Well…it’s only halfway through the month and I’m already thinking about being behind so I thought I’d do one more right now and then the world cup one later….I am still stewing about the Hobby Lobby decision that gives employers the right to control their workers when not on the job…and it is so against the first amendment that I think the 5 catholics on the court that made the decision should be impeached….but, not only for this case, there is also the citizens united case that gave corporations free speech rights to spend as much they want to buy elections, and that overturned a hundred years of precedents…and, these are not aberrations, they are the ideology that these guys are pushing…that the rich and corporations are just a little more equal than the rest of us…just like the pigs in “Animal Farm”…..a cautionary tale that everyone should have read in high school…and that specifically had the point that inequality destroys societies…but these guys just don’t care, they have a vision of the rich running and ruining everyone’s lives and they are doing their best to make sure that happens…geez…
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July 13th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I got a few things done…and Brazil lost the third place game so that made me smile…what an overrated team…slept okay, or I should say better than what the norm has become so that is a plus…had weird dreams where I was working again and that was strange….left the kitchen window open last night and the counter and window were soaked when I got up…didn’t think it was going to rain last night…oh, well…..getting ready to get out on the bike early today but I have been having trouble getting the seat adjusted right…and that it so annoying when you’re on it for over an hour a day….not much to do today…the world cup final, of course, but not mush else…may do the kitchen since I felt good after getting the bathroom done….and I will probably come back for a world cup wrapup later….
Computer glitches…
Well…it has been a day with getting some cleaning done…finally…but I have had computer problems all day that I think are finally ironed out…just like my phone, when this thing does updates, it screws it up…had it running all day with the updates and the router looked just like it was running a movie all day….seems to be alright now…but, when I cleared the history, I lost the login to my site but my son just texted it to me and now I’m up and running again…sitting here watching a boring movie….yeah, I know, why? There was nothing else to do after the soccer match ended so I thought I just try one….but, it is cocktail time now so I’m going to end here and go back to the boring movie….
July 12th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool for a second week in a row which is really unusual…another night of crappy sleep and that is getting frustrating…up at 5, again, okay…not going to talk about that anymore….it was a nice ride out and back with the top down and I did the same thing going for groceries this morning….I am looking forward to the third place game in the world cup today just to see how bad Brazil is going to play…I am going to finish the bathroom today and get some other stuff done but it is going to be one of those low key days…going to lay out in the sun to get dome color before the soccer since the biker tan is getting pretty ridiculous….more later…
Kamikaze dragonflies….
Well…there has been one stretch of the trail that has huge amounts of those blue/purple dragonflies on it the past couple of days…that in itself is pretty cool, even though a few of them hit me at 20 mph which stung a bit….today, I decided to see if it was accidental or on purpose…while riding through the area, I decided to look up the trail to see if I could track some of them and get out of the way…well…this worked for most of them but there were three that changed direction and ran right into me again…with the first one, I just moved a foot or so to the right and it hit me in the chest…for the next two, I moved a full lane, waiting until they were almost upon me before moving and they still hit me…one of the strangest things I have seen in a while and this behavior is the reason for the title….weird…
July 11th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I did get the shower cleaned so I guess that is a start…I did scrub the grout with a brush, too, so that was more work than I planned…will have to do the rest today..or maybe I’ll wait til the weekend…slept really crappy again even with it being a cocktail night so I’m not sure what is going on…and the cocktail night was not any fun so I guess that maybe I’m past that, too…I did have a funny thought this morning when I opened my mail and found my new driver’s license..this could be the last one I ever get…just like the Miata could be the last car I ever own…weird…might be because my birthday is coming up and I just hate getting older…oh, well….not much to do today…the rest of the bathroom and pool but that is about it…and I am going to try to not get further behind here…more later….
Patriots pay their taxes…
Well…in typical repub fashion, just like ole Mitt, the repub senate candidate here in Michigan paid much, much less in taxes by percentage than almost anyone…even me who is living on his retirement. Over the past two years, somehow through accounting nonsense and loopholes, ole Terri land paid under three percent of her income in taxes versus the 4.6% that you and I pay…and the other thing is: how do you have a net worth of over 30 million dollars and only report income of 44 thousand dollars like she did last year? And, why did she separate her “income” from that of her husband, who works for the Land family real estate business? Is it to make it appear that she is just another poor working class person here in Michigan? I am disgusted with these rich asses who think they need just money to make them qualified to represent Michigan in the US senate…just like the DeVos family who tried to buy the governorship a few years back, ole Terri has spent almost 3 million dollars of her own money trying to buy this seat…along with the help of the Koch brothers who have spent millions through their shell companies to help with her purchase. I will deal with the policy differences between her and Gary Peters later…but knowing she is rich, and paying less in taxes than you and I should be enough to disqualify her in the eyes of rational voters…just hope there are a few here in Michigan.
July 10th
Well…running really late today since I had some cash in my pocket and had to get some groceries before it all evaporates….was out of everything but today I will have some pork chops to grill…but, that is almost out of reach now with the prices going up so far…back to chicken, I guess…slept crappy again last night and I had really hoped that it would get better…I guess I’ll try staying up later if I don’t get too bored and see if that will help….didn’t get the equipment fixed since they didn’t get the part so I have to cripple on for another week…oh, well….not much to do today…I do have to do the bathroom…but, I have been saying that for a couple of weeks now…the next time I use it I will have to fight my way past the spiders…more later….
World cup…again
Well…sitting here watching the last semi final and there is nothing going on in this game so I thought I’d talk about yesterday’s…I had the feeling that Brazil would lose, but I never thought it would be 7-1…but, Brazil was so overrated throughout the tournament that I thought a bad loss could be possible…after all, they tied Mexico in the group stage and Mexico could easily have won that game if they would have brought Chicharitto in earlier….I don’t feel bad for
Brazil either…especially since their fans were operating in a fog of over confidence for years and years….now, I guess I’ll go back to the match and update this later when it is over….
July 9th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I made a little cash so that was a good thing…slept really, really crappy last night and I think I pulled something from tossing and turning so much…and then up at 6 or so after not getting to sleep until about 1 so that makes it about 4 hours or so of sleep…I’m starting to think that that is the amount that is normal for me….didn’t get much done yesterday since the world cup was on and my prediction of the outcome of the Brazil game was right…but, I am going to talk about that in a post later so I won’t go deeper into that here….I am looking forward to the game this aft to set the final so I will need to get everything done early….and I do have some stuff to do today…have to go out and check on my equipment and run a couple of errands and that might be fun with the top down….not much to do today….I am going to try to clean the bathroom again…and that is try…not sure if I will or not….but, it is getting to the point that the spiders will take over unless I do it…more later….