yesterday but I still feel fuzzy this morning so if I’m not making much sense, that’s the reason. Probably should take the clubs out of the trunk and clean them up today….maybe not…more later…

Well…no big topics today…I did have a short Sunday Funday with K and V..watched the Lions lose but they played hard so maybe that’s progress? Talked to my daughter after she got back from Europe and agreed that the next time they go, I’ll go with them…I’ve always wanted to see England so I guess I’ll have to start saving some cash…and find a job…but that’s harder than it looks…and I’m still not that motivated…maybe in a couple of weeks…who knows? That’s about it for now….I promise some topics for tomorrow..but I don’t know what they’ll be yet….