Well…haven’t done a trail update in quite a while so I thought today would be as good as any….did see something kind of weird out there today that made me shake my head…who uses dental floss when they are out on the trail? Saw one of those floss picks in the middle of nowhere and I tried to figure out if I would ever carry one of those when I was out getting the miles in…who would carry and use one when they were walking, running, or biking? Oh, well…I think it is funny that there is the cross section of people out there every day that fall into distinct categories….you have the nuts like me that are working their butts off….then you have the casual exercisers that appear to have just started to get into shape…and you can tell those people on their new bikes…and does anyone look good in spandex? Most of the newbies on bikes have been sold that type of stuff that only looks good on Lance Armstrong…so, people, unless you are 6 feet tall and weigh about 150 pounds…it’s not so good a look on you.

There was one other thing that struck me as really odd out there today…a woman running with her dog who stopped to light up a cigarette when she was cooling down….I just don’t know what to say about that…okay, didn’t get to the other things but I might come back later for that….okay, one other thing right now….I realized the other day that two of my children now live in areas that have the possibilities of large scale natural disasters…my oldest boy just hunkered down through the hurricane in NYC and my daughter lives in view of a volcano out in Washington state….see it was an other thing….

Well…a kind of fun day yesterday with going out to Logan’s for a couple with K and K but it is such a pain to get around on the weekends with all of the road work going on…this morning has been good with the F-1 race from Spa, one of my favorite tracks….I feel okay today since I was good last night…kind of good and I am looking forward to the bike ride in a couple of minutes…not much to do today…did all of the cooking yesterday so it will be leftovers today and a pretty laid back time….there are no races on today or football or soccer so I may just have to read or take two bike rides…who knows…I will try to get back here with another one but you know how the weekends are….more later….

Well…it was a fun surprise yesterday to go out and shoot pool with Tom but I lost so that tempered the fun somewhat…not really…but it did make for a long day and I do feel a little crappy today…it is going to be another long one today with Verlander pitching this afternoon and the Lions playing tonight along with the Cup race from Bristol…and I have a disc of Dexter to watch, too…don’t know how I’m going to get it all in. Bad thing, huh? Plus, there is F-1 qualifying on right now and I am making chicken soup and slow cooked ribs now, too…I wonder if that is too much multitasking for the day…and I need to get out on the bike in about a half hour….man, I’m getting tired just thinking about all of this….so, I won’t say not much to do today….I will come back later with another one but I think it will be about cars, not politics…

Well…another Thursday yesterday and it looked a lot like the rest of them…not a lot to do and I didn’t do a lot….kind of boring, I know, but that is a lot like life right now…no dreams or anything last night and I’m a little irritated since that has become a welcomed diversion at night…okay, not feeling it right now…..I’m going to go get a glass of ice water and think for a while…I do have the placeholder to complete but that won’t be until later today…or this morning…not sure which…

Well….it was an easy day yesterday but I did get some errands run…and there were weird dreams again last night that may turn into a new novel….yep, they were that detailed and I think it is a good story with radiation, breakdown of society, and death….might have to start writing on that one today…it will give me something to do to break up the looking for work. I was really good, too, so I have the energy to do the groceries today and maybe even take the bike over and wash it….who knows? I would say not much to do today but it’s out of synch with where I am in this thing so I won’t…I will say that I will get to a political one today…or maybe not…I still have to tell you about the 65 Galaxie and the 4 Volkswagens…but that is a story for later today…so come on back..more later…

Well….feel pretty crappy today so this one is going to be short…I’ll be back later to add to it but right now I am in need of ice water and the couch….

Okay, went out for coffee and the papers and feel a little better….but not that much better…I had an okay day yesterday but didn’t do much…have just been in a malaise for the past few days and nothing has interested me so I’ve just been going with it and existing instead of living…but that should end here in a couple of days and I’ll get on with it….not much to do today…I should go out for groceries since I don’t really have any food but I think I can make do with a couple of chicken legs…don’t need to eat much anyway…maybe I’ll make tomorrow errand day since it is kind of gloomy today…more later….

Well…a day yesterday that started out kind of boring but then I went out to have a couple with G and that broke the day up quite well…I did watch a movie that was kind of cool….but odd…”Sucker Punch” and just finished it up a few minutes ago….I wasn’t good last night and feel a little slow today but I am going to ride to the coffee shop….wait, have to check the temp…it’s only 57 but it’s not raining so I think I will ride the bike….not much to do today….might go and have a new muffler put on the car but probably not….think I’ll just kind of veg out today and send resumes….

Well….a pretty lazy day yesterday and I was good all day so I feel okay this morning…not much in the way of sleep, though, and no dreams of course, so nothing to report there. I was going to do a political one yesterday but the inertia of a lazy Sunday got the best of me and all I did was watch races and cook…it was good to not think about what is going on in the world but the events in Libya grabbed me later in the day and I broke down and watched a little news…..but only on the Libya story…nothing else. Not much to do today….I do need to go over to Target a look at a new printer…they have a Canon all in one for 33 bucks and with the little I print, it should last a couple of years….the ink is about 40 bucks, though….so that will be my big day…more later…

Well…running late again this morning but it is by choice instead of an accident….just wanted to read the paper and have some coffee first…I did have a nice day yesterday with a surprise outing to hang out with K at the mex place for a while…it’s nice to get out one on one with her…she had some things she needed to talk about and I was glad to listen…have to remember to not offer advice since my life didn’t turn out as I expected and I don’t know if I’ve earned the right to be listened to…the phrase that comes to mind is “those that can’t do, teach” oh, well….I am still worried about T, too, but there is not much I can do for her other than send good thoughts and that gets frustrating….not much to do today…after I finish this I’m going to get on the bike and put in 20 miles or so…it is such a nice morning and I am going to make it a no sprint day and just enjoy for a change….I know I haven’t been too prolific on the politics front lately but it’s just not grabbing me right now…and the car thing might just be more interesting….more later…

Well…it’s been harder than I expected to remember all of the cars that I’ve owned but I think I’ll keep trying to get the order correct…after the 55 Ford wagon, it was either my 62 Falcon station wagon or the 61 Olds super 88 that I got from my brother…the wagon was a hoot since you could put 8 people in it to go cruising but with that kind of a load, the little six in it just kind of wheezed. The Olds was the definition of a “boat” with the 392 v-8 in it and weighing almost 4500 pounds…when we took that one out, we’d spend 20 bucks for gas and only ten bucks for beer for 6 of us (at that time, gas was still 25 cents a gallon and beer was around 6 bucks a case)….I think it got about 10 miles to the gallon on good days…when you floored it you could watch the gas gauge go down. I think the next car was a 63 Ford that I bought with another one of my brothers but he blew it up the first day so it was never on the road and I lost 150 bucks of my lawn mowing money. I did get an engine to tear down for shop class, though, and had the chance to see what bent valves look like. I think we’re getting close to one of my favorites, my 65 Ford Galaxy…but I think I’ll wait for that one…