Well…it seems to me that we need a new rule when talking to or interviewing repubs by the news organizations since it is clear that all they do is lie, and lie, and lie….so, from now on, once they are caught in one, the new rule should be that no one ever interviews or listens to them again…not to keep “access”, not for a sound bite, not for anything….because if we keep rewarding people for lying, that is what you get…it’s one of the things I leaned getting my degree in psychology…that whatever behavior you reward is what you will get more of…it’s the same thing with kids, if you reward them by giving them what they want when they throw a tantrum, they have learned that tantrums work and they will use them more and more….and when the repubs learn that there are no consequences for lying constantly, they will lie even more. Even when caught in one like Kevin McCarthy was last night on Rachel’s show where he lied his ass off about what he told idiot boy after the attack on the capitol on January 6th….and in a more ethical time, ole Kevvy would have resigned this morning…but in the modern repub party, it is a badge of honor and necessary to lie your ass off to get the support of the troglodytes that make up the repub base….but I still think you can stop this crap by withholding what all of these liars crave and that is attention….geez….
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April 22nd
Well…running a little late this morning and it’s from not sleeping until late this morning and then not up until after 6:30…feel pretty crappy today from it and I am not getting on the indoor bike today…I’ve done two days in a row of doubles and will get out on the bike in thermasuit this morning since it is going to rain this afternoon…check that…I won’t be getting outside on the bike this morning with the rain only about an hour away and it still in the 30’s outside…so I will be on the bike downstairs in about 20 mins or so…ugh….I did get my seeds for the garden planted last night since I was so bored just sitting here and that was the only thing I had to do today so I’ll have to think of some other stuff but I don’t want to…this taking the summer off is going to be harder than I thought….the gash in my left thumb seems to be healing some already and I sure hope it didn’t hurt the nail bed like I did with my right one…the nail on it is still not healed from ripping it on the fence and it has a split down the middle that is still there a year later…and it continues to grow with the split in it and I’m not sure if it will ever heal…damn, I just want some time with no injuries on my hands…they are so scarred and beat up from working around here they look even older than they are….not much to do today…hey, I got through this one without talking about working on the house…almost….and I really don’t have much to do…laundry and cleaning but that is about it….probably should get on the bike now…more later….
What are they for?
Well…in all my lifetime, I’ve never seen a political party that not FOR anything…you know, like helping the people of this country and making their lives better…but nope, not a damn thing from the repubs…they only talk bout what they are against…children, LGBTQ people being able to live like the rest of us, voters (that are not white), books, women’s rights, Ukraine, this country, democracy, rich people paying taxes, free speech, gun control, trying to stay alive with covid everywhere, the rule of law, saving the planet, courts (unless they are right wing), and damn near everything else that would make life a little better for Americans…and the sick thing is that even with no platform and admitting that they only favor the rich and everyone else can go to hell, they are still predicted to take over the house this fall…how the hell can that be? Has the American electorate become so stupid that they can’t see what the repubs are up to? Or do they not care…”oh, Joe Biden didn’t personally come to my house with a million dollar check so I’m not going to vote for him” seems to be the mood in the electorate right now even though the repubs have said that they are going to increase middle class taxes and eliminate SS and Medicare in 5 years…isn’t that of any interest to the reliable older voters that vote repub? Look, I’m damn tired about being depressed about the stupid people in this country who are going to vote to make me go back to work when I’m 70 when they elect repubs…don’t need that bullshit right now…geez…
Accomplished some things…
Well…damn, I’m not sure why I keep doing this to myself but I worked my butt off and accomplished some things this morning….first the indoor bike and then a run over to Lowes to look for a short piece of tubing that they didn’t have and I almost left without anything since it was cold and wet but halfway out the door I said nope and went back in and picked up the 10ft piece, put the top down on the car and drove home with 6 feet of tubing sticking out of the back of the car…then I worked on the garden and got the soil turned and the manure mixed in along with fixing the fence and raking the leaves…then cutting up the branches that I’ve picked up since the snow melted and getting them put in a big yard bag…after that, I just couldn’t leave the front gate when I had all the parts so I got out my grinder with a cut off wheel and cut the old corners off, cut a 26 inch piece of the tubing out of the 10 feet, and installed the whole thing and now I have a gate that is not flopping around with the bottom tube rusted completely away…it still doesn’t hang straight but that is a job for another day since I gashed a big one in the back of my left thumb when the cut off wheel slipped…doesn’t hurt much but it bled like crazy…the new band aid with antibiotic with pain reliever has helped…so, I did get a few things done this morning that had been bugging me…but now I’m done for the day other than getting an outdoor ride in after lunch….more later….
April 21st
Well…that was pretty crappy…didn’t sleep much at all on my first night in the new bedroom but I don’t think that has anything to do with it….haven’t been sleeping much lately but I don’t feel too badly so I can live with it…I feel kind of adrift with getting the major project done and planning to take the summer off…if we ever have a summer…looking out into the middle of May, it is going to be like March with temps in the 40’s for highs and I don’t remember this type of crap for a long time…we get one day around 70 Saturday and the back into the 40’s again until about the 20th of May…where the hell is spring? Not having one this year I guess….so, back on the bike indoors today and in thermasuit if I want to go out for a ride but may not with the wind forecast to be blowing 20-30 and that is just a bit much…I am going to run out to Lowes this morning to see if I can get a short piece of tubing to fix my fence…I do have a piece of dowel that I took out of the closet that I can sub in there short term if I have to so I may take the rivets out and put the new corners on….and I do need to get started on the outside and get my veggie seeds planted….so, I do have things to do today…and I may continue to take the front bedroom apart so I can start in there….so much for the summer off….more later…..
An okay day…
Well…the third Wednesday of every month is a good day usually, and today was okay…reached a financial goal with the latest SS cash dumped into my account and now I have enough to survive for two years if it comes to that…if I stop working on the house and don’t spend any money, that is….but that really is the plan for the summer so I can reach the next goal by September…I do need some months that I don’t spend hundreds on the house but with no projects planned until the end of summer, it’s doable…I did start taking the other bedroom apart today after I moved into the restored one and I don’t know why…I guess I just need to have something going on…I did get out for a bike ride today in shorts and that was a bit cold without gloves…even forgot to put my riding half gloves on so my hands hurt like crazy without the padding in them…and I think I’ll keep doing the inside rides for the next month or so until the weather warms up…I mean come on…40’s in May? That is the forecast after the one warm day Saturday and I am getting really depressed about it…oh,well…going to run over to Lowes tomorrow to see if they have any shorter pieces of fencing that I can buy instead of the 10 foot long ones that everyone carries…and then I can fix the gate out front so it doesn’t look like crap with the bottom frame piece rusted out…and I’ll probably start on tilling the garden and mixing in the manure to get ready to plant…and I’ll have to get the seeds going in cups downstairs again so they will be ready…damn, still busy with not even working on the interior of the house….
Repubs idea of “freedom”…
Well…you know, with all of the bullshit shouts of “freedom” by the repubs, you would think that they would actually want freedom…but you would be wrong. In Texas, because the governor was trying to score points against Biden, he cost the country almost a billion dollars in lost production and spoiled fruits, veggies, and meat to try to show that there are “hordes” of people coming across the border illegally….which he never even looked for…he was just checking tires and lights and never even opened a truck to see if there was anyone there….and he gave the entire US the “freedom” to have food shortages and pay more for everything…shouldn’t there be a law against this crap? Then we have the tie for worst governor in the US with Desantis of Florida now picking a fight with Disney since they came out in opposition to his hateful “don’t say gay” law and the hypocrite basically said that individuals and companies have “freedom” just as long as they agree with him…if not, he will use the entire government of Florida to punish any dissent….how’s that for “freedom”? This week, this moron is pushing to revoke Disney’s special status that allows it to self govern like a city as long as it pays for all of the infrastructure to support their parks….so, when the idiot Desantis revokes this status, every family in the Orlando area is going to be on the hook for at least 2200 bucks in increased taxes to pay for what Disney does now….how’s that for repub “freedom”? Freedom to pay more in taxes to let your governor carry out a vendetta against the largest employer in Florida…what a frickin moron…geez…
Paint….
Well…after painting the bedroom and looking at the color and how dark it was, I took the paint chips and the can back into depot this morning and found that they mixed the wrong color…they went one shade darker than I wanted…but, I think it was a better choice for the flawed plaster in there and it came out looking so cool that I don’t care one bit…and now I know what the color is, I know I can get the same color for the other bedroom and I know that I can use the color that was supposed to go in the bedroom in the living room instead… and I really do like the darker color in the bedroom which will help me sleep at night since any light at all is supposed to screw up your sleep…so, good news and I think the woman at depot was happy that I wasn’t mad about it….and I am, too…
April 20th
Well…I think I’m still holding the fact that my brother died at arms length by immersing myself in the routine of life….but it doesn’t seem right somehow that I’m doing the grocery run, moving into my new bedroom, and cleaning…and life goes on as before and he’s gone…hmmm…but I know it has to so here goes…again….I did sleep okay last night and didn’t get up til after 6 so that is a win for how badly I’ve been sleeping lately….one funny thing came out of moving into the new bedroom yesterday…I have been calling it the “big bedroom” for a while now but yesterday I got out the tape measure to find out just how much bigger it is…and it’s only one foot longer than the one I’m using now…and, with the design of the house, it is the same width but it just feels bigger with the 8 foot ceiling in there that is not hidden by a crappy dropped ceiling like the room I’m using now….houses were different back when this one was built and bedrooms were to sleep in and that’s what they were built for…not the palatial all purpose rooms they are now…and that’s fine…I really don’t want or need them to be bigger…would rather the space be used for the rest of the house and even 1100 SF is fine for one person living alone….not much to do today…just need to get back on the bike downstairs today even though I may try to get a ride in outdoors, too, and then the grocery run and moving the bed and nightstand into the new bedroom…and I need to cook today since the big ham is almost ready for the freezer and I have chicken and burger thawing for the next few days of meals….more later….
Started moving into my new bedroom…
Well…after doing all the work on the new bedroom and getting the rug this morning, about an hour ago I decided to start moving stuff in there and it went really easily moving the dresser…just put a couple of the sliders under it that my daughter gave me and picked up one end and slid it right in there…then I cleaned it up along with the chair and tv so now I’m ready to move the nightstand and bed in there tomorrow and the move will be complete…it is nice to have a finished room to live in and I even got a notice from amazon that the blinds I ordered will be here sat morning so I can install those and get rid of the newspaper that I have on the window…so finally, the work that I had scheduled to do first but got sidetracked by the kitchen and bathroom is done….almost, and tonight will be the last night in the small bedroom…and done before my plan of the end of May so that is cool….and that will be my only job for tomorrow and then a week off to work on the yard….