Well…running late this morning and, as always, I’m not sure why….I do feel a little crappy today with the Tigers losing last night and there being ice on the car when I went out for the paper this morning…that will push the bike ride back until at least noon but that’s okay….I overdid it last night so I feel crappy and it will take that long to get the coffee to work….I slept okay but it was one of those nights that feels like I didn’t if you can understand that…just feel weird today and I’m not sure why…maybe I’m dying…maybe not….I did put a pork shoulder roast in the oven for later today but that takes almost 4 hours and I’m not sure what it’s going to be like…might have used too much garlic since the whole place smells like it but since it’s the first time I’ve done one of those I’ll just have to wait and see….okay…..I need to head back to the couch before I melt into the chair so I’ll be back later….
Here’s today’s lyric: “Katy tried…I was halfway crucified…I was on the other side of no tomorrows…”
Well…while I’m waiting for it to get a little warmer before I go out on the bike, I thought I’d comment on the $16 dollar muffins that the right is so hot about…if you haven’t heard, there was a conference a while back for some judges and other people that was paid for by the federal government whose billing appeared to contain muffins that cost $16 dollars apiece….and the right has taken this up as being a huge example of the wasteful spending that is rampant in Washington., But, it doesn’t matter to the right that it isn’t true…it is a quirk in how the billing was presented by the hotel where the conference was held. The reality is that the $16 dollars was for the entire days food for each of the attendees….and if you’ve ever been to any big city like DC, a cup of coffee goes for 5 bucks and a continental breakfast like the one that cost the taxpayers $16 at the conference can cost upwards of twenty bucks. But, does that matter to the right? Nope….this lie has been chosen to support the draconian cuts that the repubs are pushing and you even had the liar Bill O’Reilly on Jon Stewart’s show this week going on and on about it and I was surprised that Jon didn’t do his homework and cut ole Bill off at the knees….but I guess that falls to me today and I’m happy to do it to that blowhard….geez…..
Okay…going to throw out a second lyric for the day: “I can see you on the hill….comatose but walking still…”
Well…another month starts and I do feel a little good that I was able to keep up the pace with no cheating or placeholders…but that has been the case since I started this thing so I don’t think I’ll wrench my arm patting myself on the back. It was a nice day yesterday with the chance to see T and have a couple with her…it always makes me smile when we hang out and that lasts for a day or so afterwards….it was a pretty cool bike ride yesterday even with the wind blowing 30…or maybe I should say because of it….there were time on the southward legs that I was going 20 and not even pedaling…but on the flip side of that, it was like a cartoon going north..I was pedaling like crazy and almost standing still….and one of the few times I had to pedal to go downhill….but I was grinning anyway. It was a little disappointing that the Tigers got rained out last night….and I’m not sure who is going to be pitching when it resumes tonight….but, that is later, it is going to be another sports day today with Michigan playing at noon and then State playing Ohio State later in the day….could be just another veg day but I do have to clean this place up some so the guilts won’t get to me later….no cooking today since I have leftovers from a couple of days ago…I do have a pork shoulder roast that I’m making for Sunday but I should probably talk about that tomorrow…I will try to get another one out today probably about the $16 dollar muffins that the right is screaming about…more nonsense and lies…
Here’s today’s lyric: “sheets of empty canvas under sheets of clay…lay spread out before me like her body once did…”
Well….just a short little one about the latest craziness from ole Michelle….yesterday, talking to some of her supporters, she “blamed” Obama and his foreign policy ineptitude for the “Arab Spring” that saw the removal of many dictators from the northern Africa Arab states. Now, let me get this straight…it’s a bad thing that millions of people now live in countries that have budding democracies and more freedom than they had? Oh, I get it, freedom is okay and necessary for the US but for anyone else it’s destabilizing and a threat to Israel. This woman is just one of the stupidest people I have ever heard speak and everyone should just ignore her instead of giving weight to the nonsense she spouts…does she truly believe that nothing can happen in any country around the world without the permission of the US? This is third grade level foreign policy and drips of the desperation that is rampant in her campaign with her plummeting poll numbers….bye bye Michelle…
Well…another night and up early today…have to give G a ride to pick up her car at 7 and thought I’d get this one out before I go….no dreams to report and sleep was really crappy so I do feel a little slow this morning….man, the wind is blowing almost 30 so I may not get to my goal of 183 days on the bike…and it is supposed to keep up all day…maybe that’s a good thing…it has been 161 days of pain and it might be a good idea to rest one…who knows? If you were here yesterday..or look down, I was almost lucid and had some original ideas and it felt so good to have the words flow again like they used to…but don’t get used to it…it has become so hit and miss lately that I don’t know what is going on….not much to do today…the car thing, of course, then out to see T later for a couple, and the Tigers start the playoffs against New York with Verlander pitching….so there are things to do….this is number 60 for the month so I may not come back for another….I’ll try but no promises…
Here’s today’s lyric: “she’s coming round the corner, her body’s just a blur….I peel out like the Flash, it don’t mean boo to her…”
Well…I was going to go off on Nolan Finley again for his nonsense that the left is irritated with the tea party because they tell the truth…but as everyone knows, the right has their version of “truth” that never fits up with the facts…and Nolan is just a little. little, man trying to hold onto a past that is fast reaching its end. What I did want to talk about is the “Occupy Wall Street” protest that is going on in New York as we speak and one of its aims to call attention to the continued thievery that is rampant; aided by the tea party and it’s corporate overlords. I find it funny that one of the reasons that the media has been slow to cover this story is that they don’t have a clear agenda or should I say a set of talking points that lends itself to the 5 second sound bite that “news” has degenerated into. But, that is the whole point….a true grass roots movement that is trying to take on what is wrong with this country can’t be summed up into talking points….the mess that the repubs have made is so wide reaching and insidious that it takes time to figure out what the people need to fix the situation. A true grass roots rebellion is run by the people rebelling and the diversity of it’s ideas comes from the diversity of the people in it…of the “99’ers”, those of us that are not in the 1% who continue to take, and take, and take without regard to the damage they are doing to the rest of the country. I also find it funny that this true movement of the people is being compared to the sham movement of the tea party; which is bankrolled by the billionaires and whose mouths are filled by the talking points those billionaires want them to say.
I want to end with just a word of thanks to those who are on the front lines in New York and to the rest of us who try everyday to wrest control of this country out of the hands of the 1%…..maybe this time money won’t be able to run us over and leave us for roadkill…I can hope anyway….
Well….another good night, if a little boring but the Tigers won their last game of the season so that was pretty cool….I was good (that’s getting to be a habit) so I feel okay today with some energy but that is necessary since I do have things to do today…well…just groceries and more cleaning but that is something, isn’t it? Three days in a row with no dreams so I’m a little disappointed but that’s pretty normal….I might be able to watch last night’s Wings game on NHL this morning at 9 so I need to get out of here on time at 8 so I can get my coffee since it’s about the only time I’m out around people and I need to keep that up….I’m still irritated about Family Fare but I know I should just let it go since that would fit into my philosophy….so I guess I will…I will try again for a political one here later….
Today is 161 days and counting….here’s the song lyric: “you walked in, and my life began again, just when I spent the last piaster I could borrow…”
Well…it’s been a busy day that was fun-filled with cleaning,cleaning, cleaning and I’m now thinking if I should reward myself and have a beer to watch the final regular season Tiger’s game…..probably not since I am trying to be good until the first playoff game Friday night…and the Wings game tonight is not on tv so I can’t use that for an excuse….I think I may still have that bug that I got a couple of weeks ago but it could be that the allergies are finally kicking in…it has been a good summer for that and I have not had to take any medication…see, I told you you wouldn’t care about this stuff…I don’t even care about it so I’m going to stop here and go watch the Tigers…one last thing….if it’s clear, go out and look up later…maybe some northern lights tonight….
Well..if we want to see the republicans vision in action, all we have to do is look at the state of Texas and the latest attack on schools there…on top of the 4 billion dollars that was chopped out of education in the latest budget, there is now a commission appointed by Rick Perry that is deciding on whether to give the companies that own the oil refineries there refunds on their taxes to pay for upgrades in their pollution controls. Now, let me get this straight…Perry and his cronies are going to give some of the most profitable companies in the world tax breaks to pay for something they are responsible for and shift the burden to the children and college students of Texas? This is class warfare and corporate welfare at it’s worst…what would happen if a regular citizen were to ask for tax breaks to buy a new car since is old one pollutes more than a new one? The repub establishment would be red-faced, screaming socialism, and lecturing the citizen that he or she needs stand on their own…that they can’t come to government to fix their problems. But it’s a different story when your big political donor comes with it’s hand out….that is the distilled vision that the repubs have for America…geez…
Well…another day and night…lost at pool again but had a lot of fun so that is okay…I was good when I got home so I feel okay this morning but had to get up and get moving to give G a ride…well…I’m already up at this time everyday so it’s not any big thing to get moving a little early….there is a spider alert going on today with the weather cooling off…many, many, of them all around the bathroom again so I’ll have to spray around the doors today to try to keep them out…that will be about it for today, though, and I think I’ll revel in the fact that I don’t have much to do…..the bathroom does need work and that may be the plan for the day after the normal routine…
Oh, one last thing….boycott Family Fare…and today will be 161 on the bike if it stops raining…no song lyric yet…have to get on the bike for a while to find one….
Okay…found a lyric when I was in the car: “I’ve got a Coupe DeVille, I’ve got a bed in the house where you once lived…I’ve had a few cheap thrills, but they cost me a lot more than I could give…”