Well…damn, I wonder what the repubs are going to use to attack Joe Biden after the SOTU speech last night? They have been going on and on that Joe is “losing” it…that he is senile and is too old to be re elected…but last night he blew all of that crap right out of the water with a fiery speech that highlighted the accomplishments of his administration and attacked the do nothing repubs who are holding up aid to Ukraine…he even got in digs against the SC saying that “women are coming for them” after their dismantling of Roe…anyone that watched that speech and still thinks that Joe is too old and feeble to do the job is just part of the cult of trump and should be ignored…even the media that had bought into the he’s too old thing they have been pushing begrudgingly admitted it was one of the best speeches Joe had ever done…now I want to see them comparing it to the word salad the trump spews out every damn day…if you haven’t watched it, do yourself a favor and go find it…it gave me hope for the fall election…
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March 8th
Well…okay, I know I whine about being worn out almost every day but today I feel like the air is even thick and it’s effort to even reach over and pick up my coffee cup…and I only have 14 minutes before I have to get on the bike and that is a daunting task to contemplate…had one of the bacon wrapped pork loins yesterday and it was really good so I may run out and see if I can get a few more of them for a buck this morning…slept okay last night and was only up once so I guess that’s a win but I sure don’t feel like it….don’t remember feeling this old in a while…okay, going to stop whining about that…and just get on with it…I did get three more books read this week…almost, and I’ll finish up the third one today and then get started on the next three…one of these days I’m going to just read the whole day but I’m not sure when that will be…it’s a nice thing to think about but to do it? Not going to happen and that’s too bad…not much to do today…it looks like rain today so the rides will be inside and I don’t mind that…too old to be cold and wet….more later…
It’s the courts…
Well…if you needed more reason to vote for Joe in the fall than all of the good stuff he’s gotten done, just think about the damage the idiot trump has done to the courts and the resulting damage to our democracy….for the first time in history, the supreme court has taken rights away from US citizens and it’s all because of the corrupt justices that idiot boy put on the bench…and just this week they were up to the same corrupt antics again when the conservatives voted that the states couldn’t enforce the 14th amendment by keeping the criminal in chief off the ballot after he led the insurrection on January 6th…that amendment is plain and was used to keep hundreds of confederates from running for office and yet this supreme court ignored precedent, as they always do, making trump more equal than anyone else…so if you want that fixed, vote for dems up and down the ballot so we can take back the house, keep the senate and return one of the most effective presidents in the last 100 years to the WH…it’s up to us to save this country…so vote…geez…
March 7th
Well…that was a little better…slept okay last night with only getting up a few times but I still feel worn out even with only riding 20 miles yesterday…going to do two rides indoors this morning and then maybe one outdoors this afternoon but I’m tired of going against the wind out here…and the weather is turning cold for a couple of weeks and I just don’t want to be cold…it looks like March is going to be a write off and no spring and that sucks…still pretty damn sore this morning and that is a good reason for staying inside today…I do want to go over and pay my water bill and get my beach parking permits and hit the library for more books but I guess it can wait til Monday…nope the books can’t…I ‘ll be through them tomorrow and want to have something to read since it’s getting to be a habit again…going to try one of the pork loin fillets I got with some onion rings for lunch today and I thawed some chicken tenderloins for another meal but I’m not sure what the second one is going to be today….not much to do today…need to get on the bike in 30 minutes to get the day started but need more coffee first…more later…
This sucks…
Well…damn, when I was out running errands this morning, there started to be some condensation on the windshield just above the defroster vents and that is a telltale sign of the heater core springing a leak…didn’t smell any coolant but I wasn’t going to chance it getting worse so I hit it with a bottle of stop leak I had on the shelf and let it idle for about 15 minutes to get the stop leak to circulate and I hope it stops it enough so I can still drive it until I have the chance to buy a new car…was going to do that this spring anyway but the problem will be finding another on that doesn’t have any rust in it and the prices have gone so nuts it’s going to cost me 10 grand to replace it instead of the 7-8 I wanted to spend…oh, well…I did get some good deals at Meijers today with 5 pound of potatoes for a buck…some bacon wrapped pork loin fillets for a buck and a bunch of other stuff for a buck…each, too…had another day of not eating much with just a half brat for lunch and then a salad for dinner…and only two rides today sine I have damaged my legs in the high wind lately and my knees needed a rest…
The polls were wrong…
Well…with the super Tuesday primaries over and Nikki Haley dropping out, it looks like the idiot trump is going to be the repub nominee even if he has to run from prison…but one thing that blared out is that polls that predicted idiot boy blowing out haley, he underperformed in every election by anywhere from 7 to 35%…and one thing the he should be worried about is almost 70% of haley voters won’t vote for trump…and with Joe winning an starting to pull the dems together and will get more of the independents and moderates…especially since idiot boy just did a speech where he told the moderate repubs to go somewhere else…he only wants the maga assholes left in the repub party…and that won’t draw in anyone but his maga base…so, I think Joe is going to do okay and beat the idiot again now that it’s general election time…after all, the dems have more money since the idiot is hoovering up all the right wing cash and have a good record to run on…I guess we’ll see…geez…
March 6th
Well…damn, that sucked…up and down 5 times last night and I’m feeling it right now…just damn worn out and I need to get on the indoor bike in 15 minutes to stay on schedule for the day…it’s grocery run day so I need to get out of here by 8:15….pretty darn sore today after riding into the wind yesterday and I sure hope the wind is lower today…it’s supposed to get up to 55 this afternoon but it was supposed to get that warm yesterday and never got near it…I think we may be through with winter but I just looked at the weather and it’s supposed to be down in the 30’s again next week and that sucks….haven’t had a problem with swelling in my legs since I stopped eating pretzels so I guess that was the cause of it…and my right foot is showing improvement with wearing the compression socks all the time…I did have to slather myself in pain killers last night and they seemed to have worked and I can use my right thumb again…not much to do today…just the grocery runs and then back on the bike…going to make another vegetarian meal today sine I need to use up the lettuce and celery before it spoils…more later….
A better day…
Well…had a better day today with getting one ride in downstairs and then two cold rides outdoors into a 20+ mph wind on the way back on both rides…and I am feeling that right now with my right thigh and knee and the left side of my neck that is going to have to be treated tonight…it was supposed to get to almost 60 today but it never got out of the 40’s and my left ring finger turned white on the first ride and I’m not sure if it’s the cold or just that my hands go numb all the time even when it’s warm….I did go vegetarian for dinner tonight with just making half a head of broccoli in the steamer…and that’s only about 150 calories so I know I’m under normal with only having half a brat for lunch…have a lot of stuff to get at Meijers tomorrow sine they have the 7 items for a buck each…5 pounds of potatoes for a buck or some Lenders frozen bagels for a buck and laundry soap for buy one get one free…oh, and bacon wrapped pork tenderloin fillets for a buck each…so I’ll get a few of those….still have too much food in the freezer but do have a little room…time to read….
Billionaires ruin everything…
Well…sitting here trying to find a topic and one just popped into my head…after the SC ruling putting the idiot trump back on the ballot in Colorado, it occurred to me that all of the troubles that this country has right now is caused by billionaires…billionaires funded the shady organizations that picked the unqualified right wingers on the court that is going to give idiot boy “complete immunity” to commit even more crimes…billionaires bought up all of the media Like the NYT and the Washington Post and now they are just right wing rags that are doing their best to get trump elected again…and then we have a billionaire named Sinclair who is buying up local tv stations across the country and turning them into right wing propaganda machines…and don’t get me started about the asshole musk who bought twitter and turned it into a cesspool of nazis and hate and who just loves him some putin…you get the point…all of the troubles and hate in this country is being actively funded by billionaires and they are hellbent on destroying all of the institutions that make this a good country…and it’s just because they can…because people don’t vote or vote for a 91 felony count rapist that can’t string two sentences together….so get out and vote for the good guys up an down the ballot…geez…
March 5th
Well…slept okay last night with only getting up once when the storms rolled through about 2 am…and I didn’t crawl out of be until a little after 6 so I should be more rested than I feel right now…it’s still raining out there so it looks like two indoor rides this morning with the hope for one outside later…it’s going to be another one of those in between days for the outdoor rides…almost warm enough for shorts but close to gloves and thermasuit…I guess we’ll see…cutting out the salt from pretzels is still working to get the generalized swelling down and I haven’t had any problems with my legs being puffy so I’ll keep that up…still transitioning to outdoor riding and the new pain that comes with it…lots of muscle pain today and my right thumb hurts from shifting the bike…and my knees are hurting but that might just be the moving pain that happens all the time…I think one meal today is going to be vegetarian since I have a couple of huge heads of broccoli and a head of lettuce that needs to be used so that could be lunch..it’s a weird pairing but not a lot of calories so that may just work…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike soon to get the day started but I think I have time to finish the cup of coffee I poured….more later…