Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that was cool…slept okay last night and had a weird but normal thing happen in the dreams that I am going to do one on later today….to get away from the politics as normal…my back has been good for two days now and I hope it continues…got the bike ride in in shorts yesterday and it looks the same today…it’s supposed to be almost 60 today and I may even get out in a t-shirt and shorts….and it looks even warmer Sat with almost record temps…I can take this all day long and all I can say is thank you El Nino…..have been good all week and I feel pretty good today so I have plans to get a lot done today…I do have to take the bulb out of the center stop light since Tom told me it’s out…hope it’s the same one I have a spare for in the junk drawer….not much to do today…going to do a winter clean up on the car and get it waxed one more time before it starts to turn into winter…going to wait a while to put the snowies on since there is no show in the forecast for the next week…more later….
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This IS the republican party…
Well…it is too laugh when all of the so called “establishment” repubs run to the media to complain about the Donald’s racist, homophobic, idiotic rhetoric…nope, can’t even call it rhetoric, since that would imply that there is some logic there…when there is only a foaming pit of hate. But, this is just what the repubs have been fomenting for the past 30 years but doing it in a “nicer” form with the dog whistles of “states rights” and “religious liberty” which translated mean institutional, government sponsored bigotry against anyone that doesn’t believe as they do…that every Muslim is a terrorist and every gay should be stoned to death since being gay is against “god’s law”. Now, we see the distilled essence of the repub brand being exposed by the Donald and supported by this base of ignorant haters who have been whipped into a frenzy for so long that it had to blow at some point. I really do hope the Donald gets the nomination…and we crush this nastiness that is the repubs into the dirt….it is just so un-American to want to do harm to you fellow citizens…oh, not for the repubs, I forgot…they don’t give a damn about anyone but themselves…geez…
December 9th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I can’t believe how just adding another pair of gloves affected the bike ride…from freezing my hands so I couldn’t use them to warm is just weird…but okay…slept okay last night and I just noticed my back is not hurting as much as it has been…not as stiff, either, so I have hope that it will be better all day…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I did watch Man U lose again and they are out of the Champions League, again, they just don’t look like the Man U I am used to and I blame the coach….what a bunch of crap….have been good for the past few days and I am starting to like it so I may just keep it up for the rest of the week…it would be good for me and my wallet….not much to do today…maybe pool but I’m not sure…I am sure that I am going to take the bike ride in shorts today since it is already 45…should be the last one but maybe tomorrow, too since it is going to be in the mid 50’s…more later….
The money is there…
Well….just watched the Daily Show with Jon Stewart as guest where he was visiting the senate to try to get them to re-approve the funding for healthcare for the 9/11 first responders…now, you know how I feel about the hero worship that cops and firemen get in this country…some deserved, some not, but when they are injured on the job, it is our duty to take care of them especially when there is clear data that connects the cancers and respiratory disease they are experiencing to their work at the WTC. The thing that just galled me when they talked to Rob Portman, a senator from Ohio, was that he talked about paying for the bill, that they needed to offset the costs by cuts elsewhere….hey, Rob, I got a cut for you….take a few billions out of the bloated military budget…you know, one frickin destroyer less would pay for it…and then some…the most poignant thing from that show was the panel that was there 5 years ago trying to get this funding passed…which had 4 first responders and Jon on it….now has three empty chairs for the guys that have died or whose health has deteriorated so much they couldn’t travel….what the hell is wrong with us? Billions to bomb but no money to take care of our own? This is the modern republican, folks…geez…
December 8th
Well….it was an okay day yesterday but I froze my hands on the bike and I think they are still numb today….it’s weird how a difference of 3 degrees makes the ride go from pleasant to painful….so, I won’t be doing that again any time soon….slept crappy again last night and I’m sure I don’t like that…it has been tolerable the past month or so and I do don’t want to go back to the up and down all night crap…I thought my back was getting better and it might be but it’s not enough better to say it yet…might have to take the ibuprofen this morning to get ready to get on the bike….the damn phone has been giving me problems and I think I’ll have to head over to Verizon and have them look at it…always giving me a low memory notice and I have deleted over 2K texts and it still does it…can’t afford to buy a new one….not much to do today….not sure about pool but I do have stuff to do around here so I won’t be too bored….and Man U plays this aft so that is another thing…but, they have been playing so terribly that I’m not sure I want to see it…..more later…
An adult in the White House…
Well….not sure if you saw Obama’s news conference last night…it was a nice, measured response to a complex problem that is still unfolding daily…but, to hear those on the right comment, he just gave the country to ISIS and surrendered….not sure what they wanted but the adult in the WH did what was necessary with a thoughtful speech that was devoid of the posturing and spittle spewing that the right takes for action…I wonder if they wanted him to unfurl a “Mission Accomplished” banner behind him or to use the “bring it on” rhetoric that ole GW used for red meat to his rabid followers? The only thing we need to remember about all of those on the right that are criticizing not putting more “boots on the ground” in Syria is that they are always wrong…wrong to invade Iraq, wrong on weapons of mass destruction there, wrong on tax cuts, wrong on disbanding the Iraqi army….wrong on fricking everything….and I am happy to have an adult in the WH that doesn’t posture and shout and act agitated…that’s leading……not that the right would recognize that…geez…
December 7th
Well…running a little late this morning…was over at Kos reading some articles and lost track of time…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a nice bike ride in…not sure what the change was from Sat but it was much better so I’ll take it…slept okay last night and my back seems to be a little better today so I’ll take that, too, but we’ll see the extent of the healing as the day progresses….didn’t really get anything done yesterday and the kitchen needs some work so I’ll get on that today…maybe….I do need to try to find some new recipes for chicken since I am in such a rut that I don’t even want to eat anymore…it is so easy to just bake it and that is getting old…maybe use the crock pot? Not much to do today…the normal stuff is about it…I do need to get the snowies on the car this week but I’m not sure if they will be needed…I guess I’ll check the weather channel and see when the next snow will be…I know it’s going to be about 60 later in the week but I think rain comes with that….more later…
December 6th
Well…running a little late this morning since I am having a little trouble getting moving…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a few things done…finally did the bathroom and today looks like the kitchen will be in the plan…slept okay last night but my back is still killing me and it is really wearing….not sure what to do about it….I did get the bike ride in in the aft since it just didn’t warm up until then but it was just torture and I’m not sure why….just can’t get comfortable on it lately….will try another one today but probably not until the aft again….not much to do today….going to try to get to the kitchen and maybe start the living room but I’m not sure if I’m motivated enough to do that….more later….
My idea for gun control…
Well…with all of the shootings that continue to happen all across the country, I have an idea for gun control that dovetails quite well with the repubs continued insistence that the constitution be read and interpreted as it was written with no exceptions for the 2nd amendment especially. But, as you know, they are selective when it comes to the rest of it…ignoring the first and 14th with the latest row about Muslims and gays. Given this insistence, I propose that, if they want to live with an 18th century interpretation of the 2nd, they need to go back to the 18th century’s interpretation of arms. So, the only weapons that should be allowed for anyone would be a smooth bore, flintlock musket or pistol since they are the only guns that were available back then. So, let’s get right on that repubs, since you just frickin love living in the past, live there with your weapons too….geez…
December 5th
Well….it was a pretty good day yesterday…bet you didn’t see that coming…had a nice lunch with T that brightened my day and there are not enough of those these days…slept okay last night but my back is still really sore and I’m not sure what to do about it….I did get to put the top down on the way back from lunch and that was fun and I got my December top down run in…didn’t get anything else done yesterday so today has to be different…the bathroom needs a total scrubbing and I will get to that today….there is something weird going on with my phone where some of the apps know where I am even without the GPS turned on…the Weather Channel just did it yesterday adding Cutlerville to the cities and switching automatically to that when I got home….not sure if I am cool with that…not much to do today…need to watch Man U play at 10 so the bike ride will wait until this aft and I may be able to go out in shorts if it warms up enough….more later….