Well….slept okay last night but have aggravated the pain in my neck and shoulder so I can barely move it…this has been going on for about a week now and it looks like painkillers early today so I can work out and ride the bike….feel guilty that I took the day off from both yesterday so maybe a long one today? I do need to clean this place up and get rid of some stuff but with the pain, I am not sure how much I can get done….not much to do today…plan on getting some resumes out but then taking it easy to try to heal the shoulder and get to be pain free…more later….
Okay, I guess I will update…
Well…just noticed that I am really far behind so I guess I’ll update on the trip out to the beach today….it was okay and the water was warm enough to stay in for quite a while but the storms rolled in around 11 so I had to go over to the Tip to have lunch…it wasn’t raining when I started back so I put the top down and ran for a quite a few miles with just some light rain starting….so, I continued on, staying dry in the car but then the sky just opened and I started to get really wet so I had to stop at the rest area on 96 to put it up…then, I spilled my coffee on the passengers seat but had a towel ready so no stains…and the seats are black anyway…but, I may have to replace the shifter boots since there is heat and gear oil smell coming from it…I think they’re about 50 bucks but I have to see if I can get the shift knob off first….still had fun…
The facts are in…and have been…
Well…I was going to update on the trip out to the beach today but ran across some facts on tax cuts that are given to business to bribe them to stay in a state, or to move to a state…or, like ole Snyder and his cronies did here in Michigan, just give them tax cuts just because they BELIEVE they work…never to just give more money to their donors in the never ending grift that is the repub party these days. In case you missed it that last part was snark. These two studies, one done in 2004, and another done in 2012 both came to the same conclusion, that tax cuts do nothing to create jobs and also do nothing to grow the economy in the states where this corporate welfare is doled out. So, how do they defend the continued tax cuts that decimate cities and states across the country? They have even given up that pretense…since we know that the repubs are not fact based they don’t care what the facts are…just like they knew there were WMD in Iraq and that torture is the only thing that saved the country from terrorists they just KNOW that tax cuts for business work and no amount to studies or facts can make them reconsider that belief…after all, when they are finally out of office, they want to be able to slop at the trough of free money that tax cuts for business are…geez…
August 25th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I didn’t do much…just a rest day from the busy days….slept okay last night and part of it was that I put the air on last night for the first time all summer…just got tired of feeling damp and having everything here damp…and it is still okay this morning even though I turned it off at 11….I am going to go out to the beach this morning to get my yearly swim in so I should get going…need to load up the car and get the papers to read….more later…
August 24th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but a little too busy and I am looking forward to just hanging out here and cleaning….had some fun but after two days in a row of going it will be nice to not do that…slept okay last night and had some dreams but they were strange and disjointed so I won’t report on them….I do feel a little slow today and I got sunburned even with the 30 sunscreeen I had on and my skin feels tight today….going to get on the bike in a few after the F1 race and before Man U plays so I need to get going…will be back for another one later if I feel like it…or find a topic…more later…
Long day…
Well…it has been an okay day but a long one…the picnic was fun but the turnout was quite low…only 6 cars this year and there is talk of disbanding the club if the membership continues to fall….but, I did get some cool stuff again…finally got the Miata club hat that I wanted and some more of the same stuff I got last year…more Mazda towels, etc….only stayed at K’s for a little while…just way too many kids running around and I found myself craving peace and quiet….so now on to Doctor Who and the races….
August 23rd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool…fun games, though so that was cool…had a really busy day running all over an today looks like more of the same…have to get the bike ride in and then hit Subway and then out to Fallasburg for the Miata picnic…after that over to K’s for a little party…and tonight is the first Doctor Who and Bristol so I’ll have something to do all day…even going to put the air on tonight since the humidity has everything damp and I need to dry things out…so, better get going so I can get the ride in and be on the road by 10:20…..more later…
August 22nd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t accomplish much and that was disappointing…slept okay but woke up feeling like crap again and I’m not sure what is going on…it looks like a busy day today with getting the bike ride in, meeting up with T, pool with Tom, washing the car, and errands to run….but my energy level is so low that I’m not sure what I am going to get done…and I’m not sure what to say here so I am going to stop and watch part of the F1 practice and then get on the bike…more later…
It doesn’t matter…
Well….as I’ve been reading about the killing in Ferguson, one thing struck me…even with all of the eyewitnesses that saw the cop gun the kid down in cold blood…it doesn’t matter…the cop is going to walk and you can see the process happening as we speak…the time taken to release the incident report so it can be worded correctly to make it self defense, the lack of crime scene investigation and the collusion between the prosecutor and the cops that will make any justice impossible…and it doesn’t matter that the whole world is watching…the cops always get away with it and no one does anything about it…and with every one they get more and more brazen since they have learned over time that they can kill anyone they want with no consequences…some democracy, huh?
Things have calmed down…
Well…I have been quite tired today for some reason and I think it’s from only 1500 cals yesterday and the same thing today….going to try to do better today but have only been able to get to 600 or so so far and I know that is not enough…but, that’s not what this one is about…still have to talk about the simmering crap going on in Ferguson and over the past few days, the cops are at it again, raiding a church and confiscating supplies that were to be used to help the protesters…and they came in in full swat gear, to a church…what were they scared of? Angels fighting back? I am just so tired of these idiots running over the rights of the populace just to play their police state games…exactly what was the threat of donated medical supplies? I just can’t believe this crap…geez….