Well…another day goes by and they still didn’t come to fix my bathroom so I had to go to the office to bitch…maybe they’ll come tomorrow…I am starting to get a little pissed about this whole ordeal and the disruption it is having on my life…..I was going to talk about the repub debate tonight but I am so bored with all the hate and ignorance that I won’t watch this one….I’ll let other people that get paid to do it watch it and I’ll just comment on the analysis tomorrow….it was a nice lunch with T today but I didn’t shoot pool…Tom had to reschedule and that worked out okay since it gave me time to go to the office and bitch….I did get the top down on the car and it was really quite nice….might be able to do that again tomorrow but then the weather is going to go to hell so I won’t be on the bike or have the top down until next week….okay…that’s about enough…I know there’s not really any content here but you see that sometimes….
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November 10th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but this one is going to be different….my internet is going to be down periodically for the next three days so there may not be as much content added as would be usual…this goes with the guys not coming to finish my bathroom ceiling yesterday and I am starting to get really annoyed about that…I have work to do around here and can’t do that with people coming in and out…aaargh….I mean, how long should it take to replace a 2×4 foot piece of drywall? Going to bitch to the office here if it’s not done today….I would like to get the damn thing cleaned and be able to put my stuff back out….slept okay last night and had some strange, recurring dreams that are boring me…I do have lunch with T to look forward to along with pool today but I don’t think I’ll have enough time to get a bike ride in and shower before that…so it looks like I’ll be off the bike today…damn….more later….
Starbucks declares war on Christmas…
Well…I kinda figured you were tired of me writing about ole Ben Carson so I thought I’d go another direction today….if you haven’t heard, Starbucks has declared war on Christmas….at least according to some of the really crazy religionists on the right…and, how are they doing that you may ask? They have taken aim at Christmas by taking the snowflakes and reindeer off of their cups! I tell you it’s a travesty…Christmas will be ruined now that you can only get plain red cups for your coffee in the morning! Yeah, that sounds pretty ridiculous, huh? But, there are a bunch of nuts on the right who have taken this seriously to the point that a rant video by one of these nuts had gotten over 10 million hits…and write-ups in many of the mainstream newspapers followed…and not even tongue in cheek like my rant here…I wonder if we are going to have to endure this crap for the next two months when someone somewhere doesn’t celebrate Christmas to the satisfaction of these crazies…I know it will give me something to ridicule but I mean, really? Don’t these folks have anything better to do? I’ll bet Starbucks is shaking with the threat of a boycott…okay, I even laughed at that one….geez…
November 9th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done…I think I’m going to stop feeling bad about that….I did get to watch a lot of sports so that was cool…and I got a nice bike ride in so I guess the day wasn’t a total waste….feel really crappy this morning and I think it’s from not eating enough yesterday…damn…not sure how I fix that…I know…eat more…but that’s harder than it looks….slept okay and had more Miata dreams of not being able to find where I parked it…not sure what that is about either….that’s not even a fear of mine…wonder if it’s literally about losing it? Hmmm….not too sore today and I think the bug might be breaking since I am coughing less this morning but I still feel crappy so maybe not….not much to do today…I hope they finish the damn bathroom today since it is so fricking annoying prepping for the work every day….I think I’ll take it easy and just feel better….more later….
Just one more on ole Ben…
Well…I know I’ve been doing a lot of these on ole Ben Carson but damn, he’s such an easy target that I just have to….and the latest thing shows that this idiot has an ego that is bigger than anyone’s in the world probably…the other day, trying to justify his absolute lack of political experience and knowledge, he compared himself to the founding fathers, stating that none of them had ever held elected office either…but, when he was told that most of them really had held offices in the early governments before the US was born, he comes back with the lame, lame qualifier that none of them had held FEDERAL office….which of course is true since there were no federal offices at that time. The whole idea that this idiot is comparing himself to Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Ben Franklin and the rest is just the worst sort of egoism…the only thing he has in common with any of these guys is his first name…to compare himself to the people who built the structure of this country that endures to this day is so over the top that I am going to stop commenting here and just let that soak in for a while…what a maroon…..
November 8th
Well…running a little late today with watching the Moto GP race that just ended…slept okay last night but don’t remember the dreams that I had…forgot to try to remember after I woke up and that usually means I won’t remember…darn….not really very sore this morning and that feels good for a change…I still have pain in my forearms but I think that is from tendonitus that I just live with….it is really cold this morning so the bike ride is going to have to wait a while…had to warm the car up for the first time with the frost on it and I knew it was coming but that doesn’t make it any better…didn’t get much done yesterday so today will have to be different…really don’t have much to do with cleaning all week but the kitchen could use a going over and I think I’ll do that…not much to do today…football, soccer and racing is about it….just a normal Sunday….
Belated snakes on the trail…
Well…haven’t written about this one yet and I almost forgot to do it…it has been a good November on the bike so far but it has been a little unusual, too….the last day that it was really warm I saw something I’ve never seen in November before…snakes on the trail…it was almost 70 when I went out and I saw 4 snakes just sitting on the trail, probably warming themselves since the night was kind of cold…weird but cool…and the bike is still working like a champ…still squeaking but everything else is working great….probably didn’t need to buy the new shifter…..
November 7th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a little stuff done…slept okay but this damn bug is still killing me with all the coughing….I thought it was breaking the other day but last night was bad so I guess I was wrong…I am sore everywhere again with both elbows just killing me so I guess some ibuprofen is in order before the bike ride…have been trying to get the damn squeak out of it for a couple of days now and I can’t figure it out…the shifter is still working great so that makes the squeak a little less annoying…need to wd the shock mounts before I go out and see if that’s it….it is pretty cold right now but I need to get out in the next half hour or so so I can see Man U play at 10….and I need to get the ham in and the potatoes peeled before that….not much to do today….just racing, football, and one errand to run so I will miss the first half of the Michigan game….have most of the cleaning done but the bathroom will wait until they finish the ceiling Monday….more later….
One more on ole Ben…
Well…if you have listened to Ben Carson with some sort of critical ear…you know he is just a delusional liar, but today another huge lie was exposed that has me shaking my head…one of the stories he told and continues to tell is one where he says he was offered a full ride scholarship to West Point after having a long talk with General Westmorland when he was 17…the problem with that is that it never happened…he may have met the general while they were at the same dinner at that time, but there is no record that he ever applied to West Point…there is no congressperson that put forth his application…which is necessary…there is no record whatsoever that this even happened…so what does that make him….let me think…a liar? The sad thing is that him being such a bald faced liar will not hurt him with the idiots on the right…..they will blame it on the “lamestream” media as ole Ben has already started to do….this guy should never be in any office…anywhere….he shouldn’t even be in this race…geez…
November 6th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done with the guys here repairing the bathroom…and today looks much the same with them coming to finish it up…I hope….slept okay last night but that had to happen with how little sleep I got the night before…must have only gotten about 2 hours Wed night and I felt it all day….I did finally get a bike ride in after he left yesterday but I’m not sure about today…it is really windy and I don’t like going out when it is blowing 20 or better…..not too sore today but I better take some ibuprofen anyway just in case I do go out…..it is going to be a pain cleaning up after they are done today but it will be nice to be able to put my stuff back out on the counter….not much to do today….will probably clean the kitchen a little but that is about it….more later….