Well…it was a okay day yesterday…for a Monday…but I didn’t get much done…well…ran a few errands and got a backup battery for the phone and a new set of earbuds but that was about it…and, I’m almost caught up here so maybe that was something? Slept okay and had dreams about cleaning this place but the more I cleaned, the worse it got and I am not sure what that was about….going to have to go without sleep aids tonight since they are making me so sluggish in the morning it’s hard to get going….I did do laundry, too, I just remembered so I got some stuff done…..not much to do today….it looks like it may rain so the bike ride will have to be between the raindrops today…and the bathroom needs to be done….just need to accomplish one thing today….more later…
Czar,czar, czar…
Well…if you watched any of the weekend news shows (I didn’t…just can’t make myself do that anymore)….you saw the predictable cast of repubs going on and on that Obama should appoint an “Ebola czar” to coordinate the response to the two cases in the US…never mind that just a couple of months ago the repubs were shouting about impeaching Obama for appointing just such people…they think it’s an impeachable offense now that he hasn’t….my head spins at the stupidity of the people like John McCain and the rest of the repubs when they have gotten just what they wanted…a smaller government that doesn’t have the capability to “interfere” with people’s lives…and doesn’t have the capability to save them either. But, the funniest or saddest part of this whole charade is that Obama has tried to appoint just this person that the repubs are calling for…he’s called the Surgeon General and the repubs in the senate have blocked his appointment since he thinks that guns do kill people at times….yep, that is what the repub party is today…stupidity and more stupidity…and all of us suffer for it…geez…
Ebola and the republicans…
Well…now that there have been a few cases of Ebola here in the US, the repubs are screaming their heads off the government should be doing more to combat it and it is all Obama’s fault, etc. etc…..but, the real problem has been revealed by the head of the NIH in an interview this week. The NIH has been working on a vaccine for years now, and for other treatments for people who have already contacted the disease but, since the repubs don’t think government can or should do anything, they cut the budget for the NIH and other health programs to give tax cuts to the rich and corporations, saying that the private sector is the better place for this kind of research to happen. But, what these idiots don’t understand is that the private sector won’t do anything that doesn’t make them huge profits…but, since Ebola is not a disease that will affect millions, and it mostly happens in poor African countries, there is no profit so there is no research. So, if there is a huge outbreak here in the US, go and thank a repub…their budget cuts have put the vaccine more than two years out and that means they are responsible for any deaths that happen…this is the real world face of repub austerity and tax cuts…what a bunch of asses…geez…
October 13th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done and I feel guilty about that….I did get out to see the twins for a few minutes in the aft and that was cool…having a heck of a time getting going this morning and I think it’s the lack of calories yesterday that is doing it…not the cocktails….slept crappy again…and again…and it is getting boring….not sure what to do about it….I am going to get some things done today…at least a de-spidering of the bathroom and a cleaning needs to get done…and I have a few errands to run this morning….getting a battery backup for the phone and a new set of earbuds…shouldn’t be more than ten bucks for the pair so that is cool….more later…
A little more detail….
Well…getting behind for the month so I think I’ll do one with a little more detail on the day yesterday and the nice drive with the Miata folks. It started out cold…when I left here there was frost on the top but I put it down anyway…but, it was cold and I think I almost lost my right ear…had a stocking hat with me but, like an idiot, I wanted to wear my MOMM hat instead…looked better but brrrrr. It was a long drive once we met up in Hastings with the loops going over to yankee springs and down past the Gilmore car museum…over 80 miles altogether not counting the 30 miles down and back from Hastings…so close to 140 miles for the day…it was cool to see the 11 car snake going around the corners and one of the cool things is we had a car from the first year of production and a brand new one in the group with at least one from each iteration of A, B, or C….and most of us had the tops down the entire way which was cool…got lots of thumbs ups from people along the route…and, after I got back here, I got to hang out with T for a while and I made a little cash so that just capped off a pretty good day….
Snyder is just a liar…
Well…just saw an ad a few minutes ago that has our wonderful governor, Snyder, lying through his teeth through his surrogates about Medicare….you know the one that they tried in the last election? Where they conflate the cost savings in Medicare to taking the money away from seniors and using it to pay for Obamacare? I wondered how long it would take before they rolled out that lie that was debunked years ago…the 700 billion being a reduction of payment to health care providers and it has nothing to do with the care that seniors get…Medicare is exactly the same as it was but with waste cut out and growth in costs reduced….that’s it, that’s all you have to know about Snyder…he’s no different from any other lying repub….all I have to say to him is “why don’t you run on your record?” Oh, that’s right, his record is terrible so he can’t….so the lies and fear come out…geez…
October 12th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I had a lot of fun out on the drive with the Miata folks…11 cars and 16 of us…many more than the picnic and it was a hoot…did almost 80 miles on the drive and then had a nice lunch in Hastings before coming back home…put the top down on the drive there and it was only 34 degrees….took quite a while to get warmed up after that but it was still fun….slept pretty crappy again and I know I didn’t eat enough yesterday so I’ll have to make up for it today…didn’t ride the bike with all of the travel and things I had to do so I need to get out for a long one today after it warms up…not much to do today…going to just veg out most of the day and watch some football and then look forward to “the Walking Dead” starting again tonight…more later….
October 11th
Well….it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool…made a late comeback but not enough…slept okay, too, but I do feel a little slow this morning…and that needs to go since I need to leave for the Miata owners color tour this morning…should be fun…going to put the top down going out and it is only 33 degrees…found a stocking hat to wear…I wonder if any of the others will have their tops down? Probably not. Almost decided to not go but don’t want to disappoint the organizer…nice guy….no bike ride today since I have stuff to do when I get back but I’m going to make money today so that’s okay….need to make sure the phone and music player are charged up for the drive and I need to sunscreen even though it’s October….more later…
October 10th
Well….it was an okay day yesterday and I got some stuff done so that was cool…got the car washed and waxed for the drive tomorrow but I think it will be dirty again before then….slept okay and had weird dreams about teeth falling out with lots of people I don’t know in it…feel kind of crappy today since I just had to have cocktails for the Wings game last night…which they won and looked good doing it…everyone was working hard and it was good to see…just hope they can keep it up for the game tomorrow night….not much to do today…pool, of course, and I need to meet up with T for a couple of minutes and that will be nice….and the bike ride, too, but it is in the 30′s right now so that will have to wait for a couple of hours…more later….
Let’s go Red Wings…
Well…with the season starting for the Wings tonight, I thought I’d do one on the hopes and dreams that come from a new season…..okay, no hopes and dreams at all, not sure why I wrote that….just want a better season than last year…no injuries that keep the stars out for half the year and no crappy goaltending. But, the thing is, if we play well, there is no need to lean on the goaltender every night. I am disappointed with the play of some of the guys who got the big contracts last year…I’m talking to you Frantzen…one of the most frustrating players we have when there are games that he can’t be stopped and then the next one you can’t remember him even being on the ice…and that can’t be attributed to the other teams learning how to play him..he has been in the league long enough that everyone has seen him…he just needs to adjust to them and get the job done. We do need the injury bug to stay away this year…but, it looks like it is still here with Pavel getting injured in the pre-season, and it looks like he will be out until next week at the earliest….and I have my fingers crossed that Hank’s back is finally 100% after the injury and surgery last year…he says it is and since he is the captain…we’ll take his word for it. I am excited to see the youngsters play again this year and see if the way they played last year was a fluke or not…it is cool to see how fast they are and how enthusiastically they play…that in itself makes them fun to watch. That’s it…only one thing left to say…Let’s go Red Wings….