Well…what a wasted day yesterday….I did get the grocery run done but little else…not sure if that should bother me or not…after all, I really don’t have a lot to do….I am really tired of the humidity but I don’t want fall to come just yet…it was cool going out in the fog this morning and seeing the clouds blowing past….I think I have enough food now that I can hunker down for a month or so and not spend any more money….and I think I’ll try that…going to be a little lean for a while….haven’t been sleeping much lately and I am starting to feel it…just dragging this morning and I hope it doesn’t continue all day…there is a Star Trek marathon going on on BBC this morning so I think I’ll go back to the couch and watch that…more later….
Shame on you, Matt Lauer…
Well…not sure if you watched the debacle of the commander in chief forum last night, I did watch part of it and all I have to say is shame on you Matt Lauer. What a poor excuse for moderating this idiot did…the difference in how he treated Hillary vs. Trump was just stunning…going on for almost half of Hillary’s time about the stupid e-mail “controversy” that has been ginned up by Fox news with Matt interrupting Hillary constantly and showing her no respect at all…but when ole Trump came on, it was an ass kissing festival where Lauer let Trump lie and lie and lie and never called him on any of them…even the easily proven lies; never interrupting Trump once…just letting him go on and on spewing his ignorant nonsense and basically kissing Putin’s ass through the whole thing…lavishing praise on his “leadership”…when his “leadership” meant the murder of thousands and causing a war in the Ukraine. The ironic thing here is that he treated Hillary like some kind of criminal when she has never been charged or convicted of anything but completely ignoring the bribes, bankruptcies, and cheating that Trump does on a regular basis…along with the scam school of Trump U whose only purpose was to steal money from the rubes. I have lost all respect for Matt Lauer and think he should just go back to fluff pieces on Today…he has shown that he doesn’t have what it takes for serious political journalism…shame on you Matt Lauer…geez…
September 8th
Well….I did watch some of the forums last night…and I still need brain bleach to get Trump’s words out of my head…but that’s one for later…I am a little depressed this morning with the first, or second, sign that summer is over….had to put the headlights on going out for groceries today and I went out at the normal time…and I spent 50 bucks on nothing which compounds the depression…okay, not really depressed but the signs of time passing have become a little more relevant as I get older…I did get a whole chicken for only 89 cents a pound and that will be for Saturday…have to get it brined tomorrow to make it juicy….I’ve gotten 5 days in a row now without the pedal arm coming loose on the bike so that is a plus….I really hope the humidity starts to go away today…everything around here is damp and I think that adds to my malaise…and the fact that the storms missed us yesterday has been par for the course this summer…was looking forward to them…and now it looks like I’ll be going out in the showers this morning…I did read that a biker got hit by lightning the other day so I guess that’s something new to worry about….more later….
Not going to watch…
Well…have been feeling better today after being kind of queasy for the entire weekend so I thought I’d do one now and maybe another later….the first big event for both candidates is tonight and I’m not going to watch it…it’s a serial forum on military matters and I know for a fact that Trump doesn’t know anything about that so there is no need to watch…and we all know Hillary’s views so there will be no surprise there…and, I can’t stand the sound of Trump’s voice….it makes me ill just to hear him mangle the English language….oh, I did want to talk just a little about another…not sure if I can call it a flip flop by Trump since he really doesn’t seem to have any positions that last longer that a sentence…but, earlier in the campaign ole Trump said that he knows more about Isis than any of the generals in our armed forces…and then yesterday he said that he would let the generals plan how to attack them….this is the frustrating thing that I will keep harping on until the election…not one reporter called him on it or asked any follow ups….. and Trump gets to go his merry, delusional way….geez…
September 7th
Well…feeling better today and I think I’m finally over the bug that I had for the past few days….I did get out yesterday to make a little cash so that was cool, too, and got out to get the stuff for some salsa that I made with the tomatoes I got from G…thought I’d added too much cumin but after I let it set until last night, the flavors melded and it was pretty good…I have enough tomatoes to make a second batch later in the week, too, so that will be cool….I wonder if the pain I feel every morning is going to be a permanent thing now….it has been a while since I woke up pain free and that is annoying…but, the ibuprofen takes care of it so I guess I shouldn’t bitch too much….the bike has been working okay but I know it’s on it’s last legs…oh, talked about that yesterday….I did talk to C for a few minutes the other day and it looks like we’ll have lots to catch up on when I see him….not much to do today….I do need to get out on the bike soon since it is supposed to rain this aft but that is about it…and I need to cook today, too, to get my system back in the groove…..more later….
It’s aliens….
Well…if you’ve been looking at the news over the past week or so, you’d have seen that a SpaceX rocket blew up during fueling and the cause has not really been determined yet. Now, with the internet and lots of people with time on their hands, we have the explanation…it was aliens! A video that shows an object passing just over the top of the rocket when it explodes has been posted…and I just watched it in my Twitter feed….not sure if I would say aliens but it gave me a great laugh….wonder what the next theory will be?
Just trying…
Well…not sure why I am not creative at all when I don’t feel well but you can see it with me missing post number two the past few days….now, there is one thing that just makes me furious with my fellow Americans…over 40% of them want the idiot Trump to be president…just let that sink in for a while….that there are millions of people that have bought the fox news bs so totally that they could run a Saint Bernard and they would vote for it…..I am at a loss why that could be other than they really enjoy hate and they really do hate gays, AA’s, and anyone that has a thought that is to the left of Ghengis Khan….I wonder what it would be like to live in that world? Now, I used to be angry quite a bit, but it was a righteous anger aimed at the inequities and stupidity in the world…and mostly at the idiot GW since he did so much damage to this country…damage that would look like a tea party compared to what Trump would do…but, I got better over time and I find myself more bemused most of the time since I realize that there isn’t a damn thing I can do about anything….much easier on my psyche….
September 6th
Well…have been having a hard time coming up with topics lately and I know I need to do a better job of it…am in a little bit of a slump and I’m not sure what the deal is…oh, well….feel a little better today but I shouldn’t with going out to have a few with G yesterday….she brought me so many veggies that it is all I will be eating the rest of the week…going to make some salsa today and saute some eggplant but how many veggies can you eat without being tired of them? Got some weird long beans, too, that I have never had before so that will be something to try….spent 30 bucks this morning and got all the spices I need for the salsa…cumin and cilantro is not cheap….didn’t do much yesterday but watch races and today will be the same…it is already hot out there and I put the top down for the grocery run…almost decided to go out to the beach today with the kids going back to school…but, still don’t feel 100% so I think maybe tomorrow….more later…
September 5th
Well…still feeling pretty crappy today…and I’m not sure what is going on…all I know is that I am sweating like crazy just sitting here typing so there must be some kind of a bug…I just want it gone…and, I woke up to my left foot hurting like it has cramps…man, I’m falling apart this week….it seems like a normal Monday to me but I know it’s a holiday and I know they don’t mean much to me anymore….I did have to clean the bike yesterday so I will need to lube it up this morning before I get out…rode in the rain/sludge the other day and couldn’t get the squeak out if it with all of the sand in the swingarm….I really do need to start thinking about a new bike….not much to do today…going to do the normal stuff and then watch the drag races for a while but that is about it….
The DeVos family buy themselves a legislature…
Well…are you as damned tired of the DeVos family buying themselves laws here in Michigan as I am? Their latest interference in the basic operation of Michigan’s government came during the reform of the Detroit Public Schools that was working it’s way through the legislature in the spring, and included reform of the charter school laws that let basically any idiot start a school with no oversight. But, no, making the schools better by holding them responsible for outcomes is not part of these idiots ultra right wing, free market delusions…so, they did what they always do…they spread almost 2 million dollars around to the repubs through their charter school lobbying firm and poof, that pesky oversight was gone from the law…basically guaranteeing that the 50% of kids in Detroit who are enrolled in charter schools will get substandard educations…but, do they care? Hell no, as long as their cronies who run these for-profit schools get their cut of the tax money that supports them. Just another example where the repubs think that government is a tool to be used to push their agendas or to transfer more money from the taxpayers to the 1%…..I just hate the rich these days…they won’t even allow us to TRY to make things better for the majority….they can all go to hell….