Well…as the moron in chief keeps saying that his economy “is the bestest ever” it’s unfortunate when reality slams him in the side of the head…no it isn’t…he’s too stupid to feel it anyway…so the latest economic reports on housing sales were released yesterday and boy, they are bad…housing sales have collapsed to the lowest point since they started reporting it in 2001…and it is worse than the housing crash of 2008-9…worse than any time in history…and do you remember what idiot boy promised? Gas at 2 bucks a gallon and mortgages at 2%? Take a look at where they are…gas at 4.54 and mortgage rates at 7.4%…and along with the higher costs for everything due to idiot boy’s stupid war and tariffs, that means that most people don’t make enough to qualify for a mortgage since their expenses are too high…and that is all on the idiot and his minions…I know that I couldn’t afford a 7.4% mortgage right now but under Biden in 2001, I got my mortgage for 2.25% so I could afford my house just living on SS…something that is never going to happen under the idiot…so maga idiots, where are you living? How does the rent for the double wide that has exploded under your god king let you save for a house? It doesn’t and yet you’ll still vote for the repubs who took your future away…geez…
October 21st
Well…as I said, I’m not going to talk much about how I sleep anymore since it’s not giving me any insights on how to sleep better…it’s going to be another cold start on the bike with it only 41 right now but I’m used to that already…I think…my toes were white and cold when I finished yesterday but not as bad as they have been…I have the day off after the bike rides today since I did the grocery run yesterday so that means some reading time and maybe some cleaning…the kitchen could use a once over so maybe I’ll do that…still no cooking with leftovers in the fridge that appear will last longer than I thought but I will need to plan something for later in the week…I did buy some Prego pasta sauce that is a creamy tomato/ricotta and I thought I’d give it a try…only 1.39 so no big deal if it sucks…but if it doesn’t, it’s still on sale this week and I can get more…so that means I need to make pasta later to try it…the bike has been working well since I did the work to it last week and I need to figure out how to replace the bottom bracket since the bearings are worn out…probably find a youtube video of someone doing it…the leaves are still waiting to fall but that should start to happen next week and then I can start picking then up…it’s nice to be caught up and have a day where I can do what I want…I am retired, after all…more later…
Kind of busy…and cold…
Well…it was only 37 degrees when I went out for the rides this morning and even though I dressed for it, I was still cold and my toes were white after the 2nd ride…I survived it but with pain from the cold that lasted all day and kept me hobbling around…after the rides I jumped right into the grocery run since I needed to pick up 2 prescriptions and I had 7 bucks in coupons to use…I even went back to DD after aldis…I did get some massive chicken breasts at aldis that were at least 1.25 pounds each and I’ll be making some creamy garlic chicken with them…after that I went out and treated the top on the car with protectant…the cleaner worked really well and the top is now a deep black color that didn’t change after I treated it…I did do laundry today, too and I think that was enough for the day…got some reading in and didn’t have to cook with the chicken leftovers from yesterday…I did buy some ice cream for the first time in 15 years and I know it’s not good for me but I got some cherry fudge chunk in amoretto flavored ice cream and I am having that tonight…don’t need the calories but damn I like the taste…okay, time to check the news and then tv time…
Get out and vote…
Well…I know I’ve said this a hundred times but damn, get out and vote! We need to bury the idiot trump and his asshole followers to make the nightmare we live in go away…but you know they will be trying everything to convince you to stay home or that you vote won’t count…and on top of that you have trump’s minions like this asshole, Aaron Reitz a US attorney from the southern Texas district, screaming at people that he will “hunt them down” if they violate federal election law…and he has been threatening election officials, too, still screaming that they have a duty to prevent illegal voting…yeah, hey Aaron you asshole, if there is so much illegal voting, how come you haven’t prosecuted one person in Texas for it? You know it doesn’t exist and yet you scream it at the top of your lungs…getting a little frustrated that control of the congress is going to be in dem hands on January 3rd? Two can play the scare game moron…what’s in your background and can you stand up to the investigation of your ass that’s going to happen after January 3rd? Intimidating voters is against the law and you blared it all over the place…and guess what, stupid…it’s all in your frickin e-mails that I’m sure have already been screenshotted and saved for use when we win…man, are you trumpsters stupid…geez…
October 20th
Well…up at 5am again today but that now feels pretty normal so I guess I’ll live with it…feel a little worn out this morning but that won’t keep me from the routine of getting out on the bike as soon as the 2nd cup of coffee is in me…it was nice to get some things done yesterday and I’m going to do the grocery run today since I have 2 prescriptions that I need to pick up..and I have some food coupons to use that will save me 5 bucks that I need to use…my damn neck has been hurting every morning for a week now and I need to figure out why…the stretches aren’t working like they used to so I think I’ll hit it with some topical before I go out…it’s only 42 degrees here so I’ll be out in full thermasuit today and I hope the stars are visible again so I can just stop and look…have to do the top treatment on the car after I get back from the grocery run but that’s all I have to do today so there will be reading later…on the 3rd book of the haul that I’ll finish today and I’m not sure who the next author will be…doesn’t matter I guess…the first 3 have been good and I hope I have a few more I haven’t read…okay, need to get off my butt and get moving…it’s almost 6am and I need to have a bagel before I head out..more later…
Got some yard work done…
Well…the rides this morning were really nice with getting out in the dark and having Orion hanging over me the entire way along with lots of other stars and planets…I had to remember that I was riding in the dark when all I wanted to do was look up…and today I dressed for the cold and the rides were good…I did ride out to the road construction site this morning and it looks like it won’t be finished before the end of the year…and that sucks since the damn oak trees on the detour are dropping so many acorns that I have to ride in the road with the bike lane covered in inches of them that throw the bike around…no fun…after I got back here I read some news and then right out to work on the yard…started with trimming my one shrub next to the house and then taking a bunch of branches down that needed to be removed…then I bundled those and put them out for pick up and after that I cleaned the top on the car with the new cleaner to get it ready to treat tomorrow…got done around 1pm, had lunch, and read for a while until I started the dinner of chicken, carrots, potatoes, and rice…a one pan meal that I’ll be eating from for the rest of the week…have to pick up 2 prescriptions and do the grocery run tomorrow and may even run back over to DD for some more honey ham and salami…we’ll see….
They’re afraid of Abdul El-Sayed
Well…man, it sure looks like the repubs are scared of our senate candidate and are throwing every dirty trick in the book at him including lying their asses off about his disavowal of the muslim brotherhood, saying they never heard it when it is clear in a press conference he held here in Michigan over the weekend that he said it…twice…and the racist asshole that posed the question was a plant who has worked for repubs all over the country and is the son of a repub operative….but El-Sayed destroyed this moron and he turned his back and ran away when asked a question about disavowing his christian nationalist beliefs and he said he wouldn’t…so you know where this is coming from…they are so scared of the carpetbagger rogers losing to a Muslim they have rolled out every smear they can…but it’s not working this time when we have a candidate who was born here in Michigan…in Rochester Hills where my son lives and grew up, works, and lives here and will represent all Michiganders, not like rogers who is trying to run away from his support of the idiot trump and hates all dems…it’s an easy choice, Michigan…let’s make the right one…the only one…geez…
October 19th
Well…up and moving at 5:38 this morning and that is better…thought I was back to getting up at 4-5 am permanently and this is a relief even though I’m still tired and my neck hurts like crazy from sleeping wrong…it’s only 50 here right now so it’s into partial thermasuit for the rides this morning…not going to freeze my butt off like yesterday and be cold all day…and I even think it’s time to put the comforter on the bed to replace the thin wool blanket I’ve been using…the heat is on after all and that feels like winter in here…need to get some stuff done on the yard today and figure out how to use the top cleaner and dressing and get that done this week…going to take before and after photos of it just to see if there is a big difference…the trash needs to go out tomorrow for the first time in a month and I’m going to struggle to fill a yard bag to put that out, too but I guess that can wait til next week…so I need to ease into today but get going, too…need to toast a bagel right now and cook chicken, potatoes, carrots, and rice in pasta sauce this afternoon for meals that will last 5 days or so and that means I’ll have to buy more chicken at aldis this week…more later….
Cold, cold, cold…
Well…you know, I really have to stop going out in shorts when it’s 53 degrees out there…that’s just what I did this morning and it took me 3 hours with the heating pad on before I could start to feel warm again…it’s damn hard to warm up when you’re old…but, the adjustments I made to the bike worked perfectly and the rides were good even if they were too darn cold…tomorrow morning I’m going out in long pants and regular gloves along with my stocking hat…not going to be cold anymore…but I will probably go out in the dark since I have the lights charged and ready to go…other than the rides, all I did was watch sports on tv and took it easy…I do have yard work to do tomorrow with trimming the flowering bush next to the back door and branches off the trees so I’ll have a full bag to go out Tuesday…not enough leaves down to pick them up so that will wait a week…they should be falling soon with the freeze we had the other night…tonight is going to be just catching up on some tv I have waiting in plex…and that starts right now…
Get their fingers off the buttons…
Well…even though the billionaire owners of the major media platforms suspiciously say that “glitches” were to blame for the Meta outages that crippled the no kings organizing yesterday and that no one did anything to make it happen, just remember the huge lie that ole elon told when he ordered starlink to restrict Ukraine’s access resulting in many deaths because they couldn’t protect themselves and said that he didn’t know why their connections slowed down…yeah, but insiders have already said that the idiot trump and elon conspired to make it happen…making an even greater case for taking their fingers off the buttons…and that would mean nationalizing meta and starlink just like was done during a railroad strike in the 1950’s…there is no way we can allow these avowed fascists to control media and platforms that people rely on in life and death situations…and if you think the voluntary restrictions of AI that these liars have agreed to is going to do anything to protect the public, I’ve got a nice bridge in Brooklyn to sell you…take the toys away from these assholes and taxing them out of existence is the only solution to this much concentrated power…geez…