Well…just a short one right now since I want to get out on the bike and take a long one…I think it will be a Steely Dan morning in the ears or maybe “Dark Side of the Moon” but I’m not sure yet…it’s a gloomy day and I don’t know if I want to compound or counteract the gloominess with music…maybe some Neil Young? Hmmm….I’ll let you know when I get back…it’s a little after 8 so I need to get moving…Pandora is throwing up a lot of Simon and Garfunkel this morning for some reason…a lot from “The Graduate”…it seems like it’s reading my mood today…should I put my tin foil hat on? More later…

Okay, just got back from doing 28 miles or so on the bike…rode the normal direction, then at the end decided to reverse course and ride it backwards…it does look really weird going backwards….not riding backwards, but the course backwards…and there was wildlife craziness out there today, too…came upon a squirrel that couldn’t decide which way to run when I came on him so he just spun around in circles until I went by….then there were kamikaze bunnies and a huge group of turkeys that thought they owned the trail…have never gotten so close to one without them being spooked….but, now I’m sore from all the miles and need to finish reading the papers and get ready for a day of racing….so, maybe more later….

Well…I was going to do one about Cheney and the nonsense in his new book but I just haven’t been able to work up the outrage today with the Michigan game being on and off…they just went back into a lightning delay near the end of the third and I can’t remember that happening in a long time. It has been an okay day today…didn’t get a lot done except watching football…did go over to K’s to let Sam out for a run and I should have worn my suit and gone swimming…It could be a fun night tonight with the storms that are on their way and the race from Atlanta starting in a little while….so, I will try to get some political stuff out tomorrow but it’s the weekend so I won’t promise anything….there are many targets out there that I just have to take a shot at…and yes, that’s a metaphor so no comments from the crazies out there, please…

Well…I need to get going to get the bike ride in before the storms come…so, I’ll be back later to finish this one up and hopefully a couple more today…

Yow…that was a nice ride but on the way back a near miss from a storm made me feel like I was in the “Wizard of Oz”….pedaling as hard as I could to just stand still in the wind….looked black to the north but no rain came from it….it was a nice day yesterday but T’s day got away from her so no lunch which disappointed me some but then Tom called and we had a surprise day of shooting pool and I won the week in a one game playoff….and we took it easy so I feel pretty good today…went 15 miles almost flat out the whole way…not sure what is going on but my legs felt like they could go forever today…pretty cool….not much to do today…Michigan starts the football season this aft and that will be a must see but there are plenty of races on, too so it looks like a veg day of cooking and watching tv….yeah, I know, I should be doing more but I get to do what I want…it would be nice to have someone to watch the game with but I’m getting used to being alone and it’s not bad, really….more later…

Well…another night and more of the same….so I really don’t have a lot to say right now…the Lions won another one but didn’t look too good but that’s okay…didn’t see the first string play at all and they still won…nope…don’t have anything to say..will be back later…

Okay..it’s weird how getting the bike ride in can make my brain start to work better…I’m a little sore since I had to really go today to beat the rain that is coming…and that is kind of stupid way to look at it…I was already soaked through from sweat so a little more water wouldn’t have made any difference…and it is warm enough so I wouldn’t be cold…oh, well…I do have a busy day today which is quite unusual…might have lunch with T and then out to shoot pool with Tom later so I’ll be busy all day..then MSU starts it’s season tonight…it will be cool to just have activities all day and not to have to think about being out of work….it has been weighing on me lately….I will try to get back for another one later but no promises…I do need to tear into Obama again…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but didn’t do a lot except get groceries…it is nice to have food here again after getting down to nothing….bought a lot of stuff that is bad for me…okay, not bad for me but I should be eating a lot more veggies…well..that’s not true either…I have lots of them that I have to figure out how to use, though, I think I’ll look for recipes today…yep, this one is very disjointed today…the brain is not working too well and I’m not sure why….not much to do today….going to ride the bike out for coffee since there are probably only a few days left I can do that…and sit outside at the coffee shop…not sure if I’m going to go there if I have to sit inside….way too noisy and happy…Bigby’s is kind of like a caricature of a coffee shop….still don’t like it too well even after going there all summer….the pressure is off with it being a new month so I’m not sure if I will get another one out today…I’ll try…

Well…another month is gone and with it, the summer here in Michigan and I know it’s a cliche but I don’t know where it went…it has been a summer of being as frugal as possible which has forced me to get creative to keep from going stir crazy here. It’s the first summer in 10 that there has been no one to do anything with and also the first one in that time that I haven’t been out on someone’s boat…I did get out to Lake Michigan a couple of times but there have been no pool parties at K’s and I miss that….haven’t golfed, either, but that is probably my fault but it is nowhere near as much fun to go alone….no, this is not a whining post, just a free form set of thoughts about where things stand and a recap of the Michigan summer….I don’t know why I’m still optimistic about finding a job…many, many resumes have gone out with only one response that didn’t turn into anything but what’s the alternative? To curl up into a ball and say “poor me?” Nope, that’s not me and I’ll keep on trying every day…keep trying to keep my spirits up, and keep smiling at the sky when I’m on the bike, and keep grinning that I still have my health and what little of the brain that still works….and I get to do this everyday…not a bad life considering….

Oh…this is number 62 for the month…made it…again….the streak is alive!!

Well…a night that I was very good and I feel okay today…the sleep was very spotty and I am quite tired today but I will have to overcome that since I have a ton of things to do this morning…okay, not a ton of things but I do have to do the grocery run and get my hair cut..plus make an appointment to have the muffler replaced on the car. Another month is gone with no bites on the jobs front and I am getting a little discouraged since I’m going to run out of cash after this month…oh, well…I’ll figure something out…need to just let all of that go and have a nice weekend for Labor day. I do have lunch with T to look forward to Friday and it’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve seen her….it will be nice to get caught up with her and start the weekend off right. I’m running a little behind in posts for the month so today I will have three to get to 62…so maybe you’ll get something lucid and topical…and maybe not, who knows? More later….

Yeah, I know, I’m cheating a little trying to get to my goal for the month here but I thought a new one was appropriate given the events of the day…had a nice trip to Mount Pleasant today and made the 98 miles in about an hour and 15 minutes which is the best time so far…don’t know if I can beat that since I was flying on the two lanes and don’t know if I want to work that hard again….the old wreck took the abuse and I’m not sure why….I was going to take the day off from riding but the guilts got the best of me and I went out for the short route….I did skip working out to get on the road early and I don’t feel guilty about that…I’ll just make it up on Friday when I’m supposed to skip for the day….going to take the rest of the day off and just veg and watch a little tv….

Well…a long night out with G last night but had a lot of fun….feel a little crappy today but not bad…need to got Mt Pleasant today so it looks like I may have that day off from riding the bike that I have been looking forward to…well…I will ride it out to get coffee in a minute but that will probably be it since I didn’t sleep at all last night and I’ll want to take a nap when I get back into town. So, this is going to be a short one…I need to make breakfast before I get moving…slept wrong on my shoulder and now I have a huge cramp that won’t go away so there will be ibuprofen in my future…more later…

Well… a Sunday just like the rest of them but a little more boring without any races or games to watch…Man U did take Arsenal apart and that was fun…so the day was filled with reading and writing and that was okay….the weather has been so nice this summer that I have been on the bike every day since the end of April and I am starting to fatigue a bit…so, I’m hoping for a day of rain that will give me an excuse to take a day off without the guilt that comes with it….not much to do today…I may get out to get my hair cut but will probably wait til tomorrow for that…not feeling that well today and I think it’s some kind of a bug since I’m warm all over….so, I’m going to go back to the couch and rest for a while before I go out for coffee…more later….