Well…running late today and it is because I didn’t get up until 7:20…..I know, that’s is just so odd that I was in bed that late…and I feel pretty crappy today…had the hiccups all night last night and I think that wore me out…it can’t be the cocktails can it? Nope…..slept okay last night and had some dreams that I don’t remember so they couldn’t have been that good…I did get out to have a couple with K last night and it was good to see her…might see her and her sister again this weekend and that would be fun….got a bunch of stuff done yesterday and now I settle into a lull again for a few weeks…still haven’t done the bathroom yet and I don’t think I’ll get to that today…might have lunch with T but I haven’t heard from her so I’m not going to plan on it….not much to do today….need more coffee and a little time to get moving and then I’ll get on the bike….more later….
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I’m tired or writing about these….
Well…another day, another mass shooting here in the US and I really don’t know what to say…that is 355 of these this year…that’s right, more than one a day so far this year and the only thing we get out of the repubs is more sympathy for the victims…you know what? I’m tired of sympathy and treating this crap as if it is inevitable….there is something to be done if the repubs will just get off their asses and do it…from background checks to limiting the kinds of guns that can be bought to buybacks of guns to get them off the street. Something needs to be done and that is not more hand wringing….it not “more guns everywhere” it is not a “good guy with a gun”….it is admitting that there are just too many damn guns that have no purpose other than kill other people…and I have had enough….geez…
December 3rd
Well….it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool for the first time in a month so that was cool…slept okay, too and feel okay today except for the cough that has come back this morning and I can’t figure that out….I have been good all week and I think that is part of feeling good today and I may just continue that for the rest of the week…my back is still giving me fits but I am learning how to deal with it again so I won’t mention that again….I did do the grocery run this morning and I am still on time with this even with having to let the car run for a while to get the ice off it…and now I have food for the week and can change to something other than turkey…that was getting really tiring and it will be good to eat something else…but that something else is chicken so I’m not sure how different that is….not much to do today…I do have lots of stuff to do around here today and then the bike ride and cleaning the bathroom…and I will get to that today….more later….
December 2nd
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but the bike ride was a wet, brutal mess and I think it took me most of the day to get warm after getting back here…almost lost one of the crank arms on it, too, the bolt that holds it on came loose and I had to stop about every quarter mile to tighten it so I wouldn’t lose the bolt….that has never happened before and I’m not sure why it would come loose…and it contributed to making the ride kind of a pain in the butt….slept okay last night and feel pretty good this morning except the back pain that I just can’t get rid of….feels like earlier in the year when the vertebrae got caught and wouldn’t move….making problems for the nerves in my right leg but I guess that’s part of getting older….the weird thing is it doesn’t hurt on the bike…..oh, said that earlier, I think……not much to do today…have an errand to run this morning and then pool this aft but that is about it….have been good for three nights now and I may go the entire week…more later…
More Walmart extortion….
Well…another day goes by, and we have another case of Walmart trying to extort another city into not raising it’s minimum wage. the city of Desert Hot springs California is considering raising the city’s minimum wage to $10.20 an hour with a dollar an hour increase for the next two years and then indexing it to inflation…not an unreasonable way to ensure that people make enough to eat and pay their rent. But, that’s just too much for Walmart who owns land in the city and has told the city council that if they pass the wage changes, the store will not be built…going so far at to take out a full page ad opposing the council saying that their 300 jobs would not happen if the ordinance is passed. Other than the fact that this is corporate thuggery at it’s worst…I’d say to them “good, keep your damn 300 jobs”….especially in light of the studies that have been done that find that every time a Walmart is built and opened it leads to a net loss of jobs in the community…and this has been shown all across the country…..and this goes along with other economic studies that peg the cost of each Walmart to the taxpayers of a million dollars a year….since they don’t pay enough for people to live on, most of their employees are on food stamps and Medicaid…so, I’d say to Walmart from any city across this country…keep your damn, poor paying jobs and don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out….geez…
December 1st
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done…I did get a nice surprise when I went out to get the papers this morning and with it raining, there were no leaks in the car…weird….slept okay last night and had dreams about earthquakes and the first house I lived in…and there were cameos of lots of people I haven’t seen in years so that was weird but it was also the first time I’ve had a dream in a long time….still haven’t been able to get my back to crack and I think that may be contributing to the dead legs on the bike…it hurts to move but it doesn’t on the bike and that shouldn’t be….I’m hoping the temp comes up enough this morning to cut back on the thermasuit and go out with no stocking hat….not much to do today…might have pool but I’m not sure about that….and I have some work to do around here so that will help with the boredom…..more later…
Last one….
Well….have gotten to the end of the month and have one more filler to do to make the goal…just haven’t felt it lately and I’m not sure why…it has been kind of depressing November…not compared to last year with it’s 31 inches of snow and below zero temps…but still a little depressing with no job hits and still being broke….and now no cocktails until Thursday at the earliest and maybe none this week…not sure yet….but it will be good for me so I guess I’ll just stop complaining….the bike ride was a little better today and the legs are better, too, but we’ll see if that continues…okay…I’m about done for the month so I guess I’ll head back to the couch and have a little more ice water….
A new worst person in the world…
Well…as you know, I’ve stolen this bit from Keith Olbermann and I think it still serves a purpose, especially after the murders at PP this past week. As a recap, the guy that murdered three people and wounded many more told the cops that he did it to stop them from ‘selling baby parts” the false narrative that was set in motion by a rabid anti abortion group and which has been picked up by the repubs in many “investigations” they have done since then which has found no wrongdoing at all. But, the truth doesn’t matter to the right and to Ted Cruz in particular who stated this weekend that the killer was a “transgender, liberal activist” and said he had proof since one of the crazy assed right wing websites said they had a voter registration that listed this guy as female. I think ole Ted deserves an award here for working three of the right’s dogwhistles into a sentence and that award would be the worst person in the world…three people are dead, the shooter told you what his reasons were, and you have to take this tragedy and turn it into more of the same stoking of hatred that you expect to ride into the presidency….if that’s not the worst person in the world, I don’t know who is…geez…
November 30th
Well…as you know if you read the last one, it was kind of a depressing day yesterday but today is starting out better with Brian leaving a care package of cashews and pistachios on my door this morning…just as I was running out of snacks…slept okay but fell asleep on the couch and that didn’t help the back much…it is still stiff and hurts like crazy….might wait til later to get out on the bike so I can do a half thermasuit today and not wear a stocking cap…not sure if it will get warm enough yet but I can hope….not going to put the snowies on the car yet since it doesn’t look like there will be any snow this week…might do it later in the week but maybe not….not much to do today…just the normal stuff and cleaning the kitchen some but that is about it….and two more of these so I can get to the goal….more later….
A depressing day….
Well…not sure why but today has been a pretty depressing day…didn’t get anything done but cleaning the shower curtain and some small fooling around but that happens every day so that can’t be it….the Wings lost but got a point so that can’t be it….it’s probably that is it getting to the end of the month and the rent is due Tuesday….or that time is passing or that winter is coming….or that my back is really screwed up..or that my legs have been so flat on the bike the past few days that it has been torture….or that I needed a filler post since I am behind for the month…yep…just a depressing day that I am going to try to cure with a cocktail and “The Walking Dead” later…..oh, well….