Well…a pretty low-key day yesterday but it was interesting with the first real snowfall….tell me one thing…how does falling asleep on the couch for 15 minutes keep you from sleeping for 3 hours? That’s been happening some lately and it gets frustrating not sleeping…but, after the complaining, I did sleep okay last night…how’s that for strange? Oh, well…I think I will keep up the no drinks thing for a few days…or probably until Monday at least…I just feel so much better that it’s not worth it any more. It helps that I’m broke….but I am going to get some groceries since the leftovers are finally gone…except the turkey carcass for soup, that is…not much to do today…I think I’m going to start running again but I’m not looking forward to it…it hurts way too much but I have to do something for exercise since I can feel my fitness draining away even after a couple of days…and it gets worse as you get older…it takes you months to get into shape but about 4 hours for it to all go away…maybe not 4 hours but it seems that way…more later…

Well…another night out in Ada and I lost at pool again….I guess I’ll have to start concentrating more…and I did not sleep at all so my brain is just idling…can’t get it to start…life looks really quite strange at 3:08, and 4:12, and 5:03….and still looks that way right now at 7:43…not much to do today…have to go out for supplies but that is about it…still trying to conserve cash so it looks like I’m in for the next week or so…oh, well…man, I am so tired that I’m going to put this on hold for a while…back later…

Okay, back for a while after coffee and I feel just a trifle better…bet you haven’t seen trifle used in a sentence in a while…the snow was a little bit of a shock this morning but it is December in Michigan so you kind of expect that…and people were not being stupid on the roads so far so that is a plus…I’ll see more after I go out on the e-way this morning…it is kind of depressing knowing the bike riding season is over….I think I’ll start doing the maint on it that it needs and clean it up….it’s going to be a complete veg day today…tuesdays are starting to wear on me but I am grateful that I can just kind of curl up and watch some movies…I’ll be back with topics for later….more idiocy by the repubs that has left 2 million people without UI benefits…

Well…running a little late this morning for no real reason…got caught up in the season finale of Dexter and what better way to start the day than to visit with a serial killer. That’s a joke….had fun last night, did go out and have a couple with G but was a good boy when I got home so I feel okay today. There was bad news, though…T hit a deer with her car and did some damage to it…I guess that’s to be expected here in deerville but it’s still not cool especially when the car was just fixed. Not much to do today but Ada…I do need to get some money coming in since I’ve got about 8 bucks in my pocket and 5 of that will go for coffee…I hope I don’t have to quit doing the morning coffee thing…I do get topics from it after all….we’ll see…more later…

Well…a nondescript Sunday full of boredom…but the Roku helped to keep me going until the Wings came on…I am so happy that Thanksgiving is over so I can get back to my normal eating routine…I think I’ve gained 10 pounds and I don’t feel good about it. I will be able to get out on the bike today and I’ll probably do 20 or 30 miles to make up for my laziness over the last week…yep, that’s guilt you hear and you know I’m pretty good about it…oh, the Wings played a great game yesterday and won another one…that made me a little bit happy but just a little. Not much to do today….and that’s probably good…just don’t feel like doing anything….yeah, sounds like the blacks are coming back…I may have to curl up on the couch and let it come…more later…

Well…It’s been a little more difficult than usual having something to say lately and I really don’t know what the problem is…but I’m going to keep trying until the block goes away….and you’ve seen this before so you shouldn’t be surprised, I’m not but that is because I’m the one that has to live inside this head….and it gets scary in here at times. But, that is another topic for another time. I am getting to really like the Roku my boys bought me…listening to Pandora right now and the last two days have been lots of streaming movies, tv shows, etc. I can see why the cable and dish companies are becoming concerned…if I could get the Red Wings on the thing, I would cancel the dish tomorrow…maybe after the season is over…it is kind of nostalgic to listen to music Sunday mornings; it takes me back to the days on WLAV when they had a show called “Jazz Brunch” that I would put on and read my newspaper to…I’m still waiting for the first commercial on Pandora…the boys said they have them but it’s been a couple of days so far nothing…I’m not complaining mind you, just musing.

Not a lot to do today..it is going to get warm enough to take the bike out again and I have been watching the temp to see when it gets there….going to make a pork loin in the slow cooker since most of the turkey is gone or I froze it to make the turkey soup that I promised to G….need to get back on the veggie thing for a week or so to make up for all of the normal food I’ve been having…does anyone else get tired of pie? That’s about it for now…have to get the rub made for the pork loin and read the rest of the papers so I’ll have topics for later…I should feel worse than I do today…there were manhattans involved last night….more later…

Well…not much of a day yesterday…did an almost complete veg for the day being sucked into the world of Roku that is quite seductive when you compare it to the normal crap that is on TV…I think I might make it a British tv day today…at least until the Michigan game comes on at noon….and I’m not really looking forward tot he game….I think we’re going to get blown out…but the upside is that Rich Rodriguez should be gone by Monday if it’s really bad….I did have the warning lights come on in the car again yesterday like they did a couple of months ago…I’m hoping they will just go out like they did before…I may try to disconnect the battery and see if they will reset but it’s so damn cold I don’t want to do that until tomorrow…until then, I have the stress that it may be a 300 dollar alternator…

Not much to do today but laundry and the kitchen, of course, after t-day dinner…I did get the superficial stuff done like running the dishwasher a couple of times but the up to your elbows, clean everything needs to be done today…so, as always, a boring day that will be punctuated by disappointment. I will try to get to a couple of topics later….oh, and the Wings won a good one last night where the defense stepped up and held Columbus to one goal….yay…

Okay…just a little car update…just went out to get the newspapers and all of the warning lights are out…well…except for the airbag light that has been on for 4 years….so, one less thing to think about….

Well…I know I’m really late this morning but there is a reason for it that I don’t know if I should share…it’s a family thing, extended family really but that doesn’t make it any easier. You know how I struggle with the balance of privacy for my family and friends and wanting to share this weird life…so, I’m going to have to think about this for a while..

I did have a nice Thanksgiving with my boys, made a great turkey and the rest of the stuff and we had a hoot just talking for a few hours…they are all so thin and good looking, but even the youngest one has the starting of gray hair at 23…but, at least they all have lots of hair so maybe they won’t suffer my fate…and, they all went in on a present for me.. a cool little device called a Roku that wirelessly streams Netflix and other stuff to my TV…I guess they couldn’t stand that I was watching that stuff on my computer when I have a perfectly good tv…tried it out and it is pretty neat….they said they wanted to move me at least one foot into the 21st century…more later…

Well…I feel much better today…don’t know if it was bad food or what that was the cause for yesterday’s malaise but what a wasted day. I can’t say not much to do today…have the boys coming over for dinner and have to get the pies started before I go out for coffee…they opened the coffee shop to try it out today so I kind of feel obligated to stop over there….I’ll fill you in on the rest of the day as it goes on…but need to get going right now…more later…

Okay…got the pies done and the potatoes peeled…and wanted to get this thought down before I forget it…I am starting to think our country is completely broken…after reading some comments to an E.J. Dionne column where he decries the lack of civility and the revisionism that the right is now doing with regards to Thanksgiving….these mean-spirited folks can’t, even for one day, just give it a rest, to take the day off and just enjoy…if we could just harness the hate that these people have…we could stop importing oil…

Well…a long day yesterday and I feel a little crappy today…I did win at pool so that was okay but I now remember why I’ve cut way back on the drinking…just want to stay on the couch today…which I could do but that would be giving in and I won’t do that. So, I’m going to suck it up and get on with the normal stuff….and I am glad there is not much to do today…I do have to brine the turkey but that is about it…so that’s all I’ll do…this isn’t going well so I’ll stop here…more later…

Okay…I’m back for a few minutes…got the turkey in the brine, worked out, and had my coffee and newspapers but I don’t feel that much better…maybe after I have lunch? I am going to take a nap here in a few minutes, that is, after I have some leftover ribs…so, the posts today are going to be kind of sporadic…sorry about that, but you know this happens some Wednesdays…

Well…it was kind of a full day yesterday with lunch with T and then out with G for a couple….still have the grinding the teeth thing going on at night and got up this morning with really bad pain from it…thought I had that figured out a couple of years ago but I guess I didn’t…I have heard from all three boys and there is going to be a T-day dinner…but I need to go out and get a few more things to finish it this morning…there is no way I’ll be in the stores Wed…just want to get the turkey brining and get the last few things cleaned up here and watch the Wings game….But, what about today, you ask? Or don’t ask, but I’m going to tell you anyway…it looks like the normal Tuesday…out to Ada later for pool to try to redeem myself from getting my butt kicked….but this week will be different….

It was kind of fun to have the last day of shorts and short sleeve shirts yesterday but I still have two more days to go before I can put on jeans…and I don’t want to anyway…what I don’t get is people think its weird for me to still be wearing shorts but don’t think anything of women wearing skirts through the winter….is it equivalent? Well…I think it is so it must be, right? Okay…drifting a little so I’ll end here…I’ll try to get another topic out later but you know how it goes on Tuesday…