Well….damn, just took me two hours to get my computer to restart and that was scary….it was acting up and very slow all morning and it usually fixes it when I shut it off and turn it back on…but this time it was stuck in boot mode and just showed a screen that said wait and had the little rotating thing…and then I took the battery out of it and unplugged it to see if it would do a hard reboot but that took three tries and then I still had to wait for a half hour until it started and got to the main screen…I even went so far as to dig out the old laptop that still kind of works and got that connected to my router so I do have an emergency backup if I need it…but damn, I don’t need this especially since I’ve had the falling out with computer geek son and I don’t think he would help…at least it’s working now and I can breathe again…whew…
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Oh, oh…fox news,,
Well…as the lying propaganda network they are, fox news pushed and pushed the conspiracy theory that Dominion voting machines rigged their machines to give Joe Biden trump votes….which wasn’t true by the way….so Dominion sued fox news for 1.6 billion dollars for ruining their business…of course fox appealed and guess what happened? A Federal judge just yesterday said that the suit could go forward and that means discovery starts as soon as possible…and it will be the first time that this has happened to fox and it makes any communication fair game…like strategy sessions, w-mails, texts, and any other records that have anything to do with how this lie came to be pushed so hard by fox…and that puts all of the on-air personalities in the crosshairs, too, and they could be liable for criminal charges if it is found they broke the law…I can hardly contain my glee that these assholes who have done so much damage to this country may be held accountable by a private company and fox may even be liable for treble damages and that would put them in hock for 4.8 billion dollars…I sure hope they lose it…maybe then the cancer on this country that fox is can finally be cut out…geez…
December 17th
Well…darn, up at 6:03 today and feel like I didn’t sleep at all so I think it is going to be an easy day today…well…no…have to run an errand, ride the bike, and work on the window so I guess it won’t be as easy as I want….the wind was still howling all day yesterday but I didn’t have any branches come down so I won’t have them stored next to the garage all winter…..they started pouring the foundation for the new house across the street yesterday and I hope they frame it in over the winter…still not sure what kind of house it’s going to be…seems pretty small and it is butted right up against the house next to it so that’s a little weird…I think I need a day off of everything again since I’ve been on the bike every day for a couple of weeks and have been abusing my shoulders with all of the sanding…and my back hurts today and that is new….oh, well…should put fuel in the car today since I’m down to a half tank and that’s not good in the winter…the price is back under 3 bucks a gallon so it won’t hurt so much….I did get over 22K in my checking account this month and it looks like I’m on track to have 28K by the spring so I can buy another Miata and pay cash for it….if I can find one, that is…have looked and there is not much out there….not much to do today…need to get out of here in an hour or so to run errands then get to work around here….more later….
The window looks better…
Well…I think it was a good idea to take the worst window first as I start on the interior of the house…worked on it for over two hours today but I still have 2 or 3 more hours to do before it will be ready to paint….still have more filling to do after I sand it for the second time tomorrow and it is such a pain to try to sand latex paint since it just turns soft and peels instead of sanding smoothly…but, this will be the last time I’ll be painting so I guess I can live with it…the rest of the windows have much less repairs to be done so I think each one will take a day to prep and another to paint….going to look at shades at depot when I run errands tomorrow and will probably pick up a gallon of satin finish white paint so I can paint when it’s ready….it is kind of a pain having to re-do the half assed repairs that the previous owners had done to the place…and that will get worse when I start on the plaster in the kitchen…. and the trim that was just massacred…oh, well…don’t have much else to do…
Cognitive dissonance…
Well…I still shake my head when I hear stories about Biden’s visit to the storm damaged parts of the south that were hit by the tornadoes last week where his empathy and genuine caring for the people there, no matter what their political leaning are, was on display. Most of the people they interviewed were really surprised how much he just listened and gave out hugs to people who needed them…and how nice he was and it hit me how this bit of cognitive dissonance happened…most of these folks probably only watch fox news where Biden is portrayed as the devil incarnate, a socialist, communist who is trying his best to destroy this country…so when this nice, caring guy shows up to really help them, it doesn’t fit the propaganda they have been fed by fox and they can’t square reality with fox’s lies…so cognitive dissonance….I think we need to get better at getting the truth out but that is pretty difficult when all media is rooting for Joe’s failure…and the failure of the country just to have something they want to write about…how about the truth? Nope, won’t happen…geez…
December 16th
Well…darn, another 5;30 morning and I feel so darn worn out….but, the power stayed on even with the high winds out here…don’t think any branches even came down last night but it’s not light yet so I can’t be sure about that….had another day of only one meal and I’m not sure how much longer I can sustain that….I am going to make chicken and some roasted cauliflower for lunch today and I know that will only be about 400 calories so I think I’ll have to do two today…only had 800 cals yesterday and I know I’ll probably feel it later today….didn’t get much done yesterday but I am going to work on the window in the kitchen today…getting rid of the ugly shades and then sanding and filling all of the holes and cracks…will have to put newspaper up on the windows as temporary shades as I paint…I think the grey shades are going to look good in there and I can’t wait to see them up….not sure what color I’m going to paint the kitchen but I do know that it’s going to take a lot of work to get the plaster ready…think I’ll look at some you tube videos since I’ve never really worked with plaster before….not much to do today…just riding downstairs and then on to cooking and then the window….but I have an hour to read the news first and have some coffee….more later….
Preparing for a power outage…
Well…with the winds that are forecast for out here tonight and tomorrow…35mph steady and gusts up to 65, I am preparing for a power outage…have all of my spare batteries on the charger and will be charging the tablet and phone when they are done so I’ll still have internet when the power goes….may not be able to post here tomorrow if it does go off since I can’t use my phone to post…have even stationed flashlights around here so I only have to get through one room to get to one….really haven’t had any problems with the power out here in the 9 months I’ve been in my house so I’m hoping that it stays on and I don’t have to heat the house with the gas kitchen stove….had to do that at my apartment a few times and at least that will keep me from freezing my butt off….put everything away outside and finally brought my outside chair onto the porch and even put my tomato cages in the garage since the last big wind a couple of days ago rolled them all over the back yard….and it opened the top of my garbage tote which was kind of weird….don’t have any trash in it right now so I won’t have to pick anything up if it blows over…so, I’m ready as I can be….it’s a movie night tonight and I’m going to watch the new Ridley Scott movie called “The last duel” that has an 89% rating on rotten tomatoes…it’s a long one, though, at 2 1/2 hours and I’m not sure I’ll get through it tonight…
Don’t give Liz Cheney so much credit…
Well…boy, with all of the credit Liz Cheney is getting for her work on the Jan 6th committee, people are forgetting who she is and that this work is the only thing to like about her. Through her career, she has been one of the farthest right wing repubs there is…and she has made lots of racist comments and has attacked everything that our side has tried to do…so let’s take this whole act with a ton of salt…I appreciate the she and Kinzinger are the only repubs who think our democracy needs saving and she did just call out “gym” Jordan and McCarthy for being the spineless liars they are….but, it’s a veneer over her awfulness and when the committee work is over, she will go back to being the terrible person she is….I will thank her for this work, but that’s it….geez…
I don’t understand…
Well…just got done with the last hand car wash of the year and was looking at the hole they dug for the foundation of the new house across the street and there is one thing I don’t understand about all of the new houses they are building out here….they are all on slabs with no basements….I find that to be a little weird…I mean it doesn’t cost that much more to put in a full basement and have all that extra room so why don’t they do it? These new houses are all from 150-250K so throwing another 20 grand for twice the room seems like it would be a good idea…but, what do I know….what I do know is that I can’t wait for them to get the house framed in so I don’t have to look at the trashy rental a street over…and it looks like it’s going to be a two story like most of the rest of the new ones being built out here…and that will be the 24th new house within 2 blocks of me and means my house will be worth even more…cripes I may have a 130K house within the next couple of years….and that would be cool….
December 15th
Well…running a little late today but there is no reason for it other than I think I’m stuck in second gear and the coffee hasn’t kicked in yet….cripes, we have 4 weather warnings up out here for the day today and tomorrow…small craft, high wind, storm, and lakeshore flooding warnings are up…gusts of up to 60 later today and waves of up to 15 feet…yow….will probably have some branches down later today….if the wind really comes up, I may even go out to the beach today to watch the waves a bit…15 footers would be cool to see….didn’t get much done yesterday and I don’t have a lot of motivation right now…need to do the grocery run in a few minutes then get the bike ride in….and continue to work on the window in the kitchen….I think I’ll cut the chair on the front stoop loose and put it in the porch instead…it will be rattling around all day if I don’t and I don’t want to hear it….not much to do today….just the grocery run and working on the windows…but I do need to cook today since I have no leftovers in the fridge to use but I don’t know if I’m going to make a pizza or chicken for lunch…decisions, decisions…more later…