Well….I wonder how I can be so busy when I have nothing to do…have been out to the grocery store again this morning…got a bunch of stuff really cheaply so I guess that makes it okay…and I need to get on the bike in the next 5 minutes to get back here to see F1 practice at 9:30 so this one may be short…I did get the car cleaned yesterday and that made me feel good but it’s supposed to rain later so it may have been futile cleaning it….I figured out the pain I’ve had in my chest the past couple of days…it was acid reflux….had a suspicion it was but heart problems were on my mind since all of my brothers had them at some time…but a zantac cleared it right up so that is a relief….and it wasn’t related to exertion so that was another clue….it’s pool day today but I don’t really have anything else to do so I won’t…more later….
I keep forgetting…
Well…this one may rate as a trail weirdness but it’s not really weird….everyday, I ride through this huge debris field at the intersection of Hanna Lake and 60th street where Hanna Lake t’s into 60th….someone missed the stop sign at the end of the road and went over the sidewalk and into the swamp that is right next to it….the skid marks show that they tried to stop, but it didn’t work and they spun the car or truck onto the sidewalk, leaving many, many shards of plastic, glass and many other things that I can’t recognize. Usually, there are big enough parts that I can tell what model the car was that crashed…not here. I think this is number 8 or so over the past 8 years….just strange…maybe not even interesting…but it is to me…
Deplorables…
Well…unless you’ve been avoiding the news lately, you’ve heard about the controversy where Hillary called Trump’s supporters a “basket of deplorables” and with what we have seen since he started his campaign, the statement is mostly true. In it, she said that half of Trump’s supporters were deplorable for the violence and hatred they show…and being part of the “white supremacist” movement that wants the US reserved for just white people. But, I think I agree with what Keith Olbermann said on his webcast this morning that it is not true that half of Trump’s supporters are deplorable…it is 100% of Trump supporters that are deplorable. Anyone who could still follow and vote for any candidate who has said what Trump has said, is deplorable…and this deplorableness is highlighted at every Trump rally…just look the one in SC where one of his supporters sucker punched a 69 year old female protester….and at the same rally, another supporter grabbed and beat another protester inside the rally…and guess who got ejected…certainly not the violent Trump supporter…and this is the definition of deplorable….and it needs to be shouted that anyone who supports Trump IS deplorable….geez….
September 15th
Well….it seems that the days are all running together again…I think it’s kind of sad that the highlight of my week is going to the grocery store…when I don’t shoot pool that is….but, I’m not spending a lot of money so that is cool…I did spend over 50 bucks this morning and that did not include any meat…I did have to restock some of my spices and that is not cheap…I mean over 7 bucks for just some crushed rosemary and chili powder? Oh, well….I do have a pork loin to slow roast Saturday…going to make a rub for it and wrap it in foil to cook at 275 for 5 or 6 hours to see how it comes out….I may have fixed the pedal arm on the bike by lying it on it’s side and filling the cavity with loctite…..two days now without having to tighten it…..don’t have a lot to do today….started to clean the kitchen yesterday and that should continue today…or maybe the bathroom…or maybe the car….hmmmm….whatever, I need to get going….
A few things…
Well…really haven’t come up with a topic that would take a whole one of these so I guess I’ll just think for awhile and see what I come up with….it is pretty cool to see Keith Olbermann back doing his rants on the internet…they finally got the links sorted out and now I can see him every morning a little after 8…just what this campaign was missing…there is going to be some cool new science released this afternoon with the first data from the GAIA probe that has a 2 billion megapixel camera on it that is has been working for a few years now to make a map of the Milky Way…a 3d map that will be able to really show where we are in the cosmos….it’s goal is to map about a billion stars over the next few years and that should be really cool to see…We have the second lowest reported minimum of arctic sea ice in the history of records and the deniers are out in force saying “see…the ice is growing, not shrinking”…and that is worthy of a headslap when the trends are easy to see on the graphs…in a few years there won’t be any ice in the summer and it is due to climate change you morons….okay…that’s enough for now…I may come back for another one later if I can work up the outrage….
September 14th
Well….it ended up being a pretty good day yesterday with making some cash and getting some work done around here….and the pain in my thigh subsiding somewhat…so, as days go, it didn’t suck….hoping today will be be the same…I have a few errands to run after the normal stuff and I really do need to put the trash out and clean the kitchen….so, that will be the agenda for the day….might have to push the bike ride back awhile since it is sprinkling and I’m not sure if I want to get wet on the bike today…..I’ve been good for quite a few days now and that feels good in the morning….not sure how long that will continue…at least through today and maybe tomorrow…didn’t win the Mega last night but I do have 4 tickets to check Friday to see if I may be able to get a freebie’s worth of winnings….that would be nice….okay, need more coffee and to catch up on the news so I’ll have a topic to think about on the bike this morning…and, I am ahead for the month for the first time in a long time….
Does this one count?
Well…was just watching and episode of and old tv show called “Run for your life” and in the opening scene they have a jazz band on stage that has a Hammond B-3…does that count? I’m going to count it since it is so cool to see a show from 1965 with a B-3 in it….
This is a “real” American?
Well…I am getting really tired of this BS….just the other day another one of the supposed “real” Americans threatened Hillary Clinton’s life by saying that “blood will flow in the streets” if she is elected. And this didn’t come from just any Joe Schmoe…this came for the frickiing governor of Kentucky…the idiot tea partier Matt Bevin. Now, advocating violence against the government or the president is called sedition and this idiot has certainly committed it and now the justice department needs to do their jobs to see if he is connected to the white supremacist groups that regularly spout this crap and murder people…that would be conspiracy and it is another felony. Where the hell do these idiots get off constantly wrapping themselves in the flag and then in the same breath egg their followers on to destroy the country if they don’t get their way? And, of course, these remarks were delivered at the Values Voters summit…the thinly disguised convention of hate where every repub spoke over the weekend to groups that overtly push hate of minorities, gays, immigrants and everyone else who is not a white evangelical….some religion you got there…Jesus sure wouldn’t recognize it….geez…
September 13th
Well….running a little late today since I have been trying to find Keith Olbermann’s new show on GQ…man, they are really bad at making it available…just a link or something would be good on their part….did get a few things done yesterday and ran some errands and it was nice to get out for a while….the pain seems to be subsiding in my right thigh but I am still at a loss at how I hurt it….just getting old, I guess….it looks like it may rain in a while so I need to get out on the bike soon to miss it….but, every time it looks like rain around here it doesn’t so I’m not sure why I’m even thinking about it….I do have a bunch of work to do around here today so that will happen after I get the normal stuff in….it was nice yesterday that the humidity had dropped….and it was cooler…probably shouldn’t hope for that with fall fast coming…don’t want to wear gloves on the bike…..more later….
And another one….
Well…needed to do this one before I forgot it….was watching tv the other day and Steppenwolf’s “Born to be Wild” came on and the organ part is certainly a Hammond B-3….so, add another one to the B-3 count…oh, and I saw another commercial that had “Magic Carpet Ride” in it and that is almost all B-3…