Well…it was another day yesterday but at least lunch with T was fun…but, the rest of the day was the same old bore that it normally is…I should be used to that by now but it still bugs me…slept okay last night but I had dreams that the Miata was rusting away so fast that you could see it and that was really weird…but no plot or anything so it was unsatisfying….it looks like the weather is going to cooperate today so I think I’ll do a complete clean up of the car…just don’t have much else to do so I may just as well be productive there….I might clean, too…the freezer needs to be done and then all the rest of it…yadda, yadda…
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A little on the supremes…
Well…it is decision time at the supreme court and there have been a couple of notable ones that came out today…and they even decided them the right way….first, they struck down the law that the righties passed in Arizona that forced people to prove their citizenship before they could register to vote…one aimed at ensuring that the poor and those that normally vote for dems would be disproportionately affected and the court said no to this blatant voter suppression…good for them…second, they ruled that the practice where big pharma companies pay generic manufacturers to NOT make generic versions of their cash cow drugs when the patents expire…ensuring that the prices stay high are illegal….well, duh….I just don’t get why it takes the supremes so long to come to the obvious….well, at least they finally get some right…geez…
June 17th
Well…having a hard time getting started today for some reason…and I really need to get moving since there may be lunch with T today and I have to get the workout and ride in before that…the HLA noise is back in the car and I think it’s gently telling me to change the oil…which I will try to do later in the week….it was an okay day yesterday but I have to break the malaise that I’m in and get some work done around here….didn’t get to the papers and probably won’t today either….but, I will get to some things today which will mean I’m going to have to run some errands…but, first, the workout…
A Pink Floyd day with weirdness…
Well…just got back from the bike ride and I was pleasantly surprised with Pink Floyd as the musical selections and how well it fit how the day looked…PF to me has always meant a cloudy, foggy day with some mystery to it….like you don’t know what is going to happen and the anticipation of it or the sense of foreboding that comes with it always means PF….but, that was not the only thing about the day…there was some weirdness…or coolness depending on your point of view…as I was at my last water stop in the park, a hummingbird came in across my right shoulder to stop at the weeds that were just across the path and then just flitted from weed to weed for a couple of minutes while I watched…I can’t remember ever seeing one other than at peoples feeders and it was just neat to see the speed and agility….pretty cool…
June 16th
Well…it was just another day yesterday but I did have fun going out to have a couple with K….but, that was just about the only thing I did yesterday…and, today looks about the same other than the bike ride in a few minutes…I do have to get rid of the tower of papers that is leaning dangerously over me and do some other cleaning but I’m not sure if I can muster up the ambition to get to it….I did sleep okay last night but that is even getting boring so I won’t talk about that anymore….so, I think I’ll go work on the shifter on the bike since it has been driving me nuts with hanging up in gear…have to keep it out of the mud I guess…
Just some stuff…
Well…haven’t been able to work up the necessary outrage to do a political one today but I do have a couple of things that I might be able to weave into something…first, got a picture from my youngest son last night after he asked his girlfriend to marry him…yeah, kind of a surprise to me but I really like her and and I guess he does, too…they did buy a house together after all so I guess this is the logical next step…the second thing is just a little bit of trail weirdness that I saw yesterday…when coming through the woods on the trail, I came into a clearing to find a male turkey in full mating mode trying to woo a couple of females that were there with him….and it made me think of the James Gang song Ashton Park….also known as the turkey song..at least that’s what I call it…the song always makes me think of turkeys dancing…okay…that’s it for now…going to meet up with K in a while for drinks and I should eat something first….
June 15th
Well…yeah, I know…didn’t come back for another one yesterday…just couldn’t think of anything to say so I didn’t say it…sitting here waiting for the coffee to finish and thought I’d get this one done….it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that was cool…but the rest of the day was just like every other one…and the Griffins lost last night so there will be a game 5 tonight I think…slept okay but it was from cocktails so that’s not saying much…not much to do today…it looks like the bike ride may be rained out since I am going to read the papers first and a huge blob of rain is coming in from the west…so, maybe a rest day…more later…
June 14th
Well…it was an okay day yesterday but the planned meet up with everyone didn’t happen…so that made it a little boring but I survived it…slept okay but still feel a little worn out today..it was a cocktail night, after all, so that is the reason…and I am still having trouble taking in enough calories for doing 15 miles on the bike…it is weird to think of food as just fuel…takes the enjoyment out of eating but nothing really tastes good anymore so that is part of it too…I do like Fridays, though, since I am done with working out for the week and all I have to do is ride the bike…it was kind of fun yesterday riding through the flood in the park but that screwed up the shifter that i hope I have fixed with lubing it up….I was just coated with mud when I got back here but it felt kind of good to be able to do that at my age….not much to do today…pool day, of course, and the Griffins can win the Calder cup if they win tonight….more later…
The supreme court finally got one right…
Well…this morning the supreme court finally ruled on a case that I have been following with some interest, and they even got it right. Yep, burying the lead again…but you know I do that a lot…oh, back to the case…this one had to do with a patent that had been granted to a company that had isolated a human gene to use in breast cancer tests…something I never understood…and that had restricted vital research from any other university or company since this company, Myriad, had sued anyone trying to use this same gene. Today, though, the supremes got it right when they said that you can’t patent naturally occurring things and rescinded the patent…this will mean that much less expensive tests can be developed and Myriad will no longer be able to screw women by charging them up to 10,000 dollars for this test….it’s about time….geez…
June 13th
Well…running really late today and there are many, many reasons for it but none that you’d be interested in…it was an okay day yesterday but the highlight never happened…tried to get to downtown to see Tommy Castro but the traffic was backed up almost to here and it took me almost 45 minutes to go 3 miles so I turned around and just came home to watch the Griffins game instead…had those weird eye distortions again yesterday like the ones that come before a migraine and that was a little concerning…but they went away after 20 mins so I guess there is not much to worry about….I did get the squeak out of the bike for one trip and I am hoping for today, too, but I need to work out and get to it so I’ll end here…oh, might meet up with C for a couple later today but that is about it…more later…