Well…if you have to have more evidence that the rich really are delusional, you just have to look at the Donald’s comments from the past few days…I’m not sure of the context of this one but I think he was asked how he got so successful or some such nonsense….and he responded that he got a “small” loan from his father and took that small loan and made a fortune in real estate….sounds like a typically American story…young guy starts out with a “small” loan from his father and makes good in the big city….the only teeny little problem is his definition of “small”…small to him was a million dollars that daddy gave him to dabble around and get him out of the house….he did make some money so I won’t fault him there…but on the recommendations of daddy’s business partners which really means he didn’t do crap except be the face of the investments…and he has turned that into an “empire” by defaults, bankruptcies, and screwing people…something I guess the rich really are proud of…and the largess didn’t stop there…when ole Donald was going to default on the bonds from his casino, daddy stepped in again and laundered almost 4 million dollars to bail him out, which was illegal by the way, and the Donald had to pay a 30K fine for the wrongdoing. So, as with many of the rich, the delusions run strong in this one….another richie that started life on third base and is just convinced he hit a triple…geez…
Once around the world…
Once around the world on one bike! Hit 25,000 miles on the Motobecane this morning…Here are some of the numbers…
Parts used:
6 rear tires…12 rear tubes
3 front tires…3 front tubes
1 front sprocket
3 rear sprocket sets
3 chains
3 rear shifters
5 rear shift cables
1 rear shift actuator
3 sets of hand grips
3 bike computers
average lap of the trail…13 miles
average lap time…70 minutes
Laps for 25,000 miles….1,923
time in seat for 25,000 miles….2,243.5 hours
calories burned for 25,000 miles @ 700 per lap….1,346,100
Highest yearly mileage…4,456
Not sure what this all means but it is cool to hit a goal…
October 26th
Well..it was an okay day yesterday and I got a few things done so that was cool…but not much so that wasn’t…pretty much vegged the day away and watched sports…Man U tied City but it was a good match so that was okay, too…but, the Lions stunk up the place as always and I think it’s time for a change…writing off another year…but, I’ll talk about that later in another one….slept okay last night but feel a little slow this morning which I think is from not eating enough, again, but I’ll see about that later…found a bruise on my arm yesterday that I can’t remember getting but who knows what happens when I’m trying to sleep….not much to do today…I have to get some cleaning done but that’s about it….and a couple more of these since I am behind and don’t want to wait until the end of the month and have to rush it…more later…
October 25th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I had a little fun going out and hanging with some of the old crowd for a while…made a little cash, too, so that was also cool…slept okay last night but no dreams to speak of but that is normal…I’m not really too sore today but in my forearms but that has been going on for quite a while now and I know that is from riding in the cold and is just annoying, not really too painful….didn’t get anything done yesterday with all the running around and that looks about the same today…I do need to get on the bike soon so I can be back here for the Manchester derby at 10 but it is still a little too cold to go out….don’t want to get the thermasuit out yet so I think I’ll wait for a little while…more later…
Hillary beat them like a drum…
Well..not sure if you watched any of the marathon “hearing” on Benghazi the other day so I thought I’d talk about it for a bit…not sure what the hell ole Gowdy was thinking by scheduling her…I know, trying to get to the bottom…yadda, yadda…but, from all of the rational analysis, not Fox, she just killed these idiots and made it even more likely to get elected next year…not really what you were trying to do eh, Trey? The problem here is that all of these idiots doing the inquisition live in the right wing bubble where they KNOW that Hillary is guilty of something and if they just keep digging, harder and harder, they will find it…and the sick thing is they have been working on the Clintons since the early 90’s and have not laid a glove on them…the last time…with Whitewater, the repubs spent 60 million dollars of our money and found nothing…and now, just this one committee has spent another 5 million and counting and have found nothing….this is the repubs MO these days…can’t win at the ballot box…so lets do everything else to try to hurt your enemies…I’m tired of it…geez…
October 24th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done and today looks the same…slept okay last night and didn’t get up til 7:30 and I’m not sure how that’s happening…two days in a row of sleeping past my normal 6 o’clock is just strange to do that….it is warm outside and I will get the bike ride in in a t-shirt for the last time this year…pretty cool that it is the last part of October and I can still do that…not too sore today but I do still need to take some ibuprofen before I go out….not much to do today…C and E are coming into town so I have to meet up with them later and I have a few errands to run earlier so I will be a little busy…more later….
Two more for the B-3 count…
Well…if you’ve been here before, you’ve seen me talk about my fascination and near obsession with people who play the Hammond B-3 organ…and I’m still on that kick so here are a couple more that I just recognized lately….saw a show on AXS tv the other day with Booker T of Booker T and the MG’s and I wondered how I missed that one since the organ was their signature sound in the 60’s and 70’s. the second one that I just forgot to mention is Jimmy Peel of the Tommy Castro band…was listening to them on the ride today and it just hit me in an organ solo….so, two more to add to the count…
October 23rd
Well…running really late today since I didn’t get up until 8 this morning..that is the longest I have slept in for so many years that I can’t remember the last time…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that’s cool…but, the pool on Thursday has me totally screwed up on what day it is and I hope that will fade as the day goes on…slept okay, as you can tell, and feel okay today even though there were cocktails last night….didn’t eat enough, though, and will have to try to rectify that today…I do like being thinner than normal so that leaves me a little conflicted about trying to eat more…but I know the energy level will plummet later today without it so I have to remember that it is fuel that I need to ride the bike…don’t really hurt much this morning and I am a little confused as to why…still going to take some ibuprofen before the bike ride since I had cramps in my hands yesterday and that is no fun trying to shift the bike…not much to do today…going to cook for the first time this week and am shifting back to chicken from pork for a while since it’s been two weeks of ham and pork shoulder…and, I need to come back here for two more today since I am getting behind for the month…more later…
October 22nd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a few things done so that was cool…slept really crappy last night and I am worn out today…but, the coffee is working so I’ll get out on the bike in a few minutes and get the ride in…it looks like I will have to replace the shifter, too, since it has started to go wonky and only shift when it feels like it and that is really annoying….I was hoping to get to the 25K mark without a new one but if I need it, I need it so I’ll get one ordered tomorrow….don’t feel as sore today and I’m not sure what that is about…but, I did have my left tricep spasm all night long which I think has something to do with not sleeping…aargh…not much to do today…going to shoot pool today instead of tomorrow but that will be my day…more later…
The dead-eyed granny killer is their savior?
Well…it has been quite funny to watch the courting of Paul Ryan by the rest of the repubs to be speaker of the house acting like he and only he could be the savior of their party…I would laugh if it wasn’t so silly that this idiot has that kind of a reputation…after all, what has he done in his time in the house other than run for VP? Other than put together wish list budgets for the Ayn Randians that infest this country, not much. Lets remember that this guy is one of the biggest liars in the country…remember him washing clean dishes in a soup kitchen during the campaign? Remember also how Joe Biden took him apart during the debates exposing his far right nonsense that was lauded as great ideas by the repubs. Remember, too, that these great ideas included gutting Social Security, ending Medicare and every other program that benefits anyone but the rich…and now, with the batshit crazy “Freedom caucus” in the house, he is being called a liberal…since they don’t think he goes far enough…they want to eliminate everything in the government but the military and they want to give the MIC more and more money for more and more wars. so, if you think that ole Paul is going to be the “‘savior” of the repub party and the country…you are not just ill-informed..you are an idiot…..geez…