Well…sitting here watching the Chelsea/Everton match and I am smiling a little since Everton is up 2-0 in the first 30 minutes…not sure why I hate Chelsea so much but I do…it was an okay day yesterday but a busy one with errands and pool…which I won and that was cool…slept okay but had to get up early since I did need to hit the grocery store before the match and that started at 7:30…and, I am waiting for the temp to come up for the first time since April so I can get on the bike…it is only 46 and I need it to be at least 55 to go out in a t-shirt…so, it looks like I’ll watch the whole match while I’m waiting…I do need to get some cleaning done today with both the bathroom and the kitchen needing work….don’t need to cook today so that will make it a little easier to get some work done….not much to do today…Michigan and Man U play at the same time so the remote is going to get a workout and then Sate later…a full day of sports today…more later…
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Bye, bye, Rick….
Well…the clown car is one person emptier today as Rick Perry has quit the race for the repub nomination…and I can’t be happier that this moron is out of the race…and even funnier is his parting comment that the repub field is the “strongest in generations”..okay, I am just laughing my butt off about that one…strong compared to him maybe but strong? When Donald Trump is the leader in the field and the rest of them are just idiots is not the definition of strong…delusional maybe, but not strong or any semblance of it…now, I am just waiting for ole Scotty to get out after the Kochs decide that he can’t win either…going to be a fun month or so….
September 11th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get a few things done…the car is finally cleaned after the run to Mt. P Monday and that is cool….slept okay last night and woke up sore again so I’ve already taken something for it….that is getting old but the tendons in both elbows hurt like crazy today and I’m not sure what that is about…I did have to take a run out in the dark last night and I still love my new headlights…I haven’t been out in the dark in months and it was pretty cool going out with the top down….didn’t get any cleaning done yesterday and won’t today with the busy day that I have going today…but, cleaning is a weekend thing anyway and I’ll get it all done tomorrow or Sunday….I did get 1900 miles for the year yesterday and that makes it 500 miles until 25,000…hope to get there by the end of October…..not much to do today…nope, that’s not true…have two errands and pool this aft so I will be in the car starting at 10:30….but I will make some cash so that is cool…more later…
Pretty cool discovery…
Well…going to get off the politics thing for today and talk about a really cool discovery that was just announced today….spelunkers in Africa were exploring a cave system and one of them saw a 7 inch wide crack that looked interesting so he wedged himself into it, and about 20 feet in, the crack expanded into a huge cavern that was filled with stalagtites hanging from the roof….but, that was not the cool thing…on the floor of the cave were some large bones and human looking skulls that the cavers took pictures of and took to a paleontologist who just freaked out when he saw them…to make a long story short, they went back to the cave and discovered a brand new human ancestor, Homo Naledi and added a new branch to our family tree…even in these days when you think everything has been discovered, just a bunch of guys having fun move the science forward and help us understand the history of us..pretty fricking cool the way I see it….
September 10th
Well…as you can see, the site was down this morning but it was just a small glitch so that was cool….slept okay last night and had weird dreams that paralleled Heinlein’s “the Puppet Masters” and even had another one that I don’t remember…didn’t get much done again yesterday but I have already been out to wash the car today so that is something….it was just so dirty from running in the rain Monday that I just had to clean it even though it looks like rain again right now…need to do the glass later but need to get the bike ride in first…have to lube the bike since I rode it in the mud and it sounds like some kind of dying animal with all the squeaks and groans…I am sore again today but it just the moving tendonitis that I have had for years so I’m not going to dwell on it…not much to do today…need to cook since all of the leftovers are gone and I am going to make some bad food that I have been craving lately…more later…
Magical thinking…
Well…ole JEB! just came out with his tax plan he will enact if he is elected….okay, I know you laughed at that one…and that is something else we are going to laugh at since it is filled with magical thinking and based on the discredited economics that blew up the deficit under ole GW. The entire plan is just more and more tax cuts for business and the rich and makes the assumption (disproved many, many times) that cutting taxes raises revenue; the old Laffer curve nonsense that even Saint Ronnie had to abandon after the deficits exploded…he was even sane enough to follow the evidence after the cuts and to understand that the only way to raise revenue is to raise taxes…something that this new crop of repubs just won’t do with their stupid pledges to Grover Norquist to never raise taxes. I don’t wonder why ole JEB!’s tax plan looks just like his idiot brother’s…they were the fevered dreams of the same set of advisers so with JEB!, you get 4 more years of ole GW…and we know how well that worked out…geez….
September 9th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and we finally got some rain that I hope will help with the allergies…slept okay last night but woke up sore again and I am getting tired of it…but, I won’t take anything for it at night…two ibuprofens a day is too much for me….I did get a few things done yesterday and today is another clean the bathroom day since the humidity seems to have lessened and it is much cooler this morning…and there will be laundry and a few other things to get done after the workout and the ride….after the second cup of coffee, that is….or maybe a third one today….still have the tightness in my shoulder and the tendon pain has moved again into my left elbow but not as bad as it was in my right…can still use it so I guess I’ll stop complaining…not much to do today….I do need to run an errand this morning before I get to cleaning..yeah, boring life….more later…
The circus continues…
Well…I’m sure you’ve heard about the clerk in Kentucky who was jailed for contempt of court when she refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples citing her “religious freedom” and the elevation of this bigot to hero status for the right…and the circus continues today with Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee organizing a rally to support her bigotry and hate. I guess this is to be expected since these folks don’t have any idea what the constitution says or means…the first amendment and it’s protections of religious freedom DOES NOT mean that you are free to impose your religious views on others…and that is what this case is about…this religious zealot trying to impose her interpretation of faith on the entire county by not issuing and ordering her deputies to not issue marriage licenses to gay couples…that’s it…she is free to practice her religion and not marry a woman, but she is not free to tell anyone else how to live their lives…it would be the same thing as if a Muslim person, working for the county, refused to grant a restaurant a license if they are going to serve pork ribs, in accordance to his religion…or one working for the DMV refusing to give a driver’s license to woman since his sect says women shouldn’t drive. You get my drift here…and there should never be any type of “religious accommodation” that would allow these bigots to continue to collect their pay and not do their jobs…if it means that much to them, quit, and go live your religious live somewhere else….I have no tolerance for these people any more…geez…
September 8th
Well…it was an okay but busy day yesterday and I did get a few things done so that was cool…didn’t sleep well but that’s normal and I feel worn out today…that may be from not getting any exercise yesterday and now I’m waiting for the rain to stop so I can get back into the routine….the car worked perfectly yesterday even with the 200 miles and hot temps and I even had the air on for the last 30 miles that felt food…need to check the gas mileage just to see where I’m sitting…still has a half tank left after 200 miles so the estimate is about 30 or so and that is pretty good…I can’t wait for this darned humidity to end…I am tired of being damp all the time…probably shouldn’t complain too much since it is quickly coming into the cold weather…not much to do today…going to get back into the routine and use this as a recovery day….more later…
Long day already…
Well…it has been a long day already with driving 200 miles to Mt. P and back but some good things came of it so that was cool….I haven’t really thought about a political one for the day so I probably won’t do one…the trip back was a bear with stop and go, bumper to bumper traffic all the way from Howard City to GR…and then it just had to rain but the cool thing was that it happened while I was stopped in traffic so I could put the top up without getting wet….I am a little sore from being in the car and my stomach has been crappy all day and I’m not sure what that is about…probably from not eating enough yesterday or today…just couldn’t choke down more than half a chicken breast and I know that’s not enough for an entire day….I’ll give eating a try again later but nothing seems good to me so that may be hard….more later…