All posts by James DeVol

June 9th

Well…it  was an interesting day yesterday and I fought bike problems all morning just trying to get the ride in….and another tube fail in the rear tire…no puncture but the seam just failed…again….so to make sure, I took the back wheel apart and cleaned everything…washed out the tire, the rim, and even washed the tube protectors…the tire is still up this morning so maybe it’s finally fixed…it was a long walk back and my legs hurt like crazy today but I’m hoping the ibuprofen will help…slept crappy last night and am feeling it right now but there is soccer on later in the day that I can nap to….I do need to clean the kitchen today and will get to that..or the bathroom…not sure which yet….other than that, not much to do today…might have to run out for a couple of errands but that is about it…..more later…

I laughed…

Well….have had a weird day so far with lots of problems on the bike but that’s not what this is about…read a little article this morning that ole GW got $100,000 to do a speech at a fundraiser for a homeless shelter in Texas…I question why anyone would pay to listen to this idiot who has been wrong on everything he ever did, bailed out by his daddies buddies when he went bankrupt, and is a war criminal, but I also question his understanding of a fundraiser for homeless people and the good that that $100,000 speaking fee would do for the homeless….that said the comments to the article were predictable….the Clintons go all over the world and make more money than that…and it is a good thing that GW stays in the states to do his speeches…yeah, ole GW stays in the states to do his “good work” for the American people…he stays in the states since if he travels almost anywhere, he will be arrested and sent to the Hague for a war crimes trial…and that is the only reason he doesn’t travel…not for any love of country…what a bunch of maroons…geez…

June 8th

Well….it was a long day yesterday and this lung bug I have took a lot out of me…even went to bed dearly last night…but I woke up with cramps in my right foot that are still there…it’s like I had my toes clenched all night and it hurts to walk…slept okay, though, so I feel okay this morning and maybe that will translate into getting something done today….didn’t get much done yesterday but today I do need to do the spiders in the bathroom….there is on large one that I think is eyeing me when I go in there….I do have some errands to run today but I may wait until tomorrow….or wed, not sure…I do need to put the golf clubs in the car and hit a few just to see if the back will hold up…and try to play at least 9 holes the next couple of weeks…..not much to do today….and that is the truth other than work out and get the bike ride in…..more later…

Just some stuff…

Well…can’t get any farther behind so I thought I’d just talk about some stuff and see where it leads….I did get out on the bike this morning before what little rain we got here and it was a pretty good ride…I’m sore as heck again so I’m not sure what is going on with that…probably the only reason I went out today was to prevent the guilt that usually follows skipping a day on the bike…Not sure if I relayed that I shaved my beard off last Monday…just needed a change and I think I look quite a bit younger without it…have even gotten some good comments out on the trail from the regulars there so I may leave it off for a while…the skin under it is pretty tender, though, and I have to remember that or there are nicks and blood all over the place from shaving…oh, I did have a funny experience at Meijers yesterday morning…after getting the weekend supplies…I was walking by one of the freezers and noticed they had chicken on sale…10 lb bags of leg quarters (that’s a leg and a thigh joined together) for $2.90…yep, 29 cents a pound for chicken…so, of course, I had to buy 2 bags and now I have 20 lbs of chicken in the freezer and not much else…just couldn’t pass it up….okay…that should just about do it for today…there are some new shows on the server that I want to check out….

June 7th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but, with all of the sports on, I didn’t get much done….slept okay but I am really sore today and that is disappointing since I thought I was past that…oh, well….today looks like another sports day with F1, a nascar race, and more soccer on so I may not too much done today either….but, I may take the day off the bike since it is going to rain in a little while and I’m not sure I want to go out and get wet….and the wind is blowing pretty hard in front of the front coming through and that always make it work….I do need to clean the kitchen and vacuum today and it I get that done it will be a good day….do have to cook some more chicken I have marinating in the fridge but I think that will be the end of my work for the day…oh, and one more of these…more later…

June 6th

Well…it was a pretty good day yesterday and I won at pool, finally, so that was cool….made some cash, too, and I had a surprise lunch with T that made me smile some…so that’s why it was a good day…and I have all of my chores done for the day…except for cleaning and it’s not even 8:30 yet…slept okay and feel okay today and I am looking forward to getting on the bike today….I did get a nice surprise at Meijers this morning….they had chicken leg quarters on sale for 29 cents a pound so I bought two 10 pound bags…yeah, that’s a lot of chicken but at 29 cents a pound? There is just no way I could pass that up. So, I think it will be chicken today instead of the pork loin that I planned on….maybe both? Not much to do today…it is a huge sports day today with F1, soccer, horse racing and more races so after about 1 I am going into complete veg mode for the day….more later….

June 5th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I made a little cash so that was cool…not going to talk about sleep since I’m not sure it exists anymore…it may be like a unicorn…a mythical creature that only exists in fairy tales….so, that said, I am running a little low on energy today that I am hoping the bike ride will cure…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and that will be the case today, too, since it is pool day…I do have some things to get done around here but the cleaning will wait until tomorrow….my legs are much better but I am having a lot of trouble getting rid of the pain in my neck…and, no, that’s not a person…it’s just this tightness that is really annoying…I’m hoping that the bananas will help with that along with the cramps in my calves…not much to do today…oh, already talked about that…more later….

Ted Cruz is the worst person in the world…

Well…I apologize up front to Keith Olbermann for stealing his schtick but there is no better description for Ted Cruz for what he did this week….at some speaking engagement, ole Ted was trying to be his smarmy best to the ugly crowd and decided he needed to make jokes about Joe Biden…the same Joe Biden who is burying his son right now…the same one who has seen tragedy throughout his life, losing his wife and young daughter in a car accident many years ago…but that doesn’t matter to ole Ted, the only thing that matters to him is to get a laugh at anyone’s expense….but this, this is just the distilled essence of the modern republican….the cruel psychopath that doesn’t care about anything but his ideology, who doesn’t care that…okay…who just doesn’t care about anything except himself….how can he live with himself? Quite easily, it appears…the essence of a psychopath according to the APA….geez…

June 4th

Well…running a little late today and it’s another one of those days where I just can’t get started…only slept about 4 hours total last night so that makes the energy level way too low…and, I had to do the grocery run this morning so that set me back, too…no dreams to speak of other than about self done haircuts…yeah…that is pretty weird but I’m not sure of the context of it so I can’t draw any conclusions…the funny thing about not sleeping last night is that I got a text from T after 1:30 and I was up to answer it…that doesn’t happen very often with the earplugs I wear to sleep….didn’t get much done yesterday and that makes the spiders a little bit larger today…will need to get rid of them soon or I won’t be able to get in the bathroom….not much to do today….no record run on the bike since my neck is hurting and I just don’t feel like it without getting much sleep…..but, I will get something done today…not sure what that will be but something….more later…

Going for a new record…

Well…haven’t found anything to write about today so I think I’ll just talk about an idea that came to me while out on the bike today…as you know, I broke the speed records on the bike last week and I think I’ve about hit the top speed for this bike…just not enough gear to get going faster…but, there is a record I set last year that I am going to take a crack at in the next few days. Last year, I did the full 15 mile ride in 56:42…aided by lots of coffee and no wind and I think I have it in me to try to break that one…probably should do it soon since I do nothing but keep getting older…I do have to prepare for it this time, though…need to over eat for a day or so and get lots of bananas to keep the cramps at bay….the legs were good today and it felt good so I think it may be Friday that I’ll make the run…could be tomorrow if the weather holds…stay tuned….