Well…as you know, one of those damn geese tried to attack me yesterday but I was able to avoid him pretty easily…well, not today….he was just sitting there as I rode by and then came at me from behind…no damage and I laughed a bit when he did it but now I know this bird is crazy…might have to take another route for a few days…I wanted to add the park back in anyway to get to the full 15 miles and it is going to be warm enough starting tomorrow so I guess I’ll try that…just too damn weird…
I just can’t believe this…..
Well…with all of the coverage of police brutality across the US, there was a story yesterday that just made my jaw drop…had a hard time believing it. Since 2004, Chicago has paid out $560 million dollars to settle lawsuits for brutality by its police force…yep that’s $560 MILLION dollars in just the past 10 years….just think of how many school lunches could be bought for that money, how many schools could be rebuilt, and how may roads could be fixed. In the era of cuts, cuts, and more cuts to services, no one thinks there is something wrong with this? Something needs to be done and done now to end this nonsense….anyone who is the object of one of these suits that is settled should be fired and anyone who helped cover it up should go, too….the police in the country are out of control and the daily revelation of another, and another person being killed or maimed by them is just wrong…fire them all….geez…
April 28th
Well…running a little early today and there is no reason for it…woke up the same time and went out for the papers at the same time so I’m not sure why…slept okay last night but feel a little crappy with the allergies today…and that the Wings lost and now they have to go back to Tampa for game 7…but I’ll talk about that later….my back has been hurting this morning and I am walking with a small limp with the pain….oh, well…should go away after the bike ride…looks like lunch with T today and I am looking forward to that and I need to get out and get the stuff to work on the car but that won’t happen til Thurs now so maybe I can wait a couple of days for that….or maybe even next week….not much to do today…just the bike ride and lunch so far but I should get some stuff done around here…more later….
Kamikaze geese….
Well…I almost forgot about this one from earlier today…out getting the bike ride in and the day was pretty uneventful….not a lot of wind but a little cold…but, when I got to the final leg that runs through the parking lot of the church behind me, the amusement started. It was another attack of the Kamikaze geese that are protecting something there…or are just out of their minds…not sure which. But, this time, I spied the big one coming in and just had to do a little swerve for him to miss me…I could hear his wings beating as he passed behind me, but the funniest damn thing was he couldn’t stop and whacked into a tree that is next to the lot…I laughed out loud when I saw that….but, this is not the first time this has happened…probably won’t be the last, either…stupid, stupid birds….
Some musings…
Well…it has been a while since I have just let my head wander around for a while here and, with being behind for the month, I think I’ll need to do one of these every day for the next few….I am a little excited about the gay marriage arguments that will go on at the Supreme court tomorrow…I just don’t see how they can not ensure that everyone in the US has the same rights…and it will be cool to see the heads explode on the right when it happens…I am a little disappointed in the weather this month…when is it going to stay warm? When the clouds rolled in when I was on the bike it was almost too cold to be out without gloves…maybe later in the week…I do have to work on the car tomorrow since it is going to rain Wed and Thurs…need to do the yearly oil change and change out the plugs since they are three years old….and I have the money to do it right now so I need to…..I am a little excited about the Wings game today and I need to get the gear out again…they could move on to the second round today and I have suspended my no cocktail rule so I can relax and enjoy it….more later…a trail weirdness one….
April 27th
Well….it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a few things done…washed and waxed the car and cooked a big ham for lunch…okay…so I didn’t get a lot done…slept okay last night but no dreams to speak of again….I don’t feel too bad today but my head is plugged up so it looks like the allergies are kicking in and I will have to use the medicine to tolerate it….I did get out on the bike for a nice ride yesterday and I hope to do the same today…need to get my lungs back in shape after being off it so much last week….I do have an errand to run this morning but that is about it for the day…and the Wings later…and cleaning a little so that’s it for my day….more later…
Red Wings update….
Well…haven’t gotten a lot of stuff done today, but I wanted to get to this one since the news was good from last night’s game…the Red Wings played the first complete game of the playoffs and that was show by the 4-0 score. It was really something to see with everyone clogging up center ice and not allowing Tampa to get anything going and taking many fewer penalties helped to keep the other guys on their heels for most of the game. To take one in their building and force Tampa to win the next two is really quite neat…but, I am not going to get ahead of myself here…I have been disappointed before but all I can do is root like crazy for the guys and say “Let’s go Red Wings!”
Oh, can’t forget Mrazak the goalie….stood on his head again and made a lot of saves he shouldn’t have…just one more game…
April 26th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I think I’m in a rut with not getting anything done…slept okay and had some dreams but nothing really interesting so I’ll just ignore them…didn’t even get out on the bike yesterday….I did go out but going into a 20mph wind was just too much and I came back home…I think that is only the 2nd time I’ve done that…usually, when I get out I just keep going but I just didn’t feel like that yesterday….I should feel worse today but maybe it’s the coffee….not much to do today…Man U is playing right now and then there are are races on the rest of the day…so I’m going to settle in and watch a little sports…more later….
Red Wings update..
Well….I should have done this one yesterday, after the Thursday night game but I was so disappointed that I just didn’t want to think about it…I mean, up 2-0 with about 8 minutes to go and you lose the game? They played well, though, so maybe that is something to think about? The problem that I’ve seen in these playoffs is that they never put together a complete game…they either start slow and get behind or they play well to start and then collapse at the end….today should be the telling game…back in Tampa for game 5 and we need to steal one….at least the series is going longer than any pundit thought it would…the consensus was that we would lose in 5 games and that can’t happen….Let’s Go Red Wings!
April 25th
Well..it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that was cool…and I was able to have the top down out and back and that was a plus…and I finally got a bike ride in after being off it all week…it felt good to get some exercise after being a slug all week and that will happen again today…just waiting for the temp to come up…I can’t wait for the weather to finally warm up so I can go out when I’m ready…it looks like it will be almost 80 by the end of next week so that will finally allow me to get out at 9am…..I feel a little crappy this morning after the long day that Fridays are and I think I slept okay but can’t be sure….I know I didn’t eat enough yesterday…down around 1400 cals for the day and that’s not enough with a bike ride…not much to do today…going to do laundry and clean a little but that’s about it…more later…