Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I made a little cash so that was cool…slept better last night but it was still not good enough so I am a little worn out today…I have been good all week so that can’t be it…not sure what it is but I hope tonight is better….I did have dreams but I don’t remember them…and they were good ones, too…so, I am a little frustrated to not be able to describe them…it would have made this one much longer….didn’t get much done yesterday so I am going to try to make that better today…I do have some errands to run this morning after the bike ride…have run out of gas for the grill and need to have the tank refilled so I can cook some brats or some pork chops this weekend….not much to do today….I do have the grocery run in a few minutes and I need to get some more allergy stuff….my head is killing me so that is going to be a priority….more later….
One more on religion…
Well…in a pretty cool coincidence…at least to me…a new poll that came out in the past week or so shows that the trend away from religion in this county appears to be accelerating, with the number of people identifying as “Christian” dropping almost 8 percent in the past 5 years while those of us who have no religion has grown by the same 8%. At this rate, in only two generations, the majority of this country will be without the scourge of religion…okay, that may be a little harsh but the way that religion is used in this country and across the world, as a sword to attack anyone who is different, I’m not sure if scourge is not a good description. One of the things that I think is driving this change here in the US is the constant whining and constant attempts of the “Christians” here in the US to jam their religion into all aspects of US life but also people are beginning to realize that “Christianity” here is all about hate and control….hating gays because of”Christians” willful misinterpretation of the bible…trying to force their religious views on women’s rights into the law that takes away women’s ability to control their own bodies while they try to ensure that gays don’t have the rights they deserve as US citizens. This hate is turning off the younger generations that religion needs to be viable over time and I, for one, think that is a good thing…as religion dies, this will ensure a return to rationality in governance…not faith, whose only place in the US should be in church…not in government…
May 13th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I made some cash so that was cool….didn’t get anything else done, though, so that wasn’t…didn’t even get the bike ride in with all of the wind but I think that helped my soreness and I am not hobbling anywhere near as much today…I have been up since 4:14 and that is not going to be fun later in the day and I’m not sure what the heck is going on…not much sleep at all the past few days and it is starting to wear on me….at least the weather is going to warm up some today and the rest of the week…it’s the middle of May and it’s not supposed to be 38 degrees…..so it looks like quite a wait until I can get out today but that may be a good thing….not much to do today…going to just wing it and see what happens…need to check the mega ticket to see if I won…or if anyone won…I could use the cash…more later…
Here’s the thing…
Well…have had this one percolating away in my head for the past couple of weeks once I read a screed by one of the “Christians” on the right that was an attack on we atheists and our values…saying that you can’t be a good person or have values that contribute to society without religion. I’ve got news for all of these supposed “Christians”…we do okay without religion and here’s why…we do have values of our own, values that include treating everyone as we would like to be treated and trying everyday to be a better person than the day before…and, here’s the key…we do that because it’s the right thing to do and WE decided that it is…it wasn’t decided in response to some threat from an imaginary super being that lives in the sky…it wasn’t decided to get any “reward” in an imaginary afterlife…it wasn’t decided to avoid the punishment of an imaginary hell that religious people are afraid of. We of the rational persuasion look at the world for the reality that it is and know the only hope for a better one is for us to do something about it…not to waste our time wishing and praying that things will magically be different. We also know that this is the one and only life and the only reward there is is to do the best we can to live a good one….and that’s what most of we atheists do….and we won’t be denigrated by those that believe in fantasy and magic…go live your lives in your fantasy world but leave us alone to live in the real one….
May 12th
Well…sitting here with my second cup of coffee and wondering why I’m running late today…I did have to do a grocery run since I ran out of food on a Tuesday and I’m not sure why that happened…I usually can plan and have food here that will last til Thursday…oh, I remember now…Meijers didn’t have the chicken that I planned to have this week so that’s what did it…so, I had to buy a pork loin today to make a stir fry and cut it up into some chops that I will marinade for use tomorrow…it seems like that is the only thing I do anymore…plan meals…what a bore….slept okay last night but my phone shut off during the night and I’m not sure what that was about…but, it started after I took the battery out of it so that was good…just don’t want to deal with phone problems right now…not much to do today…going to skip the bike ride since the wind is blowing 20 to 40 mph and I just don’t need that aggravation….and my back is sore so it can use a rest….more later…
Jeb is just as dumb as GW…
Well…read this little nugget of crazy the other day but forgot about it until I was reading the paper today….as you know, ole Jeb is running for president and guess who he has as one of his “top” advisers on foreign policy….ole GW…yep, that GW, the one who manufactured evidence and lied us into a war that has cost almost 3 trillion dollars…and Jeb is supposed to be the smart one? And, he went on at Liberty University the other day that anyone else that would have been president at the time would have done the same thing given the “facts” that they had…..no, Jeb, because any other president who didn’t have Darth Cheney as their VP wouldn’t have had a the “facts” that you had…the lies that there were wmd, that Saddam was working on a nuclear weapon….and on and on….I’m not sure what is the more stupid thing…to invade Iraq in the first place…killing hundreds of thousands and setting the stage for ISIS to rise in the power vacuum, or to know how big a mistake it was and still support it….that from the “smart” Bush….Jeb is just as dumb as GW and we don’t need another moron in the White House…geez…
May 11th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but my legs are sore from walking the bike back after the flat..slept crappy and feel like I have some sort of a bug since I have been coughing all morning…could just be allergies, though, since the car was yellow with pollen before the rain yesterday….didn’t get much done other than the bike stuff yesterday but I did get a pizza made and with the substitution of butter for the oil it calls for, the crust was just so much better that I think it’s a keeper….I do need to get some stuff done around here today but I don’t know if I feel good enough to do it…not much to do today….I do need to work out and get the bike ride in before the rain so I guess I should get to it…more later…
Bike stuff…
Well…it has been a week for the bike…I’ve had three flats this week and ruined or worn out a rear tire that had to be replaced…and all of the flats were on the inside of the tube where it fits into the rim so I’m not sure what the heck that is about…had to go out and get a new tube today and bought one of those with the sealer inside it so maybe another small hole will seal itself…..and, I cleaned the inside of the rim and tire, just like last time and I am hoping to get through the rest of the summer with no more problems….I have been lucky over the past couple of years with no flats at all….so maybe I’ve gotten them out of my system….just don’t want to walk the darn thing back anymore…
May 10th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…slept pretty crappy and feel it this morning….I think I’m in low gear so far and it looks like it will be that way for a while….it is raining so I can’t get on the bike for a while but the F1 race is on so I wasn’t planning on getting out until that ends….I do need to remember to take some ibuprofen before I go out to keep my elbow from killing me the whole time and to keep the cramps out of my wrists…that is the worst part of the ride these days….I do have a few things that I need to get done today…laundry and some vacuuming and I am going to make another scratch pizza for lunch today…going to use butter in the crust today to try to get a little more flavor in it….okay…going to go back to the couch to watch the race and finish my coffee…more later….
May 9th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool…again…and that was okay, too…slept normally but no darn dreams again and that is a little disappointing…it did rain like crazy last night and this morning so the pollen is off the car and out of the air…hope that means some relief from the allergies that have been pretty bad the past few days….it is still raining so getting the bike back together can wait for a while until I have my coffee and wake up totally…didn’t do much else but pool yesterday but if it keeps raining, I’ll probably work on the kitchen today since I have already done the bathroom…need to do laundry today, too, so I’ll have something to do until Man U comes on this aft….not much to do today…cleaning, but that is about it…more later….