Well…didn’t sleep for crap last night and I’m having coffee to help even though I’ve got my checkup at 9am this morning…not sure how much coffee effects my BP but I really don’t care…getting the rides in this morning are even worse for it but I’m not skipping them either…skipped the US world cup match last night and is it bad that I feel good they lost 4-1? I don’t think so but I’ll do one about that later…my sonicare toothbrush almost didn’t turn off after I used it this morning and I’m glad I have another one coming today…the switch started to collapse a couple of weeks ago and I knew it was only a bit of time before it failed…and I don’t feel bad about getting 4 years out of it for 20 bucks…not sure what I’m going to do today but it looks like a run out to the beach after the checkup but I need to hit aldis for some cukes to make some more pickles that I have figured out…and it’s pretty cheap…only a buck and a half for a quart jar? That’s pretty good and it only takes about 10 minutes to make them…and I found that the long English cukes hold up the best to pickling leaving them crunchy and not mushy like regular cukes…and I can see aldis from my doctor’s office so it’s no big trip…not much to do today…just the doctor, the beach, and figuring out what the meals will be later in the week…and some reading this afternoon….more later….
Excited about aluminum foil…
Well…I lost the crimp on the end to the rear shifter cable on the bike yesterday and I was sure that I bought some of them online in the past…couldn’t find them on the bike shelf or anywhere else so I must not have bought them…so I went to amazon to order 120 of them for 4 bucks but didn’t want to have an order in a box with just that tiny bag…so, I remembered I am running out of heavy duty aluminum foil and was going to buy some this week…the normal price for Meijers house brand is 4.59 for 50 sq ft and they never have it on sale so I looked on amazon for it and found 2 rolls of 125 sq ft for 15 bucks when 1 from meijers cost almost 12 bucks…so now I’m excited that I have a two year supply of foil here since I use so much of it to line pans and wrap food…yeah, my life is that boring when foil can make me excited…little things…
A better ride…
Well…today’s rides were much better with nice weather that was even a little cool when I went out…but no rain but I had to spray off my bike to get the shifters to work with all of the dirt and sand from yesterday…saw a lot of deer and even found a nice Nike hat that was floating in the weeds in Ruddimann creek so I considered it finders keepers and brought it home to wash it…must be a 30 buck hat that is in perfect shape and I don’t feel bad about fishing it out…it’s been in the creek for over a week and I was leaving it there to see if anyone would come back to get it…it may have been dumped in up stream and lost…can always use another hat and this one fits pretty good…and I don’t have to worry about getting it all sweaty since it can be washed…I finally got my absentee ballot today and that was a relief since I was going to have to go to the city clerk to get another one tomorrow after my checkup…so now maybe I’ll go to the beach since I got the weed walk done and shouldn’t have to mow the lawn until Thurs or so…I’m sure they have found something they are going to want to treat and I sure don’t want any more pills to take every day…I did get the chicken in the freezer today before it spoiled and have enough leftovers for tomorrow so I can figure meals out tomorrow…maybe just some pasta since that’s easy and I have some mushrooms in the fridge to add to it…we’ll see…time to read…oh, I did have to buy another Sonicare toothbrush since the switch on this one is failing…got 4 years out of it for 20 bucks so I bought the same one since I still have 3 new heads that will fit it…okay…now it’s time to read a bit…
Hubris at the SC…
Well…are the conservative SC justices stupid or just full of hubris? The ruling they have handed down with no arguments or explanation have put them in the role of kings that none of them seem to see as a problem…but the country is pissed off with the gutting of the VRA, and their slavish devotion to the idiot trump…and they don’t seem to see that almost 70% of the country wants true reform of the court including term limits (that will be retroactive when they are imposed) but alito and thomas think they are protected and can continue to make a mockery of the constitution…just wait assholes…when we take the senate back this fall, even repubs will support the commonsense reforms that will force the justices to just rule on the law and stop the political bullshit and graft that has been a hallmark of the roberts court…but now the dems need to make sure they are ready for the shenanigans that are being telegraphed that alito and thomas may retire so the idiot trump can appoint unqualified losers to replace them…just like kavanaugh and barrett….and they need to use every tool to keep that from happening…scorched earth is the only thing that will stop them…geez…
July 6th
Well…riding in the rain yesterday just wore me out and I’m not really sure why…I mean it’s just water so it shouldn’t be that much more work…hmmm…with the rain we got yesterday, my lawn should be greening up again but there is a drought coming with no rain for the next 2 weeks so anything gained will be lost pretty quick…I do have to spray the bike off before I can ride today or the shifters won’t work too well the bike has so much dirt on it…even with the fenders on the bike, I was still covered in crap when I got done so everything I was wearing went straight into the laundry…I do need to get the chicken in the freezer this morning after I do the weed walk and then start planning meals for the rest of the week…not sure about the beach today sine they just issued a beach advisory to stay out of the water so then what’s the point? It was pretty quiet here yesterday and I hope that continues since I am so damn tired of having to make noise complaints…okay…need to get off my butt and get the weight work done….more later…
Politics is wearing me out…
Well…as you can see, I’ve been doing less political stuff lately and that is because politics is just wearing me out and I need some time to let my brain rest and live in the world a bit…so, I did refill my weirdness bucket this morning with doing 26 miles in the pouring rain and having the trail all to myself…it was fun and warm enough that I didn’t even put my rain gear on so when I got back here I was covered in dirt and crud that filled bottom of my shower…it was the first time this year that I got 2 rides in with it raining and there were times it was raining so hard I could hear it hitting the bill of my hat over the music in my ears…I did see a few deer and some turkey babies so that made me smile…and it makes me smile even more that I am done for the day at 9:30 am and have Tour de France, World Cup, races, and reading to keep me busy today…oh, and laundry I started when I got back…do need to get the chicken in the freezer since I’m not making masala for a while but I may bake a couple more breasts to have sandwich material for the week…I guess we’ll see…more later…
July 5th
Well…I still think the days after holidays are the best days…and the day after the firework stupidity will allow me to get back to quiet around here…maybe…and here’s the thing, I used to love fireworks but I think it was because it was one day and then it was over…not the extended week of these morons getting after it…but, it was a pretty good noise day yesterday and I was able to get some reading in but we’ll see about today…the widget says it’s raining out there but the roads are dry so I’ll be able to get out on the bike before 6;30…to do that, I have to haul butt to get the weight work done and have a bagel with my coffee so I’ll be done before 9am when the F1 race starts…had some dreams last night that were weird but it was nice to have them…when I was cutting my hair yesterday the attachment fell off the clippers and I cut a big swath through my hair right down to my scalp so I had to even it out so now it looks like I have no hair and I don’t mind that look…it stayed over 70 overnight and pretty humid so the ride will be okay but there are showers coming in that I am going to ignore and just get wet if they come…not much to do today…going to be another day of riding, reading, and maybe cleaning if I get the ambition…I do have to do laundry but that’s no big deal….more later…
Free electricity…
Well…with the idiot trump doing everything he can to sabotage the building of renewable energy to replace dirty coal, oil, and gas…you can look to Australia to see what we could have if we had someone running the country who is not bought and paid for by the fossil fuel industry…just this week, Australia came out with a plan that would provide free electricity to everyone in the country during the day since they have built out so much cheap solar and wind that companies can still make a profit by selling electricity at peak times while giving it away at other times…this is what happens when you have a government that can see what is best for their citizens and then does it…not like here where all decisions are filtered through lobbyists and paid for politicians…think of what is possible if we just get rid of the repubs in this country…how would you like free electricity? I sure would since most of my usage is during the day…I don’t use much energy but an extra 35 bucks a month could go to other things instead of the into the pocket of big oil…geez…
Not as loud as I expected…
Well…with me biting my tongue today about the idiots being too loud for the holiday, I can say I’ve been pleasantly surprised about the noise level here today…of course there were some people being assholes but overall I’d say that it hasn’t been as loud as I expected but I go right back to making noise complaints tomorrow if they keep it up…it was an okay day today but I didn’t do much after the rides…my son’s emby tv service was down when I got up and that sucked but once I let him know, he got right on it and fixed it so I’ve been able to see soccer and races today so that was cool…we may even get some rain tonight…ha,ha…yeah, I’ve got to stop saying that…didn’t get to a political one today but I have an idea for one that I just may get to after this one…so maybe I should do that now? Okay, that’s what I’ll do..
Dangerous morning on the bike…
Well…you know, there are days like this that just make me shake my head about how close the calls can be sometimes…when I was on the road part of the trail this morning, some idiot in a red tesla damn near ran me over…he was driving down the center of the damn bike lane and only missed me by about 4 inches…when I looked at him, he was looking down like he was frickin texting…maybe on that stupid autopilot that has killed about 100 people…then, on the way back I was at the main drag and hit the crossing button…got a green light for my direction but, as I always do, I hesitated and looked at the traffic before I started across…and that was a good thing since some maga idiot flying maga flags on the back of his pickup truck ran through the light a good 15 seconds after the light had changed to red in his direction…a cyclist got run over in this same spot last year so I’m really careful since it seems like stop lights and stop signs are just a suggestion around here and I see people running them all the time…all I can do is shake my head at all of this and be glad that I pay attention for everyone all the time since I can’t depend on anyone to follow the rules…oh, well…