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…
July 4th
Well…I would say happy 4th of July but there is nothing to be happy about in the wreckage that the idiot trump and his minions have left…but that is for another one later…got up a little early this morning to the ugly surprise that emby is not working and that means no races or soccer for me today…crap…and it didn’t rain last night and it’s never going to rain again so I just give up on the lawn…I did get out to the beach yesterday but I won’t be going out today other than with the rides since I never go on the weekend with how busy it gets…and my skin can use a rest after getting scorched a couple of times this week…go to try to figure out the meals I need to do so the chicken doesn’t spoil so that means masala today but probably later since the last thing I want to do now is cook…and I need to get off my ass and get the weight work done right now so I can get out as soon as it’s light…I haven’t gotten my ballot for the primary in August so I need to go to the city clerk Monday to find out why…I wonder why the hell nothing works anymore? I have til August 4th but this is bullshit and I am tired of bullshit…okay, I’m tired of doing this, too so I’ll end and try to get started on the day…god I hate fireworks….they are lighting them off at 5:30am…
The sky is just teasing us…
Well…sitting here listening to small amounts of thunder here but the sky is just teasing us with the radar saying rain and the sky saying not so fast…so not a drop of rain again and now it’s been another 10 days without a drop here and my lawn has gone crunchy from it…oh, well…had a good day with nice rides this morning and then a run out to the beach which made it 5 days in a row but my skin needs a rest so there won’t be a 6th…I need to figure out meals anyway to get the chicken in the fridge cooked before it spoils…I did make another chicken wrap today and the addition of baby bellas, homemade pickles, and horsey sauce really helped with the taco chicken…I may make masala tomorrow if the fresh ginger is still good that I got last week…and I have some brats I got at DD so that could be a meal for Sunday…or they’ll go in the freezer so I can take my time with them…have to remember the corn on the cob I got this week and use an ear tomorrow…ha, the weather widget says it’s raining but all I can is laugh when it’s still completely dry here…I did break down and use 50 sunscreen at the beach today since I was getting scorched without it…okay need to read and clean my teeth..even the fake ones…
Here comes Jack Smith…again…
Well…I’m not sure of the reason that Jack Smith would announce this now but I frickin love it…Smith has come out to say that the stolen document case against the idiot trump was never abandoned but just put on hold since the idiot won a 2nd term…and Smith says that even with lots of evidence excluded since the SC gave idiot boy a get out of jail free card, he still has plenty to get a conviction after he is out of office…and that is going to hang over the idiot’s head for the next two years…I hope that Smith has the case ready to go and he files charges the day after the idiot leaves office…another perp walk would b a perfect end to the corruption that trump has foisted on this nation..and I hope it would be just the first case of many others that will keep the idiot tied up in court for the rest of his life with real jeopardy that he could end up behind bars…are you listening trump ass kissers..you are in the sights too and you don’t have any immunity for your crimes…geez…
July 3rd
Well…I made it to the magic 6am before I got out of bed this morning and all that did was make me late for getting going today…don’t feel any better but maybe that will show later today…need this first cup of coffee to get me started right now but I still won’t be on the bike til 7am or so but I think I can still go to the beach this morning by 9:30 or so…if I decide to go…that would make 5 days in a row and I need that to make up for the cold weather that has kept me from swimming…I do need to have a bagel this morning to make up for not eating enough yesterday or I’ll run out of steam on the 2nd ride…it’s still damn humid here and the rain that was supposed to come overnight and all day today has magically disappeared and that sucks…oh, well…not sure why I’m still racing around to get going every morning even when I really don’t have anything to do other than ride and even with getting out at 7, I’ll still be done by 9am and that leaves me with the whole day to figure out…it was fun to talk to another Miata owner yesterday and that makes three of us here in Muskegon…or 3 of the C models anyway…there are a couple of A’s that I see around but there should be more since this is the perfect place for one…okay, need to get off my butt and get going…more later…
Miatas at the beach…
Well…it was kind of a disjointed day today when the threat of a storm with lightning stopped me after the first ride as I waited it out…after a while all of the clouds went away so I put the top down on the car and went to the library to get more books and when I got back here I got right back on the bike for a 2nd ride…when I was sitting at my water stop on the boardwalk, a black Miata pulled into the beach and parked and, as I was leaving I yelled down to the guy that he had a nice car and I had one, too…his was all black with a 5 speed and a 2009 that only had 28K miles on it…after that I rode home and since I was going to the beach anyway, I pulled in next to him and we sat there and talked about the cars…kinda fun and we had a mini Miata rally and I have a photo of both cars sitting together…then I went swimming for a bit and got scorched even with 50 sunscreen on so I decided that was the last time to the beach til next week…and with tomorrow being a holiday, it is going to be too busy out there…but, If I could get out there right after the rides around 9am or so, it wouldn’t be so bad…but we’ll se what my skin says in the morning…it’s supposed to rain but I’ll believe it when I see it…the rain has been missing us to the north all day and it appears that is going to continue…oh, well…
The “jobs” president…
Well…how many times does the idiot in chief have to be wrong before the repubs and the media actually report that he has no frickin clue what he’s doing? The June jobs report just came out and the “trump slump” continues with just 53,000 jobs added along with only about 70,000 jobs added in May…let’s do a little comparison, shall we? The lowest amount of jobs added in a month under Biden was almost 200,000…and it appears that is more than in any month since the moron started squatting in the WH…and it is idiot boy’s policies that are doing it…I mean the tariffs he announced that were going to lead to manufacturing jobs coming back to the US never happened…in fact the loss of these jobs accelerated after his stupid tariffs…and after his moronic war with Iran…prices are soaring and that is slowing the economy down and he doesn’t think he has to do anything to help people who are suffering with high costs saying he wouldn’t sign the bipartisan housing bill since it would lower house prices and he wants them to rise and wants the corporate housing speculators to be able to make money on buying up all of the homes so they will donate to him…so any time you hear how great the economy is under idiot boy, you know he is living in a delusional bubble and is making policy on these delusions…geez…
July 2nd
Well…damn…running late this morning with not getting up til 5:41 and I’m already sweating just sitting here so I’m going to be drenched on the bike after the 2 rides…just poured the 1st cup of coffee and need to get that down quick to have some energy on the bike…this is leftover coffee from yesterday and I have made a new pot for the 2nd ride and out to the beach later…going to go out and get a swim in early to beat the crowds…can’t believe how busy it was at my beach in the middle of the week yesterday…every parking spot was filled and most of the beach…ick…didn’t get anything done yesterday but cook so I don’t have to today and I am looking forward to trying the taco chicken wraps I’ve been thinking about…need to make another batch of homemade pickles today, though, since I am almost out of them and they go good with sandwiches…the weather widget says rain in two hours but I think it’s wrong with looking at the radar and seeing that the storms are going to the north…I wish they weren’t since my lawn is crunchy from how dry it’s been…more later…
Another busy one…
Well…darn, it seems that every day is a busy one these days but I’m going to change that tomorrow…got the grocery runs in to 5 different stores and both bike rides…then out to the beach but not til almost 11:30 and that is too late for me…it got way too busy and people were waiting for cars to leave so they could park so I’ll go out tomorrow by 10 am and be back here before it gets busy…I do have to hit the library tomorrow since they are not open Friday and I have 5 books that can go back and get 5 more…and I’ll do that right after the rides at 9am….I did try to make iced coffee to take out to the beach but I think you need expresso to do it right…it was watery and didn’t taste much like coffee but it was cold and that was good with it 85 degrees out at the beach…the water was nice again but there was no one in it until I took a run and dove in…after I was in for a while, I think people figured out it was okay and lots of them went in….only had one meal today since I was too busy to eat but I did bake a couple of chicken breasts, cut them up, and hit them with taco seasoning that I am going to use for wraps tomorrow with mayo, lettuce, tomato, and pickled onions…it just seemed like that was a good combo but we’ll see tomorrow…maybe even some taco sauce for a little heat…okay, need to get ready for the US game at 8…
Petty bullshit…
Well…with the world cup going on right now…of course the idiot trump and his minions have figured out ways to abuse the trust that came with awarding the cup to the Americas…and that was shown no better than yesterday when the head of DHS cheered that Iran had lost and was heading home…this asshole cheered and said he did a little dance when he could pull the visas of the Iranian team and send them home…but this wasn’t the worst of it…the Iranians were singled out throughout the tournament with travel restrictions that no other team had…forcing them to travel back to Mexico after every match instead of staying at the venue of the next match like every other team was allowed to do…and this asshole called the team “terrorists” and said that he thought the Iranians were trying to smuggle in revolutionary guards as players…what the hell they were going to do with constant watching by his DHS thugs…this is just shameful and petty bullshit that no team would have to put up with…I think we should be banned from ever hosting another event and the Olympic committee should take a hard look and pull the 2028 Olympics from the US…geez…