Well…it was an easy day today with just the rides and grocery run to do and after that, I was done for the day by 11am…so I just read and cooked and it was a good day of taking it easy…I did get all kinds of the new Prego pasta sauces that were on sale…1.39 for a quart jar is a pretty good deal and I can eat for weeks just on pasta and sauce…and I have lots of chicken in the freezer an aldis still has it on sale for 1.99 a pound so I may stop there after my dentist appointment tomorrow morning…with that appt, I’ll only get one ride in before I go since it’s at 9am and I sure don’t want to get on the bike by 5:30 am to get two rides in…I did stop at the dollar store too this morning and got 2 bottles of eyeglass cleaner for a 1.50 each and two new pair of riding sunglasses, all for less than 6 bucks…and the exact same bottles of cleaner are 7 bucks each on amazon…so they don’t have the best deals all the time…it was fun to go out and just hoon the car around a bit and I’ll do the same thing tomorrow when I put the top down for the trip…okay, need to find something to watch on tv…
One week…
Well…the election is coming down to the wire with only a week until we know the results…I’m probably going to tune the whole thing out for a few days just to get some rest for my brain…I wonder why ole elon or any other of the oligarchs who tried to ratfuck the Brazil election haven’t been charged for it…ole zuck shut down Lula’s access to all of the meta products they were using to organize as elon poured lots of money into getting their fellow fascist bolsinaro elected so they could take over the country but the people said no and re elected Lula…and we can do the same thing here in the states…let’s make the billion dollars that elon has poured into electing maga assholes just go down the drain and then elon is going to know that his threats really don’t work on people who have nothing to hide…I still think that starlink and spacex should be nationalized every no bid contract that he has gotten to make his fortune should be investigated…after all, 30-40 billion dollars of our tax money has ended up in his pockets and we need to know how and why…please get out and vote and let’s make elon and the rest of these billionaires pay for screwing with our country…geez…
October 27th
Well…out of bed a little early this morning since I need to get on the bike by 6am to get the two rides in before the grocery run…and that’s just another point about being retired that I’m not good at yet…just letting things go and relaxing is not in my make up and it just wears me out…so I’m pounding the coffee down to get my brain and body started and I sure hope it works soon…geez..I seem to say that every day…I did get some work done yesterday and I may continue that with working on the dining room today but I’m not sure about that…I really need an off day so I may take that today after the grocery run…haven’t driven the car in a week and I’m looking forward to a top down run even though it’s only going to be about 50 when I go out…might be able to test the top dressing tomorrow when I go out for my dentist appointment…supposed to rain tomorrow morning so I guess we’ll see…I do have to cook today and I think I’ll make some more fettuccine and chicken since I have lots of chicken already cooked and an open jar of tomato/ricotta pasta sauce that has 3 meals left in it…not bad for 1.39…more later…
RIP Walter Koenig
Well…as I get older it seems like everyone that has been part of my life is dying…and that’s how it’s supposed to be when you get to be as old as I am…and today George Takei announced on Mastodon that Walter had died…if you remember the original “Star Trek” and the movies, you remember him as Pavel Chekov and his wholehearted embracing of his character on the show…George’s small heartfelt note to his friend was the perfect way to send Walter on his way as he talked about their 60 year friendship…pretty cool…I was pretty busy today and finally got some work done when I vacuumed and scrubbed the basement stairs and did the same with the kitchen…they both really needed it and it feels good to get it done finally…I still need to do the weight work right now but I feel about that like I did about the rides this morning…I really would like to take a day off but I won’t…so, on to the weights…
Vote for Abdul…
Well…as we wind down to only 8 days before the election, I want to be blunt…if you hate what the idiot trump and his corrupt assholes are doing to this country…and you should…vote for Abdul El-Sayed for senator from Michigan…I just watched a 3 minute, good natured talk where he was expounding on apples and right then I knew that this is the kind of person who needs to represent us in congress…not a boot licking, trump kissing, carpetbagger like rogers…and now I know that fresh Jonagold apples are the best ones to eat and that the flavor last through the chewing process…yeah, that is what this talk was about…just a normal guy enjoying himself talking to the orchard owner about apples and then going on and on about apples at a town hall meeting…not one mention of hate or fear or anything else that every damn repub spews whenever they talk…oh, and did I mention that Abdul is a doctor who champions medicare for all? What do the repubs champion? Taking health care away or making it unaffordable…wouldn’t it be great to not have to think about how you’re going to afford getting the medical care you need? You know the difference…so vote for Abdul…he cares about you and me and it’s about time someone did…geez…
October 26th
Well…one of these days I’m going to say the hell with it and not drag my butt out in the dark for the rides…but not today…I have less than a half hour until I’ll be on the bike so that means pouring down the coffee and eating a bagel quickly so I can get going…didn’t get out of bed to 5:40 this morning and that’s not bad if I was going to just sit here but I haven’t gotten much done the past few days so I need to figure out the work I need to do and get that done…the kitchen looks okay but the floor needs to be done so maybe that’s the project for the day…still sore as hell from yesterdays ride so I think I’ll take an ibuprofen for it…almost had to stop riding my left thigh hurt so badly and it still hurts just sitting here…damn, this getting old is not easy…the leaves are still not down enough to spend the time vacuuming them up with the mower so at least I won’t have to think about that today…but it’s coming and that will be a lot of work…at least it’s almost 50 this morning so it won’t be as cold on the bike as it has been…can lighten up the layers some but these days are the hardest ones to dress for and get it right…either freezing or sweating and no in between..more later….
An odd day…
Well…darn, I almost forgot to come here for this one it has been such an off day for me…first, my legs were howling in pain on the 2nd ride today and I can’t figure that out…I mean they’ve been flat for a week now but not a lot of pain but now my left thigh is sore to the touch and that never happens…I must have done something to hurt it but I sure as heck don’t know what…oh, well…and then all of my teams lost and the races sucked so I didn’t have anything to keep me from getting bored….I did use the tomato/ricotta pasta sauce and it’s not bad so I think I’ll get more while they are still on sale for 1.39…and I’ll have to do that Tuesday since I have a dentist appointment Wed morning at 9am…so maybe I’ll turn that into a semi rest day and only do one ride to let my legs heal up a bit if they stay like this…I weighed the chicken breasts I got last week at aldis and they are all a pound and a half so I only cooked one today and that will last a couple of days as I add it to fettuccine with the ricotta sauce…think I’ll see what other kind of new pasta sauces they have and just give some a try…it has been a day that has left me wanting a cocktail tonight so I think I’ll have just one…can nurse that for 2 hours and then I’ll get up and feel good in the morning…time to look for some tv to watch…
Aid and comfort to our enemies…
Well…how many more times does the idiot trump have to commit treason before the repubs that run the government do something about it? Yeah, that’s a rhetorical question because we all know they won’t do a damn thing…the latest is idiot boy’s giveaway to a Russian oligarch of a huge chunk of a new natural gas project in Alaska…what’s next? Giving Alaska back to the Russians? Look, this is an egregious example of giving aid and comfort to our enemies which is the exact definition of treason in the Constitution…and it is all so he and his family can skim a few billion off the top and help his pal putin get the money he needs to continue to murder Ukrainians…I know this is a part of idiot boy’s plan to break every law he can and hope that there are too many instances so they all can’t be stopped…if the dems don’t stop this after January 3rd it will be political malpractice and just more of the “bipartisan” bullshit they’ve been clinging to when politics in this country has changed and they need to grow a frickin spine and go after every damn one of these crimes….geez…
October 25th
Well…damn, I just can’t get this morning thing worked out…woke up at 4:31 but then stayed in bed and slept more until 5:30 and now I’m already behind for the day and won’t be out on the bike til 6:30 and that’s too late…oh, well…it was supposed to stay over 50 overnight but that didn’t happen so it’s cold out there again today so it will be almost full thermasuit today…it just takes so darn long to warm up after the rides that I’ll sit here most of the day freezing or with the heating pad on me and I don’t remember if that’s normal or not…took coffee with me on both rides yesterday and may do that again today since I only have time to pour one cup down before I get on the rides…but that leaves me dehydrated and my big toe starts to hurt…so maybe only the 2nd ride…not sure if I’m going to clean today but I am going to cook some chicken and try out the tomato/ricotta pasta sauce I got last week…probably with some fettuccini and I look forward to that…something new after 5 days of the last chicken dish I made last week…need to get off my butt and get moving but I am going to toast a bagel today since my stomach was pretty bad on the bike yesterday with not eating anything…more later…
At least I got the sinks done…
Well…have been putting off cleaning the kitchen for a couple of days and I’m not sure why…but I did get the kitchen sinks scrubbed today and will do the rest of it tomorrow…along with doing the floor in there, I’ll mop the bathroom floor, too to get it cleaner than doing it by hand…so I have plans for cleaning that I just might ignore again…who knows? I did get good rides in this morning but didn’t get started til late so the 2nd ride was completely in the light…I’ve decided to charge the bike lights ever day since the cold really takes the battery capacity down…and I really don’t want them to go dark when I’m in the dark…I was sitting out at the beach looking at Orion and saw Betelgeuse up there and that drove my mind to think about never seeing a nova or supernova in my long life and that is just wrong…I know there was one in visible in the southern hemisphere in the 80’s but I’m not sure if it was naked eye visible or not…some of them have been as bright as the full moon and that would be cool to see…oh, well…time for more reading…