Well…a pretty nice day yesterday but I don’t remember who won at pool…I think it was Tom but I’m not sure…the car started for a whole day and I think it may be fixed so that takes a load off…okay, I feel pretty crappy right now…it just hit me so it must be a calorie deficit from yesterday…only had a burger for lunch and that was it….not more than 800 cals or so for the day and that’s not enough. So, I’m making a whole chicken today and am going to make up for yesterday by eating a ton today…going to be out on the bike, too, so I should feel better in the aft. Not much to do today….going to take it kind of easy until the Wings game later and just get some resumes out…..I’m sure I’ll have topics for later….

Well….a long, busy day yesterday that ended in going out with G for more than a couple…had a lot of fun, though, and I think it will take until it’s time to go out to shoot pool to feel better…and then, right back at it. I did get attacked by a heat seeking goose on the bike again….damn thing whacked me in the head and wrenched my neck…it still hurts this morning and I am trying really hard not to try to extract vengeance on the stupid bird…and then I remember it’s just a stupid bird that is just doing what it is programmed to do. I am looking forward to seeing that the car is fixed this morning…it does start a lot better so far, but I won’t be really confident until over a week….not much to do today…going to try to get back in my normal routine and get out to Kava today, and then work out and cook lunch….I should have topics for later since Obama talked and whenever that happens, the righties foam at the mouth and reveal their stupidity…

Well…the damn car took a crap on me again this morning….quit at the Family Fare this morning and I had to walk back here and wait for Tom to come and tow it to get it running…got it going and took it to the shop….starter is bad and will cost 300 bucks to have repaired….about a hundred under what I expected but I think I’ve come to the point that I really have to start looking for a new car…and a job…I do have one for a little later…about the tide that is turning against the repubs in popular opinion now that they have revealed their radical right-wing agenda in Wisconsin and other places…

Well…not a bad night of sleep last night…I was in bed for 8 hours anyway and might have gotten a good 6 hours….so I feel okay today but still a little fuzzy but that should pass in a couple of hours…the weekend was quite boring since I am still short on cash and not sure I have fixed the car yet. I wonder how long the thing will have to start before I become confident with it again? Maybe today, I hope…I am tired of parking it on hills…GR is not the hilliest place in the world…now, if I lived in San Fran, I would never have to fix it. Not much to do today….the normal stuff, I hope, so I can get back into some political commentary, and maybe out with G later…haven’t seen her in a couple of weeks and that might be fun. Watching a Woody Allen movie right now so I’ll stop and get back to it…more later…

Well….It’s been another slow day here at the homestead but I did get started on getting the winter clothes put away and taking care of some stuff that I have been ignoring for a while…I can’t believe it, but on April 3rd I will have been doing this for a full year and I appreciate the discipline that it has forced on me to get at least one of these out every day…the average is almost 2 per day since I’ve gone over 750…oh, just did the math..it’s over 2 per day so I feel better now. It’s funny how just having a little money in the bank can change your mood so much….I now have enough cash to get through June but I have to keep looking for work…if I could just get a little more money coming in, I may be able to take the whole summer off again, play some golf and spend some time at the beach. But first, I do have to spend a little cash on the car…it needs a headlight, rear brakes, and some brake line replaced before I’ll be comfortable trying to get it through another summer…will probably need another roll of duct tape, too….but I do want a Miata at some point since I’m running out of time to enjoy a convertible sports car. Maybe this year…..that’s enough for now…I’ll be back with pithy commentary tomorrow since I’ll be restoring my normal routine which seems to be necessary for me to let the brain go and write…

Well…had to get this one out early today to give you a car update….don’t want to say so just yet but I may have fixed it…it has started every time since I replaced the switch Friday aft…but the one caveat is that it had resumed starting before I put the switch in…it was the best damn feeling having the thing turn over when I went out for the newspaper a few minutes ago. I did have a nice day yesterday….went out to have a couple with K and I’m a little confused that she is so concerned that I am alone right now…but I have resigned myself to living the rest of my life alone….no, resigned is not the right word…that denotes some sadness in my situation and I’m certainly not sad…I’m uniquely suited to being alone and I welcome the long silences that come with it…it’s one of the things I’ve always said, that I just love coming back here after being out and knowing there will be no one here…selfish maybe, but not sad. Not much to do today…..going to read the paper and continue on with a movie I started on Netflix when I got up….I’ll try to write more later but you know how that works on the weekend…

Oh, one thing I haven’t shared….got an e-mail saying that I can have free access to the NY Times for the rest of the year after their paywall goes up tomorrow….yay…I was really going to miss it….

Well…a fun day yesterday with talking to T all day and laughing like crazy…she just cracks me up and any day she is in is a good one…I did get the part for the car and it did start this morning so I have my fingers crossed that I found the problem and fixed it….but, the intermittent problem has taken the aura of reliability away and I won’t be sure I fixed it until it starts every time for a week or so. It was nice to not have to push the thing down the hill to start it….it was cocktail night last night so I don’t feel the best this morning but I may survive it…have the coffee going and I’m waiting for it to finish so I am going to stop here…not yet, not much to do today…might meet up with K for a couple later and there are races to watch….I might be back later but you know how it is on the weekend…

Well…kind of a bore of a day yesterday with the car being down….I never go anywhere anyway but it is different when you can’t go anywhere…I hope the part I’ve ordered is the one that has failed or I’ll have to take the wreck in to have it fixed…it has been such a reliable car but I think I’ve used it up and have to get started looking for a new one. If I can’t fix it, that will mean 4 or 5 days of not being able to go anywhere but the bike may be an option to go out for coffee…I don’t go on the weekends so maybe it will be warmer Monday. Not much to do today….I will have to push start the car since I do have to go to G’s and the bank this morning, and if I’m out, I might just as well go for coffee…will have to leave the car running for the whole time and that is kind of weird but you gotta do what you gotta do…..more later…

Well…it has just been one of those days where reality squashes my creativity and crowds out most other thoughts…and without the newspapers today, there was less raw data to draw from. So, you didn’t get anything topical but if you’ve been here before, you shouldn’t be surprised, I have these problems sometimes….I think part of it is that winter still won’t release it’s grip on Michigan and it is a pain to have car troubles when it is so cold….

I did get the paperwork into my financial guy…but I had to suit up and take the bike out to the mailbox since they didn’t deliver the mail here today…in a building with 6 units in it, you would think there would be some kind of mail for one of us…but nothing today and that included my Netflix dvd that was supposed to come today. Yep, I’m a little cranky…as you can tell…but maybe tomorrow things will be better….I will be able to pay my rent for April, after all…..more tomorrow…

Okay, here’s one topical thing that made me laugh so hard I thought I was going to cough up a lung…..Michelle Bachmann is going to run for president……don’t blame me if you die laughing…..

Well…the car is still not running so I didn’t go out for coffee and papers today which does put a cramp into my commentary…I am now reading the online papers to find a topic but it’s not going too well right now…I did just read an article by Brian Dickerson in the Detroit Free Press online that is almost an exact copy of mine from a couple of days ago…I don’t know if I’m to be flattered or a little irritated but I guess the truth is the truth no matter who says it. I’ll keep trying for a while but I’m not sure if I can get anything to form up….