Well…running early today since I needed to get this done before I head out to GH for my yearly beach morning and swim….yesterday was a total waste with the Olympics on but today, I think I’ll just ignore them and do the normal day after I get back here…not sure if I’ll get on the bike or not today…I could use a day off to heal the legs and with the disappointment from the past couple of days, I just don’t feel like doing much…..will fill you in on that one later once I understand what is going on….was good last night so the ride out today should be fun…it is a little cool, though, with it just breaking 60 so I think I may have to put the heat on a little with the top down….more later….
Marco Rubio is still evil…
Well…with the do nothing repubs fleeing town after playing politics with funding to fight the Zika virus that has invaded the US, most strongly in Florida, little Marco Rubio has weighed in on the birth defects that come from the infection. In an interview the other day, ole Marco said that since he is “strongly pro life” (or forced birth), he thinks pregnant women who may be infected with the virus shouldn’t be able to get abortions…or any women for that matter. Never mind that babies born with the defects will need a lifetime of specialized care running into the millions of dollars or that the stress of caring for one of these kids can shorten the lives of the mothers…no, no abortion for any reason is the only thing that ole Marco can say. Having a not too bright politician determine the direction of a woman’s life is just wrong on so many levels but that is what the repubs are all about…they sure don’t give a damn about woman’s health in this country…one of little Marco’s compatriots in Florida made the statement “there have always been birth defects…what’s so special about these?” That about sums up the cruel, evil repubs these days….geez…
Buzzardnado…
Well…out on the bike this morning, there was an odor along the whole trail that smelled like a dumpster fire…couldn’t figure out what it was until I remembered that Trump is going to give a speech on his “economic plan” in Detroit today….and that stinks even all the way to here…but, that’s not what this one is about…there were a couple of things that happened on the trail that I wanted to talk about yesterday but I forgot…so, I’ll do that today. Sitting at the park at my last water stop, I looked up as I usually do to find 11 black buzzards flying in a tight spiral that was a couple of hundred feet high…and the first thing I thought of was the “Shaknado” movies from syfy…and “Buzzardnado” popped into my head…so syfy, I have that name copyrighted….oh, one other thing…just getting to the trail today and there was a huge female red-tailed hawk just sitting on the top of the chain link fence that runs beside it…it was close enough to touch and didn’t move when I went by…pretty cool….
August 8th
Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back for another one yesterday…not sure why other than I was distracted by the Olympics….didn’t get anything else done either, and that annoys me somewhat….I did get the slow cooked chicken done and it came out okay…will have food for the next few days now and that is good since I really don’t feel like cooking at all…my legs have been hurting the past couple of days and I can’t figure that out…I did go hard on the bike yesterday but that shouldn’t show up for a day or so…might just be getting old….feel a little slow today and I am forcing myself to get going…and that is not really working right now…maybe more coffee? I do need to get the workout and bike ride in today since tomorrow is going to be a beach day and that means I’ll miss both….the lake temp is almost 75 so that will make for a good swim….no waves though so that is disappointing but I need to keep the string alive…have been in the lake every year since I was 5 and that is a really long time…more later….
August 7th
Well…another Saturday passed with no damage so I guess that is a win…didn’t get anything done and the damn bike is still squeaking so I am a little irritated today….and there are way too many things to watch in the olympics and I fear that I am going to have a lost two weeks when they are on….too easy to make excuses and veg out on the couch….I do need to get moving and get the slow cooker loaded with the chicken and other stuff that I want to cook today…maybe that will be the taste that I need to want to eat again….still not a lot of pain right now but the boredom is getting pretty fierce….might have to spend some money to go out somewhere and just be around some people for a change…..not much to do today….just the bike ride and a race later and I am going to veg out most of the day…more later…
Breathtaking hypocrisy…
Well….I just about puked when I read a statement put out by the repubs today to commemorate the passing of the voting rights act in 1965…and to praise the people who worked hard to get it passed…and the rest of the boilerplate where they try to take credit for passing it and that it was necessary to make sure all the people had the right to vote…okay, insert a big frickin laugh right here….in every state that the repubs control, they have been doing their best for the past twenty years to undermine it an make sure that minorities, the poor, and anyone else that will never vote for a repub can’t vote…in the past week alone, there have been 5 court cases striking down these voter suppression laws and now ole Reince has the gall to praise the VRA? This is just the latest in a long, long string of breathtaking hypocrisy out of the repubs…and I’m sure it won’t be the last…I’m just shaking my head…geez…
August 6th
Well…it’s Saturday…not sure what that means since all of the days just run together….I did win at pool in a championship game so that was cool…feel okay this morning and I am looking forward to getting on the bike…yeah, I know I’m weird to like torturing myself but that’s me….it’s a good looking morning out there with almost no wind and that makes for a good ride….still working on the squeak and we’ll see if I found it or not….the water works again when it does so I guess I’m okay with whatever happens…I did watch the opening ceremonies for the Olympics last night and they just seemed way too long…I even changed over to other stuff after the first hour and a half….I am going to watch much of the olympics since it will be something to keep the boredom away…..not much to do today…have to finish my coffee and get on the bike but that is about it….more later…
August 5th
Well…it’s another Friday and most people are looking forward to their weekend…but, they don’t mean a lot to me anymore since every day is a weekend…and that is a shame, really….oh, well….I did get a bunch of stuff done yesterday and I am really hoping the lube I got for the bike gets rid of the damn squeak….it is a pretty cool lube made by wd…a silicone that goes on wet but then dries and just leaves the lube behind…don’t really have a lot of hope it will work but you have to love the technology….it looks like the really hot weather is going to be gone for a few days and I don’t mind that at all….it has been a trial with it being so darn hot for so long…and I do need to get off the bike for a day…it has been almost 120 days without a day off and my legs are getting really flat….I have the normal stuff to do today and it will be nice to get out of here for a while….more later…okay…not sure if this new format is working or not..it is pool day but that will be about it….cleaned a lot yesterday and burned my thumb on the damn burner grates on the stovetop…just a little blister….more later….
How does that work?
Well….we all know that the Trump campaign is run by a bunch of idiots and they added just a little more proof today when ole Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, went on the morning show to spew the crazy assed talking point that Obama’s foreign policy was responsible for Captain Khan’s death…in 2004. Now, Paul, we’ve been over this before…who was president in 2004? Hmmmm…someone not named Obama…could it be GW Bush? So, now what you’re saying, Paul, is that our foreign policy was being set by the state of Illinois in 2004, and that Obama, being a state senator at the time was responsible? Let’s get right to the point, Paul, you are an idiot and a liar if you believe the crap you vomit every day on the TV box….please get some help for your delusions…and while you’re at it..get some for Donald, too…geez…
August 4th
Well…had a pretty good day yesterday and got a bunch of stuff done…but, I’m running late again this morning with doing the grocery run….am going to try to make some different food over the next few days…got some stir fry for today and I am going to run the slow cooker Saturday with some chicken, mushrooms, potatoes and carrots…going to use a red pasta sauce for the liquid and see how that comes out….did it last time with mushroom soup and didn’t like it much…want something with more bite in the flavors so I think I’ll over garlic it….have had a pain down my left leg for the past few days and I think it’s nerve impingement again since my back sounds like a coffee can full of rocks….going to take something for it before I get out today to see if it helps…more annoying than anything but it hurt on the bike so that needs to be addressed….I do have stuff to do today…going to wash the car after I finish the coffee and then the regular stuff…the bike is still irritating then hell out of me but at least it still rides…more later…