Well….with the idiot trump’s government shutdown going into it’s 5th week, I think the best way to end it is to just get all of the workers who are working without pay to go out on strike until the asshole in chief gets the point. Imagine the chaos if all of the air traffic controllers just decided they were done working for free and walked off the job…the shutdown would end this afternoon and without idiot boy’s stupid, racist wall…the head of the controllers union was in the news this morning trying to tell McConnell and the idiot that his workers have reached the breaking point and in just a few days they are going to have no choice but to leave their jobs to try to save their houses and families…and the even more ominous fact is that they are currently working with 30% less permanent staff than they need and the long hours and stress are chewing these folks up leaving many of them no choice but to find other work…and, how easy is it going to be to fill these high stress jobs when there is always the threat from the repubs that they will shut the government again and they will have to work without pay for an extended period? Who in their right mind would take any job if their prospective boss told them that there was good likelihood that they would be working without pay at least once a year? I guess this has been a repub goal for the past 30 years or so…to make government service suck so badly that it would collapse under it’s own weight…after all, who really needs air traffic controllers, or USDA food inspectors, or the CDC, or the Coast Guard? Impeach,….
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It’s now the torture machine…
Well…just finished up riding the bike on the trainer for the first 10 mile ride and I really do have to rename it the “torture machine”. Even on the lowest resistance setting and in 23rd gear, I came away sweating through my clothes and so winded that I had to rest before I could get in the shower…so much for thinking it was going to be too easy. I do have a plan on how to gradually up the effort as the winter goes on…after this week, that is, I am going to up the resistance one notch per week until I get up to 5 and then up to 24th gear and start the cycle over again. It was a tough 50 minutes to get to 10 miles but I feel pretty darn good right now knowing I’m getting back on track with exercise….
January 21st
Well…okay, it’s damn cold out there this morning and I’m glad I don’t have to be anywhere until it warms up…I did get out to take a look at the eclipse last night and that was pretty cool and the moon is still damn bright right now…slept okay last night but haven’t had any dreams in a while and that is a little disappointing…at least I got 6 hours last night which is a lot for how it’s been going lately….I can say my shoulder doesn’t hurt at all this morning…well….twinges of pain but no restriction on movement so that is cool…I did hurt it on the bike yesterday and will probably do that again this morning but that will be worth it…I just realized that the new bike trainer sounds something like the noise the Tardis makes when I am riding the bike and that is a little funny…I am glad I put an old towel under the bike since I was dripping when I got off it yesterday and will probably be sweating even more today since I am going to do the full 10 miles…it is a little boring riding indoors but it was better once I put the music on and I rigged my mp-3 player to the handlebars with a rubber band…it is a little strange not looking at the weather report to see if I can ride…didn’t get much done yesterday but some light clean up and I’ll probably not do much today with pool this aft…just don’t have a lot of energy and can’t figure out why that is….oh, well….more later…
It’s Ann Coulter’s fault…
Well…how bad of a person do you have to be to revel in the fact that almost two million people are out of work because you’re an asshole? That’s exactly what Ann Coulter is doing today after her attack on the idiot trump made him abandon a deal that would have kept the government open and 800,000 federal workers plus over a million contractors working….my question is: who made her president? That’s how trump is acting…that spineless baby who is squatting in the WH caved to this right wing harpy who screeched that trump was weak if he didn’t close down the government to get his stupid, racist wall…I don’t get how bowing to this moron makes trump look stronger…it just makes him look like he is so damn needy for approval that he is ready to do any damage he can just to keep Coulter and Hannity happy…and the rest of other repubs do nothing either..,.they are so scared of the myth of their base and losing a primary that they stand by and let Coulter manipulate trump…if she can do it, why don’t they understand that anyone can and has done it? All of the repubs are traitors, let’s just say it…and they all need to go…how ugly does your soul have to be to be Ann Coulter? The blackest one I have ever seen….impeach…
First thoughts…
Well…just got done doing 5 miles on the bike indoors and have some first thoughts that I want to share…yow! Sweating like I just did 15 outdoors in 80 degree weather….it is louder than I thought it would be but knew that from the ratings on Amazon that it was not quiet…so I think I’ll use it when my neighbors are gone …it’s no louder than a vacuum when I get it to 15 mph and it does allow you to get into a rhythm so that is cool…I was a little concerned that it didn’t have enough drag to it and it would be too easy to pedal but that is not the case…I even turned it down a bit and that helped with making it smooth…the bike is very stable, too, and I can get on and off the bike just like I would riding outdoors and that is a pleasant surprise for a unit that only cost 39 bucks…and with free shipping that made it even a better deal…I’ll probably wear it out over the winter, though, and that’s okay…I’m thinking that this will be a test unit to see if I like riding indoors and I can get a nicer one next year…and I got it with points so it really didn’t cost me anything at all…and that’s the kind of deal I like…
January 20th
Well…man, it’s cold outside…down to 0 this morning and the car barely started to warm it up to go out for the paper…but, the sky and the moon look pretty cool and it did feel good to breathe that cold, fresh air…I don’t think it will start without the box tomorrow since it is supposed to get to 5 below tonight…it is nice to know that it will start when it is this cold so I don’t have to worry about that…slept okay last night and woke up to just a little pain in the shoulder and my range of motion is pretty good so I can live with that….slept on it again last night and it didn’t wake me up so I think I’ll stop talking about it…I did get the parts I needed get the bike on the trainer so that will be a project as soon as I finish this….can’t wait to see how it works and get some exercise in the warm….didn’t get much done with all of the sports on yesterday and will probably not do much today other than ride…or clean the kitchen…not sure right now, though, need more coffee and to read the news first…think I’ll work on the bike before I do that….more later…
I know what Nancy’s doing…
Well…with rumors that idiot boy is willing to compromise to get his wall and that Nancy is going to get relief on DACA and TPS for it, I don’t like the idea that she compromises at all with the idiot trump…but I know what she’s doing, I think…look, none of us in the reality based world want one penny spent on this stupid wall…but what Nancy understands and what trump doesn’t is that any wall that can be started, can be stopped by the next administration…and it will take them 6-9 months to get the contract let and approved…with almost 60% of voters polled saying they won’t vote for a repub for president in 2020, Nancy knows we are going to have complete control of the government and one of the things she will be doing is cleaning up the repubs mess…and that will include getting rid of the idiot’s wall…and in the long game, she can let idiot boy have his face saving “win” when she wants to get the government open now and end the pain to the 800,000 workers who have been affected. So, don’t get on her too hard for dealing with the asshole…it’s 11 dimension chess to trump’s chutes and ladders…and she is going to win for all of us….impeach…
A good sports day…
Well…I wonder what I’m going to do on the weekends when soccer and football are over? Today started out well with Wolves and Leictester City going at it in a really good game and Wolves winning it 4-3 in the last minute of stoppage time…very entertaining….and now we have Man U playing Brighton and Man U has started out okay but no score yet…then we have Michigan trying to keep their unbeaten streak going in basketball against Wisconsin at noon…and then the NFL playoffs later in the aft…so, I’ve got a day of less boredom than normal and that really is something to look forward to…and, next weekend is the 24 hours of Daytona that I hope I have the channels to watch…so, for at least the next two weekends, I have something do…along with riding as soon as the parts get here…so, back to sports…more later…
January 19th
Well…damn, slept pretty well last night and didn’t get up until 6:35…after getting up for the first time at 4:30 that is…but I’ll take it anytime…and I’m going to knock on wood this morning with there being no pain in my shoulder at all, just a little stiffness and that is welcome after the last month of healing…I do think I’ll wait until Monday to try to work out again since the last time didn’t work out too well…I did get the bike cleaned and ready for some indoor riding….got the computer pick up mounted to read the rear wheel and now I just have to wait until the rest of the parts get here to get started riding indoors…I am going to miss the scenery going by but I am not going to miss being so careful in the snow and ice…and I am also not going to miss being cold and not being able to warm up all day after a ride….I did get to cook yesterday and made a mushroom sauce to go with rice and chicken and it came out pretty good…but the rice has come out sticky the past two times I’ve done it in the instant pot but I think I’ve figured that out for the next time…going to make chicken stir fry to use some of the rice for lunch today but that is about all I have to do…I did clean a little yesterday and will probably do some more today but we’ll see…soccer starts in about 15 minutes so that and coffee is the only thing I want to think about right now….more later….
Think I’ve got a cold…
Well…have been trying to figure out why I’ve been so exhausted the past couple of days and I think I’ve figured it out…I think I have a cold…not coughing yet but have a little sore throat and I’m a little warm…but mostly, I’m just so damn tired and have no energy at all…I think I’ve been eating enough but I’m not sure about that…hmmmm…the bike trainer came today…yay! It wasn’t supposed to get here until Tuesday so that is pretty cool…but, I can’t use it until the new rear axle gets here that replaces the quick release one that’s on it now for one that fits into the hold downs….and I bought a molded block for the front tire that will raise the front so it won’t feel like I’m going down hill all the time. I don’t think the magnetic drag is going to be enough for me so I have rigged up a rubber band that will use the rear brake to supply drag and make me work harder…and I am going to use some poster putty to locate the computer pickup on the inside of the rear caliper so I can still know how far I’ve ridden…will have to keep these miles separate so I can know how many miles I’ve really ridden…I’ve already gotten to 130 for the year and that was s good start….kinda looking forward to trying the new toy…